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Indeed, looks like a newborn invasion striped F6A in it's absolute clean state . Cheers Rob

Thanks Gaz, figure painting is not my strong side, but with these great Bravo 6 figures it's fun. The cast quality is outstanding and the poses are different from other producers like some of the boring 'stay erect but loose' types say from Alpine. It's so much more fun painting funny figures . Cheers Rob

Thanks Phil, but if that is your idea of restrained, I'd really like to see something seriously weathered . When I put the RSO into the dio, I will decide, if I will go further. By further I mean using very light pigments to enhance the impression of a sun baked vehicle. Cheers Rob

Summer can be cruel for modelling, but today it was so hot, that I managed to progress a little with the RSO and hid myself in my cool and dark mancave. I weathered the Behemoth to a dry and dusty worn look. everything has to dry now and after building my little scenery, I decide if further weathering steps are necessary. Some of you Sherlocks out there will notice that the treads are not weathered. That will be made after embedding the RSO into the dio. For the actual stages of weathering I used AK' weathering pencils in two different ways. A little bit more pronounced with a wet tip and on a pre dampened surface with blending with a wet brush afterwards. The dust effects where made with European Dust pigments from MIG. Cheers Rob

Looking great. Nice little tractor and beautiful aged. While scrolling through the pics I had to smile at #4, I had the picture of a vintage Alfa Romeo in my head . Cheers Rob

Yessir, I would like that. And for me a Grumman G-44 Gosling or a Loire 130 Cheers Rob

Hi Rick, great that you had the energy to finish this beauty. Your Tempest looks beautiful in every aspect and the pics are well taken too. Never thought about using the Anyz stuff for brake lines, but they do look good with these connectors. Cheers Rob

By the way, the most unappealing single Colour to me is RLM-66, I guess it's the main reason the Germans experimented with ejection seats, to prevent pilots from depression. The most -hmm- interesting Colour is Russian cockpit turquoise. Clearly LSD was involved when they mixed it first. Cheers Rob

British Razzle-Dazzle schemes to me, be it on an airframe or on a ship. Cheers Rob

Thanks Harv, good to know that there will be no big lump of melted plastic in the end . Thanks Hubert, to seal the process in a plastic bag is a good idea. Get rid of the chrome and then put it back on with lots of effort . Cheers Rob

Today the correos (mail) brought me this beauty. As always the arrival of new stuff leads to questions - it's a forum, right . I'm not decided about how to tackle the Goddess. Used and worn or new and shiny. The all deciding question is how to handle the chrome parts. The plating looks to be very decent at first sight and Ebbro tried to leave the connectors to the sprue in places which are mostly hidden. I don't have much expertise in car models, the last one was an old 1/35 Mercedes Benz for my Iraq dio, but this had no chrome parts and I worked with Bare Metal foil to get the effect. Does one of you have some golden tips about removing chrome plating properly without destroying the plastic. I read about oven cleaner, but does that clean the hidden corners? Cheers Rob

Never heard of that bird, but can't wait to see you doing some big plane magic again. Cheers Rob

Hi Ron, 0,5 mm *32 = 16 mm, sounds not to bad. I will try that stuff and report. To me it is right if it looks right. Cheers Rob This looks like 16mm to me minimum

Some time ago a member here pointed to that sie https://anyz.io/. They have braided lines and also resin spark plugs. I never tried them but on my next shopping tour I will buy some of their stuff and try it. Cheers Rob

Good to see you progressing with the Corsair. I always like workaround and yours to avoid stenciling is great, just make it Greek . I like the heavy weathering and specially the idea of the different looking tanks. Cheers Rob

I use lead wire made by Plusmodel. It has a 0,3 mm diameter, is very easy to bend and strong enough to stay in place. I use a 0,4 mm drill for the holes and CA to fix everything. To simulate connectors and spark plugs, I use small amounts of white glue. The easy bending lead allows to pre paint the wires stretched out, before installing them. Cheers Rob

Thanks for your experiences Ernie, some parts of my upper conribution got lost while saving. The bad results I had with Vallejo black primer (went tar like in the airbrush), like Hubert mentioned and with several acrylic colours from Scale 75 and Lifecolour. Luckily without two exceptions I tried to mix these colours with Mr. Leveling Thinner in a test jar, because cleaning the airbrush will take time swearing and will get you to the edge of swapping to another hobby like knitting, e.g. Cheers Rob

Thanks, that is good to know. Cheers Rob

I tend to disagree, after many praises I bought a bottle and tried with different Colours, mostly to the effect, that it turned my airbrush in a glue like mess, which took me, like Hubert said, a lot of time to clean. That happened with Vallejo Primer, Acrylic colours of Scale 75 and Lifecolour. Without problems it worked with some Ak-Colours (no Real Colours) and AK Primer. So far the messy part clearly outweights the benefit to me, but I will test and document futher, because if the stuff works the results are great. Cheers Rob

Yessir, there sure is and you find it on the main page under 'LSM Completed Work' and then you have the options for air- or landbased objects. If it is a non LS of M build you find the section a little bit less prominent under 'Non LSM-builds' way down. There is a section called 'Non LSM, WIP and completed' Feel welcomed to show us your work Cheers Rob

Maybe just a corrective for the national economy when passing pedestrian crossings . Cheers Rob

Yes Gus, the DS/ID had a hydro pneumatic suspension, but the late models of the predecessor C15 had it also and that was in the 50's. What I always loved about the DS is the package of innovative design in a mass market product, combined with so many technically inventions, I guess never have been implemented in a single car. The DS could drive on three wheels, thanks to the suspension system (ask De Gaulle what he was thinking about it, after escaping an armed ambush on three wheels in a DS). Fifteen years ago Mercedes Benz advertised their 'new' headlights, which followed the steering as an innovation, a feature which the DS already had in 1967. And then there is the design, a piece of art, French finesse combined with engineering attitude. A car of this kind wouldn't stand a chance in our times. Nobody would dare to put that many innovations on the market, instead Citroen puts some design enhanced new DS models on the streets, which are basically typically new small cars with a little bit of funky attitude. She is called Goddess for a reason Cheers Rob

You are definitely firing up the 'want one' urge with your great build. I love the Kingfisher and am tempted not for the first time. Cheers Rob

That's what thousands of blind Russians tend to say Cheers Rob

In the morning I got reminded, that actually there is a big hole in my stash and I forgot about temporarily. I always dreamt about buying a Citroen DS in real live, but for different reasons it never happened and now on my tiny island a Goddess would not be of much use. Lots of stuff to transport and lots of off road driving are not the perfect terrain for a DS. As a kit I eyed for years at the 1/16 Heller offering, but not liking Heller kits very much and the kit being a DS-19, I waited and waited, till I saw the Ebbro offering. Two minutes ago I ordered one, but are not entirely sure about the finish. It might end up newish or, preferred at the moment as a Hippie mobile with a girl and a guitar sitting in the grass in front of a worn DS. Cheers Rob Pictures are for discussion only