DocRob

A beauty, can't wait to see how the Aviattic CDL's work, because I chose them for my FE.2b. Cheers Rob

This bird is looking so lifelike, it might have popped of of a movie. Cheers Rob

Before the oil treatment the Zim looked a bit shallow to me, but the oils did their job and now it looks great and uneven in a positive way. Cheers Rob

Oh my, Danny, that's worst case. Have I understood right that you used a flat coat after decaling and it happened nevertheless, that's weird. Once I read about a method of carefully masking, using water dampened paper, but I never tried it. Hope you will get substitutes. There was a member here building the Wooooooooooo-version recently. Maybe you should ask him for a Dottie Mae. Cheers Rob

Great looking couple, can't wait to see the figure for the shrinked one. When I see the mix of kits on your bench, I wonder how you manage not to mix up the parts , a Sherman with wings, …. Some time ago I did a not so serious review about another little fellow, The deformed Meng KV-2 and had a lot of fun building it and writing the review. https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/5406-and-now-to-something-completely-different-meng-kv-2/ Cheers Rob

Strategic kit building, I love it . Nice looking Fokker and I understand why you chose it, my fingers start to itch, when they are near my DVII box. Cheers Rob

There is an old saying in German, which is kind of a motto for me and I don't know, if the translation does it justice "the more wrong the direction, the more senseless the tempo" . Seriously (more or less), where is the benefit of fastness, I enjoy the building and painting process most, it's what gives me satisfaction. After finalization of a project I loose interest in the thing, take some photos and would not display my kits. As you can see, speed is of no importance to me, as it drives me to the point of choosing a new subject even faster. You are right, building kits some decades ago was a real speedy process of a day or two, but what if you do a quick build now, with no backup information, just oob and present it here. You will get a zillion responses, where the small errors are hidden for your subject, flown by a certain pilot on a special occasion, with fading daylight . Just my 2 Cents Cheers Rob

Sorry for the delay, I knew I had pictures, but couldn't find them the first time, because I searched in my Pensacola folder and didn't remember that there was a SBD in Yanks. Cheers Rob

Thanx Martin, for helping me opening my purse and buying me a Trumpy SBD-3, yeah the dreadful clear edition, but the price was right . Because of that purchase, I searched my picture archives again and found some pics of a SBD-4 from Yanks Air Museum in Chino California. https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/5907-sbd-4-dauntless-yanks-air-museum/?tab=comments#comment-76582 Cheers Rob

Hola friends of the Dauntless, I just bought a Trumpy SBD-3 (with only a little inducement of a fellow member here (Martin)) , and found these pictures on my computer dating back some years. There are only a few, but I hope they might help. I left the black and white ones in despite being redundant, because they enhance the view on the rivets. Cheers Rob

The beast looks like a tractor and you did everything to support that look. Nice peace of used metal though. I like your worn leather technique for the headrest. Cheers Rob

Wow, nice job, I hope everything will be all right fitting the nice interior into the fuselage and closing it up. Cheers Rob

Clap hands and welcome to the world of the large scale nuts . Your Meteor is eye candy, the pit looks like a well used work place and the metal finish seems real. Cheers Rob

That's what I thought too and your build is not obsolete as well. It's always something special to have created it on your own, you know the Frankenstein thing, it's aliiiiive . Cheers Rob

Looking great, and thanks for sharing your observations about the dreaded cowling alignment. I will let the engine rattle unfixed till everything is in position . Cheers Rob

Nice review James and indeed some areas seem to be improved a lot compared with older ZM offerings like the dashboards, cockpit area in general and weapons. It seems that other than in older offerings there is only very limited necessity for fishing (pricy) ZM-AM, with maybe the exception of the wheels. It would have been great to add separated gauges for the instruments like they did before on some kits. Thanks for showing Cheers Rob

Hi Danny, can't wait to see the Jug progressing. Your WIP triggered me to get me one as well and it will be started soon. The NMF is looking good. The metal finish looks very fine on your pictures, what type (brand) colour has been used? Cheers Rob

this is the link to the Airfix product page https://www.airfix.com/uk-en/grumman-f6-f5-hellcat.html In my imagination I'm forming a way to build this one. One side of the plane represent the Hellcat weather beaten with raised gear in flight modus, the other side will sport a folded wing, open cowlings and lowered wheels and a clean state while being maintained on a carrier deck. No idea for the canopy yet , but there is still some time till the F6 hits the shelves. Cheers Rob

Looks great Martin, I've hoped for a decent Hellcat in large scale for a long time (Tamiya 1/32, do you hear me), but we might have a contender here. It seems to sport "stressed surfaces" and decent detail and a folded wing option. As longer as I devour the pictures on the Airfix site I can hear a voice in my head, 'buy me'. Can't wait for the R-2800 Double Wasp in this scale. On Airfix.com it's on pre order status. Cheers Rob

Nice solution with the pillows, that is the most comfortable curing kit I ever saw, my kits are a little jealous . Cheers Rob

Wow, eye candy, the result you achieved is perfect. You can't beat the real material for the surface. It seems like the hard way to foil a plane, but it sure looks great. Cheers Rob

Thanks Carl, that is very interesting and fits what's said in the interviews with Eric Brown, it sounded to me that he flew the Komet under power. I have to get me a copy of 'Wings of the Luftwaffe'. My decision to leave the engine off, is more or less made, because I don't think that the ME-163 which Brown flew in Germany would have been one with a yellow belly, are there any pictures? Thanks Peter, the first step back to the bench after some time is always a little strange for me, but then it gets synced again. Cheers Rob

Well spoken Martin, you brought grofacking to a new level, pro-grofacking . Cheers Rob

Aren't we all grofackers once in a while, all except Martin, because he ruined everything by actually applying paint on his I-16 which was actually waiting to be grofacked . Cheers Rob

No updates since two month. Other things, mostly summer connected, came between me and the little rocket. Now the days get shorter and the ocean a little colder it's time to hit the bench again. I assembled parts of the cockpit and did some detailing with PE and some painting. It starts to look like a workplace now, but there are still some details to be added. As much as I like the varying german camos as much I dislike their depressing grey cockpits, so I have to speed up to get it done. Cheers Rob