Rato Marczak Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 (edited) Colomba finita. I just finished the AModel Dove. I still have to paint the two figures to finish off the diorama, but the airplane is done. This is not an easy kit, if you don't know it. Think of it as an early Pavla kit. Pebby surface, soft details, inconsistent panel lines, but it looks the part. The decals are very fragile and almost don't have any glue. Many small details are missing. I scratchbuilt the basic interior, too. A full report will follow soon on my page. Please, don't show me photos of the Airfix Heron for a while... Cheers (cannot post the pics - don't know why). Let's see via direct URL: http://www.ratomodeling.com.br/finished/dove_72/IMG_9533.JPG http://www.ratomodeling.com.br/finished/dove_72/IMG_9536.JPG http://www.ratomodeling.com.br/finished/dove_72/20220102_155713.jpg Rato Marczak www.ratomodeling.com facebook.com/ratomodeling Edited January 9, 2022 by Rato Marczak wrong url 43 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Duvalier Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 It's good to see you on Britmodeller, Rato. I've long admired your work and have learned many useful skills from your website. The picture posting process is slightly more complex on this forum than some others. I followed your links, beautiful model of an obscure but attractive subject. The diorama base should show it off to good effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Rato, Very, very nice Dove! I really liked the castored nose wheel- nice touch! 👍 Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Norman Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 Extremely Beautiful finish there. Worth popping open those links! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 I dont know if you have seen this or not, but it helped me immensely when I was trying to post pictures Hotlinking Photo Host Choices. in Home and then FAQs. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbob12 Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 A lovely result! Thank you for posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 That's gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing! Looking forward to more shots of this beauty. You have the basis for a compelling diorama in the works, too! How did you fabricate those steps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Very nice build, very well done ! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rato Marczak Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 Thank you guys. I'm slowly coming back to conventional forums. I'm kinda fed with those other medias. Later I will figure out how to post things here properly. Take care Rato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rato Marczak Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 19 hours ago, TheyJammedKenny! said: That's gorgeous! Thanks so much for sharing! Looking forward to more shots of this beauty. You have the basis for a compelling diorama in the works, too! How did you fabricate those steps? Old school: http://www.ratomodeling.com.br/articles/airport_acc1/ On 1/9/2022 at 1:24 AM, Jackson Duvalier said: It's good to see you on Britmodeller, Rato. I've long admired your work and have learned many useful skills from your website. The picture posting process is slightly more complex on this forum than some others. I followed your links, beautiful model of an obscure but attractive subject. The diorama base should show it off to good effect. Thanks Jackson... I'll figure it out. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyJammedKenny! Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Brilliant demonstration of how to make air-stairs, Rato! You're a genius. Being old-school myself, I'll copy your techniques. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Garard Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Gorgeous effort Rato! However, the lower half of the noseleg is backwards. The wheel should drag behind the scissor link. It should look like this: Diecast picture Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rato Marczak Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 On 1/12/2022 at 10:30 AM, Scott Garard said: Gorgeous effort Rato! However, the lower half of the noseleg is backwards. The wheel should drag behind the scissor link. It should look like this: Diecast picture Cheers! Scott, it could be unlocked to move the ac on the ramp: https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/9/4/3/2061349.jpg?v=v40 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Blows me away - that's incredible work. Would love to see a shot of the finished diorama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Really nice clean build, one of my all time favourite aircraft, I built the Amodel kit and found it relatively easy, although the nose is a bit to pointy, one thing that some modellers miss is that most Dove/Devon aircraft had asymmetrical rear horizontal tail surface except for really early models. Aircrafhttps://www.airhistory.net/photo/97012/JY-RJUt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Young Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Hi Rato - that's an amazing model you have built there. Even the tail support mechanism looks good! Very good paint finish. Cheers, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Garard Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 On 1/14/2022 at 5:25 AM, Rato Marczak said: Scott, it could be unlocked to move the ac on the ramp Well then, learn something new everyday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rato Marczak Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 (edited) Sorry guys, I tried everything. Even html scripts. The photos are in my webpage host, but when I use the 'insert image from URL' it turns pink and nothing happens. Here are two more pics of the finished Dove diorama. http://www.ratomodeling.com.br/finished/dh_dove_72_part2/250.jpg http://www.ratomodeling.com.br/finished/dh_dove_72_part2/251.jpg Hope you like it. Edited February 3, 2022 by Rato Marczak wrong code 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew.S Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Perfect modelling, good job! It looks amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 That's superb, really excellent model and the figures look brilliant! Only thing, are the two pics of the finished diorams the same, as they look like to me? Would love to see some more pics from different angles. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manuel Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 37 minutes ago, keefr22 said: That's superb, really excellent model and the figures look brilliant! Only thing, are the two pics of the finished diorams the same, as they look like to me? Would love to see some more pics from different angles. Keith there is an error in the link it links same image. this the correct one http://www.ratomodeling.com.br/finished/dh_dove_72_part2/251.jpg Two pics of a beautiful dio, Amodel could thanks you for the work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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