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I actually did, yesterday, along with some streaking decal, but wait, streaking on Görings white plane? No, I will just build the D.VII in the livery of the fierce antagonist of Göring, Willi Gabriel, who was fighting fat Hermann Göring his whole career long. The Fatster himself will be a painting technique dummy, I will never build or paint a figure of a Nazi war criminal for display. And yes, to bring out this kit among the many possible D.VII, was at least a little astonishing by WNW. Cheers Rob

There is one left in Spain if you are interested. I bought from Robotines several times and was always completely satisfied. http://www.robotines.com/en/wingnut-wings/8660-1-32-aeg-giv-late-.html Cheers Rob

As you mentioned Phil, it's your only WNW kit, take your time and digest or be fast to purchase some others . I never had a real interest in the Camel, but that might change with your build. These WNW thingies are so easy to get addicted to. Cheers Rob

That is only the downside of the medal, one true benefit in pigments, is like on the Nautilus, that you can control the effect of dullness and shine with pigments. The Bronze has a shiny finish and with the partly application of pigments you are able to leave the shine in wanted places and dull down other areas. This is hard to achieve with other techniques, especially with an airbrush. If you ever watched closely at a copper surface wich is partly covered in patina, you know what I mean. Cheers Rob

Stored for future use, even when my 189 is from GWH, 1/48 and has skis tugged under. Thanks for posting. Cheers Rob

Awesome Harv, you have to love 1/16 scale, specially for a tiny tank like the FT. You can go wild with the detail. Cheers Rob

I'm very honored, I can highly recommend the kit, it has nice detail and it's trouble-freeness makes it easy to let your imagination wander. There is other stuff out there, if you fancy resin and large scale. I have stashed some kits of Industria Mechanika, for future projects, which are also great. Cheers Rob

Thanks Gaz, I enjoy working with pigments more and more, it's messy and there is a lot to be learned. The downside is, you can't really seal pigments without completely altering what you achieved before. There is also a big difference in the quality of pigments. The ones mainly used here were blue and green from MIg, where the blue powder was of much finer grain an was much more efficient and gave a more intense Colour saturation. My general experience with pigments is, as finer the grain is, the better they are to work with. There are some very coarse grained pigments out there and you cannot rub them in, they don't adhere. When the squid is finished and the PE is attached, I will try my luck and work with coarse green pigments and some fixer, to replicate algae in some places. Cheers Rob

Continue with your great looking Camel and you will be addicted, there is no way out of the vortex than buy more of the WNW stuff . Cheers Rob

Thanks again Phil, the small seat looks like build for the squadrons mascot , but I can't verify who is right. I ordered pilots with ejection seats from Aerobonus and hope they will arrive soon. I don't know the ZM seats, but if you like I could peep into my Eduard F4, which has Brassin seats and send you a picture. Cheers Rob

Thanks Mike Thank you Phil, you are right, I love to reproduce materials in modelling, specially metals. It needs some testing, but it is very rewarding, specially with no painting manual to follow. Cheers Rob

Was about to say beautiful, when it hit me. This plane ranks very low in the overall elegancy score, but somehow, like with other strange flying or driving machinery, these subjects have their own fascination. So beautiful she is in a way and you made it show with your great build. Cheers Rob

Looking great so far Michael. You can do a lot of detailing on these large scale ships and the figures you modified will enhance that. I have the 1/35 Vosper boat in stash along with tons of PE and resin as a 'if there is time' project . I wish you luck with your S-Boat and am eager to see, how you tackle the water. Cheers Rob

Thanks Mike for sharpen my blurry thoughts about how to produce these struts. I have saved your great build log about the Fokker D.VIII for getting mastery advice, when I start mine. Cheers Rob

Do it Ernie, it's a very nice ship. I like the smaller vessels in larger scale made in wood. More details and less redundancy like building a zillion of tiny cannons along with their gates for a ship of the line. I was really tempted (still am), when James reviewed the Fifie trawler here. I have an ongoing (suince years) project in the form of a French Kutter Le Renard. At least it's a pirate ship, sort of at least. I t was the ship of St. Malo privateer Robert Surcouf.

Work of art here, I like the decision to construct your own struts out of brass. Does aerofoil mean, that you gave an ordinary brass tube an aerodynamic shape? I plan to do that for my Fokker D.VIII build, because the kit struts are so weak. I bought some Albion connectors for soldering into the flattened tubes. Cheers Rob

I always thought camo was applied to actually camouflage the appearance of the plane, shame that these brave Polish Airforce men didn't bother with us modelers and our esthetic claims Cheers Rob

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Thanks Gus, the masks worked really good and adhered very well and it was not so easy to remove them. I've no idea how the kit supplied masks are, but these from Aztek worked their part for sure. Thank you Lothar, once in a while I have to pick one of the 'different' kits out of my stash. It's so refreshing not to care about RLM's and resembling historic pics in a build and let your mind wander with an obscure subject. I even started to think about bashing some airplane and tank kits for some Steam Punk builds. Cheers Rob

Your exhaust is looking great Harv, the combination of shiny surface and corroded/burnt parts is outstanding. Given the look of the exhaust, you never get away with showing your FT as fabric new, bring on the heavy weathering, mud, dust and stains, it's fun. Cheers Rob

Your Yak is looking great, the extra work in the pit will make it stand out. I built a 1/48 version some years ago and got bored of the design after I finished. But your build is an nice appetizer for new a large scale attempt. Cheers Rob

I agree on only one point, Ernie your build does the fine lines of the PZL justice. You have to love these gullwings, what a silhouette. Cheers Rob

Nice collection Danny, still wait for you to continue with the FE.2b, to encourage to start mine . My only finished one is the Pfalz, the IIIa not the XII and I ordered a Wooden wonder Albatros D.Va. Whatever the future will bring, I thank the people of WNW for their effort to bring us the best WW1 plane kits ever made. To open these boxes is more sexy than browsing through boxes of other producers, you sense the perfection oozing out of every polyethylene bag and let's not forgot these manuals, just tasty. Cheers Rob

I will follow your chrome bird, though I'm sceptical about the ready made finish. I just can't imagine how that will work with sprue cutting, cleaning up and seams. Cheers Rob

Thanks Harv, I can tell you, it's lots of fun to be able to go full freestyle, as there is no real Nautilus, it's not even an exact replica of the movie one, in other words a blank canvas. Cheers Rob