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Hi Rich, I hope you find a workaround without destroying much of the already built stuff, it would be a shame. Cherrs Rob

Hi Martin, nice start. I never noticed, that your T-90 is not an -A variant and sporting a cast turret. Only ten pieces for the Barrel, you should try the Voyager one, which is a mas o menos fifty part affair, with some bending to be done . Cheers Rob

Looking great, nice paintjob, with the gradients between sheen and matte. Cheers Rob

Some great TBM's around here in recent times, and I understand why, a really tempting subject. Yours is looking spot on with nice details in the pit. The paintjob fits perfect and hints little usage. Cheers Rob

Get you the SKP-lenses for a real beautiful view, they are worth it. Cheers Rob

Thank you Reuben and a big welcome to the world of the Large Scale Nuts . Cheers Rob

Great work Pete, the engines are looking perfect, with the different metal shades and the copper-tutorial comes in handy. Having used SAC gearstruts for my 1/32 Corsair built I have to say, that positively bendable hits it. I liked to work with theese, but I'm not sure if I will use their sets for a 1/48 Flanker with 'heavy' resin updates, because they might bend pemanently. Love to watch your build, Keep it coming Cheers Rob

Arran sounds like a place to check out, but Whisky wise I'm more an Islay guy. I go with the LaLa twins, Lagavulin and Laphroaig . However many of the other Scotish distilleries produce a decent dram. As for cycling, I made the first real test drive with the E-MTB today. I was going one of my favourite offroad tracks near my house UPHILL. Until today I thought that would be impossible. It's just great and exhausting and needs way more concentration, because of the lack of stupid Asphalt bound uphill cycling. And now I'm off for a week, because of a nice little surf trip, hopefully with great waves. Cheers Rob

Interesting subject, Peter and quite a daunting task with all the planned improvements. I will follow closely. Cheers Rob

Thanx Gus, from my Scotland trip, some years ago I know that you have great MTB possibilities, not to speak About the destilleries on the way. Isle of Skye must be a paradise to ride. Weather wise it is a clear yes and no. Normally you are right, but this year seems to be different, It's to cold here lots of wind and hanging clouds in the mountains. Cheers Rob

She's coming together, great work Jeroen aka 'Bender' Cheers Rob

Thank you Gentlemen. @Cees: Good that we have so many AM choices in recent times. Cheers Rob

What a nice start here at LSM and with the Mossie. The work you have done detailing the cockpit is superb. Everything Looks right and busy and I like to read about the little walkarounds and how to's of my fellow modellers in a WIP. Cheers Rob

Some bikers here, great. I sold my motorcycle in Berlin when I left the City. It was a KTM-950 SM and I loved it, raw power and nearly no weight and a sound like a Harley Davidson on Speed. Now living on an Island full of steep hills and great nature I own these two fellows. Yeah, they are pure bench time stealers, but I do lots of sports for contrast and mountainbiking is one of them. The one with the Motor is brand new and has to be ridden in the next days. There are so many brutally steep uphills, that I decieded for going with extra power, just to have more choices and range. The other one is trusted and dusty and will be used in future too, it's just not the same thing for the ego do have it done with motor support . Cheers Rob

Hi Dave, you built a beauty with some spills on it, great. At first sight, the D1 looks plain and simple, but with time you notice more and more Details, you nicely put in scene. I absolutely has to get me one of these technically and designwise very advanced planes. Cheers Rob

Hi Harv, interesting project, but a HO-229 as long range bomber is very 'what if', but hey, why not. The projected capacity was a max payload of 1000 kg, with the extra fuel needed, they woul have to throw peanuts at Pearl Harbour. But 'what if' it was peace and the German pilots just wanted to have a Mai Tai on Hawaii . You could add a fuel nozzle for in air refueling made by a ME-323 Gigant. Cheers Rob

Yes Cees, why? Is the Eduard one looking so bad? Yahu has two, one for the B-0 and one for the B-1 Version. Eduard's seem to represent the B-0 version and by the time I bought it, it was the only one available. The kit has also a non-colored PE dashboard, beside a well detailed plastic one for the razor eyed painters. Cheers Rob

Thanx, just watched my pictures closely. To own a macro lens dosen't mean you have to use it . Thanks god, reality is not that cruel. Cheers Rob

How fitting for that Behemoth. I can't get the brain-movie out of my head, driving that frog through the Berlin rush hour, looking for a place to park. Don't kiss your frog, who cares About princes annyway . Cheers Rob

Just some smallish updates right now. I did some work on the cockpit and that turned out more time consuming than anticipated, due to the large amount of PE involved. The plastic parts where primed and painted with AK's RLM 66 which is a tad to dark. There is a tonal difference between the AK colour and the grey tone of the prepainted PE from Eduard, but that's ok to me, because it adds some contrast to these otherwise dull german workplaces. The assembley of the visor parts, a combination of tiny PE and cutted film was a hard test to patience, hand-tweezer-coordination and the eyes. The instrument Panel looks fine, but there have to be some handles added later. The whole cockpit will get a coat of my trusted Future / Tamiya flat base mix, because of the differences in the shinyness of the surfaces and then the bezels will recieve a drop of pure Future to simulate the glass cover. The Eduard PE-set is so called self adhesive and for larger flat Panels like the IP it works. On parts which are bended or very small, the adherance is not strong enough, so you has to add superglue. In all this future is not worth the extra money for me. Glued with CA, you can be sure that there will be no rattling sound in your cockpit after finishing the kit . Cheers Rob

Too bad, that my TA-152 is already finished . With my usual bulding 'speed' and many other projects started or forming in my mind, I think I let this party pass. On the other hand, there are two Revell F8's in my shelf, with a lot of resin, PE and metal Goodies, one will be almost out of the box, the other will be opened up for maintenance with all the resin stuff (engine, guns, pit) Beside the Komet, it would be the third german bird in a row, I have to go into Deep Meditation about the words 'open end', before I decide . Cheers Rob

Insane, you will need a lot of metal reinforcement. Cheers Rob

A beautifully ugly beast you chose as a subject here , Rich. Love your scratching abilities and the way you find solutions constructionwise. Nice pics Martin, this beast is built for everything except commuting in big cities Cheers Rob

Great work on the workplaces, Danny. Are the PE'ed cones the GT ones? The PE is looking good, but the outside seems not to well detailed. Cheers Rob

Great review you made here and presented pretty good. The historical background is very welcomed. Cheers Rob