DocRob

Nice variety for a German only builder and quite some masterpieces among them. Looks like you had a great 2020 model wise. Cheers Rob

Great output and nicely done, congrats. Cheers Rob

Nice, I made on myself, when I was young. It was the first complex construction, everybody in my company had to build, while getting the education as an engineer. The final quality verdict was, how low you could go with the air pressure and the machine was still working (We used air instead of steam for the tests). It was great fun. Cheers Rob

I like the FT, well done Harv. Cheers Rob

Better a good one than hundreds of mediocre builds . The PZL looks great. Cheers Rob

Nice collection with wide variation, great builds. Like Jeff, I like the Zero best. Cheers Rob

If I was hijacking your thread, I apologize, it was without intent. I interpreted the title as an open thread, showing the individual 2020 output. Now that I see lots of different threads started by other members here, I got the feeling, I did wrong. On the other hand, I would have liked an 2020 works thread for everyone and not individual, because that's what LSM is about . Cheers Rob

Whatever a 'D' is, it seems, that you are not very fond of your build and I don't understand why. I like the paintjob a lot and the way, the figures interact, make the scene believable and interesting. Cheers Rob

My 2020 output was not bad quantity wise. I'm usually not a fast builder and to me it was a year full of distractions. Beside the finished models, I spent lots of time on other long term projects, which had some progress to show for and maybe some RFI to follow soon. I learned many new techniques this year, throwing me purposely into projects, which needed to adapt lots of new stuff and broadened my modelling skills more than other years. You will notice, that I'm biased a little towards WWI planes in the moment, but I like the variety in my output this year. Not all the builds were LS and quality wise you will be the judge... Cheers Rob T-90 from Meng Pfalz D.III Wingnut Wings Nautilus in 1/144 from Pegasus My Eduard SSW twins in 1/48 AMK Mig-31 in 1/48 Hansa Brandenburg W.12 Wingnut Wings Lada Niva 1/35 from Balaton Models

Quality builds all around, but I have to say, I like the Mig best, which had a wird painting phase, hen I remember it right. Nice output in a crazy year. Cheers Rob

Thank you Gaz, that's priceless, I never heard about this method before. Our dental care will be in jeopardy now, I know about this . Your method seems easier controllable, than to work with grinding bits on a micro drill, where it is so easy to ruin the surrounding areas and I always found it hard to work with, without having a melting effect on the plastic, even with the lowest rpm setting. Cheers Rob

An interesting and different looking plane. The psychedelic cowling is an eye catcher and the relaxed fellow leaning on it adds to the atmosphere of the scene. Cheers Rob

The engine looks great, love the exhaust colour and the wires. Cheers Rob

Nice work. It's a sweet little kit and I like, what you have done with it. To me the best thing on the kit itself is the resin figure. I will try some new painting techniques on this big scale guy. Cheers Rob

Nice engineering on the Würger, I mean your work, not the plastic . I have to build one in the near future, I have only a TA-152 to show for, which is partly untrue, because I gave it to a friend. Could you enlighten us, how your electric toothbrush sanding device works, as a tool nerd, I really like to know. Cheers Rob

Nice progress with the pit Harv. Cheers Rob

Are you sure about the dark colour of the bombs. I haven't done any research, but found some pics of a Gotha G.V in night Lozenge with a light colour (looks like grey) for the bombs. Cheers Rob

Merry Christmas Amigos, we were surfing yesterday in brutal storm waves. Not much fun, but very exhausting and gave the right appetite for a BIG fondue. Cheers Rob

Nice and sandy look, well done, sometimes there is a lot of fun in these little projects. Cheers Rob

Thanks Gaz, Albion has the so called slide-fit sets, with three tubes of different diameter included, that's a good way to start, as you don't need a lot of tube for some wheelstruts. I took the measurements from the plastic. The larger struts are 2,00 mm wide in plastic, which equals to a 1,5 mm tube flattened. Thanks Kai? I think the struts on a DR.I are way stronger and shorter in plastic and there is no real need to replicate these in brass. If I remember it right, the DR.I struts have a curved conture, where they connect to the wing. This will be hard to replicate. Thanks, definitely a kit, which needs some extra work here and there . Cheers Rob

Oh, I found a small box with intriguing box art in my stash. It's a 2020 release and has to be mentioned here, albeit it is in 1/72 It's the Grumman FM-2 Wildcat from Arma Hobby, a well designed kit, with masks and PE in the box, amongst several decal variants. Cheers Rob

Wow, looking great, like Harv, I especially like the worn look of the leather on the seat. Cheers Rob

De nada Señhor, and yes, I had to have the solution for the struts first and then get everything started. The results are rewarding and the way I realized it, will help to solve another problem area on the Fokker. The side panels of the fuselage are bended inward, where they meet the upper front part of the fuselage. As I drilled the holes for the strut attachments into the side fuselage panels, the struts will help to bend these fuselage parts in shape. Only dry fitted Cheers Rob

More or less , but Im sure, this kind of kit will throw some other obstacles at me, without me expecting them. Cheers Rob

The upfront coward I am, I started with my most feared parts of the build, besides the fuselage fit, the struts. I decided to substitute all by self made brass ones in two different sizes. I wanted an elliptical shape of the tubes and used wooden brackets in a wise to flatten the tubes, which worked to my satisfaction. To avoid flattening the tubes completely , I inserted brass rods into the tube. I manufactured two different sized type of raw strut from 1,5 mm tube with a 1 mm rod inserted for the wheel struts and the large wing struts and 1,2 mm tube with 0,5 mm rod for the smaller V-shaped struts. Normally I cut the tubes with a scalpel, which didn't work with the oval ones. As I had no superfine saw, I first used a file, but then tried my trusty Tamiya nipper, which worked good, as long as you insert some rod into the tube while cutting. The V-struts needed to be soldered and there will be another bigger third strut added later, when everything will be assembled to the fuselage. This construction needed a connection into four directions, two for the V, another for the larger main strut and one to fix the wing. I used Albion Connecto connectors which I bent in shape and then soldered in. These were the parts After soldering the V on a glass pane Here are all the pre manufactured brass parts. The inserted rods will be cut to length, while assembling and will be glued into pre drilled holes in the fuselage and wing. Cheers Rob