DocRob

Yeehaa, your Dingo will be ready before D-Day memorial. But you're not only fast, your little scout car is looking great. Cheers Rob

I witnessed on several occasions that Russian functionaries did the same, when a lot of the former mentioned enlightening liquid was consumed. Never had the questionable pleasure to attend such behavior in a helicopter though . Cheers Rob

Hehe, was on the market to get red Tuna, but there was none, but the Peto is the second best choice and almost available the whole year. While filleting, me and the dog got some slices of crude Peto, the rest will be at the barbacoa (barbecue) tonight. Cheers Rob

Oops, thanks for this info, I haven't done any research on that one and maybe wouldn't have noticed. Cheers Rob

Don't be afraid Jeff, it's just the prototype with holes in the wheels . Cheers Rob

Couldn't resist, I'm so happy and got 5 kilos of freshly caught Peto or White Tuna or Wahoo or whatever it is called in other places on the market today for nearly nada. Cheers Rob

Your Fokker leaves me speechless, every detail looks just like the real thing, great craftmanship, chapeau. A while ago I saved a link for spoked wheels. Nothing available for a D.VII in 1/32 but who knows… . I don't have any of those yet, but I may try them for my Eindecker. http://www.scalespokes.com/product-category/aircraft/aircraft-wheels/132/7 Cheers Rob

I agree with Hubert. Blue and white fits the Interieur perfectly. Don't forget to include a smashing panel, as the Russians tend to throw their empty Wodka glasses over the shoulder after a toast. Don't go for fancy glasses with a stem. In Russia Wodka was mostly poured into water glasses in mighty doses (Sto Gramm = 0,1l was a normal dose) I had some encounters with that weird consumption in the eighties Your Interieur is looking so good, that it is a shame to close the fuselage. I might suggest a half open heli if I'm allowed to. Cheers Rob

In Berlin they formed a mountain out of the rubble after the war. It is by far the highest elevation in the old West Berlin. It now is a recreational area in the middle of a forest, used by Mountainbikers, kite nerds and even paragliders. The elevated position made it the perfect spot for an American monitoring station during the cold war. There is quite some history behind that rubble. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teufelsberg Cheers Rob

Nice work so far Rodolfo, I like your shortcut with the tracks. If you find the PE parts to hard to bend you can anneal them by heating the sheet with a flame. afterwards the material is much softer. You mastered the tracks your own way, but i might suggest another white metal product with very easy assembly. They are made by Easy Metal Links and are constructed without needing pins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLvv8ld_km0 Cheers Rob

I'm following you with this one John. I have the very same package in my stash and my first choice was the same scheme. But then I decided to build the P-40 as the 'Lulu Belle' with Lulu as a Belle sitting beside the plane like on the box art . https://www.modernarmies-in-miniatures.de/maim-katalog/maim-figuren/massstab-1-32/lulu-belle-1-32_maim-/-front46_maim32019.html Cheers Rob

Second that

This will be great, nice choice of subject and with your magic... Cheers Rob

Nice pics, specially from the prototype version with holes in the wheels . You found my second best choice for a camo with your second pic . I'm not already decided about that 'piece', maybe its time for an LSM poll . With a max speed of 15 km/h you need an extra large one to compensate . Thanks Wumm, but I hope you understand if I will not dig deeper into that nose thing . Cheers Rob

Nice, I like these 'open topped lots of detail' type of vehicles. It seems like this GB converts most of us to armor for the time being . Cheers Rob

Somebody said Jagdpanther, that's a possibility too, I have both in my stash for future projects. The Panther G will be in winter camo with IR and the Jagdpanther will be settled somewhere in a swamp. One recommendation, if you want to go with additional metal tracks. If they are still available AK has some pre assembled (see picture) in their program. I have no Idea, if these are basically Friuls or made by another producer, but they look good and no fiddely assemblage needed and they are Heavy Metal . Cheers Rob

Go for a Panther, Takom, Meng and not to forget the good old Dragon ones. The Panther is my favourite tank of the period and I have several in my stash, but only build one Panther from Dragon with some added detail and Friuls and some American tankers. Because it is a Mig Jiminez copycat, I usually don't show it, but I liked the idea and for my defence I have to say that I would have made it part of a dio, where American tankers are kind of testing the behemoth. It was done years ago and was my first tank kit and I really enjoyed building and even more painting and weathering and learnt a lot of it Cheers Rob

They were built for the harsh conditions on the eastern front, but performed not to well. The RSO was slow (max. 15 km/h) and was nearly undrivable in icy conditions and had a fuel consumption of 200l / 100km. That combined with a high center of gravity on axles with narrow width were no ingredients for a champion. It seemed, that most RSO's served in the west, where they where equally hindered by poor performance on tarmac, because of the steel wheels. Off road capability in general was not too bad, but the above mentioned obstacles were weighing to much, to be a success. Only 206 seemed to have been built with no existing survivors. Cheers Rob

I knew it Martin , you're an archive machine. Thanks for the great reference. Cheers Rob

Thanks Jeroen, you expected right, I made a mistake in the title. This is the Radschlepper Ost not the Raupenschlepper Ost . I have the other RSO in my stash too, but this slow moving beast is just too tempting. Thanks for your premature praise Martin, now I feel pressure Cheers Rob

Hola Senhores, After a week in my old hood of Berlin I restocked some of my needed resin figures for some future projects. Among them where figures for my planned GB entries. I skipped the Churchill Avre tank in favor for the RSO, a unique truck I wanted to build since years. No need for resin replacement wheels here, because it has steel wheels, no rubber involved . The kit looks very good and I think there is no AM needed, beside some stuff for the loading. I chose two figures from Bravo 6 to accompany the RSO. One is shaving with water from a puddle and the other is - err, well - leaking against a fencepost . They even cared to include three different sized dicks , that's what I call attention to detail . His face is a perfect fit whistling a tune. In German 'Wie die Nase eines Mannes, so sein Johannes'. The RSO and the guys will be presented in a little dio and I hope my figure painting skills will be up to the task. While browsing through the various companies producing resin figures there are some outstanding and creative producers which separate themselves from others with their non static approach to figure design. Namely Bravo 6, Evolution Miniatures, The Bodi, partly Scale 75 and last but not least Nocturna Industria Mechanika and Figone for the stranger taste. I had lot's of fun to add to my stash from these companies and dwell some future settings for different kits. Cheers Rob

One week away from LSM and there is the great photo finish of your gorgeous Pfalz. I love the rigging and the way the Lozenge came out. In the time you finished yours, I haven't been able to get on the path with mine . Cheers Rob

Great work Jeroen, weathering looks very convincing. I use dozens of differently coloured pencils in my builds but having none of the AK ones, I'm interested if and how they are different from the normal stuff. Cheers Rob

Hi Ernie, I tried different tones of Alclad Aluminium on NMF Planes and had no issues. Grain is fine and it sprays perfectly without clogging. That said, there was almost no masking required with these planes. Test strips showed, that masking is a problem with Alclad, even with detacked tape and thoroughly primed plastic. On this build: https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/6233-the-lady-from-the-lake-p-47-dottie-mae/?tab=comments#comment-84264 I used AK's Xtreme Metal Colours which I recommend for NMF jobs with masking involved. They are definitely more durable than Alclad, but have their issues as well. Quote from the above build: The lady was painted mainly with AK's Xtreme Metal Colours, like polished, pale and dark Aluminium on Tamiya rattlecan primer and Alclad gloss black primer with a heavy dose of sanding to get rid of imperfections in between coats. The metal Colours behaved well, with a little to much grain for my liking, but that might have been my fault. Shininess is great as you can see and these Colours are very durable with masking and are sealable with future. You have to be careful with removing of panel liner. I nearly ruined my build while removing access panel liner with alcohol (on the plane of course ). More info from the building thread, where there was some discussion about NMF. https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/5968-jug-gernaut-p47d-in-nmf/page/5/?tab=comments#comment-84050 The key with Alclad or AK is perfect preparation of the surface, the shinier the more Cheers Rob

That table looks nice and durable, great work, it's always fun to work with wood and your BBQ is awesome too, with the weight you are stating it must be cast iron. The best is that it is 1/1 scale, but it lacks some historical background . Cheers Rob