DocRob

The pics are a bit on the dark side (overly? ), but show the modulation of the white very good. You could try and play around with the exposure. There is no magic about it, but white is a color hard to capture, because all cameras metering against a gray base. Whit, specially snow or glare on the sea are problematic, because of that. Even with most smartphones you can steer a little, by pointing on the screen, for different meterings in differently bright parts of the subject. If the contrast is to harsh, like your white tank in front of a black background, you will only reach a compromise, but with yours bein yellow, there should be room for a perfect exposure. When you use the Olympos, you could try spot metering, when the camera is equipped with that. Combined with an exposure lock, you could spot meter the parts of the tank, you put emphasis on, lock the metering and chose your framing, easy, you can do it even in automatic mode normally. Cheers Rob

Sorry for the irritation, I've written overly and meant mostly or predominant, due to my bad English. I had a wrong meaning of overly in my German blockhead . To put it right with other words, I like the white appearance and it absolutely interesting to look at, with your pre painting and weathering, breaking up the monochrome. Cheers Rob

You have to hand it to Trumpeter, that they make their boxes with foresight. There are not many boxes around, where you have space enough, to get all the necessary bits and pieces in . Cheers Rob

I don't hear much pop music, but I adore Roisin Murphy and Moloko with her as a singer. This is more than simple pop music to me and I like her approach. With Covid around, she decided to produce a disco album (definitely not her best, but so what), just o make you dance, in times, where it isn't appropriate. And now, when performing on stage is no option, she covers her own songs in her living room or somewhere on Ibiza in lockdown, with only some guitars accompanying her, beside an old dog and a tractor. She's a true goddess. Two examples of new and old songs here: Róisín Murphy Live @ Home in Ibiza – Murphy's Law - YouTube Róisín Murphy - The Time Is Now (Acoustic) (Live @ Home for Festival Marvin 9.5) - YouTube ... but it's Friday night and my amp is heating up along with some red wine and then it's setting the belt of my turntable to 45 /min and put on Massive Attacks 100th Window for a little massage of the stomach muscles. Good night Señhores. Cheers Rob

Concrete mix, tss, tss, tss, I would have thought you know better Carl. Casted resin is the stuff to go, no bubbles no irritations, if done right and the level of detail, is incredible . Cheers Rob

Nice work on the camo and a very interesting plane, which looks great in the nightfighter outfit. Cheers Rob

Brrr, I'm freeeeeezing. You nailed the winter camo on the STUG to perfection Gaz. Despite being overly white, the paintjob doesn't look boring at all, great work. Cheers Rob

I have some thousand Vinyls of every kind of music from classic music to rock, punk and jazz and just a little bit of selected pop. I have very diversified preferences, but pick only the cherries to my taste. Lots of my music is digitized, but I rarely hear music as a background. Maybe that's because there are only two elevators on my island . When I hear music, it's 90% vinyl, sitting in front of my good system savoring the music with a drink on my side, or as background as it gets, on the terrace with my small turntable. Vinyl, with only about twenty minutes of music on one side forces you to listen to the music, my digital copies are only used while barbecuing, when I prefer to turn the steaks, not the vinyl. Since leaving Berlin, some years ago, I rarely hear music in the car and enjoy the silence or the roar of the wind, driving open toped. While modelling, I don't hear music, it's distracting me somehow. You get the idea, when it's time for music, it's mostly time for music only. What I really miss on my tiny island, are good concerts. In Berlin, I used to go to concerts very often and some of these were epic and I will never forget them, because this is where music is made, on stage. We have some rock and reggae concerts here and some classic concerts too, but it's not the same. With Covid around, I fear for the worst for the musical business, specially were the performance is involved. Cheers Rob

Sorry for the inconvenience , but this will be another epic project, I'm sure. Cheers Rob

That's rich, given the situation with the fire in the Eduard warehouse in January , but earnestly, I bought the set some years ago. Cheers Rob

I had the same thought as Kai, all are placed very convincing, but I can't make out, what the Flak guy is doing, but that's maybe the angle of the photo. Cheers Rob

Very convincing brass work in the last steps Mike, this will ensure a rigid construction and will pa off later in the build. Cheers Rob

I checked mine Jeroen, and the blades seem to be bent too. The spinner looks ok and fits with over the hub. In my set, the PE template for marking the middle was missing and in the Brassin engine set, there were too few cylinders packed in. Luckily, some time ago, Wumm wrote about the Brassin engine and I checked and got spares from Eduard. It's not the first time though, parts were missing from Brassin sets. Once I ordered 1/24 cannons for the Typhoon and got only one instead of four . I always received spares from Eduard, but I learnt to check, where their checking often seems to fail. Cheers Rob

I used copper wire for mine, it is a bit stronger than lead, which makes weathering easier, without bending the tubes. I browsed through my spare parts box and found the attached sketch for the plumbing from the Voyager detailing set. Cheers Rob

You seem to enjoy some suffering Kai, this kit seems to kick you in the back on every subassembly. The fit of the front leg insert is a joke. Even my last Mikro Mir Fokker kit was better designed, I'm lucky, Italeri doesn't build real planes. Given your shown braveness, it will pay off in the end, I'm sure, but would you build a second one? Cheers Rob

Like Phil said, nice and clean build. Can't wait to see your magic working on the Phantom, after the sneak peak with the pylons and missiles. I have to make my peace somehow with ZM, after the partly horrible experiences with their TA-152. Overengineered is a good term to name it. I have some of their 32 scale kits in stash, maybe a P-51 soon or the Horten,... Cheers Rob

I built two SSW's in 48 scale and used different wood finishes on both of them. The upper is AK's crystal orange, the lower is Tamiya's clear orange, both applied with a brush. Thinking about the ammo boxes and my hopefully soon to build Fokker E.II, it might be possible to recreate the two tone metallic look with hairspray technique. When time comes, I will try the mentioned methods. Cheers Rob

I wouldn't throw away my Tamiya clear colors, as they are better suited for painting clear parts, than the AK clears. For wood finishes, I prefer AK, except for newish deep toned wood effects. AK has no clear yellow, but clear orange is very yellowish. Cheers Rob

The engine will look great Gaz, as the rockers and springs are very visible, it's a great enhancement. I had the same idea in my head concerning the Molotow chrome pens on AK's Extreme metal in my case. Thanks for the warning, I will try other solutions, maybe with Molotows masking pens on aluminum base and then sprayed on another tone. Another test would be the use of the AK pencils on an aluminum base layer. The wood looks good to me, albeit very light, indeed. When I made my first tests with woodgrain replicated with oils, I got a better result using AK's crystal orange, than Tamiya clear yellow and orange. The AK tone is less intense and dries more matte The upper third on the pic is Chrystal orange from AK, the middle is Tamiya's clear yellow and the bottom part is Tamiya's clear orange, all applied with a brush. The AK Crystal orange is my favorite, because it dries with a silky surface, where the Tamiya clears have a high gloss finish. The AK orange is also easier to apply, because it is thinner and doesn't tend to puddle. There is my wooden test Panther hull Cheers Rob

Nice progress Phil. The Brassin cockpits are a gem. Cheers Rob

Hi Paul, I built the kit some years ago in the Iraqi Enigma version. Its a simple and easy to build kit, typical Tamiya, but I enhanced it somewhat. I used Friul tracks and some resin wheels with burnt away rubber. I added resin parts for the extra armor and a voyager PE set and Voyager lenses. An area which has to be reworked on the kit is the plumbing for the fuel tanks. Easily done with some copper wire. Cheers Rob

You mastered the TA-152 nicely and the little scene looks great. I have no idea, how you managed to get the cowlings closeable and looking right, when closed. I tried the same and failed, despite working on different solutions, even with bended PE hinges. Since then, I haven't touched a ZM kit, but have some in my stash and hope for the better. Cheers Rob

Thanks Jeff, I do like the outcome too, as the powersuit seems to gain weight, with every step, made to look it more metallic. Cheers Rob

Thank you Kev, I'm very pleased you like the build. I always enjoy and fear the realization of ideas, I preformed in my head for a project, involving lots of new techniques. The essence of this friction mostly results in lots of fun, when the fear part reduces, while step by step, the concept grows to reality. Cheers Rob

You can't beat Kabuki, all others may mean trouble, with too much or too less adhesion, border lifts, shrinking,... Nice looking gullwing, Martin . Cheers Rob