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Very nice and clean build! I‘ve learned that if you use tape, it may be helpful to paint the edge of the tape with a little thinned clear vanish first to secure that no colour will accidentally soak under the tape and you get very clean edges in the end, especially on parts with endgrain.- 254 replies
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Thank you very much Bob and Pete. @BobG: I’ve just learned to hide my mistakes. 🤫
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Wait - wasn‘t the starfighter the plane that killed a lot of pilots during accidents? Much like the sopwith camel in the Great War.
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You‘re doing a great job. The deep red colour is a nice contrast to the AYC.
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Nieuport Ni-17 by cog - Eduard - 1/72 - PLASTIC and PE
captain_hook replied to cog's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Very nice builds. I’ve always considered the Nieuport 17 as the most beautiful French single-seat fighter of the great War. -
Thank you Yves. The floor is just paper, but the print looks very realistic.
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Clean work so far, but you cut off the stanchions at a very early stage of the build. They‘re meant to give the plywood more stability and to hold the shape when you do the second planking. You may continue with planking the inner side of the plywood first to give it more stability and to prevent deforming. Or you put some thicker wood strips inside the bulkwards orthogonal to the keel to prevent the plywood from getting loose when you plank the outside.
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I assembled the floor and put everything together for a dry test-fit. Looks crowded but I assume this is the way it should be.
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Yep, the magical beauty of flowers. I made it clear (or at least I should have) for my family that this will be the only flower house I build for the next time. But I caught up my wife looking at the Robotime Webshop twice..
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Thank you Jean-Paul. (Almost) everything you see is what you get, only some minor addons (1 scratch-build flowerbot and two showels).
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All components glued together, ready for installation on the basement.
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And the last plants and flowers. They were not as difficult to make as the previous ones so I did them all in one session. Altogether there are over 30 plants and flowers in this kit with 25 different ones.
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Thank you for the nice words. The next flowers, all made of paper and wire with supplied pods. I use dilluted matte varnish and a dowel to shape the leafs to the typical curved form.
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The next three ones, made of paper and wire. The lockdown in Germany is continued but with relaxed measures - more people go back to work and a lot of shops are reopened but you still have to wear protective masks there. Most schools are still closed or restricted to higher classes. So plenty of time. Meanwhile I start to get used to paper flowers - but still have a lot of respect for modellers who work with paper and card - I feel much more comfortable with wood. For size comparison my reading glasses in the background.
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Looking good. If you bend wood, you might try a little overbending them. The wood sometimes has a tendency to reshape into its former form, so a little overbending give you some room to work with. And it is easily bend to shape by hand after it has dried.
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The Alaskan yellow cedar may darken over time, so the color might end up more like the ships in the NMM. Beautiful work and very clean. I like the way you do your model design - well thought out.
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Definitely a must-have for all swan class projects. The images are awesome and self-explaining. A great addon to the book series.
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The flowers are also made of thin colored paper and paper covered wire. I made the first three ones with supplied flowerpots.
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The village looks very realistic. Nice work!
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Thank you Popeye. The last of the more complex flowers is supposed to be hung on the roof later. It is made of light and dark green paper and paper covered wire. The wooden flowerpot is supplied.
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Welcome to MSW and you made a nice progress on the Terror so far.
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Fokker Dr.I triplane by cog - multiple - 1:72 - PLASTIC
captain_hook replied to cog's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Wow. Is the stripdown-version a 1/72 scale model too? They all look great. Always loved the colourful schemes of the flying circus.
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