DocRob

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

I made great progress today with the Nautilus. I started bad, using light and dark green grime wash, with suboptimal result and decided to mainly lay on pigments for weathering. I used green and blue pigments to work the hull, dabbing first and then rub with a flat brush in the direction of the streaming water. Another light pass with the same brush dampened a little gave some streaks. To represent the patina of the materials correct, I used more of the green pigment for the bronze hull and more of the blue for the rudder parts. Some metal pigments and some rust streaks were added. Then the fun began , removing hundreds of tiny masks. The Nautilus is mostly done, only the ram and PE railings and struts will be added later, when the squid is finished. Cheers Rob Some surface details, where the shininess depends on the angle of light, I like it a lot Night shots, were to the eye, the bright spots are white, the lighted windows in a cosy yellow, and the bridge (eyes) are greenish. Mask salad for dinner

As the bad news around Wingnut Wings seem to tighten, I ordered a wooden wonder Albatros DVa, with some Aviatic goodies and HGW belts and wood decals. Building a wooden airframe was on my to do list, since I like to reproduce bare materials. The other unfulfilled (I guess forever) project would have been a Gotha G.IV. With the purchase of the Albatros, I postponed my almost finalized PZL P.11 buy. My stash though is well filled and there are not so many new kits out there, which keep ma attracted, there will be only short lived decisions, often inflicted by you folks. Fingers crossed for the people at WNW, which opened a door to a complete new modelling universe, quality wise. Cheers Rob

Nice 109, it's fascinating how a change of scheme and colours makes the known view of the 109 into something new. Cheers Rob

Thanks Gus, I hope I'm able to give the whole thing a beautiful patina through weathering. Cheers Rob

Thanks Gentlemen, it's a pleasure if you have as much joy as I have with the Nautilus. It's a great kit and I really enjoy to build something different from planes and tanks and I love to replicate materials and this is a great canvas for non FE-Metals. Cheers Rob

Today I did some detail painting and added the tailfins with propeller and struts permanently. Because I felt a little stickiness on the Extreme Colour surfaces after some days, I decided to add a coat of Future before weathering begins with washes and pigments. The etched railings, steps and wire struts will be added as one of the last steps after finishing the Kalmar and placing the Nautilus in it's arms. Cheers Rob

Exactly my thought, I have one VIIF in stash and it will be completely Lozenge covered. I want to build another one and have the kit decals and another set of Aviatic Lozenge for the wings to build a little bit more colourful bird. Fat (by that times not so fat) Hermann though will be a painting technique dummy. Cheers

Very nice beer transport. Great paintjob and nice finish. Cheers Rob

It happens even to the best. Is there a reason why the Polish markings are not symmetrical applied on the wings. On my Karas it's the same, so it must be a Polish idea. Cheers Rob

Three dimensional, multi angled, curved shapes it is what makes it hard. The other candidates are curved lips of air coolers, cowlings and jet intakes, lots of PITA potential here. I asked myself the same question out of frustration, even when I knew . Cheers Rob

Nice Gaz, but the orientation of the front wheels isn't final? Cheers Rob

Beautiful finish, I like the blended in look of the white areas. Cheers Rob

A beauty, love the chosen scheme. Clean and crisp work with about the right dose of weathering. Cheers Rob

Very nice Sabre, an icon, and you brought her to live with a beautiful clean paint- and decal job. Some black and white magic as reward Cheers Rob

Good to see somebody with similar interests and an international point of view . Like Thor Heyerdal said: 'Borders, I haven't seen any, but I've heard that they exist in peoples minds'. In these times of lockdown states without the possibility of traveling, it's good to make the mind wander to visited places and envision places to be visited. LSM is that to me with modelling, it's my connection to the world of glue sniffers . I visited California sometimes and liked it a lot. I was surfing in Carlsbad and Huntington Beach, where I have friends. You definitely have the better waves, but also freezing water (my last trip was in Dezember some years ago). On my tiny island the quality waves are from northern or western swells, but you cannot surf them, because there are only rocks and cliffs. On the eastern side it's possible, but lacks quality, but the upside is, no line up, rarely there is another surfer in the water at the same time. I love the Basque area and the north of Spain and will travel there in future times, not only for surfing, but for their fine food also. If you want to dig in new countries, try Portugal. I love the coast north of Lisbon, formerly called Estremdura. Europas best Surf spots, sea food and some of the friendliest people I ever met are only some of the highlights. I was ready to live there, when I found my precious tiny island and decided to stay here instead. Cheers Rob

Sorry to disappoint you, but I was born in Berlin and only live on the Canary Islands since five Years now. I just had to leave Berlin by that time, too much stress and too many people. I love the tranquillo livestyle here and the possibility of mountain biking, surfing and swimming all year long aaannd the very friendly people. Modelling wise it's muy desperado, but that's why I'm here on LSM . I have never been to Pamplona, but visited San Sebastian and Bilbao in Basque and some other places with brutal waves on the northern coast of Spain. Yeah, I understand your grandmother, I do lots of risky sports, but running from a mad bull is not one of them . Cheers Rob

Thanks Gus, having seen the side view, I knew something had to be done, metal chain or drilling. Cheers Rob

I know the feeling. Cheers Rob

Yesterday I learned, that Spain and that includes my tiny island will be shut down at least until 10th of may. After I heard that, I decided to torture myself a little bit further, bad news and a bad task don't make a double bad day, so why not. The anchor chains of the Nautilus are generally nicely molded, but the links have holes only if you look from above, the sides of the links are solid. I pre drilled all the links with a sharp blade tip and then used a 0,5mm drill to finalize the task. Somehow I managed not to break a single link, phew. Cheers Rob

22 Power Dive on the second 'hut', or………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Hail Mary Cheers Rob

Great work Danny, I'm not a jet guy, but one of the few exceptions is a Navy Phantom and yours is looking perfect. One of these days I will build my 1/48 Eduard Limited edition. It's the Academy kit with lots of Brassin and PE-stuff. I was about to start it several times, until I saw the stenciling sheet, it gave me the creeps. Cheers Rob

If you want a dead flat finish, use Scale 75 colours for figures, there is no shine whatsoever with these. A little care has to be taken with their skin tones, they tend to be a little chalky if not thinned properly. Cheers Rob

Time for Heavy Metal. The sub was ready assembled, without PE and some details like the propeller and ram. PE will not be painted, but burnished instead. As a change of plan, I stowed the battery in the hull and installed the switch. After checking again for unwanted light emission the Nautilus was primed with Tamiya rattle can. Then the fun began, the whole ship was sprayed in Bronze, then Brass to highlight the panels and the darker brass again to have more control and definition in the darker areas. Some highlights on the upper side were picked up with shiny Brass. Generally the lower hull was shaded a little darker, with Bronze more prominent. The last pass was with Jet exhaust to further darken the Colours, more on the lower hull and just a bit on the upper side. The tails were airbrushed in Copper and for the ram I used Gunmetal and stainless steel. All metal Colours are from AK's Extreme Metal range and spray very good, with very fine grain and good coverage, except Copper, which is very translucent. I don't know where to go from here, detail painting for sure and weathering of course, but I haven't decided on the final look and how worn it should be. Cheers Rob

Obrigado, I just asked, because there is a Youtube unboxing video showing the special edition with a Yahu IP included. Cheers Rob