This is the reason, http://www.amworkshop.com/F111E%20model.htm absolutely humbling.

Im gonna sit in the corner and sulk me thinks

Bex

wow that is dedication beyond the call....great skill

Fabulous indeed.

O.K, is it just me- altho the engine bays and wells are brilliantly weathered, there are some parts that distinctly lack any weathering, esp on the white areas.
Also, granted theres no weapons, the wheels haven't been flattened in the least.

See i can also be a nit-picker

As far as weatheing under the panels, in some cases they are fairly clean, like avionics and ECS bays.

Granted the exposed enignes has a monotone metallic and should show a lot more oil and grim build up, but even so that's one hell of job he did.

Ditto the tires.

Right, no stores should be hanging from this configuration and that includes the ALQ-131 Pod and pytlons.

I like the way he added all the fastener holes on the lip framing, not to mention thinned the panels quite well, though he didn't add the corresponding fastener holes for the panels and/or doors.

What an impressive effort. What would make this model more complete is to stage actual panel racks with the removed panels stowed, as well as some B-4, C-1, and B-1 stands. Add some drip pans and other -21 equipment, and what a dio that would make!

Mike V

Ahh, another little detail error Yellow (79 FS) hubs on a Red (77 FS) tail. Now we are just trying to make ouselves feel good.

Maybe the hubs were canned from a 79th jet...

Mike V

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thats fantastic work....wish i could do 1/4th of what he does!!!!!!!

I think the phrase rhymes with clucking bell, nice to see a jet modelled under going maintenance without a warload hanging on it

Sorry if I sound like a grumpy old git, but I find I'm getting increasingly unimpressed by this sort of thing. It obviously takes great skill and looks mind-bogglingly amazing, and you can't help wondering where on earth they get the patience to put all that detail in.

But let's face it - this sort of thing is wildly eccentric isn't it? I would still put Skii's TSR.2 above that, and John - I actually think your F-111 is a better model for having more soul - some (not all!!) over-engineered, all hatches open stuff sometimes comes across a bit bombastic.

from a proud (EDIT: and very amateur!) assembler!

quite nice that. Must live in a lighthouse or a monestery

I'm goin out, I may be some time

If the crew dog let that happen in the 77th AMU, his butt would be in the wash rack rubbing hydraulic fluid off the landing gear with a toilet brush for a week.

JTY

True, but the Crew Chief is not always on his jet. Come back off leave and you're bound to loose a few items of your -21 equipment while you were out, like chocks, or HUD cover. Always mark your equipment with your jet’s SN, but sometimes even that wont stop it. God help you if your jet goes can status while you're out. I lost my polished JFS door once that way. It took 4-5 months for me to seize the opportunity to get it back, but I did.

Yeah. See, I wouldn't even know what to look for to pick at the nits, Im too dazzled by the effort. What is that an F111, right? Im happy with calling it a smashing job and tip my hat.

Hear hear!

Amazing model.

I am a good model builder, I am a good model builder , I was told once there will all ways be some one better then yourself, but he's just a showing off he needs a good woman

When I enter a contest (like that's gonna happen), I'll make sure he's not in it. He must have some hellified ref's, and a whole googob of time. To say he's a good modeler is the understatement of the Eon.

Reminds me of this Catalina.
Seriously impressive.

Egads! Thanks for the Cat link, i'd never seen that before.

The F-111 is a topnotch job too.

Awww HELL!!!!!!!!!! Mother, pass me knitting!

This is why I have a healthy looking 'Shelf of doom'!!

Seriously inspirational....!! What IS possible will always be just beyond reach [ for this humble correspondent ]...

Hat's Off Cheers,
ggc

Well, I'd be more impressed if he would have done this in the Gentleman's Scale.

Seriously, I agree with everyone's comments. It's seriously fantastic modelling. And it's also a bit pretentious (for me) but "I'm Not Like Everybody Else." (Apologies to The Kinks.) To each his own, whether a simple OOB painted with a hairy stick, or one like these two fantastic creations (Catalina and F-111). Whatever you have the most fun with.

To paraphrase Ben Franklin, Dress to please others, but model to please thyself.

Cheers,
Bill

And this is why we call it a hobby. I can build at a level which may blow other modelers' projects out of the water while there are others who make my stuff look totally amatuerish. But, if we all enjoy what we do, then why should we care as much about what others think? Is it nice to show off stuff? Yup. But in the end the project is just going to take up space in my display cabinet or on a shelf somewhere (until I run out of room and box it up in storage).

I do like getting wowed once in awhile though, since anybody can give inspiration and we can always learn new things to improve our building.

You're very kind Al, but I have to agree, not to detract from the modellers's skill one of my pet hates is the 'every possible panel open' model style, often with live ordnance hanging from wings and on one example I saw a pilot climbing down from the cockpit!. Still, I guess the judges like that type of thing...

It's OK, I suppose...

Not looking forward to the feedback when I finally get some posts up here, if this chap can cop some stick?
As said "I'm going out, I maybe some time".

Brilliant

One thing I find even sillier than that is building a model with the gear and panels all open, then proceed to stick it on a stand that elevates it off the ground. Sure, it may give people opportunities to see the bottom, but it just looks so WEIRD!