Baker

12 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

I'll smarten up one of these days.....

haha

I think the same,   but no result yet 😂

Two nice models 👍
I think I've built a few Roden Kits (a long time ago) And I've got a few more on the shelf (Opel buses).

Nice work 👍

Indeed, i had the idea to add some black here.

let's suppose that the missiles are first turned 90° before being fired. 😉

Tank you for the nice comments. 

On 11/28/2021 at 9:38 PM, mtaylor said:

A regular assembly line you have going on there.   

Indeed, 

But a little slow. In 1982, my first job was at General Motors, assembling Opel cars.

Production was faster  (but then there were more people on the Opel assembly line than now at my Weasel assembly line 😉).

There were once 2 Opel factories, one is now a cinema and the other has been completely demolished. 👎

Well, the Weasels have wheels. One also has the sprocket and idler wheels.

Now i make the tracks.
Never made them myself. So it will be trail and error until it works out...

i need 10 tracks

And a finished model.

Some rust and drybrushing with sandcolor

Washed with matt black

N° 1435, tagged and ready

Build "out of the box" no modifications

Some Russian AA,  

ZSU 23 4W1 (Jadar epoxy resin)

2S6M Tunguska (Military Wheels Plastic)

SA6 Trumpeter

Thanks for folowing this build

I also used colorless shoe polish to treat the cotton. Then it is less frayed and the texture is less rough
I don't think you will find this brand of shoe polish in Australia. But there is beeswax and carnaubawax in it.

5 hours ago, Louie da fly said:

shamelessly copying Backer's technique

No problem 👍 always welcome

My Pelican spritsail is also furled. 

And also more shortened at the bottom something like this(see the red line on your sail)

Chinese cheating...
Molded on cable and handles on the model, separate parts on the box photo (I think the picture on the box is of the 1/35th model)

Base color ready en missiles painted

A light grey dry brushing and other colors painted.

Various missile combinations can be found on the web, that's why there is 1 light green and 2 dark green

With extra decals from the decal partsbox (a Czech model in a green color)

Almost ready

Very nice work Christian.
Indeed, building scratch models takes a lot of time.

12 hours ago, Louie da fly said:

WOW! I doubt I'd ever be able to do anything that precise.

Yes, you can do this.

Someone who builds such beautiful scratch models (including the crew) is going to stitch a beautiful sail  

12 hours ago, Louie da fly said:

you used a sewing machine for everything except the bolt ropes

Indeed,

The restored 66 year old Singer from my mother (post 599)

17 hours ago, Louie da fly said:

I know how difficult it can be trying to communicate from one language to another.

A drawing 😉

My hems are too wide, narrower is better, but my sewing skills were insufficient.

The diluted PVA glue over the hems prevents fraying after cutting at the seams

short update.

wheel assembly, about half way 

On 11/25/2021 at 7:44 PM, popeye the sailor said:

pull'in up a chair for this one

Always welcome 

Further construction

In some parts the connection between the sprue and part is much too thick (my opinion)
This simplifies the injection molding to the parts during production. But there's more cleanup to do for the modeller

ready for painting

base color

wheel-track part ready for assembly

Thanks for following

A nice whippet, great work 👍

12 hours ago, Louie da fly said:

the seams at the edges

If the google translater is correct, then i yhink you mean these (arrow) My poor knowlidge of english 😉

you need : a needle, rope, patience and time.

A very beautiful result .

A very nice collection. 

Great work. 

Looking great

12 hours ago, Canute said:

Nice. I can tell you that was one system that gave the Western air forces sleepless nights. Pretty detailed TEL (transporter-erector-launcher).

Indeed also during the various Israel Arab wars these had "good" results (wikipedia) 

10 hours ago, mtaylor said:

Looks to be a very nice kit of topic not seen much here.   BTW, Trumpeter is legit.  We have quite a few logs here on their products. both ships and non-ships.

Yep, a legit Chinese company and the kits are usually of good quality

Next model is the SAM 6 from the Chinese manufacturer Trumpeter.

SA 6 Gainful is the NATO nickname. The official Russian name is 2K12 "Kub".  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2K12_Kub

Made in China...
This is not piracy or lower quality. On the contrary, this box is a pleasant surprise.

Neatly packaged and nice molded parts

Wheels and tracks in one part and very well detailed

orderly plan

Building the chassis / hull