al_the_drummer

That's a delicious Dora. Spectacular work...

A genuinely stunning build. Fantastic work. I'll be taking a look at your build log with interest...

That is one *lovely* Spitfire. I'm currently ploughing through an FR.46 Seafire, which is essentially the same kit, and am having no end of fit problems with the wing-fuselage mating – either the lower fuselage and butt joint of the wing meet, leaving horrid gaps along the fillet and down to the fuselage/top surface area which gives an insane dihedral of about 20º, or I lead the joining with the wing-fuselage area and get a lovely sharp fillet and a 6mm gap at the undersurface butt-joint. Did you find anything like this in your build, or have I just got a duff copy? Absolutely love the paintwork - very, very evocative.

A lovely build of one of my favourite jets. You've nailed the finish, and the overall impression is excellent. Top work.

Absolutely outstanding build. That's museum-quality, and a good museum at that. Like others have said, there are several of the photos where it simply looks real – and I can't think of a higher compliment than that. This build, likewise, puts the sniping about Gaspatch turnbuckles being overscale to bed - they absolutely perfectly compliment the rigging, which in itself is a beautiful job. Just wow.

That is a very, very lovely build and super-sharp finish. Great work... As the other chaps have said – mine is jumping up and down on the shelf in the stash demanding to be built.

Very nice build, and lovely NMF. I've also been playing with Xtreme Metals and, surprisingly, they're taking over from Alclad as my go-too for anything other than straight aluminium...

A very interesting selection of subjects in there - what a great collection.

Hello folks - long time no post. I thought it was about time I dug out my account and shared a little work with you, as whilst no-one will remember me, I've lurked around for a long time... Here, to get the ball rolling is one of the famed Hermann Graf's early mounts, built from the delicious Eduard BF109 E1 ProfiPack, with a scheme from the late, great Jerry Crandall at EagleCals. Paint was a mix of AK Real Colour and Gunze, weathering with Abteilung 502 oils, although this was kept very light as this particular airframe was repainted after about 6 weeks of action. One final note - the Hakenkreuz has been digitally edited out, as my main platform is Instagram these days, and they're very, very hot on their community guidelines - if or not they make sense. Thanks for looking folks! My Instagram Account

Thanks all so much for the helpful, knowledgeable input. My build will be a "service overhaul" type static display, with all the ports open - I'm now on the hunt for any upwards-looking mechanics in 48th scale, to inspect the hatch from below! Again - much appreciated.

Hello folks, I'm reaching out to the likely very limits of Luftwaffe airframe knowledge here, but I have a particularly specific question about the fuselage aperture for the internally mounted camera of the FW 189 UHU. I'm starting off the 1/48 GWH kit, which incidentally is proving to be lovely (bar the ejector pin circles), and plan to open at least one engine up, the roof entry panels, drop the flaps and essentially open everything up that is viable... That brings me to the question – does anyone know how the 4-plate fuselage aperture of the A1/A2 on the underside actually opened when the downwards-facing camera was in use? The GWH kit provides a very nice if not completely accurate rendition of the RB 50/30 camera, and an exact opening in the floor of the cockpit compartment. However, and this is the kicker, the actual fuselage within which it will be ensconced is flat plastic with engraved panel lines and 'rails' at the sides. There's no mention in the instructions of opening it up, and I cannot for the life of me find a reference shot which shows this aperture open. The mod will be easy enough - scribe out the panels, thin the fuselage in that area approximately to scale and add the 'doors' for want of a better term from styrene stock. However, I need to know how they open and thus should be created! I can envisage two ways - either from the centre of the four panels in a double 'V' concertina, or probably again from the centre, sliding over each other to give a clear view for the lens. Here are the panels in question: Any help would be greatly appreciated, and sorry for the enormous image. Not sure how to scale it! All the best, Al

Lovely build of an iconic aircraft. Nicely done.

Absolute stunner. I've just ordered a GWH SU-27B, and hope I can remotely do it the justice you've managed here. Beautiful.

That's really quite lovely. Great job.

I'm happy to have sparked such a lively and interesting debate. Thank you all for your contributions. As a little thanks, here's a WIP of the underside in its preshaded state...