Nathan Dempsey Following this one. Interesting markings.

Thomas Bischoff I see you have the right references
Have J-345 in my collection

Marco Gallmann Following

Sebastian Meyner So far it's a very enjoyable kit! Details are more on the basic side but still good. The I-16 was not a highly complicated plane to begin with. So I only will replace/add the instrument panel, seat belts and some minor bit with Eduard photo etched parts.

Sebastian Meyner Thanks Hans, but don't hold your breath for this one Life takes it's toll at the moment ...wife, 4month old daughter, 2 dogs plus a little bit of a full-time job. Currently I'm just going thru my stash and try to come up with ideas...

David Deavall That is fantastic

Sebastian Meyner Best christmas gift from the best wife ever!

Nathan Dempsey I could go for a SAAB 105 in 1:48.

Sebastian Meyner I'm with you on that one But check out the kits they have available right now. They're beautifully detailed and should go together nicely. I for one hope that Pilot Replicas originally plant Vampire/Venom series will be amongst the kits they're reviving

Soeren . Its really nice to see them back - but sadly ordering directly from them isnt that cheap.
The J-21 would be around 65 € inkl shipping

Sebastian Meyner True Soeren! You have a point there. ...I assume that the production is on rather small scale at present, which doesn't make the kits any cheaper! But on the other hand I have two of their kits in the stash (J-21 and J-29F) and still considering to get at least another J-21. They're beautifully detailed, the fit seems to be quick good too plus the come with PE parts and Cartograph decals. Really tempting...

Soeren . The kits are indeed really nice, but the price makes me hesitate....

Nathan Dempsey I dont think I've ever seen their Vampire or Venom.

Nathan Dempsey Great article. I was curious about this variant and the kit.

Sebastian Meyner Sadly there is only one of those little beauties left in the country, as gate guard at Molepolole Air Base

Nathan Dempsey I'm following this one just because I'm still trying to talk myself into buying this kit.

Sebastian Meyner Well...keep on talking than The moulding might not be up there with Eduard, Tamiya & Co (by no stretch of the imagination)but for example the panel lines are actually quiet nicely done! And hey show me a better kit of the Jet Provost/Strikemaster in 1:48 and I#d got for it in a heart beat

Nathan Dempsey Yes, I believe Augie built one and said it was a decent (and the only) kit for 1:48.

Sebastian Meyner Thanks Hans! I'm living in Botswana for a while now and there is a more or less public discussion going on if and how to replace the well aged CF-5A/Bs the local Defence Forces still uses...sometimes very entertaining This eventually gave birth to the idea what could be (or better: have been) the replacement.

Sebastian Meyner That's actually a brilliant idea...Done

Nathan Dempsey Definitely an interesting subject. I'm in!

Sebastian Meyner Welcome Nathan!

Markus Antonius me too - if tamiya would manufacture real cars, you could buy them on the phone without testdriving them!

Chaz Gordon But you'd have to build it yourself, they'd only run for 15 minutes before needing to refuel, you'd have to buy the steering wheel and fuel tank separately, and you'd have to drive it while stood on the side of the road.

Holger Kranich Der macht aber ne echt gute Figur!

Sebastian Meyner Dachte ich mir auch schon...bin aber irgendwie kein Abrams-Fan.

Holger Kranich Looks like the waiting paid off... Even with bomb fins in drop mode. I am impressed!

Daniel I feel the need!

Holger Kranich Curious to see that the product info has markings for a VX9 F-14B. But i dont see any seats for a B version...

Holger Kranich Hans, your wallet already knows that resistance is futile...

Soeren . We will see.
The first photos shown some errors - maybe they got rid of them in the final release

Augie Oh god...resistance is futile

Patrick Hagelstein Soeren, what errors have you seen?

Soeren . The post from busbande (next to last) explains what he found and he knows the subject
https://flugzeugforum.de/thr..ts.72604/page-4#post-2661758

Michael Hickey Do I need it? No... Will I get it? Many, Many times over.

Patrick Hagelstein Schade.... Ich wollte die Flügeln nutzen wegen die Spoilern....

Soeren . Yeah I hope that AMK did some magic there and we will see a nice release in the end.

Daniel I have high hopes they do, for the Kfir they redesigned the whole fuselage after criticism on their first release. Even if not, I have a really hard time spotting any gamebreaking mistakes there and I will definitely get one and build "Bullet 106"

Holger Kranich Nice heavy metal! The tracks are nice to build?

gorbygould Very nice job!

Sebastian Meyner Thanks guys! I overdid the weathering a bit, but hey - it was a quick build of two days

@Holger: Die EML Ketten sind der Hammer! Kein Aufbohren, kein Rumgefummel mit Draht, keine Stichverletzungen an den Fingern, kein Sekundenkleber. Einfach Laschen einführen, umbiegen und fertig! Die Detailierung ist mindestens so gut wie die der Konkurenz aus Ungarn. Am Ende steht eine wirklich gut detailierte und recht stabile Kette
Momentan nur leider schwer zu bekommen...

Mark Norfolk Very nice Sebastian!

Sebastian Meyner Thanks mate!

Holger Kranich Das klingt verdammt gut!

Sebastian Meyner Thanks James! Looking forward to your PBR build ...a kit I've been eyeballing for a while now

@Holger: I just managed to find some online here https://fieldsofglorymodels...rand/mmt-magic-metal-tracks/
Just ordered a whole bunch for some future projects

Spanjaard excellent. i like the used look, but not going to far. really great job

Sebastian Meyner Thanks Spanjaard

Neuling Very good work!

Tim Heimer Nice work, looks good!

Sebastian Meyner Thanks guys, much appriciated

Tim Heimer Nice work! Keep it up!

Spanjaard pictures look a bit dark. but the model looks very good.

Sebastian Meyner Thx mates!
@Spanjaard: I know. I tried out a photo booth (soft box) on that one. But since I have some troubles with my DSLR had to use my phone...not the best option though. I'll try to take some better pictures later.

Sebastian Meyner Added some new pictures (a bit brighter than the old ones)

Spanjaard looks great

Sebastian Meyner Thanks Spanjaard! ...was just following your advise from two years ago

Spanjaard glad it helps

Sebastian Meyner

Soeren . Really nice looking 109!

Jim J Looks great - cool scheme!

Sebastian Meyner Thanks mates! The decals are from Eduard's Royal Class kit set. There's no point in waisting perfectly good decals

Sebastian Meyner Added some new pictures (bit brighter than the old ones)

Stephan Ryll Very nice 109

Sebastian Meyner Danke Stephan!

Soeren . Kannst du den Bausatz empfehlen?
Tanze schon länger drumherum, aber kA ob der neben Eduard lohnt !?

Sebastian Meyner Ich würde sagen: JA! Der Preis ist zwar...naja 'Tamiya', aber die Qualität ist es auch! Den Vergleich zu Eduard's 109 kann ich (noch) nicht ziehen, aber für ein vergleichsweise schnelles Erfolgserlebnis ohne Sorge um Passgenauigkeit oder Vorbildtreue, absolut zu empfehlen!!
Die auswechselbaren Motorhauben funktionieren soweit recht gut, ich pers. halte es aber irgendwie für Spielerei

Thomas Kirschbaum very nice

Sebastian Meyner Thanks guys! If it appears 'clean' I reached my goal It's supposed to be a newish vehicle - the crew was only able to scrub of the rather poor paint job wherever they stepped or dragged stuff across.

Lee Fogel It's a marvelous build, Sebastian!

Sebastian Meyner Thanks Lee, much appreciated!

Patrick Hagelstein Good point Sebastian, World War II only lasted 6 years in total and a lot of stuff was rushed in factory fresh and hadn't had the time to rust to a junkyard scrapheap before being knocked out, abandoned or simply superseded by better equipment. In my opinion a lot of WWII models look way too overweathered. I like yours very much though!

Sebastian Meyner You've got a good/valid point there Patrick Exactly right...even though I might have been guilty of over doing the weathering occasionally as well

Patrick Hagelstein Me too because it's just so much fun!

Sebastian Meyner
My own best example....:
Completed: Leopard (Ausf. G late) | Album by SMey (1:35)

Thomas Mayer Me too. Will pass on this one.

CharlesBronson of course the tool is based in a old kit. Italeri never made kit on new tool , just have some kits with "upgrade molds", in other word old kit + some pieces not so old.

Martin Very nice work

Sebastian Meyner Thanks Martin!

Neuling I agree with Martin!

Sebastian Meyner Thx Neuling!

Rui S Cool project, well done

Sebastian Meyner Thx Ruis!

Erik Leijdens Very nice conversion! Which forces used this recon Delfin? I'm interested in making one too, but preferable a Middele east machine

Stephan Ryll Nice progress

Sebastian Meyner Thanks guys! Really appreciated

@Erik: The recce version was used for sure by Czechoslovakia from the '60s to the '80s. I red somewhere that they were also used by Egypt and Vietnam (for Vietnam it's the RS version - without the tip tanks). However I couldn't find any photographic proof of this. A 1:72 or 1:144 kit (...I believe) RS-Models(?!) offers those two paint schemes... Egypt in 4 colour "Nil-camo" and Vietnam in NMF.