DocRob

A friend of mine, who is more gifted than me concerning woodworks, has supplied me with two bases in the shape of the island, I'm living on. Not sure which I will use (slight tendency to the darker one), but after the decision, the Lada gets it's mirrors and is done. Cheers Rob

Your Mossie looks great, love the details like the engine and bomb bay. As much as I'd like to start mine, it has to wait, but seeing your fine result raises the urge. Cheers Rob

The undercarriage looks great, but, given the completely ripped nacelle, would the landing gear not have to be totally wrecked or at least bended a lot? Cheers Rob

This thing is well prepared for a Saturday shopping spree in an average Siberian town. The downside of a vehicle which is more unstoppable than others is, if you got stuck somewhere, there is nobody able to pull you out . Cheers Rob

Thanks Carl, a unique car in our streamlined times at least, that's why my wife wanted to own one. Now she will get the small one for Christmas. Cheers Rob

The Lada is done so far, except for the mirrors, which I don't risk to add now. I did a lot of touch ups and added details like license plates and wipers. Now it's time for some work on the base. Cheers Rob

I was sure about the existence of men with a height of 500m. That is what the US Navy fears most, the Manzilla Cheers Rob

Cool looking blackbird Gaz, love the oil dot modulation in the direction of the airstream, with still recognizable differences in panels. Cheers Rob

Nice, I saw these too, but have two wrong Fokker's for the decals. Cheers Rob

Hmmh, difficult to say, you chose the Argus engine and it dos look a little toy like on the sprue with the molded on rockers, .... To remove the plastic properly will not be so easy in this case. Rebuilding the rockers out of Nickel Silver Tube a bit easier. The result would benefit from the extra work for sure. At least you got something resembling springs for the valves with the Argus. I looked for the WNW pictures of this build, with the seemingly unaltered Mercedes engine an this looks fine to me, given some of the details are obscured by the large exhaust. I'm happy because mine will be build in the same scheme. With my recent Hansa Brandenburg build, I took the extra tour and it payed off, but the kit had a second half cylinder block without the rocker arms molded on, which made it easier. Cheers Rob

Sweet, nice detailing. Can't wait to start mine, it's such an interesting bird - err - pigeon. Cheers Rob

Hubert is absolutely right, Vallejo Air thinned with Mr. Leveling Thinner is a nightmare except, If you are an airbrush cleaning fetishist . I learned it the hard way, trying to clean my airbrush from a tar like paste. Since then, I do a little pre mix on a lid of an old yogurt tub and wait for some minutes, lesson learned . Cheers Rob

Having the real one in the backyard, there are no excuses for less attention to the details . Your build looks like the real thing as far as I can tell, bravo. Cheers Rob

Can't say, that I like it, the way the chipping is done. The places with heavy chipping do not follow any logic, like being in the airstream or walked on. It has not to be totally right, but has to seem so. Cheers Rob

Indeed, now it's about the base with the shape of my island. Cheers Rob

You spoilt it, by preparing the upper wing . Cheers Rob

The tiny Lada got wheels at least, among other parts like fenders and mud flaps. It payed off to insert copper wire into wheel hubs and drill the axles. This way, it was much easier to adjust the wheels correctly and there is a bigger area for the CA to bond. Some details are still missing, like the mirrors and wipers, but adding these will be the last step, because of their fragility. Next steps will be some touch ups and the license plates. Cheers Rob

Iike Gaz said, nice work and thanks for the comparison of the Bitskrieg bits and kit parts, I haven't decided, which I will buy for my PZL. The radiators for sure. Cheers Rob

I'm interested too, until now, I was not brave enough to paint a big bird without proper priming, when camo and masking was a topic. In surfing we call the first guy in the water 'current dummy' . Cheers Rob

Have you checked the Ammo of Mig stuff? BNA (this is your ZIP code?) has three different sizes available. I don't know, if the stuff is round cross sectioned, but I would guess so. Cheers Rob

I would try to get some Uschi stuff. They have three different diameters and I checked the 'standard' line with an optivisor and it looks round shaped. Uschi´s high stretch elastic rigging - Uschi van der Rosten Carpet Decals (uschivdr.com) Cheers Rob

Nice seeing you tackle the Ansaldo. I thought a lot of times about buying one, but kept it for later when I'm grown up model wise. Cheers Rob

For Tamiya Acrylics I work with Mr. Levelling Thinner in my airbrush, a dream combo. I have reduced clogging and finer spray and a longer drying time of course. Thanks to Ernies persistence, I tried this combination, after I had no luck at all using the levelling thinner with colours of other brands, like AK and Lifecolour, which dosen't mix well in the best case or went lump in the worst. Cheers Rob

Great idea Harv, it's nice to have an image of you guys. While looking for a picture, I realized, how rarely I got photographed, usually I'm the guy behind the camera. Cheers Rob

I use a mix of Tamiya Flat and Pledge as dullcoat. You have to be careful about the amount of Tamiya Flat though, to prevent fogging. The great builder FichtenFoo experimented with that mix and I had the same results like him. Another side note. If you use that mix, be careful with panelliners like the Tamiya ones on the varnish coat. They are too aggressive and will ruin the surface. Clear Coats with Future Floor Acrylic | FichtenFoo Cheers Rob