DocRob

Nice and dusty Phil, the look reminds me of objects in the sand close by the sea, salt and dust caked, I love that effect. I will to store that idea, using water on pigments for some future projects. Will there be a figure leaning out of the hatch?

That's not a bench, it's a vacuum . Meanwhile you can try to use the tip of a scalpel for cleaning up the tubes. Cheers Rob

Thanks Phil, it's only my third car kit. The others were styrene though, a Tamiya 2CV in 1/24 and a 1/32 Mercedes by Diopark, a great but not so easy to build one. With most of the Tamiya kits, you can't go wrong, easy to build and most of them are well detailed. Cheers Rob

Thanks Fran, there was another built by El Mariachi, I spotted. Yesterday I cut the glass panes out of the pre printed clear acetate, a step, I was not really looking forward to. In the end, the printed shapes matched the resin frames very good, at least there is hope to get the windows glued in properly after painting. I also finished the front axle and now am closing in on the painting stage. Cheers Rob

Right down my alley. It's not the first time I'm eying a Lukgraph kit, but until now, I ordered only a beautiful casted rotary engine from them. The Friedrichshafen could be my first full resin plane I guess. Cheers Rob

Thanks Carl, it was easier than thought. Uneven gaps between parts are a true to scale replica of Russian assembly quality . Cheers Rob

As I drew a blank with the Cowboys game, bad team, bad deal, I nearly bit on a WNW Salmson, which was not discounted. But kept away from it, when I thought about flat wire rigging. I have a Camel and a Snipe in stash, that's enough of British flatliners , but the Japanese scheme... Cheers Rob

Thank you for your kind words Maru. To build, paint and weather these great models by WNW makes it easy to shine for the modeler. They are such a great canvas quality wise, it would be a shame to fail. Cheers Rob

Drinking yes, beer at the moment, go Cowboys . Cheers Rob

After some problems with water plumbing in the house and some stormfronts, first hot sandstorms to be followed with one day pause by a northern storm with rain, I found some time to continue with the Lada. I cleaned all the mayor components and started assembling the body. First I glued the hood to the sides, added the front for rigidity and after a lot of test fitting and cutting added the back door with the chassis loosely fit as a template. Last was the roof. General fit of the parts was good, but a lot of test fitting and sanding was necessary to get a good result. Next was the chassis with multi part front axles, rear axles, suspension and exhaust. The design of the parts is mostly well thought through. It starts to look like a real Lada Niva . Cheers Rob

One of the coolest rally cars ever, if not the coolest, a driving wedge with only one purpose, win and it shows, stunner, forget about actual design. Cheers Rob

A pin wash to my eye doesn't have to be darker than the surrounding base colour. I tried lighter tones on different occasions and liked it a lot. the effect is obviously the opposite of a dark pin wash emphasizing shadows. In natural light panel borders may also produce a little highlight against the base colour, which could be replicated, by using a lighter grey tone for panel lining. Grey would keep the tonal balance, with some olive panel wash you might get interesting effects too. Just a thought... Cheers Rob

A good looking girl at a model convention, you made my day . Cheers Rob

Now that's a kicking mule , bravo. Cheers Rob

Nice work with the details like the aerials Gaz. The black to me is impossible to judge on the pics. It looks really good to me on the indoor pics and I hope the uneven distribution of black patches will remain under a sealing coat as well as the matte look. By the time you demask crossings and markings it will come together, with the contrast of the markings, I'm sure. Cheers Rob

...indeed they are, with my two WNW builds, I had some troubles with their decals be it larger area Lozenge or German crosses. Nice turnbuckle Phil . I use Tamiya magnifiers which I like, because of the quality real glass lenses, which reduces distortions and the possibility of changing lenses, depending of the type of work. It seems like the set has changed though, mine includes four lenses of 1,7X, 2X, 2,5X and 3X. The only weak point is the head adjusting plastic thing, which is adjustable, but causes some headache after longer wear, but that's maybe only my cabeza (head) . Cheers Rob Magnifying Visor with 1.7x/2x/2.5x Lenses (tamiya.com)

The pit looks beautiful John. What type of Corsair are you building? A Corsair I, based on the Birdcage version or a Corsair II, which is based on the 1A or 1D version? In the book 'How to build...Tamiyas 1/32 F4U-1 Corsair', Brett Green builds a Corsair I and describes the differences between the Versions. Not exactly a historical based resource, but I thought, I should mention it. For his Corsair I he used an American seatbelt and mentioned, that these were not changed normally and even the flight gear was American made, often. His interpretation of the cockpit colour is a rather darkish green. For the Corsair II he describes the use of a Sutton Harnish and British radio equipment. Cheers Rob

These are my side orders, besides the Griffon set. I will build mine with the 20mm Oerlikon on it. I tried to figure my sources for the U-Models figures and ADV, but drew a blank. I bought mine some years ago, back in Berlin. Cheers Rob

That prototype is disgusting, too much methyl based moonshine Vodka consumed by the designer I guess. That's a Niva nientendoized and it is in one league with the Nissan J(P)uke . The x-theme, design wise should include an X for canceling . The background music fits the design though. Cheers Rob

Definitely WOW, like Hubert said, I rarely enjoyed pictures of a heap of debris more than this . Cheers Rob

Rear view mirrors are for losers . Cheers Rob

Never saw a single episode of Top Gear, I have to admit, I enjoy driving, but not watching people doing it . I would have preferred a completely cast body, as aligning everything might be not too simple. I'm actually thinking about using brass rods for alignment for some parts. Cheers Rob

Gratulations Mark, as said before in the RFI's nice builds all along and worthy candidates for their prizes. Good to hear that your Model Convention took place in these times. Cheers Rob

I have the very same in stash for a long winter stint, accompanied by a big Griffon PE and resin set and some resin sailors from U-Models and others. Cheers Rob

Meng's Ford GT40? Cheers Rob