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Now there's a beauty. Love the paintjob and finish. Another strong point of your builds is the perfect presentation and skilled photography. Cheers Rob

Thanx sieben, very appreciated Cheers Rob

Nice, HGW or not, I'm buckled in . Cheers Rob

Please do share, I will follow, because I like these Eindeckers and soon have to get me one. Cheers Rob

Like it a lot. Nice finish and rigging. BTW, which line are you using and what kind of buckles? Cheers Rob

If we keep it open for another two years, I may get in with a F8 . Cheers Rob

Hi Phil, I like your build and the additions look good and add character. Right now I read a book about SAS actions in the Vosges mountains and they deploy airdropped Jeeps there. Be sure, that after a while not two of them looked alike. The freedom with armor building lies in lots of modifications in the field or on your bench , which likewise would be historical correct or fit your imagination, it's up to you. Keep it coming with your inspirational build. Cheers Rob

I did a lot of test fitting with the Komet, and I may have done something not overly perfect, but I think you know how it is, when a kit is starting to get on your nerves. It accumulates in my case and the the pleasure of building starts to be a question of will. Anyhow, it's not a bad kit all around, if you want to show all the innards, there are only some minor issues to solve, like the slightly too protruding wing connections to the fuselage. Detail is nice and mostly crisp. If you want her closed up, you should test fit a lot and get rid of all the unseen parts in the fuselage like ammunition chutes and maybe even the bulkheads. You should emphasis on the contour of the fuselage parts primarily and then decide about the inner parts. Cheers Rob

Hehe , there seem to be some parallels between the mentioned kits. I built the TA-152 a while ago and to button everything up properly proved to be tough. Both kits have a lot of fuselage parts, wing roots, cowlings and panels to align and it sure is easier to leave everything open and visible, but both planes have a design, I want to be presented entirely and undisturbed. There are fine builds of both planes like you mentioned, and some are even closed up. It seems possible and maybe some of the issues with both kits are my fault. This (I know, it's not a Komet, but the name fits) is from Chino and Nervenklau means something like 'steal my nerves' This one is a little self motivator also from Chino and this time it is a Komet (Like a flea, but strong) Cheers Rob

Hola Senhores, not a good sign for an own WIP to have to use the search function to find it . I needed some time to swear in German, English and Spanish and rant away about the time I wasted with the Komet. After all that time of contemplation, I decided to try to assemble the main components of the 163. With a considerable amount of raw force, I tried to align everything as good as possible. The pictures shows, where that got me after some coarse grinding and destroying lots of surface detail. I'm still not sure if I will continue as there will be a lot of filling, sanding and rescribing needed with a still suboptimal outcome, but I didn't want to give up easily either. Decision time Cheers Rob

C'mon, it's not that bad, in fact I like the result and it inspired me to finally get me a Mig-31. Your Mig is looking badass as it should. On the other hand I can totally understand the way you feel, aren't we always our hardest critiques ourselves. Some builds are just not like we had hoped for, but mostly it is more like a bad taste in the end than facts, it's bad mojo. Others will see that with different angles of view and are not mojo effected. Your Bat cries for prey and that's the way it should be. Cheers Rob

Welcome to the world of the Large Scale Crazies, sieben. Your P-51 looks gorgeous. I like the NMF and detailing in the pit and wheel wells. Cheers Rob

Teaser for the future Tamiya presentation Cheers Rob

Nice work, that's quite a lot of internal rigging to be made as a contrary to the wing rigging.

While having a taste for strange subjects; I already had an eye on this one. I love the concept, but I'm not sure if such a thing would have be able to fly , specially horizontally. This proved merely impossible till the development of the Osprey with heavy support by advanced IT-stuff. Being free with the Colour selection, I would opt for that seemingly pre war splinter. Great review James albeit the pit looks a little sparse to me, but that should be a minor problem BTW: Love your Avatar. Having seen the Upsetter numerous times in concerts, the last time three years ago in Berlin. It was a great gig and the old man blew the other acts like Patrice simply away with pure magic dub-force. Cheers Rob

Well spoken and a heavy dose of positive load for one bench . Cheers Rob

You got your history lessons wrong, maybe that's why you settle for the Napoleonic era . We Germans love our beer not to chilly but the Wurst (sausage) should be warm, no need for a Wurstkühler though, but for a mustard dispenser . Cheers Rob

Nice job with the furniture Harv, looks good and comfy. Can't wait to see your two seater develop. Mine will stay single seater though. Cheers Rob

Great display and nice paintjob Jeroen. One of the un-boring monochrome kind. I saw a V2 in Huntsville Alabama and am still amazed by yours with the boy in comparison size wise. Cheers Rob

Hehe , the surroundings for his camo have to be made, since there is no snow and ice on my island. His brother though (lying in front) is perfectly suited for the often found heavy fog (called Bruma here) with his coat of light gray. Cheers Rob

Spring is in full bloom and I got new neighbors. Cheers Rob

Simply stunning. The details please the eye everywhere and the whole dio is looking very vivid. Cheers Rob

Nice, I like the dynamic flying pose. Especially Spitfires get robbed of their elegance with wheels down. Cheers Rob

Your Mosquito looks great, I love the engines. Lots of eye catchers on this one. Cheers Rob

Good to see this one done after the windscreen incident. Nice painting and subtle weathering on this one and a great job with the code and decals. Cheers Rob