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That's an awful lot of kit parts, scratching and aftermarked put into the shaker of your craftmanship and talent to get this stunning result, Chapeau. Can't wait, how the hole thing turns out paired with the skeletal Fokker. Cheers Rob

Nie progress, Gaz, the bat is coming together. If you want to go steel finish, I can recommend Uschi van der Rosten pigments. Rubbed onto a primed surface gives a very convincing steel effect. There are only Iron, Steel and Chrome available, pity. These are the finest grained pigments I ever used. Congrats to your new booth, seems to be a Havox, right? I got the 80cm brother and will add two more LED strips to enhance lighting. Pity I can't get them here on my island, so this has to wait till my next visit in Germany. Cheers Rob

Thanks Gaz, and yes, both mouldings are perfect, the good to work with plastic of the ship and the heavy vinyl cast of the squid. The tentacles are only loosly fitted now, but it holds the submarine without problems and due to it's weight, everything is really stable. BTW: Aren't these 'Lange Kerls' from the Prussian army in your signature. They still do some ceremonial parades sometimes near my old hometown of Berlin. Cheers Rob

Wow, amazing result, everything blends in perfectly. I love how you handled the huge black areas, its black, it's flat, but it' not to black, hard to explain. The mottling looks fabulous too, great stuff. Cheers Rob

Hola compañheros submarinistas, Step by step I'm coming closer to solve the problems of installing everything in the correct place and style. I tinted the glass for the submarines bridge windows transparent yellow and cut some sheet triangles, which align the LED's beside the windows correctly and enable me to use the kit provided plastic lens in front of it. And that is how it looks when finished These photos were made to find the right spot, somewhere on the backside of the squid, to install the power cable, where I could hide it at best. They also give a good impression of how everything will look when finished. The squid is rigid enough to carry the submarine and it is designed to hold the Nautilus in place without the need for glue. With my Proxxon and a small grinding wheel I did something to the squid, I would normally do to it's smaller incarnations in a restaurant , I cut it. Actually I identified one of the backside arms to be ideal to hold the cable channel. The cable will be fixed with CA later and will be 99% invisible Cheers Rob

Thanks Harv Yeah Gus, my finger lingered sometimes above the buy-button of the Bandai stuff, but I'm not that deep into Star Wars. But there is other interesting stuff out there like Industriamechanika. They produce resin kits and I own some of them, because they have a great coolness factor. There will be another huge submarine dio project in future with one of their steam subs. There is no snap fit here, but clever engineering and very good fit. Didn't know that they do birds as well. If the Emil would be 1/32, it might be the answer to another thread right here . Gave that a thought too Wumm, but maybe I light the parrot like beak of the beast. Lighting the eye would look strange with the lights switched off and the beak is directed to the belly of the submarine. Cheers Rob

Gracias Senhores, it seems not only to be a cool-, but also a fun project and I will go a little wild with the weathering, as I will use mainly copper, brass and bronze colours for the hull with a lot of blueish, greenish patina on it. I never heard of a 1/32 'Spirit of St. Louis' by Pegasus Hobbies, I always thought they are more involved in science fiction kits. Cheers Rob

Tanguy and Laverdure, heroes of my childhood. Always loved their stories in the German 'Zack-Magazin'. Got warped back in times by that picture Cheers Rob

Ahoi Gentlemen, Some days ago I started a new project, while toying around with a kit from my stash, which always had a special attraction to me. I have a soft spot for some Sci-Fi-, fictitious-, and Steam Punk stuff. I purchased the kit of the Nautilus submarine which is loosley inspired by the novel by Jules Verne, '20.000 Leagues under the Sea'. The kit includes a giant squid, wich dramatically entangles the submarine. The squid is cast nicely out of some heavy vinyl and it's easy to build up, because the arms got unique links. The cast of the kits parts looks very good with no irritations to find. Til now the fit of the parts is exceptional, a thing which I have not anticipated by a kit from a, at least to me, unknown brand called Pegasus Hobbies. The box also includes masks for the panoramic windows and some useful photoetch. In addition I purchased a lighting kit by VoodooFX some better masks from Aztek and some more PE by Paragrafix. Lots of the Paragrafix set will go to the spare box, because there is a bridge included, which is obselete when you light the model, some blinds for the windows I will not use and some grids for the roof of the salon, which also hinders my lighting plans. The additional furniture and some other elements will be used though, which means the acquisition of the set was not totally wasted. After some test fitting I started to prepare the lightning, by drilling holes for the LED's and cables. The soldering took some hours, but in the end everything worked fine and I'm quite pleased, because it was my first circuit board soldering. There are four 4,8mm LED's provided for the big outside lights and five 3,0mm LED's for the salon and the 'alligator eyes'. Cheers Rob

Great work, can't wait to see the result. Cheers Rob

From the viewpoint of wanting certain long overdue kits to be produced I can understand your motivation. What I like about the WNW approach is that they are determined and willing to produce kits they want to do. In times where everything is about marketing and polls, I like the courageous effort, they show once in a while with some of their releases. I do appreciate if there are companies out there who have a great passion for their subjects and like to be tempted by them. Cheers Rob

After nearly two month of no show, yesterday I received a nice kit from Special Hobby. It's kind of an all inclusive package, with colour-PE, a resin cockpit, resin exhausts and some nice paint schemes. Cheers Rob

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Other than Gaz, I like the approach of WNW with their new releases. Historical importance to me is of no significance, I have to be torn in on a subject by an aesthetic value or engineering wise and the Ghota has both. Remember that huge machine flew in the beginning of 1915, wow. Good for us that the world of modelling became so rich of good kits of any kind the last few years, there is something for everybody, but I have to applaud WNW to their recent release schedule. I loved the Junkers D.1 and the Stahltaube and the brave release of huge bombers and floatplanes like AEG's, Ghota's and Felixstowe's. When look at the historical photos, provided by WNW, I have to say I'm very impressed, the thing flew and will be an eyecatcher floating on some resin formed waves, while maintained. I don't know, if I buy one, but I admit, I'm deeply attracted. Cheers Rob

You nailed it again. That to me is the Woodpecker of the day. I definitely have to try your method, if it is really so easy,... Cheers Rob

You guys got me here, I'm to whimpyish in that concern. I take the stuff into my lungs, at least through a protective mask and I'm concerned about my heavy metal and industrial strength plastic sealed airbrushes . I normally use H&S airbrushes like you, Danny and never had issues with them. I will give it a try with one of my beloved vintage Rotring airbrushes and a not too small nozzle. Cheers Rob

Didn't know they had barcodes applied , looking good, your build is a clinic. Cheers Rob

Thanks Carl, I know, but as I use mostly acrylics in the airbrush, I try to reduce the amount of spaying more aggressive stuff through my airbrushes. It seems there is no way around, I will use my worst airbrush for priming in the future. Cheers Rob

Great looking Emil, a clear ten on the wow-scale. Welcome to LSM and fell free to post more of your marvelous builds. Cheers Rob

That was a mighty drop, it seems, hope your rescue activities will solve the problem, good luck Cheers Rob

Fantastic looking workhorse. Welcome to LSM, the relaxed circle of glue sniffers and etch benders. Cheers Rob

Looking good, it's strange, how an ugly earthbound Horten transforms to one of the most elegant and development wise sophisticated birds with just retracting the wheels. I have to open my box, I have to open my box, …, damned, starting addiction, tremble . Cheers Rob

Great news Harv, what a relief, but remember, whiskey is counting as drugs as well Cheers Rob

I will change the subject to 'What I will not get anymore', because of recent events. Since years I'm using Tamiya fine rattle can primer and while testing others found it the best stuff on the market and the rattle can is convenient because it reduces the times I have to clean my airbrush from very aggressive stuff. These days are gone, The Spanish post told me on two occasions, that it is prohibited to transport rattle cans in our small island hopping airplanes, which carry the mail. These last two deliveries were stopped in Tenerife and returned to Germany without informing me, even the tracking was not updated, que service . Since there is no source for the primer on Tenerife for me to be bought there and brought home via ferry, I have to find other solutions. It feels like loosing an old friend and trustee, albeit a stinking one . Cheers Rob

Truly large scale, who cares about model , congrats. Cheers Rob