Holger Kranich Excellent Office, Bernhard!

Bernhard Schrock Thank you Nathan, thank you Holger. In the net I found only one useful picture of the JMSDF Merlin's cockpit. Fortunately there are several pics taken from the front. So I could determine that the main color of the cockpit is grey with a saturation about 60-70%. The cushion of the seats is a bit lighter than the seat. Side panels are black or nearly black. In comparison with color of the screens the middle console and the hood are not 100% black but 85-90% grey.

bughunter What coordinates did you enter on the keyboard? The photo is to small to be read from the screen.
Fantastic cockpit!

Bernhard Schrock Thx bughunter. 53,75 Nord, 9,56 East...
Yesterday I spent more than one hour for detailing and refining the cargo hook bay. And today I realized that JMSDF Merlin's don't have a fixed cargo hook the cargo hook will be mounted on H-shaped mount only if needed.

Bart Goesaert Bummer, but some unnecessary practice for the skills (ahum). very nice work...

Bryn Crandell Jumping in on this one.

Hanno Kleinecke Something around 10 parts in that hinge ? Superb scratchbuilding !

Christian Bruer

Dieter Bihlmaier Mal wieder richtig Klasse Bernhard. Ich bewundere Deine Ausdauer.

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.

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

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!

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!

James C That's awesome Bernhard!

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!

Michael Hickey You would do an amazing job off this Bernhard.

David Funke Yeah! Watching!

Augie Save me a seat, i've often looked at this one

bughunter Alec, you are completely right, every Schrock build is a Trade Mark and this one is no exception!

Hanno Kleinecke Saw this beauty ( almost finished ) live on monday, this superior craftsmanship never ceases to stun me !

Nathan Dempsey Elegant finish Bernhard. Another fine build.

M M Amazing build. I love this and the fact it's not something you see everyday.

Neuling Very beautiful! I like the metal effect.

Bernhard Schrock Thx mates for you extraordinary feedback.
Gordon: I found a hint on an website that the H-1 provided a special seat (adjustable in heigh) because the very streamlined canopy. The pilot could raise the seat upwards for better sight during start and landing. But I could not find out how exactly the (divided in left and right half) canopy was stowed in the fuselage. Because of that I left it outside the fuselage.

Thomas Hopfensperger Hallo Berhard, darf ich sagen, ich finde deinen Racer einfach klasse!

Bernhard Pethe Maßstabsmodellbau vom Feinsten

Bernhard Schrock This kit was first edited by Hawk (several decades out of business) in the year 1964 (!!!), this is one year before I was born. I'm curious to see, what you can do with it...

Wim van der Luijt what a fantastic plane...I'm sure you can the most of it

gorbygould I've been to Stranraer and it isn't a tenth as beautiful as you model Bernhard. Looking through your photos is like a masterclass in modelling, so thanks I've learned a lot.

Arash Zakeri Nice job

Arash Zakeri Really great job

Hubert Kendziorek S u p e r b! Best regards, Hubert

Henry WOW!

Clifford Keesler Amazing job Sir.

Aghis Barberopoulos Awesome

Tom ... Beautiful! Reminds me of Porco Rosso or maybe I'm thinking of The Wind Rises

Holger Kranich Moin! Da steht Dir aber etwas Umbauarbeit ins Haus, oder? XPBM-5A zu PBM-1? Aber Du machst das schon, Bernhard. Ganz Scalemates steht hinter Dir!

Bernhard Schrock Hej Holger. Prime Time & first row seat! Hab bereits einen Verbündeten gewonnen, der mir mit einem RedRoo Umbau & Certectionset aushilft! Damit ich der Sowasvonkrücke von Minicraft richtig einheizen kann. Hab heute eine Website mit über 60 teilweise phänomenalen Mariner Fotos entdeckt. Etwa 1/3 davon von der PBM-1. Ist viel mehr Material als ich damals für den NH-3 zusammengekratzt habe!!!

Holger Kranich Na welch ein positiver Zufall, dass Du den Umbausatz hast. Ich hatte den Kit mal in den Händen und habe ihn unter Gänsehaut wieder zurück gelegt. Obwohl die Spritzlinge auf den ersten Blick gar nicht so schlecht aussehen. Aber das wäre mir dann auch zuviel Arbeit geworden. Die Maschine ansich hat ja echt was.

Na dann lehne ich mich zurück und genieße...

Łukasz Gliński That's going to be another stunner I presume

Bernd Korte Die Vorbildauswahl gefällt mir!

Cuajete Following!

Choppa Nutta very nice

Gary Very nice of an unusual plane. Gary

antonio coral great job, very nice plane! greetings from Colombia

Bernhard Schrock Thank you mates. I'm glad that you like them.

Daniel Klink Mindblowing built fantastic
1997...Lecko Funny Tante Anni

Neuling Perfect.

antonio coral Amazing work! congrats!

Richmond Top drawer

Richmond Indeed

Treehugger Looks really nice I think. Tip: ship and airplane propellers can easily be sanded "sharper" if one is a little careful.

Hanno Kleinecke What a beautiful little red „fatso bird" ! Lovely work, Bernhard !

Bernhard Schrock Hi guys. Thank you for the feedback. I'm glad that you like this little hot rod. 1000 PS for such small plane is a lot of power!
The brownish red is the result of very fast&quick WIP pictures and my lamp with 2700 K. Obviously my smartphone don't like this "color of light"...
For the pictures of the finished model I use usually 2 other lamps with 4000K and auto white balance setup for my stone age Nikon 995. The result is much better.

Patrick Hagelstein Being Dutch, I actually liked the orange.

Patrick Hagelstein Seriously, looking at the cover picture, it looks more orange to me. But that can be because of the age and discoloration of that picture off course.

Bernhard Schrock Patrick: note please that I deleted 3 defect pictures. The cover picture has formerly the number 52.

Patrick Hagelstein Hi Bernard, what I mean with cover picture is the picture of the original 1:1 plane used as a header over the whole project. The one with the real plane bathing in the sun.

Burkhard D Yes, we had Bernhard as the guest star at our bi-monthly club event. That was fantastic. It turned out that all the detail on his Seaking Mk.41 are MUCH smaller than what the macro photos here on Scalemates suggest. Seeing a rotor head in 1/72 complete with hydraulic lines and and even the tiniest nuts and bolts was stunning. The NH-3 nicely portraits stressed skin effect from differential polishing along the spars and stringers of the wings, something not visible in the photos here.
Thanks again for visiting, Bernhard!

Gabor Szabo It's really beautiful!

FlyingCircus Ich habe das Modell gestern in echt gesehen. Wauu

Rafael Mozeto A masterpiece! No other words can discribe it.

Richmond Love these metallic finish models

Alberto Michieletto Wow Fantastic work, Congrats!

Clifford Keesler Excellent, very well done.

Ben Schumacher Absolutely stunning, Bernhard. I would really love to see your models in the flesh again - last time we've met was some 15 years ago in Cologne, if I remember correctly...

Erik Leijdens Beautiful work

Hanno Kleinecke Seehr schön ! Dein Archiv ist scheinbar unerschöpflich ?

Michael Hickey Perfect as usual Bernhard.

gorbygould Isn't that a beauty!

Neuling Looks very fragile. A work of art!

Richmond Wonderful

Alec K Lovely

Bernhard Schrock Hi mates. Yesterday I enjoyed my finished bird and today enjoy your comments .
Vitor: yes, the rigging is half my work (artwork, the other half / etching was done by Thomas Gatermann).
Bernhard: would you like to sit in the front or in the back?

Ben M This build is inspirational! Thank you for sharing your work and advice.

Martin o stunning work

Bernhard Pethe Bernhard: I sat in front one time. But no matter, it is a nice experience to fly with such a biplane over the land.

Erik Leijdens Amazing work as always! Lovely aircraft too

Spanjaard Another masterpiece in your collection!

bughunter Pure piece of art, or result of a modeler with AMS Very close to the original aircraft

Ronan beautiful model