Marcel du Long

Pooh... you just have to love this one. very nice! Marcel.

Looking good Jeroen! Love the subtle weathering. Well done. The little silver scratches on the radio in the back are feeling a bit off but since they are covered by the fuselage don't bother cause no one will see eventually. Except for me cause I know.... Marcel.

Thnx Torben for your flattering words. I use 3D studio max to model the 3D models. Since I'm a 2D & 3D graphics designer 3D Studio max is one of my main applications but there are loads of 3D model applications on the market. Blender is by far the best free 3D software and you can download it right away. There are a couple of 3D printing companies and my stuff was done by Shapeways. Don't worry about shipping of fragile parts; those guys are professionals in printing & delivering 3D stuff. Right now there are a couple of 3D printing techniques. The one Shapeways uses leaves very tiny printing lines behind but this depends on the printing materials. The technique *Northstar Models is using for their 3D printed models is much more accurate and preferable but is not very "suitable" for the consumer market I suppose since all the consumer 3D printers don't use the technique North Start uses. (You have to google why, I'm not that much into 3D printing technique, I'm an artist you know. ) *Check those North Star 3D printed 1/350 scale figs: So if you want to learn 3D modelling & printing have a go. It's not an easy ride in the beginning (3D modelling) but it could pay off for custom & unique stuff. Marcel.

Thnx guys. In fact it's quite flexible a bit more flexible than (uncooked) spaghetti which you can bend to a certain degree till it breaks.

Lovely work so far. And hey, this thing is big.... Marcel.

Thnx folks! Made some progress on the base. Will be working on the wrecked frame next. Cheers, Marcel.

Looking good! You like building for articles? Did some articles but I prefer "free" building without any pressure. Still very nice for a 3 weeks build!

Nice one!

Super sweet! Marcel.

Superb build & finish! Marcel.

Ah, thnx for the update!

Thnx folks! Check the pic, this is without the body part which costs €12,-

Thnx Jeroen. Sanded it a bit with an old toothbrush but the printed 3D texture suited the wreckaged look quite well.

Pics are missing. (?) Marcel.

Hi there, Last year I started building the German SD Kfz 223 recon car. I was looking for vignette & dio ideas and came across a very nice & well known pic of a Savoia Marchetti SM 79 wreckage. Awesome object (imho) but scratching this one from Evergreen rod would be quite insane so I decided to model & print it in 3D. After googling some blueprints I started to "trace" the wireframes. Final 3D model & printed parts. Since the tail is very symmetrical 3D modelling was an easy ride for me and took me around 10 hours. This tailpart is very eyecatching and fighting for attention with the SD Kfz 223 so I decided to replace the recon car with a Lion Roar (87238472374 parts) BMW R75 and staged the scene like this: A motorcyclist next to the BMW will be looking at the wreckage. Scale is in 1/35. Just putted some first layers of paint on and it's now ready for pigments, small rocks/pebbles, dry weed etc.... Hope you like it so far & thnx for stopping by. Cheers, Marcel.