DocRob

Habe ich noch nie gehört, sorry haven't ever heard that in my 50+years. Might be used in Bavaria, but not in Prussia . Cheers Rob

I think I have to now more about your project.

Fokker DVII of Ernst Udet 'not you' or 'actually not you'

Maybe this Gaz, which translates more or less to 'Like a flea, but watch out' from the ME-163. Cheers Rob

Uhuuh, not so easy, 'Fang mich doch' or 'Krieg mich doch' would be possibilities as a short catchy phrase, but without the 'if you can'. Completely it would be like 'Fang mich wenn Du kannst' oder 'Krieg mich, wenn Du es schaffst' not very catchy anymore with a comma and quite longish. Mind the capital letters in German as I wrote it. It might be better to use only capitals to get a decent look. May others have better ideas. I will think a little further, but maybe someone knows some historical backed phrases. Cheers Rob

Me too, maybe after the GB

They had another one in their line up, but they are hard to find now. The one I lost is the same like Phils. https://www.eduard.com/index.php?stoken=4D0CF8ED&lang=1&currency=0&listtype=search&searchparam=lightning&cl=search&tpl=&fnc=executefilter&attrfilter[]=&attrfilter[15]=Limited+edition Cheers Rob Come on, do it Phil, I'd love to see yours build. Cheers Rob

Whoa, just catching up on your progress and some pages of thread . Your Lanc is a beauty and a true standout with the vivid painting. Cheers Rob

Good to see some progress here, Rick. The pit and wells look great with your wiring. Bummer with the Yahu IP, measuring and testing shouldn't be so hard prior to produce the stuff. Cheers Rob

Haha, not so bad at all, the Tamiya offering will be a P-38 F/G, my other one is a J ,so there speaks nothing against a second one https://www.themodellingnews.com/2019/07/tamiyas-148th-scale-lockheed-p-38-fg.html Cheers Rob

Sweet, I like the in flight display a lot and the yellow paintjob is eye candy. Is this a pre printed prop blur? I will build mine as a Portuguese one from Angola and it will be a present to a friend who is Portuguese, but born there. Cheers Rob

Clean work with the frames, your Mi looks great. Cheers Rob

Thanks Mike, I will alter that 'good' look to something more dusty Thanks Martin, I will get rid of the clean look as soon as possible and then there is figure painting, phew, not one of my strong sides. Cheers Rob

Nice work on the wheels and hull, Gaz. Usually in Germany there is red cable for plus and black cable for minus, but like Martin said, it would have been surrounded by braided material or even flexible metal cover. Cheers Rob

Good news and a little sad for me. I had the limited edition of the Academy one from Eduard with all the goodies and lost it while moving to Spain. Some weeks ago I bought a new one from Academy and added all the PE and resin, bummer. Teaser, it's not the Tamiya roll out Cheers Rob

Sweet, never liked the Salmson that much, personally, but that might change. The Interieur and engine looks great. BTW, welcome to LSM. Cheers Rob

I have the same kit in stash, but will build the provided New Zealand version, therefore I never looked for conversion sets. The plastic of the kit is from Accurate Miniatures, maybe that helps. Cheers Rob

Outstanding, you mastered the difficult rendition of material and texture, great work. Cheers Rob

Actually some of their later issues have length and link tracks again, luckily. Last week I ordered the Archer, one of the later kits for nearly nada and it has length and link tracks, phew. Like you I hate the rubber stuff and spent many hours with assembling metal or plastic tracks, but it's worth the effort. Cheers Rob

Ahh, the track thing, always a tiny challenge in itself . Your wheels and tracks look great, love the tri tone camo. Cheers Rob

Thanks Phil. No, there will be nothing towed by the RSO. I don't like to build guns and the dimensions of the vehicle without something attached suit my idea for the dio in a better way. I read, that they were not easy to drive, with their high center of gravity and narrow silhouette. Another problem were the steel wheels which were impossible to get traction with in icy conditions in Russia and were also problematic on tarmac in France. I guess, the max speed of 15 km/h prevented from worse, often. Cheers Rob

Good luck with this one Mike, seeing the resin parts it will be not the easiest kit, but seeing your other builds, I'm fully convinced it's in the best hands with you. It's good to see some objects a little bit apart from the mainstream like you did with the Floh. Cheers Rob

The Radschlepper Ost (RSO) is mostly finished now and ready for weathering. I added all the windows after airbrushing the frames with self made masks. The side windows had to be sawed for the half open look in the doors (summer setting). The front window is opened and I cut a mask to fit the swiping area of the wipers. The headlights and the still to be added taillight with license plate were treated with Uschis chrome pigments. The fit of the hood is not perfect and I hope I can camouflage that with some weathering. Final assembly of the RSO proved to be a bit tricky, specially with everything painted and due to many detail parts which tend to break while using pressure for everything to glue in order. This pic shows the inside of the door, weathered with my new AK pencils. They are nearly as hard as normal artist pencils and just a little bit more waxy. After applying different green, grey and brown tones, I blended everything with a damp brush. I like the effect and compared to normal washes it is not necessary to seal the surface with gloss varnish prior to using the pencils. A big advantage to me, you minimize risks with too many coats, maybe reacting awkwardly with each other and don't loose detail under too many coats of paint. I will try the AK pencils on glossy varnishes too but think they are better suited for matte finishes. Cheers Rob

Nice Martin, personally I don't like the mustard / spinach camo on Russian vehicles, but under a heavy coat of grime it works . Cheers Rob

Nice gal, err, meant plane . Love the contrasting paintjob. Cheers Rob