DocRob

Very good to see you back with the Speedy. Nice work with the planking. Cheers Rob

I have a similar one from Voyager and some others for circles, curves, rectangles and stars. As you say, one of the best investments I made, too. Cheers Rob

Thanks Bill, a lot of the inner fuselage work will be hidden, even more on my W.12 with the upper wing in the way. I want to train different techniques with this build, so unseen detail work is not completely wasted. Shaving dents into the floats is not that daunting, but it's much harder, when the deck of the floats is attached. I used that technique some years ago for a stressed metal fuselage. To me it's more controllable than working with a motorized grinder. Cheers Rob

Thanks Harv, I will learn a lot, I'm sure. The good thing about WIP-ing here is that you gather as much information as you spread . Like with Bill_S tip here: Thanks Bill folding was the key, I burnished the part after bending, will paint it later and rub some metal pigments on. In the moment it's only loosely fit on the steering column. Cheers Rob

That might be a way to handle it, without loosing the last bit of stability. Thanks for letting me now. Cheers Rob

That should be banned here, ..., or you show us how you manage to get a complete interior into that plastic slab . Cheers Rob

Some years ago, I saw these ,but the makers might have vanished, as I can't find their traces. The last posts reminded me of the Cromätika stuff and it would have fit the bill, it would have been 1/72 and probably 1/48. https://www.themodellingnews.com/2014/01/cromatica-models-takes-us-into.html Cheers Rob

Exactly my thinking, but the PE chain is extremely fine, painting this will become a nightmare after cutting. I may burnish the part, rub some steel pigments on and then do the cutting. Cheers Rob

Nice to have you on board, Jeff. Today I prepared a lot of parts for painting, so I primed a lot and airbrushed some white into the upper inner fuselage and on the IP and Tamiya Buff on all the wooden parts without the framework, which I want to have in a lot darker wood finish than the rest. This will be the preparation for applying woodgrain with oil colours as one of the next steps. The framework was then loosely fit into the fuselage and oversprayed with some Tamiya Flat Earth, to get some shadows in the inner wood planking, after that the frame was finished with Flat Earth as a dark base. While preparing the plastic parts for the cockpit, I drilled out the traverse of the steering column. A bad surprise was to see, that the HGW PE-part for the traverse and the chains is too long, I have no idea what they are doing with their measuring. The WNW supplied part on the left fits, but does look worse, so I will see, if I can find a fix with the HGW part. Cheers Rob

Muchas Gracias Señhores, always a great feeling to crack open a WNW box and enjoy the perfection of their kits. Cheers Rob

I always have difficulties to start a new build, to many topics in my head concerning different aspects of the project. That leads to uninspired parts snipping and sanding, manual browsing and brainstorming and after some days the vague picture I had forms into something more substantial and I'm ready to start. My Kamel will be beaten by the elements, having marks all over from heavy use in an unfriendly fierce and salty environment and while reading the manual, I saw different pictures, which showed some heavy denting of the floats and decided, that will be the first task. I'm not entirely sure, if the hulls of the floats were coated with metal sheet, which dented, or if it was a kind of tar paper. The pictures let me tend to the metal planking and I had an idea, how to depict that. The Sylt based W.12's luckily had the tar black painted floats, which I preferred, because they give a better contrast to the grey fuselage, along with the also black struts. I took a rounded scalpel blade and shaved irregular patterns into the plastic. These were sanded afterwards, a little bit more in the mid section to get a little sunken in look of the surface. First paint will show, if it finally looks realistic, but for now, I like the effect compared with the pic of the real thing and feel energized to go on. Cheers Rob

Moin Moin, Fellow Modelistas, after some excursions into 1/48 scale, I will start a 'grown up' build right now. Since some years, I have the W.12 in stash and was more than once tempted to start the build, but actually we had a bad start the Kamel and me. Having bought the W.12, it was always a cheap substitute for not getting the single wing W.29, but now with the years, I accepted my fate, made my peace and after seeing some great build logs, I'm looing forward to the build, anticipating a lot to learn and have loads of fun. I have a soft spot for seaplanes and the sea itself, so it seems logical to combine both in that build. My version will show the early W.12 #1401 or #1402 which were stationed on the island of Sylt, the most northern point of Germany. I used to travel a lot to this beautiful island, when I lived in Berlin, mostly in wintertime, when the sea is rough and the tourists are no tourists in this time of the year. It's a wild landscape formed mainly by sand and of course wind and the Northern Sea. I will add some AM like HGW belts, Master and Aber brass barrels, Aviattic Lozenge and interior detail from HGW. From the latter, I will only use the etch parts and maybe the wood decal for the instrument panel. The paper wood for the inside of the fuselage looks and fits horrible. I have no idea what HGW was thinking with that stuff, non fitting thick paper that has to go under the framework of the kit, I still shake my head. The rest of the wood decals look ok, but I think I will create my own wood, deepen my experience gathered with my SSW twins, because I think it will be easier, to give painted parts the heavy used and weathered look, I'm planning to achieve. The Copper State figures are a maybe, I will decide later, if there will be a dio. Cheers Rob

Great build and nice reminiscent display Jeroen. Unusual looks for a '109' with the upper side looking the same like the lower and being un-camoed. Cheers Rob

The Scammell looks inspiringly good, some grease and dust here and there and it will be perfect. The grey engine is a looker. Cheers Rob

Thanks Phil, you are a role model for generosity and kindness . And for OneToOne there is a shimmer of hope on the horizon, if Phil appraises you gonna be ok . Cheers Rob

Thanks Gaz, the Mig-25 is looking like the skinnier twin sister of the Mig-31, but I think a comparison of the measurements will point otherwise. It's a huge beast. I will do some better real light pics soon, the last were taken while the not very light Mig threatened to get blown off the mirror by a strong wind, not optimal for a relaxed photo shooting atmosphere. Cheers Rob

You are in deep trouble I guess, you are in the league for NQLSM (Not quite Large Scale Modeller) . As there is no cure for it, just do it, equal what scale, it's about fun and even these tiny thingies offer that. Thanks Phil, I did a 1/144 build recently, the Nautilus, am I beyond help? Cheers Rob

Das ist der Hammer Cheers Rob

You are welcome, but don't forget to clean off any residues, especially fingerprints with alcohol, other ways, you will be able to be identified later . A5 off topic end. Cheers Rob

That was not meant to provoke you, it's just a different approach, I liked to have one bike for every purpose, commuting (loved to ride the Berlin city highways in the night, with lots of curves and tunnels), trips up to two weeks and shredding rubber in tight curved mountain areas. A friend of mine, who I toured a lot with had a Harley, and sometimes we changed bikes and had fun, but felt wrong on each others the bike. I haven't overseen, that you mentioned a cruiser, but to me it has to be one bike only, I couldn't stand to have to choose. By the way, these old KTM big twins sound like a Harley on speed. I honestly love the custom work going into your bike and the craftmanship, just not my pair of shoes. Cheers Rob

Why not, it's not that there happened a lot in the last half year, if I see it right. Cheers Rob

I appreciate the craftmanship and art which goes into these bikes, but I would never want to ride one. For European mountain roads, there is nothing better than a lightweight powerbike like this. I had one in Berlin and it was perfect for fast city commuting, sharp as a stiletto and more comfortable than it looks. It was one of the last ones with carburetor and had a perfect balance with 115 horsepower and less than 200kg with almost twenty liters of gas in it. I sold it heavy hearted, and quit biking, due to some other risky hobbies I have. This was not mine, but it looked very similar. Cheers Rob

We have already spoilt the title of the thread, Will the GB end sometime or do we wait for the 100th anniversary . Cheers Rob

Nice Harv, it never gets more boring than applying RLM66, which to my eye is the dullest colour there is, but it has to be done on German planes and later you get rewarded with mottling or other advanced camo stuff . These belts can be a pain, but I'm sure you know, that they are best assembled with the PE still on the fret. Keep on rollin' Cheers Rob

Today I received a lot of small stuff mostly for WW1 projects. But first of all, I got a Uschi van der Rosten Jigster, a tool which was unavailable for years. I tried to buy one in my Belin years and failed, but now these little precision tools are available again. It came packed well oiled, like a piece of machinery and is made fur cutting or grinding all kind of rods and tubes in a precise angle of 45 or 90 degrees. The rectangular cutouts can be used to exactly angle for example tin parts, foils or plastic sheets. The two circular holes are for fixing the Jigster on a bench with two bolts, while securing with the side screws, or to put an angular rod in to as a stop angle to lengthen multiple parts evenly. I will use it for a lot of brass work, mainly struts for WW1 planes and as a third hand for soldering precisely and yes I'm a tool nerd . Some AM for my Clerget Camel The Lukgraph engine will be used in either a Roden Fokker DR. 1, a Micro Mir Fokker E.V / D.VIII or said Clerget Camel. It depends on the quality of the kit engine and the fit under the cowling. Some turnbuckles, firstly resin ones and 1/48 for me and an IP and Manifold for my Albatros D.V and last but not least, a set of resin wheels for my Scammell. Cheers Rob