Pilot program Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I love it. It is absolutely beautiful. Cheers, Ljubo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_gn Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share Posted January 6, 2012 Thanks guys for the nice comments. Propduster - don't be so hard on yourself! And thanks for the encouragement through the build thread. I think the really amazing thing is the internet itseld: to find a picture of your Grandfather (and his aircraft) on a website must have sent a shiver down the spine - and then to find out people have modellded the aircraft (Jens has done an incredible job of his own "White 5" if you care to look http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.p...opic=234907303), and have even rendered it for a computer flight simulator must be quite something. We can only wonder what Hans-Georg Schulte himself would have made of it all had he lived just a few years longer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robert26 Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 Is it Dragon? Is it Eduard? No its Matchbox!!! What a great looking Bf109 and great history/reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prop Duster Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Thanks guys for the nice comments. Propduster - don't be so hard on yourself! And thanks for the encouragement through the build thread. I think the really amazing thing is the Internet itseld: to find a picture of your Grandfather (and his aircraft) on a website must have sent a shiver down the spine - and then to find out people have modellded the aircraft (Jens has done an incredible job of his own "White 5" if you care to look http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.p...opic=234907303), and have even rendered it for a computer flight simulator must be quite something. We can only wonder what Hans-Georg Schulte himself would have made of it all had he lived just a few years longer... Totally agree, the Internet has and can bridge both time and geography for many of us. Yes, thank you, I have seen Jens work, it's outstanding as well, as inspiring. As to Herr Schulte I can only imagine that he, like so many of his generation, would find it interesting if not surprising, someone would care to model his aircraft; He was just doing his job, so what's all this fuss about the plane? Oh and as to me being hard on the guy over at the work bench, thou he's a nice dull witted sort that means well. He just needs a tongue-in-cheek (ie touch the side of the nose) prodding every so often. so no worries it's "all good" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Speechless! An absolutely fantastic build and to have the model commented on by the relatives of the pilot, what a great story and I can't believe I missed this. I'm now going to brew a coffee and read the whole build progress thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastieboy Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 What a beauty, hard to believe it is the matchbox kit. Just shows what bit of modelling skill can do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Just followed this thread from the beginning to find the follow up from the pilots family. I can't think of a better compliment to the finished project. Congratulations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Fantastic build in every respect the people at Matchbox would have been very proud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHWinter Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Wunderbar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widow 65 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 That is absolutely brilliant! i'd love to do a 1/32 but i feel the painting would let me down as i havent converted to spray painting yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 My RFI thread for my version of White 5 (greatly inspired by this thread!) appears to have been lost. The entire WIP and RFI pictures can be found here: http://www.danskemodelbyggere.dk/forum/index.php?topic=1667.0 Jens 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_gn Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 My RFI thread for my version of White 5 (greatly inspired by this thread!) appears to have been lost. The entire WIP and RFI pictures can be found here: http://www.danskemodelbyggere.dk/forum/index.php?topic=1667.0 Jens Looks awesome. Whenever I look at mine I wish the mottling hadn't got lost under the varnish, but your interpretation looks very similar. I didn't have the confidence to replicate the weathering as you have done, so I'd say yours is the more accurate model. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Thanks. Since the weathering depends on the age of the aircraft I guess you just built a slightly earlier version of White 5. Your build actually had me taking another look at my old Matchbox kit (and the memories it brought back!). I think the Cyber Hobby kit was released shortly afterwards, so I still have the untouched Matchbox kit in the basement. Jens 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_gn Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 Thanks. Since the weathering depends on the age of the aircraft I guess you just built a slightly earlier version of White 5. Your build actually had me taking another look at my old Matchbox kit (and the memories it brought back!). I think the Cyber Hobby kit was released shortly afterwards, so I still have the untouched Matchbox kit in the basement. Jens That's true re. weathering. I also have happy memories of the Matchbox Bf.109 my Grandad bought me for Christmas 197...6 maybe. I think it was a bit difficult for a 6 year old! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordfunker Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 I can't believe that is the Matchbox kit I yearned after as a youth in the late 70's. You've done a truly stunning job on that build. Karl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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