Hi Guys
Dont need an extension finished this one up yesterday, here is my progress

Hope you like it

You have the landing gear on the wrong side. The wheels are supposed to be on the outboard side of the legs.

Ouch, thanks Matt I'll have to see if I can get that corrected

Fantastic Michael. Many thanks. Brian

Hi folks!
I'm close to the end; last step is to fix and glue the canopies in the open position. Some more pics and a few log/kit details will follow. I really enjoyed the build of this very nice 1/72 Revell kit. It`s worth the money and definetely recommended.

But 4 now...

In memoriam to Erich Hartmann, all time ace. In 1956, Hartmann joined the newly established West German Luftwaffe and contributed to the build-up of new fighter units. In 1959, he became the first commodore of Jagdgeschwader 71 "Richthofen". He died 20 September 1993.

37-86 of Jagdgeschwader 71 "Richthofen" Wittmund in anniversary colors and markings ("Baron"-red combined with Hartmanns tulip-art).





Thomas

Great looking model Thomas! I've several of Eric Hartman's wartime mounts to build and I keep forgetting he had a career in the post war era. A very colourful and striking build!

Thanks Chris!

While waiting for the canopies stay glued in position some spot-ons (see left above:if one chose to leave canopies closed, he has to fill all gaps between the 4 parts). The oob-nozzles, nothing to mention ...


Thomas

Progress pics of my Tauchpanzer, ready to paint.

Nice work, Thomas.

Thanks K.!

Well I call it now finished and as I said, the Revell-kit is sureley one of the better ones. No bigger issues and nicely molded with good details.
The decals aren't bad although I had to use a lot of setting solution to bring them down.Using clear coat before and after but still a bit silvering. Final coat with satin-matte.
Not much weathering or stains/dirt/heat-signs since this unit was shown and flew while a special anniversery event and was cleaned, polished and well maintained.

... enough talk here's the show (maybe too many pics-as always ...





















Thanks for looking and thanks to Michael for hosting!
Was fun to take part and will follow - so move on guys, Thomas

Excellent job Thomas! A beautiful addition to the gallery.

Michael

Stunning bird Thomas and a great effort truly impressive!

Wow, Thomas!

What a stunning looking Phantom!

Gaz

Starting to see the end of this project.

great looking build thomas. love the combination of markings and colors. the phantom is one of my favorite jets.

joe.

thanks for the extension michael but i got mine done this past week.
some of the mods- i needed to give the pilot a new head, the kit pilot had WWII head gear on so i swapped it for the head of a standing korean war era pilot. i added rockets and a bomb from the parts box and an engine face from a monogram p-61 kit,i somehow lost the kits piece at some point.i made a gunsight from a slice of sprue and a clear piece of plastic and i had to make the snake decals.i ruined the ones that came with the kit decals and could not find any after market that were able to stay together when they hit the water. the base came from a model car kit and i used clear tube to mount the ac on. the decals are a mix of kit and aftermarket lettering and insignia. and of course the major addition- the electric motor with the wire running down the tube to a battery pack mounted under the base

Awesome work Joe! A clear prop Joe? Aftermarket piece?

Michael, Chris, Gaz, Joe (well done F4U!) - very special thanks to all of you guys for the kind words! Really appreciate your comments.

Thomas

thanks,-

no that is the prop in motion. thought it was kinda cool looking. not much of a photographer so i don't even know what the settings would be. i just got lucky i guess-lol

Joe,
great looking corsair. I always wanted to motorize my models, but never done it. Looking at Your corsair, I think I really have to try this! Awesome result!

Thomas,
thanks for posting so many nice pics of the phantom! It looks very cool and the weathering is spot on and not overdone for this colorful bird! Congratulation! I find it very difficult to built a colorful model without the appearance of a toy like model. But, You managed the job.

Oliver

Although it won't be finished before the original end date, I will at least have posted my beginning, Italeri's Sd.kfz.234/4
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Having looked at available images online, I see what an inadequate offering it is internally and to a lesser extent externally, so it'll be painting practice for the time when I get a decent version of the vehicle.

The gun shield was broken so it got a spare (with Italeri's massive gun-sight aperture somewhat filled in) and a new muzzle brake. A few alternative tools and the middle fender boxes filled in is the full extent of the changes I was willing to make

Primed:

and camo painting using putty to mask
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It's now sitting waiting for finally touches so I see a completion by the weekend

Here is an update on my entry:-



Black primer and some filler done,next step gloss top coat.