Lochsa_River Where did the instruments come from?...did you print them or or they decals of some kind? astounding and fun to watch this unfold...

Bernhard Schrock Thx Mates
Lochsa_River: I know two sources for excelent instrumentbezel-decals:

Mike Grant decals
for example:
Jet Cockpit Details (Mike Grant Decals CJK 072, 1:72)

Airscale decals
for example:
Cockpit-Instrumente alliiert.. I (Airscale AS48 WKI, 1:48)

Both products are excellent.

Carlos Cisneros This is some excellent scratch work that you are doing to improve this kit! Superb construction of all the small details on the motor and in the cockpit.

Bernhard Schrock Cockpit is now completed except the auxiliary fuel tank. I calculated the volume with approx. 950 l. In 1:48 there should be aprox. 8,6 ml and this is a lot for the rear compartment!!! I have no idea how shape the tank could have Or several tanks because the door on the right side was very small. Because of that I decided to build the model in normal configuration: with cushions for the passengers.

Slavo Hazucha I swear I can read the text on the data plate!

Bernhard Schrock Slavo: congratulations, you don't need glasses!
As I already wrote, in the originally the lower fuselage area was covered in fabric. However, in the kit thus structure is shown incorrectly: by recessed panel lines. After filling with CA I wonted to restore them but shied away from it because I did not know how to hold the steel ruller during the process. Today I had in enough time to do it and I'm happy with the result.

Bernhard Schrock Another difficult obstacle overcome: the clear part is in place without damage.

bughunter Absolute precision work! Fantastic!

Felix Troschier Great effort! Can't wait to see it in Lingen

bughunter Have not yet commented on the final pictures: OMG! The model uses more parts then all my build models until now TOGETHER ! crazy project, Du bist der Wahnsinn!

Hanno Kleinecke Last Monday I had the pleasure of taking a look at this masterpiece in real and riddling its builder with questions for hours....
Simply and utterly fascinating work !

Clifford Keesler It is beyond words. Simply beautiful.

Pero Sušić Holy moly!

Augie Berhhard, I've said it before but simply stunning

Jim C Very impressive looking build.

Zbynek Honzik This is something incredible, Bernhard! Fantastic work!

bughunter Do you still have space for such a monster with the huge amount of your other models?

Bernhard Schrock I can only secretly build it at night so my wife does not notice

Holger Kranich Wow what is coming this way? Can I have my old seat?

Florian H.

Michael Phillips YES! Count me in. I am building the same kit right now, although I am just doing the normal US Navy version.
I can only imagine how awesome this is going to be in your hands!

Bernhard Schrock Hi Mates, a lot of seats free Cola or Pepsi?
Michael, I saw that you intend to build the same heli and that you have almost the same aftermarket sets I collected. I find you idea very remarkable to riveting the model: a lot of rivets!! Which reference do you have for the Rosie - job?
When do you intend to beginn the project or have you already started? At the moment I'm working on Mr. Mulligan. And after that I'm going to keep my promise and will build KH's Huey in German SAR markings supported by David (DF Helo Stuff). Maybe after that we can do a double feature. Maybe a few more people will join...

Bryn Crandell Joining this party. Pepsi please. Are there decals for the markings in the photo?

Bernhard Schrock You are welcome Bryn. The decalsheet contains elements for #25,#29 and #31.

Bernhard Schrock Because I was curious I checked today my stash for other kits of Golden Age planes. I found Mr Mulligan as a Testors reissue from mid 80ies. After I looked at the kit's timeline my jaw dropped: it was issued by Hawk in 1949 (yes 1949!!) and is basically still the same. Just a different box.
Mr Mulligan beat Roscoe Turrner's Weddel Williams #44 and won the Bendix Trophy in 1936.

Hanno Kleinecke Oho, this promises to be another lecture in how to tickle the absolute maximum detail out of a most basic old kit,
won't be missing that ! Tuning in !

Alex K Checking in...

Oliver Zwiener Klasse Ding - einmal mehr !

Wim van der Luijt another masterpiece, enjoyed this build very much, thank you!

Stefan Schacht Impressive model and allways helpfull discription of the building progress

Slavo Hazucha The North pole has been conquered - and it's a no small feat!

I really have no idea what more (in the human-eye visible range) could be added here... a very cool plane presented with every bit of Inginöring competence!

Andy Ball @Slavo: I hope the South Pole has been conquered too ????

Alec K Inspirational master building, again. Thank you for sharing

Bernhard Schrock Thanks for watching the South Pole expedition. I now have another expedition across the Pacific planned.

Dick Very nice build, my compliments!

Imagine trying to land that plane on a white snowy landscape with those little ski's..

Alex K The Bellanca... The Northrop Gamma... and now this... yes, the master is on a Golden Age winning streak! A must watch!

Gordon Sørensen Have this kit in the stash, too! Watching for the hints and details....
Read the "Story of Southern Cross" by Kingsford-Smith many years ago. Great read about the preparation and the actual trans-Pacific flight.

Juergen Klinglhuber Ok. Wieder was auf das man sich freuen kann...bin dabei!

Oliver Zwiener Following

Hanno Kleinecke Schööön ! Was Du da so für Schmankerln im Keller hast....... checkin'in !

Alex K Goood! More Golden Age goodies!

Bernhard Schrock You are welcome Mates! I bought this kit about 10 years ago or more and found starting difficult because of the quality of the kit. But I must say that all Williams kits are researched well and are correct in the outer dimensions.
In the last time we have had great interest in polar expedition and so I remembered Ellsworth's polar expedition 1936 and his plane. With this most famous Gamma the modeler has great luck: the Polar Star survived and is exhibited in NASM in Washington DC. The official website offers excellent 44 Mpix pictures: you can see each rivet!

Łukasz Gliński Oh man, I have to watch it

Ben M taking a seat

Burkhard D Pass the popcorn

Rafael Lang woooooooow....

Slavo Hazucha Joining the expedition! Of course it has to start with some "goose skin"

Thomas Hopfensperger Wunderbar Bernhard! Hab meine als "Sky Chief" in der Vitrine, ist aber schon letztes Jahrtausend gebaut. Deine wird natürlich besser, ich freu mich drauf!!

Łukasz Gliński @Hanno: As far as I'm concerned they were first Polish aviators to cross the Atlantic, ended on some meadow in France.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamowicz_brothers

Hanno Kleinecke Ah, I see ! Thanks for the links, mates, very interesting story I've never heared of so far......

Adam Gudynowski That was fast! Excellent photos

Slavo Hazucha Beautiful work Bernhard - a really simple basic shape, but then the "devil in detail" peeks out at you from some corner of the model in every picture... And some of those details must be microscopic in real life... I particularly like the open side windows, with that position and super-thin material, they add a lot of life & scale-impression! Top job all over!

Bernhard Schrock I just had the second cup of coffee and I'm happy the nice comments. Many of the details are indeed quite small but fortunately the Bellanca model is quite a large plane, and larger than f.e. Hughes H1 in 1:48.

John D This Bernhard is the bees knees

Erik Leijdens Fantastic work Bernard

Hans Haag Eine kleine Schönheit!

Łukasz Gliński Watching. The reviews of this kit are rather bad, but I have the very same project on my mind

Alex K So nice to see another Interwar civil / record flight project, from a master - great! In!

Bernhard Schrock Hi mates, you are welcome
Alex: you statement honored me very!

Nathan Dempsey I'll be watching this one for sure. I REALLY want one of these

Patrick Hagelstein A new Japanese helo?.... Off course I'm in!

Oliver Zwiener Absoluter Wahnsinn - klasse Ding !

Robert W Martel Thanks Bernhard, Not sure when I'll get to it, but,,, when I do I'll be looking back at yours ! Cheers

Chris Nally It is a huge kit isn't it mate :-}

Clint Mecham Outstanding result!

Paulo Valado Hi Bernhard! Love your modelling I would like to ask you, please, if you may send me the link from Mr. Tom Bigley website. I would like to build my Martin SP-5B Marlin, inspired by yours.
Thank you so much

Bernhard Schrock Hi Paulo. Thank you for the nice comment
look here: tlbigley.com/VP-40/

Paulo Valado Thank you so much!

Neuling Perfect. Ein Prachtstück.

Yigal Levin Looking very sharp Well done.

Maciej Bellos Jaw dropping result, as expected. Hars off Mr. Schrock!

Bart Goesaert Mh-60?

Treehugger Mesmerizing detailing around the main rotor shaft.

Zsolt Czegle Bernhard, das ist wirklich eine erstaunliche und erstklassige Arbeit!

Dutch Bestimmt! Genauso! Noch einmal, bitte!

Benoit Mathier The level and attention of / to details is amazing. Clean work. Exceptional model, congrats

Felix Troschier Fantastic!

Richmond Another fantastic build

Bryn Crandell Watching this. Interesting looking fire truck. Russian vehicles are always interesting.

Bill Gilman Ooh, I like firetrucks! This should be a good one.

Tom Ballhoff Da hänge ich mich dran. Hab den hier auch noch liegen und bin gespannt was Du da zauberst

Alistair Graham Fantastic

Stephan Ryll wonderful one

Cuajete Fantastic job, Bernhard. Congrats!

Andy Ball Astounding!- the detail and complexity of you rigging that kite in 72nd....baffling

Alec K One can only aspire to build this good... Fantastic work

Gareth Windsor A beautiful build Bernhard.

Guy Rump Gorgeous build and superb rigging

Paul Moore Great subject.

Hanno Kleinecke Wow, very authentic looking pictures ! Especially no1, I had to look twice to distinguish model from reality, top result !

Spanjaard picture number 1 looks like refernce picture from the age... amazing!!!!

Alec K I agree, excellent work. When was this built?

Bernhard Schrock Thank you Mates.
This was my first model which I published in the german modeling magazine ModellFan in 1997. I was so proud because I could assist Uwe Lacina (chief editor) by shooting the pictures and by creating the article in Illustrator (!!). In result of this action I wrote more dozen articles for the next 16 years... This was a great time.

Tim Heimer Wow!

Kerry COX That is a great rendition of a very well known bird that Pappy Boyington would be happy to have on his office table. For sure. : -) He received both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross.

Zbynek Honzik This is a breathtaking result, Bernhard. And those "period" photos. Stunning!

Urban Gardini Looking great mate. But isn't it F4U-2 that is the right name for this bird?

Bernhard Schrock Thx Zbynek & Urban, especially for the Dash 2 hint. Indeed, I've forgotten that is a F4U-2 because I build this bird 23 years ago.

Urban Gardini Strange how it's easier to forget something than it is to remember the same thing...

John Ballman Very Well done. Your finish is outstanding. JB

Bart Goesaert splendid result... maybe an old kit, but a very beautiful one, and very nicely enhanced...

Es-haq Khosravi Awesome!

Neuling Beautiful colour!

Murad ÖZER it's a gem, gorgeous model executed beautifully.

Michael Hickey Absolutely beautiful.

Ben Schumacher Definitely not a project for the faint-hearted... the result is absolutely perfect!

Slavo Hazucha Just reviewed this again... Still puts a big smile on my face - such a thing of beauty this is

Matt Smurfmm Lots of hard work for a great result!

Johne 69 Another Masterpiece from you. If you had not finished this kit you had felt like an duckel

Alexander G. Another crown jewel in Your collection, Bernhard! Always a pleasure following Your projects

Bernhard Schrock Alec K: sorry, I've forgotten to replay your question. I used a standard decal paper probably Xpert choice Decals an printed them with a Minolta office Printer / copying machine.

Kerry COX Exceptional in every way.

Alec K Than you Bernhard for the info

Michael Hickey Amazing.

Tim Heimer Nice one Bernard! Looks good!

Ben Schumacher There is nothing not to love about this. Stunning, Bernhard!