Noticias

Zsolt Czegle Autor
Thank you Rui

Zsolt Czegle Autor
Today I made some progress: pinwash is done.

George Williams
What a shame.

Eric Thornton
Hey Arif. What paint did you use for the desert camo color?

Arif Saeed Autor
Hi Eric paint used was MRP Desert Pink on a black base Mr Surfacer Primer

George Williams
What a pity.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Super nice! 👍🥰

Guy Rump
Superb! 👍

aojun Autor
@Desert Marlin Thank you! This kit requires careful work, but the effort is well rewarded.

aojun Autor
@Clement This kit becomes difficult if we want to achieve a good finish. Thank you!

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Anthony lfk
Very nice, clean and tidy built kit you have hear. The color also lively ! Well Done!

Rui S
Nice 👍

Anthony lfk
Looks like you are very read modeler, i can see it really shows in your built

Desert Marlin Autor
I plan on building the other two variants of the Tamiya G-6...

Anthony lfk
Great built and paint job ! that is one gorgeous BF109 !

Desert Marlin Autor
Thanks guys!!! We all fight that urge to "clean up" which I think is one of the best parts of the build! I exercise as much patience as I can muster! Cheers!!!

Anthony lfk
i haven't seen your work yet but already impressed with your workstation, looks very busy !

Petr Kokeš Autor
Thanks, Robin!

Anthony lfk
Ah the infamous Dragon Fly, nicely done sea camo !

Finn
Well done

Amenofys Autor
Thanks Finn!

John Ballman
Very well done, Thanks for sharing your work.
JB

Anthony lfk
Very nice, clean and nest, spotless canopy. Well Done!

Mr James
Lovely job indeed and very well presented

Anthony lfk Autor
Thank you James, i always wanted to make a good first impression even with a mediocre build & painted kit, it does enhance the viewer's visual experience.

Desert Marlin
Nice work!!!

Neil
Lovely work on a lovely machine! 👍👏👏

Anthony lfk
Beautiful and sexy this plane is...i thought of Spitfire at first look lol

Mr James
Great metal paintwork and beautifully presented again. Great work

Rui S
I agree 👍

Anthony lfk Autor
Thank you James & Rui, the paint did the job itself, AK Xtreme Polished Alum, good stuff but it doesn't take masking well, no it does not peel but the masking adhesive stick stubbornly to it. luckily i found out it can be removed with rolling blue tack over it !!!

David H Autor
This kit was bought as " believed complete" from eBay. What it actually is complete but with reservations. Incorrect stabs, they're from and fg1 boxing ( wished I'd known BEFORE doing the FAA rebuild ) . So they're first to be fixed before going any further.

This entails sanding off all the raised detail and creating the slotted leading edge. Let's see how that goes .

Kai R. Ingebrigtsen
If you're not done with it, I might have spare elevators I can send you.

David H Autor
Cheers Kai, but I have many academy kits I can steal h stabs from , but thank you for your kind offer

Desert Marlin
Great work! Looks like you successfully corrected the kit parts!!!

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Now, the Green Stuff "Tau" stamp roll is used to make a dedicated SF base. I did some painting already but I want to do changes.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
With the finishing of the base this project is done. The base was sprayed with white primer and hot orange from opposite directions, creating a nice optical effect. I glued the tank to the base, it will be in the KMK contest on 1 june.

George Williams
Very nice.

Martin Oostrom
When did Håkan turn 50?
Nice job!

Johan Bjurling Autor
It was a few years ago. Actually back in 2018... I think he liked my little gift! 🙂

Recce 4-6
Thx.
I use a quite similar technique: I mix the Pigments wirh mineral spirit and apply it. It work nearly like a wash and dries i a second.

Tim Sloan Autor
@ Jakko ..lol, yeah done that too ..often times thats due to poor instructions. I think I looked at Recces name when I was typing yours...
@ Recce, yeah thats what I use as well ..then use water to remove any excess.

gorby
Nice work.

Neil
Agreed!

Edouard Carr Autor
Finally added some annotations to some of my pictures describing what I have been doing all this time 😉

Neil
Following 🙂

Nick Dragone
Nice job Neil ! Just goes to prove that an excellent result can be achieved on vintage models without aftermarket parts and hand painted to boot on a challenging scheme. I remember having this kit in the 80's. Testors produced a nice line. Like you the past several years I have been diving into my vintage stash and am really enjoying the builds. Take a look at my albums if you choose. Good work by you, this is what scale modeling looks like.

Neil Autor
Hi @Edouard and @Nick, thank you both for your extremely kind and encouraging comments 🙂 Yes, I do love to build these old kits too straight out of the box. Accepting I'm cheating somewhat and avoiding complication by not utilising aftermarket or similar. I will be chuffed to bits if my build album offers any other modeller a tip or two - that would make me very proud. I've painted a few kits using a 'hairy stick' now, with a variety of manufacturers of paint, my advice, thin it well and use multiple coats 👍 I built this one a few years back now and could do better if I attempted again - I did enjoy the scheme for sure. @nick I'll definitely take a perusal through your builds also. Thank you both again and thanks to all who've recently liked too 🙂 👍

Martin Oostrom
Don't let James May anywhere near

J4Juliet Autor
Ha yes, it was such a shame to see him trash such a nice car.

Rebecca Hayley Polachek
That's gorgeous

Martin Oostrom
Stunning!

Bozo
excellent mastery of the rigging
Sober and very well done decoration. Like it

Gábor Vermes Autor
Thanks the feedback Bozo, but I have realized now that I messed up the register number in the right side. I made 24-2, but not 2-24. Ridiculous and very annoying. 🙁

Urban Gardini
Welcome mate!
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Stash management, something I certainly is in need of.
After Market research so I see what to get and not to get for a certain kit.
Checking up on kit instructions before buing so I get some feel for how the kit get together.
Checking up the pedigree on kits of interest.
Social contact with other builders.
Searching for inspiration by browsing other builds.
Did I mention keeping track of everything that I've got in my stash.

Thomas E.
I'm using Scalemates as a kind of noticebook, sketchbook, ... and also welcome and thank you!

John Hughes
Stash and project management, but I also document builds and box contents.

Martin Oostrom
Banter with similar minds 😁
Build logs,
Stash management,
Keeping tags of costs of builds.
Most important: check reviews before buying a kit.