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Small update on the Fennek. I allready joined the two main body parts. While everything looks good at the rear there appeared a lot of gaps and steps on the front. Two big holes in the front wheel arches were closed with some plastic card. The rear looks okay so far... ...but at the front a lot of work will be necessary. Regards Daniel

I´m doing afv not that often, but from time to time some topics come to my mind and bring a kit on my bench. This time all started on our way to Euro Model Expo in Lingen when we passes a convoy from German Army with some TPz Fuchs and Fenneks. If you see this vehicle from the lowered position of your co driver seat, it's just impressive. So the next day three of us purchased the 1/72 Trumpi kit.😂 And here we go... I´m doing the Netherlands version as mentioned in the titel. It will get it´s standard Nato camouflage and will find it´s place on an small base at the end. At the beginning the major parts for the interior were put together and some details as the seatbelts were added. The windscreen has some massive connections between the front and side windows. When dry fitting they were clearly visible from the outside and I´m not sure the outer frames will hide them at the end. So I cut the windscreen into three and sanded and polished it again to get rid of these problem. I used green for the interior but I´m not sure if it´s right at all. Most pics i found on the net shows German Fenneks and the looks overal green but on some pics from Dutch Fenneks it seems there are also a lot of white or light grey. Anyway, in that small scale you will not see that much at the end and I´m not even sure if I will open or close the doors at the end. All put together with some dirt added looks quite okay for me. So far for now, I hope your interested in the little fox.

Shame on me, I totally missed this built yet...🙈 This is just fantastic, outstanding craftsmanship and patience.

Pretty good job, your Harrier looks fantastic.👍

Looks good with the paint on👍. Also nice work on the scratched pylon.

Nice work on your Dragon Lady👍. I built the U-2c a few month ago and had fun with this little kit. I´m looking forward to the silver finish, suits this beautiful aircraft as good as the black livery. Daniel

Wow, great looking Cobra. Neat work and a stunning result.👍

Some more little steps forward... The air intakes were glued to the fuselage, as expected there are some gaps to fill. Little improvement for the FLIR in the nose hump. Hasegawa gives you neither an engraving nor a decal for this. I used an injection needle and some Tamiya Putty to fill the needle. HUD and windshield were also installed in the last few days. Cheers Daniel

Back after a while, I hope you all had a nice holiday season. The lateral strakes are both in position and the major gaps are filled with Mr.Surfacer, some little holes will be closed befor painting. The wing was also glued to the fuselage. My improvement of the LERX led to some gaps between the fuselage and the wing which I filled with Tamiya putty already. The housing of the outrigger wheels was also slightly modified. All together it starts looking like a Harrier. I was working with Tamiya Putty years before but then there was some time when it was hard to get it within the EU and so I tried Green Stuff which I also liked. Now half of my Green Stuff tube is dried out and I was looking for a new one on an exhibition but only thing I found was Tamiya, so lets change again for the next few years.😎 Cheers Daniel

Nice start on the Bronco. Glad to see a WIP-thread here as this kit is definitely on my shopping list.

I went on with the lateral strakes, the parts from Hasegawa are a bit to thick, mounted in a wrong angle and the fairings on the sides are the wrong shape. The first one is modified, and the difference is clearly visible. The new fairings, built after some pictures. I also rebuilt the little moveable deflector. I used some sheet metal and wires to give it some details. Since this will certainly be the last update before Christmas, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a few quiet days with your loved ones. Daniel

Nice progress on your Harrier. The cockpit looks superb👍. I´m building the AV-8B+ from Hase at the moment and I have to deal with the same fit issues on some parts. I'm used to better things from Hasegawa. Daniel

This will be the last nose pic, I promise...😄 After a layer of Mr.Surfacer and some sanding I added a few panellines. The next weak point of this kit are the LERX, the are way to thick on the base. I tried to sand them down a bit and bring them in a more original shape. Not perfect but in my opinion better than oob. Finally I added the six wing pylons, on each of them there are little gaps on both sides, but some Mr.Surfacer should solve this problem. Regards Daniel

Finished the nose job on my Harrier and I'm pretty happy with the outcome. I filled the buckling on the underside with two layers of plastic sheet. Then some filling and sanding to smooth the surface. While waiting for the nose to dry, I painted the intake section to get the air intakes installed soon. Hasegawa puts the two CHAFF/FLARE dispenser for the upper tail section in this kit but forgets about the dispensers behind the air brake. Regards Daniel

I totally missed this... ...what a shame. Your Herci looks fantastic, really great work on the interior and the lighting. The early camo suits the C-130 very well. Regards Daniel