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  1. DocRob
    I ran in some trouble again with the build up of the superstructure, as I realized, al compartments folded from PE have a 'roof'. I hadn't checked it and left a bit of the structure on the underside of the platforms as a guide line for the compartments. This was easy fixed for platforms one to three, but the top one was already finished with fragile PE and printed parts. On the pic you can see the underside before surgery. Somehow I managed to get rid of the plastic without destroying the assembled parts, using a bench full of tools. Dabbing the sweat from my forehead, I continued with building up the superstructure, which is only stacked on the above pic. Platform by platform, I continued, until this was done according to the manual. I hope all 'connections' to other component fit, which is very difficult to check beforehand. Now this is what I achieved, I'm not entirely satisfied, but I'm still completely out of my comfort zone with this build. Slightly strange angles only depict the state of the art of American engineering scale wise . After: Before: (Find the 1247 differences ) Cheers Rob
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    Wow, Carl, what a beauty - err - -ful build and paint/decaling job. The Falcon looks hyperspace ready. Cheers Rob
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    Modeling and photographing are both passions of me, so feel free to write your thoughts about both, Peter. I have to admit, that I became sloppy when it came to digital photography and my old exploring spirit of analogue times never recovered full. I still experiment a lot with photography, but documenting my modeling steps, with the camera, I'm often a bit lazy, when it comes to perfect lighting, the best aperture or even the best setting and I never post process my pics, except for size reduction. The X's and O's of photography are still etched into my DNA, but I would need more time to regain the experimenting spirit, I had earlier. Quality photography is important, documenting work in modelling, I think, because it's the only way to explain or judge, except using words. Cheers Rob
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    Thank you Gary and Bill, I completely understand what you mean Bill and I'm not sure, If I may follow your path soon. The only exception are wooden ships, I really enjoy to build. It's rewarding and more of a flowing process than this Arizona project, which is more of a fight sometimes. Cheers Rob
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    It's not so much about critique Peter, I'm my worst inquisitor here. To me macro shots are a part of my style of documentation and the macro lens is my standard, when photographing my work, not only because it is able to show the detail close up, but also, because with it's 90 mm focal length, it depicts correctly, without the strange effects, wider angled lenses have. I often refer to others build logs as a reference and appreciate detailed information, bein it pics or written content. I sometimes used my own logs, where I failed to remember certain steps of long finished builds. Cheers Rob
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    It's not old, Hubert, ageless is the term . Thanks for the links, there are definitely a lot of similarities above the deck line with the ancient Revell kit and mine. The hull is different, halved vertical and has different portholes and casted railings. The superstructure looks very familiar though, as are the turrets. Whatever Hobby Boss had in mind with this kit, they failed. It's maybe cheap, but it's not worth the money and I wouldn't have touched it without the extras in the Eduard boxing. Cheers Rob
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    That is interesting Bill, there is no soaking and bleeding? Cheers Rob
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    Absolutely Ernie, the wheel could be a bit thinner. Wood effects on the interior look great. You could easily pimp the backseat area with some leftovers from WNW kits, like camera and canvas bag. Foe my Hansa Brandenburg build, I applied a map and some ruler and triangle, made from PE-residues and added some pencils made from wire. Cheers Rob
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    Have you forgotten to embed the link Hubert? I'd really like to see this old kit and determine the difference between nostalgia and crap, in my case. Cheers Rob
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    I know about your dislike for macroed model pics Peter, but I want to show what I've done in my build threads, ugly or not. I've learned a lot from detail photos, so Iwil provide them, at leas until I can't rectify the build quality anymore . Cheers Rob
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    I've done crazier things than this, but this must have been long ago . Today I assembled one platform with PE and printed parts. This is something else than adding some PE parts here and there on a plane kit. I definitely have to burn my macro lens. The tiny stuff looks ok to my blurred eyes. Cheers Rob
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    Thanks for your thoughts and condolences, I think Kevin is right . I've never seen the old Revell kits, but I can't think of a design as bad as this, mind, it's not an ancient kit. I hope for your Seydlitz to be a better kit, I have a Queen Elisabeth from Trumpeter in stash, which looks decent. Cheers Rob
  13. DocRob
    The surgery came out pretty neat, with a bit of sanding and scribing it should look perfect. When I cut plastic, I use Dyno Tape as a guide, which is a bit stronger than Kabuki tape. Cheers Rob
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    I like the result Kriss, even if the camo is a bit overscale. You could try Gundam Markers for this type of camo. I never used them, but did a delicate paintjob on an Italian Lancia's camo with normal markers. The result was ok, albeit the Marker was a bit oily and shiny, but with a matte coat, that was gone. I tried another technique before, which completely failed, airbrushing first the squiggle color, black in my case and used masking markers and masking fluid applied with a brush for masking the squiggles. The plan was to apply the base color after that and then rub off the liquid mask. The results were terrible with five different masking fluids. Cheers Rob
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    I'm rarely ever hearing background music, when it's time for music, I fire up my amps, start the turntable and feed the beast with some vinyl and listen to music of all kinds, well, all kinds I like. There are a few exceptions from my analogue playground and this is one of them. Roisin Murphy, maybe the last pop goddess, released a video some days ago, covering a whole - hmm - let's say concert without audience. This was produced during lockdown as she did with lots of videos from her living room or on Ibiza. What I like about the project, Roisin made a new album in these times of restriction with an optimistic and hedonistic retro disco sound, never being performed in front of an audience, instead released in this video. She remixed older songs of herself, fitting to the sound and cumulated in a beautiful version of a Moloko classic, 'Familiar Feelings in an acoustic march off. Yeah, I'm biased, I'm not often helplessly in love, but Roisin is the last true goddess and she is since decades. Don't hear it on your tiny phone, use a true amp and hifi speakers and party until the police comes, like in old times Or recent times . Cheers Rob
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    This peace of junk should transform into the superstructure . What have I done to be tormented with that kind of plastic. My sins must have been infinite, I hope I enjoyed them . After hacking and slaying, sawing and grinding, cursing and chiseling, I removed what is only partly shown on the pic. There was more debris than usable plastic left, but it took a while to get there, mainly because I pre bent some of the then to add PE-parts, to cut everything to shape. All red in the manual has to go and it's a lot. Cheers Rob
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    Yup, option D would be a great plot, but I had liked the toughness, the Bengals showed against the Bills in hostile surroundings. Never cared much for them, but it was a great game. Cheers rob
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    Yup, correct, there is no team out there creating more drama and fan heart attacks than the Cowboys. There are bad teams, mediocre teams and there are great teams, but the Cowboys are often all three together. I started watching football, when the Cowboys were 5-11 an underdog making the Hershel Walker (what an idiot now) deal and built up the Triplets, Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin. When I was about 18, I started to play football in West Berlin as a tight end and running back, and had real quality hands, but opted for baseball which I played for 25 years in German leagues, because I felt, I started football to late, to be really successful and only occasional put on my helmet again. I ever loved the tactics and the x's and o's in football and always appreciate a good game. I loved what the Giants did to the Vikings, an overrated team this year and was astonished, how easy they fell to Eagles. The Bills, they have a long post season history with the Cowboys and with the Allen led offense are quite entertaining to watch. Let's hope for some great games next weekend and for an entertaining Superbowl. Cheers Rob
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    I never said, the parts where glued in the right spot when the bond is seemingly infinite. I decorated tweezers, fingers and whatever you can think off permanently with tiny etched parts . Cheers Rob
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    Same with me, but my team exited Sunday. For the feeling only, the team played great all around and fought, not always the case with them, with only one exception and that was the QB, who is very hit OR miss. Cheers Rob
  21. DocRob
    It's not so much about the bending Kevin, it's more that I try to achieve a bit of robustness with my builds. I hate parts cluttering around and these ladders are very exposed during painting and weathering. Cheers Rob
  22. DocRob
    Thank you Scott, I had some PE items folded up for my 1/144 build of the Nautilus, like the chair and the railings. Until today, they are in place. I'm sometimes astonished about the bonding capabilities of CA, given the tiny gluing areas. Cheers Rob
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    Looks good with the distinctive hull shape Gary, You can clearly see, that Lürssen was building yachts before and used that as a template for the E-boats. Cheers Rob
  24. DocRob
    Great result on both kits. The detailing through the open canopy and hatches adds a lot of interest. The Citroen looks beautiful and the shine of the black looks perfectly convincing scale wise. If I may offer some word of critique, for my liking the base is a bit to crammed. I liked your pics in the glass box with some more space between the kits. Cheers Rob
  25. DocRob
    Muchas gracias, it was fun to experiment with the painting and weathering and try out new techniques, that equals out the boring building stage of this near perfect kit. Cheers Rob
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