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Impressive stuff, always on the verge of destruction or beyond . The attention to detail is just great. Cheers Rob

Great idea Carl, but I don't like the look or (unnecessary) usage of carbon, being it for bicycle frames or just for optical appearance, but the Lozenge thing makes me thinking... Cheers Rob

... and now to something completely different. Couldn't let these two pass for poco dineros. I will be way out of my comfort zone, as I only built a highly detailed Citroen 2CV in very bad condition some years ago. The only other car kit in my stash is my favorite, the goddess, a Citroen DS-21. I may do something different with one or two of these kits, to get more comfortable with. I thought about giving the Ford GT a bronze paintjob with patina on it . Let's see... Cheers Rob

This rigging with that cross section acorns looks terrible difficult to get aligned properly. Nice job with doing so. Can't wait to se the Baby finished. Cheers Rob

Absolutely gorgeous, your Viper looks great. The way you broke the dull grey look with panel lining and weathering makes it special. There are so many details catching the eye, chapeau! Cheers Rob

Very nice, the wings add some 'substance' to that otherwise skinny helo. Cheers Rob

Very nice introduction to the forum, your wrecked canopy section looks very convincing. Is it a fictional project or are you working with photos? BTW, Welcome to LSM, the place to be for relaxed plastic nuts Cheers Rob

One good thing about the covid thing is, that there is definitely more biking everywhere. On my island I saw so many people biking and hiking like never before. In my old home town of Berlin, lots of people commute by bike, better than sitting in a cramped subway. It gets harder to buy a new bike though, the shops have been robbed lately. When I was studying, I worked as a messenger in Berlin and bought one of the very early mountain bikes, a steel framed Trek single track, of course without suspension. I put slicks on for the job and had a very fast reliable ride, specially after the wall came down and we had to go to the east as well, with all the cobblestone roads and banged up tarmac. Definitely no place for race bikes. Anyway, the bike still exists and is in good shape, with an old Shimano DX shifter, which I always preferred to the XT and I gave the bike to our son. After a year or so, he went to a bike shop recently and was asking for a new bike and pointed some out. The guy in the shop was blown away, like how can you give that jewel away for a new bike. Since that visit, he sees the bike with different eyes and doesn't want a new one . Cheers Rob

Thanks Carl, It's time consuming, but will show through the Aviattic decals. I hope I got it about right. , truly spoken, in our heart, we are all masochists, that's why we picked modelling as a hobby. The good thing with that boring masking and preshading is, that I'm not anymore afraid of rigging, which is tempting, but not tedious. Well, the rigging of the Kamel is even less frightening . Cheers Rob

De nada Gaz, Your build looks promising. The pit is nice and I think you can see some of the detail, given the wide opening in the fuselage. I will follow, how you tackle the black scheme, as I never did one, beside the fuselage of a tiny 1/48 fighter. Cheers Rob

Tough decision, I guess. I did some biking too in our mountains the last days, it's very dry and dusty in the moment, some rain would be welcome. Yesterday I heard, that our big MTB race festival in November is called off, pity. Cheers Rob

Sometimes there are steps in modelling, you get bored even thinking about them. The preparation for the Lozenge and linen decals were of such a kind. My pace building the Kamel slowed considerably down and I even started to do some work on a parallel build, which I rarely do. After putting aside the mental obstacles, I got myself to do the job. First I cut a zillion of 0,5mm strips and applied them on the struts of the gloss white coated wings, rudder and ailerons. Then I used a mix of thinner and Tamiya Smoke to airbrush onto the struts, to simulate the shadows / wear, later showing through the decals. I haven't done it too refined, to get a bit of an uneven look. My test with one aileron showed, that the Lozenge decals hide the preshading effect much better, than the linen decals for the underside, which led me to spray the shadows heavier on the upper side, as you might notice on the picture. Cheers Rob

Easily done Cheers Rob

That's why I wear rubber gloves while spraying, hate to be dented by some thinner. Cheers Rob Definitely not in the 'from now on it will be knitting'-league, annoying, yeah, but easily solved. Cheers Rob

For a little distraction from the boring job of masking struts with 0,5 mm wide Kabuki and cutting decals to size on my Hansa Brandenburg, I toyed a little around with the tiny big Chinese Tankette in 1/16. The build will be fast, as there are not too many parts. There is a plastic spring in the middle of the mess, which make the suspension actually work. I cleaned all the parts for the running gear and took out the resin figure to accompany them. The figure is super detailed and will be fun to paint. I plan to try oils for skin and faces for a change, maybe for the uniform too. Cheers Rob

He he, same here, but anyway, you seem to browse through the build. Like you, I prefer to prepaint tight spots, even if it's time consuming and the dreaded airbrush cleanings amass. Cheers Rob

Beautiful interior, the rigging looks great. Can't wait how you tackle the metal cowlings. I have some ideas how I will approach it, but these have to be tested when I'm on it. Cheers Rob

Looks completely fine to me, can't wait for your paint magic. Cheers Rob

It's weird sometimes with these browsers. I see your pictures (ever saw them) using Edge. I checked Chrome that moment and see your pics as well. Cheers Rob

Might be the next one in line Harv, maybe I start parallel to the Kamel build. I browsed through the manual and the Tankette looks like an easy build, where I can concentrate on painting and weathering. Cheers Rob

Today arrived this little big tank, a 1/16 scale Japanese tankette in Chinese service. There are some Japanese versions around too, but decided for the Chinese variant, because of the nice included resin figure (as far as I know, the others have normal injection plastic figures), the unusual subject and the monochrome scheme, where I want to train some effects on. The downside (if it is one), with this kit you get only rubber band tracks, where the other variants have single track links included too, which look very fiddly. The Molotow markers are different sized chrome pump pens and the blue ones contain masking fluid. I had the idea to use these masking pens for one of these difficult to airbrush French camos where I will try to use them for masking the before sprayed black borders, instead of brush painting these. Cheers Rob

Nice work on the Taube Bill, I will watch closely, because this might be one of my next WNW builds. Interesting way to tackle the struts differently on the upper and lower side. I will keep that in mind. For my build, I may use Aviattic linen decals, when these work ok on my Hansa Brandenburg and it seem like they do. Mine will be Scheme D, because of the contrasting linen wings and field grey fuselage. The museum one (B1) is attractive too, that would be my second choice. E is completely out, because it's a Bavarian plane, all others are from my old hometown of Berlin.

Speaking of the devil, look what the postwoman brought me today. It's the 1/72 Quinta set for my Mil-Mi 24 and the first pic shows the comparison with the Eduard PE. The instruments got some glazing to replicate glass cowering. When I will build the Mi 24, I will may make a built in comparison, because it's a Limited edition Eduard kit with plastic, PE and resin for to helicopters. At first sight the edge goes to Quinta, because they match my favorite turquoise better. This pic is heavily macroed, there is no raster visible to my unmacroed eye. You might be able to spot the 3D-charcter on this pic with different levels of height. Cheers Rob

You let the RLM66 shine in your pits, if that is possible . Nice work and beautiful detailing on the workplaces. Cheers Rob

The decal job looks very smooth, like the underlying paintjob. No silvering, no nothing, which is the best outcome you can hope for with the trying duty of decaling. Your viper will look great in the end. Cheers Rob