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I'll have an Ohka instead. Will look nice next to my Reichenberg!

That looks great. Are those weld beads on the model?? Or did you make them yourself? Cheers, Jeroen

Hi Nick, You are right. I have only on a few occasions seen well weathered and painted 1/16 vehicles. Fun for remote control sandbox games, and oversized to display in a nice way. I'll give it my best!

That's a 40 dollar Part PE set w'ere talking here! I'll think about it. Need to see some REAL nice examples on this page first. There are numerous things I have done to this kit that I would do different today. I guess that's what makes it hard to finish it. I also had the T-34/85 version but sold that. Cheers! Jeroen

Hi James, They are flat, but with the axle i managed to cone them somewhat by glueing one side of the axle first, pushing it outward and then connecting the other edge of the axle.

Hi Guys, With the need for more armour I pulled this from the shelf of DOOOOOMMM! I started this build maybe 10 years ago. Did the interior, engine and then lost interest. Still haven't gained quite enough interest to really pick this up, but maybe if someone posts his (or unlikely hers) rendering of this kit, I might get back into gear. The barrel is after market. Forgot what brand. 10 yrs ago and all.. So.. anyone ever finished one of these??? Cheers, Jeroen

Here's a pic of the rear wheel in place. Some dry fitting and testing is required to make sure the frame aligns. After glueing it all and eyeballing it yesterday, something seemed off. The luggage carrier was in a slight angle. I took it all apart. Cleaned it up. Made small 'what do you call it' from rod and the angle of the tank and luggage carrier thing was straight. Next step will be smooting out the joints with some mr Surfacer.

Thnx Martin, I spent last night looking for some kind of tube to make the axle. Finally found a copper pipe but it was a bit too narrow. Thickened it a little with a piece of tape.

1:32 PBY-5(A) Catalina Marine Luchtvaart Dienst / Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service Limited Run Manufacturer: Dutch Decal Catalogue # 32020 Available from Dutch Decal: www.dutchdecal.nl Let's start this review with our standard lines about Dutch Decal: Celebrating their 25th birthday, Dutch Decal has been around since 1986. It is run by the Dutch graphic designer Luuk Boerman and has been producing decal sheets of aircraft from all Dutch armed forces. Every now and then a foreign nationality slips through. More than 100 sheets have been released to date. Most of them are sold out now but a few much requested sheets will be reprinted in the near future depending on demand. The decal sheets are silkscreen printed and accompanied by English instructions. Dutch Decal sheets come in all scales: 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32. The 1:32 sheets can be identified by the broad black band at the bottom of the packaging. Let´s have a look what we get: Packed in the usual plastic zip lock bag is one sheet of decals, a booklet showing the four versions that can be chosen from and one paper template. More about that later. A close look at the decal sheet itself reveals a very nice register and sharp, crisp detail. The four versions the modeler can choose from are: • Consolidated PBY-5, Y-45, No 321 Squadron Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service, Rose Bay Australia, 1943 • Consolidated PBY-5A, Y-75, No 321 Squadron Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service, 1941 • Consolidated PBY-5, Y-69, No 321 Squadron Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service, Australia, 1942 • Consolidated PBY-5A, K/Y-75, No 321 Squadron Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service, RAAF Ceylon (VIP Transport), Ceylon, 1943 • Consolidated PBY-5A, P-85, No 7 Squadron Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service, Dutch New Guinea, 1947 Needless to say, this sheet is intended for the HPH models Catalina A little intro: During the dutch colonial reign the need for flying boats was evident. The dutch indies cover almost 2 million square KM and consist out of thousands of scattered islands. The dutch navy used several flying boats in their struggle to protect the dutch interests. Two that stand out are the Dornier 24 and the Catalina. Whereas the Do24 was mainly used for transport missions, the Cats also performed missions like: bomb runs, mine dropping and providing air cover for ships. During the war (after the japanese took over the dutch indies) dutch Catalina crews formed two Catalina squadrons with the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm. Only a small number of Catalina planes survived the escape from japanese forces. They performed missions during the rest of the war from Australia and Ceylon (Sri Lanka). So, If you're looking to build a Catalina in more exotic markings, and heavily weathered Pacific Theatre look, this might be it for you. Paper template: A paper template is provided to cut the masks for the huge orange triangles and background for the dutch flags. This will prove much easier than laying these on with decals. Consolidated PBY-5, Y-45 This specific plane has some stories to tell. Entered service in 1940 and performed recon missions from Ambon. In 1942 it was transferred to Soerabaja and performed fleet protection missions. During one of these missions the Y-45 made the headlines by rescuing 79 souls!! You don't believe it? Here's a pic: After escaping in march 1942 from japanese forces the Y-45 struck a reef and was pulled on land by 100 locals. Here it was made-do mended with… cement! After these repairs the Y-45 finally reached the safety of Australia in Freemantle. The rest of the war the Y-45 performed clandestine secret service missions and at the end of the war this plane was the first to drop food over the starving population of Java. Here's a pic of the crest on the nose of the Y-45: Consolidated PBY-5A, Y-75 This particular plane was a little less 'fortunate'. While in service with the 321 squadron hit a reef in 1943 and sunk immediately. The crew managed to get out in time. The plane was however raised and it took a total of 5 months to fully repair it again. A tough job, since the salt water had eaten away at the wiring. After it was restored the Y-75 was transformed to a passenger plane, meant to transport high officials over long distances. The Y-75 was therefor nicknamed 'Skysleeper'. Here's a pic of the Skysleeper. 4th man from the left is A.V.M. Sir Alan Leeds: Consolidated PBY-5, Y-69 After the Pearl Harbour attack the Y-69 was confiscated by the americans and returned to the dutch after the war. I was not able to dig up much more interesting facts about this plane, except some photo's of the Y-69 during repairs. These photo's (www.maritiemdigitaal.nl) show the heavily weathered appearance. Here are some pics of the Y-69: Consolidated PBY-5A, P-85 This plane entered dutch service on 20-11-1942. It survived the war and in 1953 it was re-numbered to P-219. In 1954 it was destroyed in a fire on Biak. The P-85: Conclusion: As we have come to expect from Dutch Decal, the research is well done and the artwork is on the mark. This sheet is available directly from Dutch Decal or the Aviation Mega Store. It's a limited run edition, so If you want it get it while you can. Highly recommended Cees Broere and Jeroen Peters Our sincere thanks to Dutch Decals´Luuk Boerman for providing the review sample used here. Reference used: • http://www.maritiemdigitaal.nl • http://kw.jonker.co/

What a great guy and what a great project this should turn out to be. I love the photo of him taking to the sky in his sunday outfit. Please tell me he will be part of the build too! Cheers, Jeroen

I'm really taking my time with the very delicate resin. Lots of test fitting and aligning. I replaced the cross connections of the baggage carrier and replaced them with 0,25' plastic rod. This way you don't have any joints to clean up. Also getting the PE spokes in. You can see there's a very small gap between the PE and resin wheel, but that's easy to fix with a little zap-a-gap. All very delicate and fiddly stuff, but do-able.

So today I took my little nephew to the Louwman museum in The Hague. This is one of the (if not THE) most beautiful museum in the Netherlands. And I'm not even a car enthusiast. Suddenly I spot a Douglas bike! Took some pics, but unfortunately I was unable to get any closer, or move around it.

Hi Huub! Good to finally see you here! I just love the diorama you posted. Have seen it on several sites. Was it possibly made by the same dio maker as the one who did the Ju87 scrapyard? Cheers, Jeroen

Hi Ulrich, Welkom! Good to see you here and glad you brought your Shinden! She looks great.. Groet, Jeroen

By the way: are you going to get the Barracuda cast Tempest wheels? I believe there's a review coming up? Dave?

Tight stuff cees! Looks like it's almost time to close this baby up! Nice...

hi James, The spokes are PE. Real nice. First progress on the first 7 parts of resin:

James... same thing i always say to Cees. We need a shot with a beer can. Otherwise we don't know how big it is. Other than that... nice start! Lots of potential for extra detail too.

The questionable part is actually: is it civilian?? (But I won't throw in my own windows, as we say..) I never questioned bikes not to be armour subjects, since they have always been present on sites like: http://www.missing-lynx.com/gallery/german/smhzun.htm Anyhoooo.. I snipped some forst resin today. Very very delicate stuff.

Wow! That is one sweet looking Hornet! Lovely detail. Cant wait to see what you'll do to the b25!

Show me the green! (i.e. the money)

Hi George, You're right. Let's have a look at an old person instead. Starting a 1914 Douglas bike, explaining the complicated process step by step. If you don't speak dutch, it will be even more complicated:

I was being serious about my figure painting skills. They are in par with Stephano's....

Hi Dave, nope! no figures. My figure painting skills are quite equal to this: http://www.spamodeler.proboards.com/thread/339/new-project-american-soldier-35

Hi guys and guys, Yesterday I came home to a nice surprise. A big box which revealed miles and miles of bubble wrap until I ended up with a small box. A little resin kit I have been wanting a lot and... got! How cool will this look parked under the wing of a DH9a or next to the Snipe?? Very cool. Indeed. This is no 1/35 Tamiya BMW from 1975. This is something else. Here's a pic of the finished product.... (Figures not included). And here's a link to a very handy page, showing the construction step by step: http://tommyswar.co.uk/2012/07/01/introduction/ Really nice. Bare with me. I'm starting this build real soon. This will be the first 'armour' build I'm doing since years. Cheers,