Pierre-Christian Baudru
Welcome to the GB !😉

Christian Bruer
Thx Pierre-Christian🙂

Wim van der Luijt
Count me in ! ( again 😄 )

Christian Bruer
Hehe Win, yep you're welcome to follow🙂
Ok here we go, first step to get an overview oft he main parts and the fit. First look – the fit is awful. A lot of filling, sanding and rescribing panel lines and details will be necessary to get a smooth fit and look of all of the parts. But no lamenting, the race is on🙂

Cheers, Christian

Martien Lourens
That looks promising, Christian. But your models are always excelent

Stephan Ryll
pe parts in that scale must be murderous 🙂
I even could't see them

Rui S
Just a moment, I'll get my magnifying glass. hehe. Good luck to your watchmaker work Christian.

Pierre-Christian Baudru
Its a very nice detailed kit. Difficult to paint on 144nd scale I think....

Christian Bruer
Holy Moly Gentleman, thank you all very much for all your interest, kind comments. and best wishes.

@Stephan, PE in that scale is quite ok for me because I most work in smaller scale 1/350 with PE. I will post some photos soon.

@Pierre-Christian, yes painting is a bit a challenge in that scale. I paint the tiny birds most with my airgun. You have to be much careful handling and masking the parts as well as to be careful with the pressure not to overflow the parts with paint. But the subtle mottling will be the biggest challenge I think!?

Cheers, Christian

Kerry COX
Hi Christian. Can I make a suggestion for the markings for the cammo. ?
I have used blue tack (Silly putty) in small pieces and shaped them into place with a flat tool.
These were applied after the colour that the splotches were going to be was sprayed on first, then the top coat is applied after you have placed the putty spots the way you want them. Have a look at a Ju-87 I did using this method.
Tamiya's P-51D | Album by RedRoo

Christian Bruer
Thx for the hint Kerry😉
I'm not sure if this will work pretty well in scale 144. Seems to me both, airbrushing free hand or applying all the blue tack is something like a challenge. Well, there is some time before I have to decide which way to go🙂

Cheers, Christian

Kerry COX
Or.!!! for i/144 th, Maybe use dobs of masking fluid and shape it with the tip of a sharp wooden match ? and a really thin application of paint and remove the MF quickly before a 'hard edge forms around the dobs. !! ? 🙂

Christian Bruer
@Stephan, you'll find now a detail photo of the PE.

@Kerry, yep I'll think about it till it is time to start the paint work. It sounds like a good idea but time consuming as well😉 The main problem will be to remove all the splotches fast to avoid and damage because of already dry paint.

Well, first work is done. Nacelles are fixed to the wing to prepare it for the further work, filling, sanding and re scribing.

The cockpit floor is in place. There is a big ejector pin mark on the port fuselage halve I have to fill first before I can go on with the cockpit. I will try to add some details at the more or less naked side panels. I guess some thin styrene and the one or other 0,1mm copper wire will bring some life to the cockpit. The canopy is in one piece but it should be possible to cut it off carefully to allow me to present an open cockpit – mmmhh let's have it a try.

The radiator cowling is just in a close position. I'm not sure if it was open when on the ground, but it will look much better to have them open – mmmhh let'have it a try too to make them new!

The whole project reminds me to my close friend Peter who sadly passed away last year in May. He was just 62 years old. He was a good friend to Georg-Hermann Greiner, a former Night Fighter Pilot and last Commander of IV. / NJG 1 . As a legacy out of Peter's library I got the book Hunters of the Reich – Night Fighters by David P. Williams. Peter got from Mr. Greiner as a birthday present in 2001 with a personal dedication. Well a good book to read and good to remember my friend!

Cheers, Christian

Stephan Ryll
Hi Christian, thank you for showing us this very small PE parts - this is sooooooooo small.
How to handle and glue them in place- it's a mirical to me!
but when I see your results -even with your small scale ships - I know there must be a way.

Hanno Kleinecke
Wow this kit seems to be extraordinary, PE cockpit details in 144, and even a baseplate provided - you can hardly want more ! I'll be watching........

Kerry COX
Christian, I see you mentioned the 'edge' that will be left after the removal of the splotches and the method I have always used to alleviate the problem of the remaining excess is to press the sticky side of some masking tape onto the surface and lift it off rapidly, and it usually happens that the soft edge will be removed and then all that is left to do then is sand the finished surface smooth.
I have used this method on all areas I have had a masking agent applied where I was left with that hang edge and I have usually had good results when it is done before the paint goes too hard. :-/
Cheers mate 👍 🙂

Christian Bruer
Well Stephan, the main problem is applying the super glue to fix the part at the model and not at the tweezers
Mhhh Hanno, the kit is well provided with PE, display and decal options, but the quality isn't as good as usual with this company. Even less parts all need a lot of attention because of overflush and mismatch in mold. Nothing to be too worried about, but some extra work.

Thx Kerry, I will keep this in my mind and give it a try🙂

Cheers, Christian

P.S. any ideas about the interior color? I guess it should be RLM66?!

Stephan Ryll
I agree with you Christian super glue and tweezers is not a good combination - Its always a tricky thing to apply this small parts right in place😉
but your a doing a great job.

Christian Bruer
Thx Stephan🙂

Kerry COX
Hi Christian, I am wondering how the 'clean up' of the joins went mate, as I see the tape holding it fast so far. 🙂

Christian Bruer
Mhhh Kerry I hope they will went well, but I did not start to clean them already.

I first start detailing the more or less naked cockpit a little bit. The excellent progress you have shown in your WIP helped much. The small and tiny interpretation in my Uhu's cockpit does not correspond the original one but it is just thought as an illusion to catch the eye. The seats are made of PE, they're quite nice as well as the still missing instrument panel. Next I will paint the cockpit and add a light and subtle washing.

After that I can glue both fuselage halves together to start cleaning up the joints, etc.

I thought about some extra details not coming with the kit – open canopy, extended flaps and some new landing gear struts, but time will tell.

Cheers, Christian

Kerry COX
You have my full attention Christian, and just the way you tell it is exciting, as this small scale really fascinates me and I am surely going to try my hand at one as soon as possible. 🙂

Pierre-Christian Baudru
Nice work adding some details in this very small cockpit. I like it ! Cheers.

Bart Goesaert
nice work so far. Is the PE included in this kit?

Kerry COX
Christian, I do admire your ability to work with such fine PE and the miniscule plastic bits you have added to the cockpit area.🙂
My hat's off mate. 🙂 👍

Bart Goesaert
looked it up and ordered one myself... the A7 variant, and some l-39 albatrosses too...

Christian Bruer
Hi all, thanks a lot for following this and for your encouraging comments. Would be fine to see you all changing to small scale🙂

@Well Bart the PE comes with the kit. Designed and manufactured by Eduard – that speaks for themselves. The Mark I Albatross is nice as well. I can highly recommend the Mark I Ta-152 and brand new Bristol Beaufighter. Very nice details, easy to build and interesting markings.

Finished - Focke-Wulf Ta-152 H1 Green 3 | Album by Christian Bruer (1:144)

scalemates.com/kits/962765-m..35-bristol-beaufighter-mk-ic

Cheers, Christian

Kerry COX
Your not only am amazing modeller Christian, but a great salesman as well. !! :-O
But now I do know where to look and what to get.🙂
Thanks mate. 👍

Christian Bruer
Many thx, Kerry, I do what I can to make the best of all🙂

Bart Goesaert
Thx for the explanation, will keep these in mind for a next buy...

Christian Bruer
You're welcome Bart🙂

Martien Lourens
Die Beaufighter ist auch interessant

Christian Meyerhoff
How could I miss this one.... I never saw an UHU in 1:144 before. Great start!

Christian Bruer
Yep Martien, one of my favorites. I much like the Coastal Command scheme.

@Christian, no problem and many thx, glad you like it🙂

Christian Bruer
Cockpit and front wheel well are painted. I useed Vallejo Model Color 056 Blue Grey. When completely dry I will paint some of the consoles, boxes etc. in black. The finish will be done with a slightly wash and by highlight the details. Seats are painted Blue Grey too, they need some extra color for the belts etc.

Cheers, Christian

Pierre-Christian Baudru
Great ! How do you think you will weathered the cockpit ? Cheers.

Christian Meyerhoff
Very nice progress! Those PE parts are looking good!

Kerry COX
You are achieving wonderful results CB, and the seats just blow me away. 🙂 !!!
Like we all want to know, just what are you going to add to that cockpit. ?
Great work mate. 👍 👍

Rui S
You are right Kezza, that tiny tiny seats have real impressive detail.

Kerry COX
There are some awesome skills being exhibited here, and what a place to see them. 🙂

Bart Goesaert
nice progress so far, counting the time till mine arrives..

Kerry COX
Bart, I am looking forward to your build appearing here, and BTW, there is no need to rush when you start, as this build will be taking some time. 🙂 👍

Christian Bruer
Wow, I was overjoyed by all your very kind comments and feedback about my progress. Thx a lot mates!

Well, Pierre-Christian I guess I'll use some dark grey and brown wash and highlights in light grey. Before I may will add some dots in green, white and red to represent switches etc. But I most thing of such details when I start the work. So time and progress will tell and I'll let you know😉

And yes there is no rush. I plan to do some extra work like extended flaps, open cockpit etc. to keep up with the excellent big birds in progress in this group build😉

Cheers, Christian

Kerry COX
I am enjoying the pace and exhibitions of everybody's skills here, and all are of top quality. 🙂

Christian Bruer
Yep, I follow it all with great interest too🙂

Holger Kranich
Ach der Uhu is ja mal nümig! 🙂 Hier bleib ich dran!

Jens
Das ist 👍 👍 👍 , wenn ich meine 48er 219 nur im Ansatz so detailreich schaffen kann , dann würde ich mich in Zufriedenheit nach hinten lehnen 🙂 was noch sehr interessant ist , die tschechische Kennung der 219, dürften ja nicht viele gewesen sein, und leider auch keine, auch nur in Teilen erhalten

Christian Bruer
Moin Holger un Jens, Dank för dat Loff🙂

Alles gut Jens, Du kannst Dich ruhig nach hinten lehnen! Mir gefallen Deine Fliescher auserordentlich gut!
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Well back to English, the cockpit is finished! I add some points and details painted in white, red and green. The seat belt are painted in bright olive green with some details in olive green. The head rest was painted dark red brown. I did not add a wash because I thought the cockpit will look to dark in that scale. So I decide only to highlight all surfaces very carefully to get some depth effects. Once finished I glued the fuselage halves together. The fit isn't as good as on Mark I's Ta-152. But some filling, sanding and rescribing will make it all smooth. I used Tamiya Extra Thin Cement and later I filled all seam lines with Super Glue.

Photo no. 22 give you a close view to the cockpit. The opening of the cockpit is just 20mm in length. From my point of view it looks quite nice for that scale. There is only one topic I was not really confident with, a big splotch of glue on one of the seat belts🙁

Cheers, Christian

Christian Meyerhoff
This one comes out very nice!

Christian Bruer
Thx Christian. It is an most enjoyable build because of all your respectable society🙂
I like to follow yours and the others progress on their Uhu.

Christian Meyerhoff
That`s the reason we called it a group build 🙂 For me it`s much fun too!

Christian Bruer
Yep your absolutely right Christian😉

Kerry COX
🙂 👍 The loan of the electron microscope camera was helpful in getting all the images of this fantastic 1/144 Uhu posted, and It is just a superb example of how skilled Christian B is, and all our mates are. 🙂

Kerry COX
I couldn't agree with you more Guido. Exciting stuff. 🙂

Pierre-Christian Baudru
Wow what a great job here ! Christian, how can you paint all these so small details so well ? The seats for exemple, your painting is perfect on the seat belts, great job mate ! Cheers.

Christian Bruer
Thx mates for your very kind comments. I much appreciate it and I'm glad you like the these tiny bird. Well Pierre-Christian, a steady hand, good brushes and paints and a lot of patience help much. Next to this it was a long way to get a more or less good result even under the watchful eyes of the cameras microscope lenses🙂

Cheers, Christian

Kerry COX
LOL, (funny bugger) heheheh

Christian Bruer
Hehe, you know the enemies of all model kits. Dust, finger viewers on modeling shows and macro function on a photo camera🙂

Kerry COX
Yes, I too experience these problems, but the show must go on hey. !!! 🙂 👍

Christian Bruer
Yep🙂

I think I will ignite the next phase on my He-219 and start to scratch build an engine to represent on of the nacelles open. I'm not sure if this will work proper and look like I expect it should look in that scale but I'll give it a try. The excellent photos you have posted in your WIP Kerry will help me much. So stay tuned on this mates.

Cheers, Christian

Kerry COX
Building a DB-603 in this scale should be no problem for a man who can fold and rig the wires on the wings on an "Albatross" and add a fuel cock to it as well.🙂
This will be something wonderful to watch Christian, 👍
Cheers.🙂

Hanno Kleinecke
Yeah, go ahead Christian, and don`t you forget the oil lines and the superchargerfan !😉😉

Kerry COX
PRESSURE. :-/
he he he. 🙂

Hanno Kleinecke
If anyone can make that happen, then it is Christian, the master of the almost invisible . 🙂

Kerry COX
He is THAT Hanno, for sure. 👍 🙂

Christian Bruer
No pressure at all mates, just motivating🙂 Thx for that mates🙂

Well the engine nacelle is cut of and a firewall was added. I sealed the seam line with PVA glue. Guess it will ok when painted. The DB-603 was made of flat and round styrene. The size is guess work, but it fit well to the firewall and the cowling will fit smooth too. I tried it but did not make a photo, because I will add some more small details as well as the four hinges at the firewall.

Took some time but it was fun to scratch build the tiny part. May you can imagine how small it was – or😉

Cheers, Christian

Kerry COX
We can all imagine just how big the grin on your face was as you put these miniscule bits together mate. !! 🙂
But the pencil hasn't show up yet. 🙁

Thomas Bischoff
your work is outstanding!

Kerry COX
And Thomas, lol, he does this with every build he does mate. !!!!

Thomas Bischoff
I know - his work is so inspiring that I just bought a 1:144 kit to try it myself.

Choppa Nutta
Engine detail on a 1/144th scale !!
Now you are just mocking us Christian 🙂

Pierre-Christian Baudru
What a microscopic engine !!! Crazy man😉 Cheers.

Martien Lourens
Very amazingly small work.

Christian Bruer
Well Kerry, the chief was off duty Saturday evening and took the pencil with him. Guess he want to write a check list how many beers he had or to write down the addresses of the Ladies he met🙂
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Gentleman, thx for your encouraging and overwhelming comments🙂
Some more and clearer photos show the arrangement when fitted to the engine nacelle. I guess there should be some stringers downside, left and right to hold the engine cowling, I will add later.

I'll try to add some fine wire to represent the cables and pipes fitted to the engine, just a little bit illusionary work. Rest will be done later with some paint and weathering effects.

Cheers, Christian

Kerry COX
A watch maker with a hobby who chases chicks on his night's off, with a pencil no less. lol, , and ain't we lucky to have him here. ! 👍

Christian Bruer
Hehehe, but just the chief mate🙂

Kerry COX
Oh, of course mate, of course. hehehe, but I do like the look of the pre fit and it will be stunning > 👍

Pierre-Christian Baudru
Nice to see the engine in place😉

Christian Bruer
I asked Christian to send some photos of his instructions to represent the open engine cowlings as best as possible. I just think how to do them. I'll give transparent paper a try. It should be thin enough and it could be slightly bended. Finally covered with super glue it should stay in shape.

Christian Meyerhoff
Some years ago I built an engine cowling for a Wildcat using a yoghurt cup. Some of these cups are very thin and the shape is almost there. Please send me Your email adress for some scanns.

Christian Bruer
Mhhh, could work too. Thinking about your idea, the bottleneck of wine bottles is covered with a thin foil! Mhh, I'll try something later.
Email address – done🙂

Christian Bruer
Mmhh, the material is to thick I think. Whole length 10.8mm or 0.39in.

Ingmar Stöhr
Wow! A pleasure to watch!

Christian Bruer
Thx Guido and Ingmar🙂

With some additional information I thought a while what to do, because the engine was placed to far forward. First I thought to start building a new engine, but that I noticed, that the firewall at the nacelle was placed wrong. I had to cut out the nacelle much more and I had to add a new firewall placed more aft. That all worked well and I only had some minor changes at the engine. Once replaced it looks much better, see photo no. 35- left old, right new. I than add some more details like tanks, cables, pipes etc. Inside of the nacelle I placed the hinges and some stringer. All in all it looks quite nice for that scale.

Cheers, Christian

Hanno Kleinecke
Do I feel like I've been passed on the right ? Yes! Not enough with oillines and supercharger, no, it had to be two oil tanks plus filler caps !!!
Christian the sixeyed magician ! 😄

Soeren R.
Awesome work and that in this scale.....

Christian Meyerhoff
That`s nice! 🙂

Kerry COX
Holy "Don't stop me now" Batman, !!!! Do you think he will next build the radiators and cowl opening struts too. ????
Oh Robin, don't be silly, he would never attempt something like THAT. !!! :-/

Pierre-Christian Baudru
Crazy build man......😉

Bart Goesaert
excellent work on the engine... like Pierre-Christian says, crazy build... even a little crazy modeller...

Kresten Schleemann
Wow, can't think of much else. The detail is amazing in such a small scale.

Kerry COX
Christian B will surprise you when you least expect it.
He's a genius. 🙂

Christian Bruer
Holy Moly and crazy modeler Batman and genius Robin🙂
Thank you all for your encouraging and very kind comments. They're all a good impulse to make the best of everything and I much appreciate it🙂

I did not thought to add struts Kerry, but I just noticed you posted some inspiration in your GB

By the way, does any of you have a good photo source about the Westerland airfield in 1944 / 1945? I'm most interested in any photo of the hangars, inside and outside!

TIA

Cheers, Christian

Kerry COX
RUI, Where are you when we need you mate ?????

Kerry COX
I was being cheeky with my radiator and cowling struts comment Christian, but I reckon you could do it actually. :-O 👍
Your the man. !! 🙂

Choppa Nutta

Kerry it's "you're the man"😉

cheeky I know but good grammar is the difference between knowing your shit and knowing you're shit haha 😄

Anyhow Christian, Kerry is right, you're the man !
your plumbing on a 1/144 engine is humbling for the rest of us mortals 🙂

Kerry COX
Choppa, You certainly have a way with the Queen's English mate. 🙂
I totally agree with you.
Christian CAN do it. 🙂 👍

Choppa Nutta

lol yeah he definitely seems highly capable 🙂

and thanks, the attempt to be funny is always worth the risk, even if I fail monumentally but especially when I succeed 😄

But if I am honest I probably fail more often than not.

Kerry COX
👍 🙂

Christian Bruer
Hehehe, a pleasure to peruse your conversation🙂, reminds me to a conversation of elderly married couples🙂 🙂 🙂  
Mates, thank you very much for your kindest comment, but I don't think so Choppa that anyone of you have to hide away his talent and work. Stalking around here on Scalemates you can find so many talented modelers and their high quality modelmaking as nowhere else – and a lot of likeable craziness too

Cheerio, Christian

Choppa Nutta
maybe just me then, I feel humbled 🙂

Christian Bruer
You don't! Even with a🙂

Christian Bruer
Ah and by the way, most important are photos from the Münster-Handorf airfield instead of Westerland airfield. Any help is much appreciated!

TIA, Cheers, Christian

Kerry COX
Ah, An other satisfied customer. 🙂...........................................NEXT. !! :-O

Choppa Nutta
I'd like some cheese please😉

Kerry COX
I'm sorry, but I don't have a licence to sell cheese. ! 🙁

👍

Choppa Nutta
but this is a cheese shop, what do you mean you don't have any cheese ? 😄

Choppa Nutta
verbal slapstick comedy
love it 🙂

Fabian D.
Scalemates - your number one provider for links to Monty Python clips. 😄

Choppa Nutta
😄

Youtube Video

Edgars Bizūns
You crazy man.. I love that engine, I have built a Merlin in 1/144, but not any of German ones, will need some for Me-109.. Thanks for inspiring work😉

Christian Bruer
I much like their bizarre and black humor🙂 🙂

My favorite Fawlty Towers The Germans:

Youtube Video

Back to modeling - thx Edgars🙂

Cheers,Christian

Kerry COX
That episode really caused a stir too, but funny as it gets. 🙂

Jan Hazes
Epic 🙂

Choppa Nutta
haha, classic !!
six episodes just wasn't enough

And now for something ever so slightly different 😄
I found this amusing, especially the moment where he removes the waffer thin mint 🙂

Youtube Video

Choppa Nutta
and now the news --

Christian Bruer
Some mates asked for more information, what kind of materials I used and how I did the engine. Please feel free to pick up the main dimensions and additional information.

I cut part 1 in length. Then I cut part 2 diagonal in half to get two pieces of triangular cross section. You can use triangular profiles but I did not have them. I than glued part 2 left and right to part 1 in a level to get the 5,2mm in general height. Cut out a 1,5mm long edge left and right of part 1 through the level of part 2. You need this cutout to add the radiator part 3+4. For the basic part of the radiator cut of a small piece of a 1,5mm diameter rod. Scroll another 0,5mm rod with a drill until it bend round in approx. 1,5mm inner diameter. Glue both parts together and add it to the left side of the engine block. The front part is just to hold and fit the engine inside of the cowling. I used a diam. 2,4mm rod of approx. 6,0mm. I add a thin piece of flat styrene (scrolled until it is round) on the side of the engine block to get a bigger diameter. All the rest, some bits and pieces of 0,3 – 0,5mm thick flat and round styrene to make it looks like an engine. I use some 0,1mm copper wire and 0,8mm brass rod to represent some valves, cables etc. For the small tanks left and right you should calculate the size for your own once your engine is finished to make it fit smooth.

Cheers, Christian

Christian Bruer
Ah and much strange too Choppa🙂

Kerry COX
Simple when you know how. 🙂
Master classes are held and diplomas in miniaturization can be collected at the Christian Bruer school of fine scale modelling, all at no charge. 🙂 👍

Edgars Bizūns
Thanks mate, appreciate

Christian Bruer
You're welcome mates🙂

Christian Bruer
The first layer of White Putty was laid down along the gap between wings and engine nacelles. Seems to me a lot of sanding and rescribing will be necessary to get a good shape and fit. Well, time will tell!

Cheers, Christian

Kerry COX
With your abilities, This won't be much of a problem mate. 🙂
It is coming along as well as I expected from you Christian B 👍 ;-/

Christian Bruer
Thx🙂 Well Kerry it is just the handling of the small and tiny parts. The outer side will not be a problem, but it isn't easy to sand the inner side of the nacelles. I think I will need one or two more layers to get it in shape. I had the same with the nacelles of my Tigercat.

Ingmar Stöhr
I'm sure you'll get it right. But of course this is time consuming and a better fit is always more fun. At least for me.

Kerry COX
I do not mean to sound "Glibb" when I say that I know you can overcome problems Christian B, but your abilities always astound me and entertain me and I take it for granted that you are such a gifted modeller.

Christian Bruer
Well I always try to make the best of everything and not to throw the towel. Once you have a good idea you can solve most problems. Think and you'll find a way🙂

Cheers, Christian

Choppa Nutta
Hooray for thinking !!
a much under rated past time that has been sadly in decline for the last decade or two (if not more)

Rui S
Well, Christian Bruer, talking about UHU inside and out of hangar you might like to see tis time the photos in the "MT" album.

Military Thinking MT1 | Album by mig (1:35)

Cheers

Christian Bruer
@Choppa, we hold the fort🙂

@Rui, many thx for the information. I follow your informative album with great interest and noticed the photos you have mentioned here. Sadly they show only a small cutout and therefore I'm looking for a better overview of the specific hangars on Münster-Handorf airfield. But thx again for you kind support🙂

Cheers, Christian

Rui S
Be welcome mate. It was what I found for now.
Glad to know that you follow the "MT" album, THX, for that.
Cheers

Christian Bruer
Yep I do, lot of intersting information there🙂

Bart Goesaert
and that's the least one can say...

Rui S
Hi Christian, I've found some other interesting photos of hangar interiors but with works in other German planes. Do you think it would be a interesting "MT" post to see?
Maybe for a brain storm in new ideas, hehe.
@Bart, Thx for your comment

Kerry COX
Yes please. Most definitely. 🙂

Christian Bruer
Thx Rui, yes please I will soon take a look. Great, I have piqued your interest🙂 🙂

Cheers, Christian 

Rui S
Hi Kezza and Christian. It's done:

Military Thinking | Project by mig ()

It's the MT2. A second album in Military Thinking Project.
Hope you mates can use the info and find it valuable.
Cheers

Kerry COX
Thank Rui. 🙂 👍

Kerry COX
Guys, I am wondering if it is at all possible to find the information on these airfields and their structures that would have been recorded during the war that is in some national history archive that the public can access. ?
Now Rui, you bloodhound, there is a challenge for you. 🙂

Wim van der Luijt
www.bundesarchiv.de would be my guess

Kerry COX
Wim, Thank you my friend, I will certainly take a look.
Cheers. 🙂

Rui S
In my research for the GERMAN HANGAR INTERIORS, I found a lot of photos of their different facades, as in photo 32 (just because of the HEINKEL) or photo 34 on MT2.
The problem was, that the captions on most of them didn't say where it was. Worse, I didn't find none with caption on specific hangars on Münster-Handorf airfield.
So, sorry Christian, but hey, I still have some more magazines and books to look into, so you never know.
BTW, Christian what got my attention, was your especial watchmaker work. Incredible

Cheers

Christian Bruer
Hehe bloodhound, or terrier
@Rui, thank your very much for all your effort! I much appreciate it. I will take a look soon but I think you found out so many information that it doesn't matter not to have a photo of Münster-Handorf airfield.
And thx as well for your kind words about my latest work
Cheers, Christian

Rui S
Christian, be welcome Mate.
Are you willing to do a complete hangar with façades and roof, or only the side scenery panels?

Kerry COX
Hahahaha, Rui is a private detective in his spare time too. 🙂 🙂

Christian Bruer
Hehe Kerry yep we're all in his focus of modeling detective work🙂
@Rui, I plan to build a segment, two walls and maybe a part of the roof, but time will tell.

Cheers, Christian

Rui S
Ok Mate.
I'm just interested to see how it will go and if I can help.
No scrutiny here. I'm sure you will do a great job, good luck for it.
Cheers

Christian Bruer
Thx Rui🙂

Kerry COX
I'd love to have a beer with him Christian, as I reckon there would be a very funny story come out of him. 🙂 hahahaha

Christian Bruer
Yep Kerry, because he is a fine chap and someone I will call in a very friendly manner – Doctor History🙂 🙂 🙂

Kerry COX
Perfect. !!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 👍
"Dear Doctor, I am in trouble." hahahaha

Rui S
hehehe Hi mates,
You addicts watchmakers are so incredible creative.
Anyway now, I've to help someone else hehehe, catch you later.
Cheers

Kerry COX
JUST LEAVE THE PAIN KILLERS DOC. !!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🙁

Christian Bruer
Hahaha, not only crazy in modelmaking we are🙂

Kerry COX
Looney in every way I is. :-;

Christian Bruer
I put this aside for a long time, but yesterday I put it back on the bench. I much like the open engine nacelle and want to finish this one day😉

Well, there was some filling along the nacelles requiered. I start sanding and rescribbing the necelles and start adding some more filler on the nose section to get a proper fit for the canopy. Some more filler at the tail section. Mhhh, I guess this little kit need more filler than my Kangnam Scooter. The overall fit isn't that good, the He 219 kit does not come close to the Ta-152 I have build from this company. But anyhow, this is modelmaking😉

Cheers, Christian

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
The engine....thats Insane ,Mate.Looks so little.Amazing.

Choppa Nutta
.ditto

Alec K
Very inspiring work Christian 👍

Clifford Keesler
I love your work. I just don't know how you do it on such tiny subjects. You are a master that is for sure.

Christian Bruer
Thank you Markus, Choppa, Alec and Clifford. I'm glad you like it 🙂

Spanjaard
lovely details you are adding.

Martin Oostrom
Man, I find 1/72 fiddly enough. And you work these wonders in 1/144!
Just Awesome 👍

Christian Bruer
Thank you Spanjaard and Martin. Mhh, I come from 1/700 and 1/350 in ship modeling, so my definition of fiddly is a bit different 😄 And may you notice I start with scale 1/72, so I double the scale😉

Cheers, Christian

Bart Goesaert
I intend to do my small scale stuff also first, my eyesight and handling doesn't get better while getting older... 😉, but it's very nice what you show here...

Björn Leichsenring
Mensch, das ist ja mal ne Augenweite. Der Motor ist top. Dein Feed ist abonniert.

Christian Bruer
Thank you very much Bart and Björn 🙂

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Can only get fantastic! !

Bulldog Scale Models
really impressive work 👍 👍

Christian Bruer
Many thx Markus and Antonio 🙂

Stephan Ryll
Ach Christian, so klein würde ich auch gern können... Aber das seh ich wohl nicht mehr ... Top work 👍

Holger Kranich
Allein meine tattrigkeit, läßt mich 1:144 nicht machen. Aber Christian, dass ist echt ne coole 219!!"!!!!!

Burkhard D
A M A Z I N G ! 🙂

Christian Bruer
Thank you very much mates 🙂

Believe me, that thing looks huge looking through my magnifier 😄

The rest is easy - with a glass of Schnapps - to get a steady hand 😎

Cheers, Christian

Christian Bruer
A lot of filling and sanding was required to get a good fit without any overlapping of the canopy. Not only filler was required on the nose but also a lot of material has to be removed from the fuselage sides. That wasn't that easy because of the size of the parts and a lot of panel lines, but after several hours of carefull sanding and rescribbing it seems to be ok. A first base coat of paint will show how it will really look!

Cheers, Christian

Christian Bruer
more sanding along the seam line between the wing section and the fuselage. It was tricky sanding and rescribing along the contour of the wing. But with patience and only sligtly sanding it went out quite nice. A base coat will show if everything is smooth.

Cheers, Christian

Clifford Keesler
Outstanding.

Christian Bruer
Thank you Clifford 🙂

Bart Goesaert
looking good so far....

Christian Bruer
Thx Bart 🙂

Christian Bruer
Progress was made on my He 219. The seats, controll stick and front console are in place now, the canopy is pre painted and the engine is glued in place. Some small parts are cleaned and ready for some paint.

Cheers, Christian

Stephan Ryll
A handfull of "Uhu" 😉 Amazing work Christian 👍

Christian Bruer
Thx Stephan 🙂

Acki
Every year I have this kit in my hands in Berlin Gatow. Till now I didn't buy it. Looking steht your work I know that I can't do this. Great job Christian.

Christian Bruer
Thank you Acki for your kind comment. You should give it a try. You only need patience, some putty and sanding paper.

Christian Bruer
Thx for your kind comment. Mhhh, somewhere I will be an Alien😄
I have magnifying glasses and a bench to hold my arm, but most is patience.

Thomas Bischoff
... patience, putty and sanding paper .... you forgot to mention a "spoonful of modelling skills" 🙂

Choppa Nutta
Relentless Excellence !!

Spanjaard
the tools can be purchased, the skills, can be mastered (sometimes). but the attention to detail and patience you have..... are a talent that it is a lot more difficult to come by! 🙂 excellent work Christian, as usual.

Kerry COX
Totally agree Spanjaard. 🙂 It's always exciting to see what Christian comes out with. 🙂 👍

Soeren R.
Agree and even more when you think about the scale we are talking here....

Alec K
The engine is excellent 👍

Christian Bruer
Well a good experience was scale 1/700 ship modeling. I learned a lot of the techniques and even the handling of small parts I still use today. Again I have to mention patience, because of handling these small parts and looking for them on the floor because they jumped of my tweezers 😄
Thank you very much Thomas, Choppa, Spanjaard, Kerry, Sören and Alec for your very kind comments. I'm glad you had a look in it🙂

Cheers, Christian

Christian Bruer
The canopy is in place as well as the undercarriage. I use acrylic gel to fit the canopy before I apply a little CA glue along the seam line to prevent any fogging inside of the canopy.
Finally the undercarriage is in fixed and the bird can stand on its own legs. Now wonder that the plane is a tailsitter. No problem, because the plane will be later fixed on its base. All in all the kit looks quite well and represent the elegnat lines of the He 219 suitable. Now there are only a few small parts to fit before I can start the paintwork.

Cheers, Christian

Björn Leichsenring
Modellbau vom Feinsten. Das wird sehr gut werden. Ich bleibe dran.

Christian Bruer
Thank you very much Björn and James.

Bart Goesaert
the nightfighter has it's wheels... splendid work so far... thought that it would be impossible to avoid tailsitting

Christian Bruer
Thx Bart, glad you like it🙂 About the tailsitting, in this tiny scale this isn't a problem, because I glue the model onto its base. Otherwise there isn't that much space for any weight in the nose section.

Stephan Ryll
Very nice result so far Christian 👍

Bernhard Pethe
Oh Christian, Du beißt Dich da in einem Maßstab fest, wenn es aber glücklich macht, dann nur weiter. 🙂

Christian Bruer
Thx Stephan🙂
Hehe Bernhard, nun ja 72er baue ich ja mittlerweile auch😉 Ist zwar noch nix fertig, aber immerhin😄

Christian Bruer
Time to start the work at the base. I had a hangar as a background in my mind. Yesterday I start with the basic frame made of 1.5mm flat styrene. Today I start detailing the hangar wall with stringers, windows and a sliding door as an entrance to a workshop inside the hangar. Some more work and details are required so stay tuned.

Cheers, Christian

Martin Oostrom
You make it look sooooo easy 👍

Björn Leichsenring
Wird ja immer besser ...

Christian Bruer
Thank you Lode, Martin and Björn 🙂

Christian Bruer
Every house need a roof, so the hangar. The framework for the roof was made of I-beam styrene. Structurally it may not be as much correct, but from my point of view it looks quite nice. So more things come to my mind for more details🙂

Cheers, Christian

Roland Sachsenhofer
Just aw your project, Christian. I will follow with delight to see your talents and skills at work!

Christian Bruer
Thank you Roland, I'm glad you follow 🙂

Bart Goesaert
that hangar looks good so far...

Christian Bruer
Thank you Bart 🙂

Torben
Great work on this terrific scratch hangar, Christian. Looking forward to meeting you tomorrow and seeing it for real 👍

Christian Bruer
Thx Torben and me too🙂

Stephan Ryll
great craftsmanship Christian 👍

Christian Bruer
Thank you Stephan.

Cesar Muniz
Looks Fantastic! This background is amazing! looking forward to see the painting!

Christian Bruer
Thank you Cesar 🙂

I made some progress with the hangar. Window frames, air pipe, electric box and wiring and a workbench are now in place. The floor is fixed on the base and I engraved a tile structure. More to come....

Alec K
Great job on the hangar Christian 👍

Christian Bruer
Thank you Alec 🙂

Bart Goesaert
Looking good those details... That door is really nice

Roland Sachsenhofer
Oh yeah! this door..... and those pipe installations! I am delighted and impressed!

Christian Bruer
Thank you Bart and Roland 🙂

Edgars Bizūns
How awesome is that 😠 I love that hangar! 🙂

Christian Bruer
Thank you Edgars for your kind comment and glad to CU looking around 🙂

Stephan Ryll
Christian that's awesome 👍 great dio and idea!

Christian Bruer
Thank you Stephan. I hope I can finish it till the SMC in Veldhoven this October?!

arne vd burg
Great work

Christian Bruer
Thx Arne 🙂

Christian Bruer
I built this box culumn drill for the workshop on my He 219 diorama from scratch. I used flat styrene and styrene profiles. I found some references in the www. and the rest was made out of my mind from my apprenticship in the early 1980s. Still missing are the handles and some electical wires.
The hight of the maschine is approx. 15mm. The workshop master looks really satisdfied, so I guees it did it well so far.

Cheers, Christian

Edgars Bizūns
Make a threaded drill bit for it..😉 amazing piece of art

Alexander Grivonev
You built a drill machine in 1:144 from scratch...wtf is wrong with you 😄 That's truly incredible, and so clean for that scale

Cesar Muniz
Christian, have you molded the figure as well?

Alec K
The drill press is great Christian 👍

Stefan Schacht
Hi Chris, super result. I'm curious to see it live. Cheers Stefan

Martin Oostrom
That drill is so great, nobody mentions the workbench 🙁

Christian Bruer
Thank you mates for the very kind comments. Alexander I do not really know, but my doctor told me it could be AMS?!

Christian Bruer
The plan was to add a roof with a contour cut out to have a good overview over the He 219. I use a 0,5 mm flat styrene and additional stingers for the roof. That now allows a good overview and a good background for later detail photos.

Cheers, Christian

Stephan Ryll
Looking very good Christian 👍

Kerry COX
Christian. 🙂 Knowing how you love the detail aspect, I am wondering if you will have a tool attached to the drill machine, and possibly, something that is actually being drilled. ??? Mmmmmmm? (The devil made me ask it.) hehehe 🙂

Christian Bruer
Thx Stephan and Kerry! Hehe, Kerry I hear the same devil😄

Some more details, electrical wires, handles, a workbench with a bench vise etc.

Cheers, Christian

Kerry COX
Exactly mate. hehehehe Yes. ? 🙂

Kerry COX
No doubt about it. The master and his magic. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Spanjaard
the devil is certainly in the details.... and you have certainly listen to it 🙂 wow.

Roland Sachsenhofer
To say that´s "GREAT" seems not to fit describing that most adorable micro-wonder you are doing here 🙂
I simply can´t imagine how you are doing this.... but everything can be explained- maybe you have sold your soul to the devil? Which, as has been written, is in the details.... 🙂

Stephan Ryll
Ayaya Tequila 😉 , that´s a hell of a job - respect Christian 👍

Christian Bruer
Thx for all your very kind comments, I'm glad you like it🙂

About the devil, what should I say mates? I asked the doctor several times what to do with the devil, but he only told me - let em out, let em out, so I do😄

Spanjaard
😄

Christian Bruer
Well I think since 2017 all the glue now dried completely so it was the time to start the paintwork 😄

Next to my Beaufighter this is another project which spend some years in the shelf. But now it is time to finish it.

Happy Modelling and a Happe Easter to you all

Christian

Roland Sachsenhofer
I have tl say this in German: 'das schlägt dem Fass den Boden aus!' Simply adorable! This must be a kind of magic, out of reach for a muggle like me...... 🙂

Bernd Korte
Wow - that drill machine would already be great in 72nd scale!

Hanno Kleinecke
Almost anybody is capable of glueing kits together, but this here is really something else, this is REAL modelmaking, my admiration Christian !
Happy easter to you likewise

Matthew A
So that's how you make little holes

Jens
Moin Christian, you dare to do something 🙂 that's pure Sado Maso model making, just crazy, I don't dare to do it in 1:32 and you show it on the scale of a ladies automatic watch, crazy crazy crazy, but very good 👍 👍 👍

Alec K
Look out, Christian is cleaning out the shelf of doom! Looking amazing as always 👍

Rui S
I can't believe my eyes.
At my age I need a magnifying glass to work at 1/35, and you do Wonders at 1: 144 👍, which I couldn't do at 1/35. Is this even possible??? 😄

Daniel Klink
Oh come on Christian... Don't do such things to us 1/72 Bigscalers 🙂
That is so unbelievable

Christian Bruer
Thank you all for your very kind comments 🙂

I wonder why no After Market Supplier is doing machine tools in smaller scales like 1/144 and 1/72. That would be top notch I think for someone who is doing 3D printing, because you can adapt the 3D data easily to the different scales. It would be great to have a lathe, milling machine etc. available for diorama scenes.

Daniel Klink
or even vices, screwdrivers a pencil, beerbottles etc.. 🙂

Christian Lehmann
👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
Wow....👍

Choppa Nutta
Christian did you really scratch build that drill press ?
amazing work !! 🙂

Spanjaard
simply awesome Christian. happy to see this one back in the bench 🙂

Clifford Keesler
Awesome Christian, it amazes me the detail you do in such a small scale.

ScaleDetail
How is that even possible! 🙂

Alexander Grivonev
Wow, it's 3 years already. Remember that drill table👍

Stefan Schacht
Hi Chris, immer wieder schön zu sehen was Du in 1:144 machst. Grüße Stefan

Christian Bruer
Thank you all for your kind words 🙂

@Daniel, I think 3D printing will bring some of these in the future
@Choppa, yep I did, no one else wanted to do it for me😄
@Spanjaard, thx🙂 I think I had it with me at SMC one year as WIP?!

I made good progress in detail painting the hangar and additional accessories.

Happy Easter to you all and happy modelling
Christian

Ingmar Stöhr
I am speechless! Such fantastic work and so much effort.

Jan Peters
This is some insane small scale modelling!

Björn Svedberg
Brilliant work! 👍 I'm surprised I haven't seen this thread before. Following 🙂.

Treehugger
Q: What psi do you use for your airbrush (and needle size) when airbrushing such small parts?

bughunter
With this pillar drill you finally hit me, rad!

Choppa Nutta
What can I say Christian, you never fail to impress !! 🙂

Dietmar Bogatzki
Eye Candy 👍

Nathan Dempsey
Wow! Lovely work! My eye-balls are hurting but in a good way ??

Christian Bruer
Wow so many kind feedback. Thank you all 🙂

@Treehugger, 0,35mm needle, air pressure in between 0,8 and 1,2 bar (11,6 - 17,4 psi). I use Vallejo acrylics (both Model Air and Model Color) and dilute them by approx. 2:1 Paint to Vallejo Thinner and Flow Improver.

Well all small bits and pieces are done. At least the ones I have built so fat. I guess I'll need some more little add ons, like bucket, broom, small hardware to repair etc.

Happy Modelling
Christian

Daniel Klink
Irre..einfach irre 👍

Christian Lehmann
👍

Erik
Jetzt habe ich plötzlich Bock auf 1:144. 😄

Christian Bruer
Dankeschön euch dreien🙂
Irre nehme ich als Kompliment 😄
@Erik, das ist klasse. Immer ran an die 144er. Ein klasse Maßstab mit einer Fülle an tollen Bausätzen. Klein genug Szenen darzustellen und dabei noch groß genug um Details zu sehen.

Robert Podkoński
Totally awesome...chapeau bas!

Kerry COX
Then there is the UHU !! 👍 🙂

Alex Rodionov
1:144?!
Fantastic.

Christian Bruer
Thank you Robert, Kerry and Alex 🙂

David Taylor
Micro at its best.

Christian Bruer
Thank you David 🙂

Christian Bruer
Weathering inside the hangar is done. Now the outside roof and wall, and then back to the He-219.
Happy Modelling, Christian

Alec K
Its shaping up really nice 👍

Ingmar Stöhr
Very nice! The floor still looks a bit clean though.

HSC1932
Hi Christian, great results! When painting with Vallejo Model Air in such small scale, do you have a kit of dry tip issue? I can't seem to avoid having this issue when I try to paint very fine for more than maybe 5-15 seconds depending.

Bart Goesaert
Excellent work... you're raising the bar again for us mortals 😉

Dominik Weitzer
wow...tiny stuff.

Bernhard Schrock
Wo kann ich die Werkstatt stundenweise mieten? Meine Rotorkopf Ameisen wollen nicht mehr per Hand bohren... 🙂

Holger Kranich
Siganesen Werkstatt !

Christian Bruer
Thank you Gentleman for all your kind comments 🙂

@Ingmar, yep I have this on my agenda. Will add some grease and dirt once I have the exact position of the aeroplane.

@Ottovon, well I always use Vallejo Flow Improver and thinn the paint untill it has consistence of milk. Whateverit is Model Air or Color, I use the same air pressure whatever the size of the parts are, the air pressure only depends on how much I have thinned the paint. For example for the last layers with brighter and highly thinned basic colout I choose lesser air pressure. The dry paint on the tip of the needle happen also with Flow Improver, but I use micro brush to clean the tip of the needle from time to time. I hope that answers your question?!

@Bernhard, only for small scale till 1/72😉

Thx and happy modelling

Christian

Erik Leijdens
!!! Amazing work! Really like those workshop machines

Christian Bruer
Thank you Erik 🙂

Ingmar Stöhr
Waiting till you know the positions of everything before adding dirt and grease makes sense. Don't forget to add some dirt around the workbench and the drill press.
And the machinists would love a wooden floor, so that their tools don't break if they drop them 😉
Please forgive me my comments - I think your work looks amazing!

Christian Bruer
Don't worry Ingmar, it is on the agenda except the wood. The mechanics have to live with concrete floor😉

Ingmar Stöhr
Yeah, I guess those are the compromises you have to live with during war times...

Christian Bruer
Well Ingmar, some more weathering was done on the floor and roof. On the roof I used a texture template first and I am really satisfied with the result.

To bring more life to the workshop I add accesories from a Brengun tool set and several scratch built items to the workbenches. More will follow.

This turns out more and more into an inspiring work which makes indeed a lot of fun🙂

Happy Modelling, Christian

Robert Podkoński
Getting more and more realistic. Absolutely cool.

Kerry COX
When I first saw the image of your finger tip in the frame. I thought that it would take a lot more than these tools to remove that finger nail. !!! hehehehe 😉
Actually, the whole thing is stunning. 👍

Alexander Grivonev
That would be incredibly impressive in 1:72, but 1:144?? What the hell is wrong with you 😄

Christian Bruer
Thank you all for your kind comments 🙂

Haha Kerry good one, some more motor toos are needed🙂

Well Alexander, it is just AMS ya know 😉

Ingmar Stöhr
Glad you have fun. It certainly looks amazing. Especially all the equipment in the workshop.

Juergen Klinglhuber
That is really looking great Christian. Really good eyes or a BIG magnifiying glass is needed I guess. 👍

Christian Bruer
Thank you Ingmar and Juergen. Yes without magnifying glasses I'll had a problem I guess 😉

Well, the hangar is finished, last work was to add weathering effects to the roof and floor.

This weekend I have painted the He-219. It was a long painting session with masking, painting and demasking the tiny model, but it worked quite well.

Happy Modelling, Christian

Daniel Klink
Wow...Kann man mal so machen..... 🙂 👍👍👍

Clifford Keesler
That is just awesome.

Alec K
Liquid mask camo... genius!

Christian Bruer
Thank you all for your kind comments 🙂

Well Alec, it was not my idea. The credit goes to Chris McDowell! I copied this idea from his article in the book "1/144 Propeller Planes"

Christian Bruer
The weathering is done and I made a first setup with the painted Uhu in the hangar. Next a gloss coat, decals, final coat and assembly of all the other accesories.
Happy Modelling, Christian

Dave Flitton
Wow!

Gary Kitchen
Just awesome anyway, and at 1/144 even more so.

Holger Kranich
Just beautiful Christian! Aber ich würde noch die Kanonen Mündungen aufbohren. 😉

James C
Very nice Christian 👍 I have the 1/48 version put away to build at some point.

Christian Bruer
Thank you all for your kind comments 🙂

Holger, das sind Stopfen vor, damit die in der Halle nicht losgehen. Habe ich etxra angefertigt und die Löcher verschlossen 😄 😄

Christian Bruer
Decals are on, now a semi gloss coat and the diorama to assemble.
Happy Modelling, Christian

Alec K
It's progressing very nicely Christian 👍

Christian Bruer
Thank you Alec 🙂

Christian Bruer
I call this done. I had a lot of fun building this little diorama with all it`s small bits and pieces 🙂

Happy Modelling, Christian

Stefan Schacht
Hi Chris, this is a beautiful diorama. I am curious to see it live next time. Cheers Stefan

James C
Very impressive Christian 👍

Nathan Dempsey
Very nice finish 🙂

Kerry COX
Started back on 17/9/15. And finally the whole thing is officially finished. WOW. Christian, what an amazing effort mate. 👍 Totally worth every second and as usual, you have us all picking our jaws up off the ground. Salute. Wonderful work. I love it. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Gary Kitchen
Awesome work.

S M
Brilliant! Good use of liquid mask 😄 ?

Neuling
Top notch!

Christian Lehmann
👍

Christoph Schnarr
Impressive micromodelling Christian. Just great 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
What an admirable delight! This is a great piece of micro-moelling!

Alexander Grivonev
The most impressive is the scale, truly remarkable build 👍

Spanjaard
simply stunning Christian, I hope to be able to see this beauty in person later in the year 😉 i am sure it is even better than in pictures

Bruce Huxtable
Acutely well-observed details, as well as astonishing modelling skills. Inspirational work for sure.

gorby
That is absolutely mind blowing!!! Staggeringly good work.

Thomas Bischoff
Absolutely brilliant!Simply have no words which match your work 🙂

Juergen Klinglhuber
"That's one small dio in scale. One giant dio for all scalemates"... knowing HOW small 144 is in fact.... 😉
Great work !

Dietmar Bogatzki
👍

Björn Svedberg
Fantastic work! 👍 👍

Christian Bruer
Gentleman, thank you all so much for your very kind and encouraging feedback. It is a pleasure to share it here with you all 🙂

Well Kerry, I am a slow builder I guess 😄 By the way, may you noticed I made the camouflage pattern exactly the way you reccomended - thx so much for the much helpfull hint 🙂

Happy Modelling, Christian

Kerry COX
Christian. I had forgotten what it was that I suggested for the cammo paint scheme, but your use of the liquid masking material has achieved an amazing result that to my eye, is to scale in the size and shape of all the dots. A gold winning effort my friend, that is for sure. 👍 👍 👍 🙂

Clifford Keesler
I'm speechless, just outstanding.

Christian Bruer
Thx again Kerry for your kind words 🙂

Clifford , thank you very much 🙂

I much appreciate all your kind comments.

Burkhard D
Kann man nur ehrfürchtig bewundern! 👍👍👍

Alec K
Makes me want to build an Uhu 😎

Jan Peters
Beautifull work!

Hanno Kleinecke
The bird itself is already a beauty, but embedded in this scenery it reaches its full"potential".
Admiration for your scratchbuilding skills !

Christian Bruer
Thank you Burkhard, Alec, Jan and Hanno for your very kind comments 🙂

Stephan H.
What a great show again. Thanks for sharing 👍

Christian Bruer
Thank you Stephan. It is a pleasure to share it here with all Scalemates 🙂