Holger Kranich Lazy? Who´s not lazy on his old day´s? LOL Cheers! D)
Holli

Travis Blackburn Hi Holger. You are very correct. I will be 59 in a few weeks. My gosh, that can't be right lol. I added a few mor pictures to the dodge warlock album yesterday. finaly got it done. Thanks again. Travis, Later

Hunter Cummins Newest Russian tank, pretty cool looking, but I think leopard and Abrahams is just as good if not better

Hunter Cummins Just might have to get me this!!! Looks cool though!!

Holger Kranich This one is too Hipster to me... I like the styles from the 70´th & 80´th

H K This is a perfect replica. You put the finished model anywhere and it doesn`t move an inch like the original

Alex Is the ARV included?

Hunter Cummins Lol HK!! Or if it did move, it would break down like the one did on the practice for Russia's famous parade!!!! Lol

Hunter Cummins And I agree Holger, to 80's like lol. And would be hard to weather aswell

Glenn . Nice Model and a very large tank too! It's a fair bit longer than the Abrams

Anna Do want! This reminds me of the "casemate tanks" from the 1st Edition of the Twilight:2000 Roleplaying Game.

Diego Belingieri I wish some were sent to action so we had a version with reaction armor apliques. I think this will be very sexy with them considering the straight lines.

Timothy Heimer I like it! Nice work on that!

Sebastian Meyner Great work!

Kim Branders Very nice Holly.

Rui S Nice paint job in that Beautiful Gerda, Holger
Are the tracks finished?
I just think they look a beat monochromatic, and need a bit more control on track sag, IMHO.

Holger Kranich You are a f****** welcome! thank you very much! On the pictures that Tracks Look monochromatic only because of, i played too much with pigments. ..

Wilfried Bogaerts Nice work Holly, me like it ! Back on (modelling) track ?

Es-haq Khosravi Great job Holger!

Roland Sachsenhofer Hello Holger- top work! Gerda is a real beauty......

Holger Kranich Ahhhhh. ... the good 'ol times. ..

Moritz Fentzahn Hello Holger, i' m searching these stamps too. Maybe you can give me a sign if you find them somewhere. I will keep you current too if i find them.
Cheers

Holger Kranich Moin Moritz,

beim König sollten die bald wieder lieferbar sein... Ich meld mich, wenn ich genaues weiß!

Groetjes

Bob6963 Would really appreciate it if any one could let me know if they find a supplier of these stamps, been searching the net but had no luck. Cheers Bob

Choppa Nutta haha, is that bad of a fit ?
ah well, the practice will do me good !

Michael Hickey Well after viewing Cliffy's Cat I think I need a piece of humble pie. He done a nice job.

Choppa Nutta Reading through the review it does have some shortcomings but for the price and the addition of some cheap PE for the cockpit, also it was a new tool in 2002 so not that old at all really and I've got a rivet wheel !

Feeling tempted actually

H. Wi Still nobody able to tell if the new Tamiya cat can be built overswept or not?

Markus Antonius what does overswept mean?

Patrick Hagelstein Markus, overswept means that the wings are completely folded for storage or moving around on a flight deck. Overswept means that the wings hang marginally over the stabilizers, so no movibg of those is possible.

Markus Antonius ahh i see! never recognised this in photographs of tomcats in carrier-bays... thanks patrick!

Mathijs Beenhakker Markus The F-14's wing sweep can be varied between 20° and 68° in flight and for storage on deck or hangar they had the oversweep of 75 degrees

Holger Kranich Cool! I´ll have a look! G´day, too Kerry!

Kerry Cox Coooooweeeee. ?
Holger, A good mate and I have started planning our definite trip to Wangerooge next year mate and we will eventually want to do a bit of being "Tourists" after the week with you guys and as you know how to get things happening for all the SM lads there on the island, I was wondering if you could pass on some info on how Peter and I could access the U-Boot's that are in the general area of Willnhelmshaven while we are there and other places of interest. ?
Thankfully, I have sorted out the issues that stopped me from coming over this last meeting and I can travel freely from Oz to Europe.
There are a couple of other places we want to visit and some of the mates have expressed their keenness to meet up and have a beer or three. hehehe
Alex Glass of Uschi said to me he would love to meet me and as he is close by, (somewhere in Germany) haha ! And Rui in Portugal is also on the list of 'a beer or three'.
As I and Peter, (an other fanatical modeller) who lives about 800Km just up the road frm me, we have become good mates over the period of the last year or so and has similar interests too, but runs a trucking company in a town called Morringah, teaching drivers of big rigs to operate the vehicles and dosent get out and about as much as he would like to and attend the competitions here, as his missus is not too keen on his or our moelleing, much of which has been discussed on Skype.
I would be stoked if you could offer some links that we could look at and we could organize uor visit in a way that incorperates all there is for a couple of old Aussie bums to see. (NO, we are NOT gay. ! ) hehehe
Cheers big fella.
Kezza.

Peter Hardy I could be for the right amount of money Kerry. We are sharing a room aren't we?

Kerry Cox I do believe that sharing rooms is the best way to 'budget' one's way when being tourists.

Peter Hardy I snore. But I do have a sleep apnoea machine that keeps me quiet!

Kerry Cox We are twins I am sure. !!!
I do have a device that aids in alleviating the snore, other than a pillow over my head. hahahaha

Peter Hardy If you pass wind in your sleep the latter will be my response.

Stephan Ryll Hi Holger,
I was there on saturday, great show

Holger Kranich Absolutely!

Christian Lehmann Sehr schön!

Holger Kranich Thanks Lemmy!
And thanks to Mission Models paint! Best stuff i ever had in my Airbrush

Michael Hickey That's some nice work on the gun Holly, but it looks to me there might have been more drinking than modelling going on.

Holger Kranich Hey Michael, lets say it was 50-50%.
But it was still serious modeling and much fun! I can recommend the AFV Club kit. Fiddely but fun.

Michael Hickey

James C Awesome looking flak gun mate. I've got something similar lined up on my "to-do" list shortly.

Holger Kranich Good to hear, James! Hang in there. You Plan to do a "Vierling" too?

James C Nah, something more like a towed 88mm Flak 37

Kees Kleijwegt Have fun mates! Vielen modellbau spass auf Wangerooge

Christian Lehmann Back at home

Frank Krause Nuremberg is also back home! Was fun with you, girls and guys!

Thomas Mayer Back home at 03:45am on Sunday morning. Wangerooge: 0° Celsius, Bad Wurzach: -11° Celsius!
Bbbrrrrr....

Thomas Mayer Danke an Holli für seine Arbeit, um uns diese schöne Woche zu ermöglichen!
Und liebe Grüße an alle Teilnehmer! Es war schön, euch wiederzusehen!

Christian Bruer A great weekend at the seaside to meet old and new friends. It was a pleasure to take a look over your shoulder. Thank you for your hospitality.

Cheers, Christian

Joerg R. Schee wars Bin auch wieder zuhause. Freu mich auf euch das nächste Mal

Benno Wawerek Nach einer Übernachtung in Harlesiel ging es Sonntag vormittag Richtung Berlin. Super Wetter, kein Stau
freie Autobahn. Ein herzliches Danke schön an Holger für das Ausrichten und die Organisation. Es war Klasse mit euch. Alte Bekannte wieder mal gesehen , viele neue nette Leute kennen gelernt und so manchen Kniff abgeschaut. Schade das Holger so leiden mußte.
Danke an alle. Bis demnächst auf dieser Insel

Thomas Mayer Au ja, mit der liebäugel ich auch schon!

Markus Antonius lohnt sich auf jede fall... passgenauigkeit unschlagbar, teilezahl überschaubar... am ende steht eine schöne g6 da! wenn man allerdings den motor nicht sehen will, ist der preis dann doch etwas hoch und eduard bietet für weniger geld auch eine schöne g6 ohne motornachbildung.

Thomas Mayer Ist dann aber keine Tamiya!
Noch versuche ich zu wiederstehen. Jetzt kommt erst Mal eine Woche basteln beim ScaleMates Meeting auf Wangerooge!

Markus Antonius das stimmt... original tamiya (kein rebox anderer firmen) ist natürlich ein kaufargument - da stimme ich ohne vorbehalt zu!

Thomas Mayer Du weisst schon, dass Revell auch das Typ XXI in 1/144 bringen will, oder?

Joerg R. Schade Jonns, dann nächstes Jahr

Ingmar Stöhr Sehr schade!

Mike Kryza Nicht schön!

Thomas Mayer Ach Jonns, das ist nicht schön! Was war das für eine Freude, dich 2017 kennenzulernen! Wir vermissen dich jetzt schon ganz arg!

Jonns Pfeiffenberger ja ist schon ärgerlich. Hatte den Urlaub eigentlich früh beantragt und wurde auch noch nicht genehmigt, weil man die Ausichten für 2018 abwarten wollte... hatte ich vor zwei Jahren oder so auch schon. Im Sommer sitze ich dann wieder rum. Danke Thomas, für die netten Worte. Vielleicht kann ich ja heimlich durchs Netz schlüpfen

Holger Kranich Ach wie schade mein Lieber...

Frank Krause Oi, Jonns! Mit Deinen Fähigkeiten könntest Du auch Profi-Modeller werden und wärst nicht mehr auf den Job angewiesen, der Dich vom Highlight des Jahres abhält. Schade, Mann! Oder weiter den Chef bearbeiten und es klappt doch noch.

Jonns Pfeiffenberger Danke Euch, ich bin noch dran. Wer weiß schon, was Mitte Februar alles los ist...

Vorya hidaryan that s nice job on 1/72 specially Cockpit and poilt.viva Luftwaffe.

Holger Kranich Thank you guys! Very kind of you all!

Bill Gilman Well done, Holger!

Holger Kranich Thx Bill! I have it in my
office and i love to look at it, whilst surfing on SCM !

CE GR großartig!

Holger Kranich Dankeschön!

Christian Bruer Klasse

Thomas Mayer Saucool!

Holger Kranich Patrick ich danke dir herzlich!
Martin, you are absolutely right!
Arne, es freut mich sehr, dass dir der Effekt gefällt!

Timothy Heimer Beautiful work Holger, but why so little?? LOL

Christian Bruer Excellent work so far Holger What was your source about the degradation of U-1004's CO?

ice I live in Kiel, close to Laboe and Möltenort so models of u-boats always attract my attention. And you made a real beautiful one.

Augie Really nice Holly

ice I meant really beatiful one.

Blaubar Great Uboot there! Immer genehm, schöne Ubootmodelle zu sehen.

Dennis Daaaaaas ist echt schnieke geworden! Daumen hoch!

Holger Kranich Bloß nicht!
Danke

Wilfried Bogaerts Hey Holly, I always mix a fair amount of Tamiya gloss varnish X-22 with my acrylic paints (Tamiya, Gunze or Lifecolor). It then leaves a hard and durable finish, resistant to Tamiya masking tape and other handling. However, I do have that problem with Alclad II metalics, especially their gloss black primer lifts from the plastic only when rubbed lightly with your tumb (or my thumb...). And I always leave my paint to dry overnight (or longer) before masking.

Wilfried Bogaerts Oh, and (mostly) I clean the model with a paper tissue and pure alcohol from the local pharmacist...

Holger Kranich Yeah i wanted too much, too quick... The idea with X-22 sounds indeed good to me. But maybe i should clean the model before painting. I am such a lazy modeler...

Wilfried Bogaerts Lazy, ain't we all... but this is certainly not noticable on your models, they don't look "lazy" to me !

Wilfried Bogaerts Someday I will visit The Island and bring you a small bottle of pure alcohol. If you don't use it on your models, you can always drink it !

Holger Kranich Good idea, then we can have a drink together! Cheers!

Holger Kranich New stuff