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Hi Danny, I don't think the Resin alone is qualifying you for the Resin-GB . What are your plans with the stuff? Cheers Rob

Hi Ozzy, it was a pleasure to follow your Owl-build. The result speaks for itself you achieved a great UHU, which is an altogether fascinating airframe. The paintjob, specially the mottling looks just right, a thing I'm a little afraid of painting mine. It is a big plane, a big project and it is good to see the thing finished in such a nice way. I guess when I'm building mine you should be prepared to answer a lot of questions Cheers Rob

What is left to say, whooooooo, that Jug looks just great and it is not a Dottie Mae for a change . I like the shading and the way you perfectly blended the decals in, always a not to easy task when they are that big and colorful. Nice job on the weathering and the not too bright red, which looks right for the scale. Cheers Rob

In the end you did not complete the construction and the bird is in really bad shape . Honestly, you hit a homerun with that build, perfectly executed and finished in a very unusual way. That is a real eye catcher you can be proud of. Cheers Rob

Strike! This seals it. The aged canopy fits so much better to the, lets call it "not so perfect obtained" bird. The perfect rendition of aged glass / Plexiglas. Cheers Rob

Nicely done. You did a great job on the camouflage and the not to worn appearance. For a modern tank the AMX looks not very streamlined like a Leopard or M1. It looks like a base construction with a lot of stuff bolted and welded on. To me that makes the AMX very interesting and it is not the first time i think about purchasing one. Cheers Rob

Hi Danny, From zero with doubts to two. The Mosquitos are swarming around you. Yeah, once you get bitten you are infected. I will stay with my Tamiya one and a lot of AM an give the MK IV a pass. Hard to say no . Cheers Rob

I have the Brassin-BMW engine in my stash, so if I start with my two R8 projects the pictures will help a lot Thanks for sharing Cheers Rob

Wow, wonderful result, great convincing finish. I'm looking forward to build my non car door version, albeit since I read your comment about the seams I am a little afraid . Cheers Rob

Hey Jeroen, why caring about the opinion of others, when you feel different about it? Maybe the Lady from the Lake has some suggestions about aged canopies. Cheers Rob

A very special bird you built there and a great result you achieved. As a friend of strange "what if's" or to name it in a more recent term "alternate facts", i have to applaude. Nice touch with the white wall tyres. I missed that plane in Chino, they must have hidden the Heinkel by the time I was there, what a pity. Cheers Rob

Hi Bevan, it indeed caught my eye, mission accomplished Cheers Rob

Great result and a marvelous paint job. Everything looks just right. Is the position of the tail wheel on purpose (maybe a dio)? Cheers Rob

There is really no need to spoil your 190D-9 with a cheap- (Jeep-) Shot . Beautiful result. Sometimes it feels just great to build one straight forward more or less out of the box. Nice Job with the masking and the not too red underside. The Jeep is of course a completely different story. Cheers Rob

Very nice result on the G6, heavily mottled and aged but not overdone. Not too many scratches, the ones which are there are in the right places. Congratulations to that worn fighter. Cheers Rob

Wonderful pictures poet, just great shots, nice lighting and perfect "closeness" to the subject. I had sworn to myself to life out of my well filled stash for some years, but you are planting doubts in me about purchasing a 1/32 B17. I will give that some thoughts, in fact a lot of. cheers Rob

Very nice result on a very beautiful plane. I specially like the at least for me unusal RAAF paintjob. The worn walkways look great and the "used" finish screams: salt, water and drops from seagulls .

What an experience, sadly not many of us will ever make. Thank you for sharing that inspirational moment. Cheers Rob

Can't see enough corsairs here and you did a great job on yours. what I specially like about your build is that you will open the hoods and do the interior jobs. You nailed the wiring on the engine in a way i get a little jealous while seeing . In another thread I posted some pictures of a stripped Corsair in restauration. It might help for the detailing inside. Cheers Rob

Thanx coolbox, when you build such an almost perfect kit like the Tamiya Corsair that leaves a lot of headroom for painting and weathering. The Brassin engine was a story of love and hate. It is not easy to build, lots of resin and PE parts and in the end it didn't fit under openable cowls, but lessons learned. I will be more decisive now, if to open the easy way is not an option it s open or closed . Anyway I'm looking forward to build more Brassin engines for my BF-109E and my FW-190 A8 but next time no PE-piping and wiring, it's just not the right deal. Cheers Rob

Very nice pictures crazypoet, it gets more and more difficult to get decent pictures of iconic planes mostly due to the surroundings. Bad indoor light, crammed museums, sometimes to many people, too many (often understandable) restrictions to access. But there are these rare chances, where everything is right, composition, lighting and then it is a pleasure to hit the trigger of the camera. You had all that combined with the eye for the right angle and moment combined in your pictures and created something of beauty about that beautiful B-17. That is the spirit that topic is all about. Cheers Rob

I think I'm not the only AFV-builder who does not like Rubber-, DS-, Magic- or segmented tracks. Gentleman, there is a solution to our needs, somebody heard our cries. AK-Interactive has a range of different tracks in their Web Shop They carry tracks for Tiger I, Panther late, Panzer II, T-34, T-54, T55, T-62, Sherman, Panzer III early, KV 1, KV 85, SU 152, and BMP3 and the good thing you can get a limited amount of sets already assembled for a fortune (ca. 10 €). These sets are cast from white metal and look very similar to the Friul ones. The only difference I found was that there is steel instead of brass wire used for the connection. the whole length of the track is assembled, but the rods are not glued in. I didn't count the connected links but the length looked suitable. There are five spare track links per side. I love that offer and could hug the person who connected all the links and got bored instead of me Cheers Rob My set of Panther late tracks That's what is in the box. The tracks are separately packed with a short piece of wire and the spare links. Left - Magic tracks (not to bad but do not clip securely) Middle - Friul ATL-28 Right - AK Spare tracks Magic Track Friul AK And that is how it fits around the idler wheel of a Dragon Jagdpanther G2 without cleaning, I'm satisfied. One complete track. Its up to you to count the track links

Fantastic work Jeroen, very convincing. The Art of deconstruction. @levier: Close but no cookies, Ausgezeichnet would have been right

There is always something to improve, but what you show here is a very fine result. Nice paneling and the steel surface in front of the nozzles looks particulary great. On the Fotos I hardly see any stencils and while I think they are there this is good news. On my 1/48 IAF Eagle I had tons of problems with silvering stencils, while the insignia and colored markings went on perfect. Stenciling modern jets is always boring and painful. The builders should manifest the handling in a manual . Cheers Rob

Some more pictures. Feel welcome to add some more not only documentary pictures of the stuff we modelers dream of. Cheers Rob