Ferdinand Max, 1/700 in-progress

Some in-progress pictures of my Ferdinand Max model. It was an easy build, so I think everything is clear and don’t need much comments. I hope some day I will build another model of this ironclad in 1/350.

Deck close view

Ferdinand Max, 1/700, Scratchbuild

 

My one and only model in 1/700 scale – Austro-Hungarian ironclad Ferdinand Max. She was the flagship of Wilhelm von Tegetthoff fleet at the famous battle of Lissa.

The model was build as a souvenir.

La Nina, 1/150, Scratchbuild

A step aside – a kind of model I’ve never build before – a sailing ship. I just wonder – how does it feels to build something from wood? So, this is a kind of another experiment for me.

I decided to go into small scale for wooden shipbuilding – 1/150. I think it is a smallest scale for building something acceptable. My aim for this build is to try different tips&tricks and have fun. Nothing more. Hope that the model will be at least of Mini Mamolli kits level.

Why Nina? She is small, rather simple and there are a lot of models of her that I can take as a guidance.

I took scaled down Shipyard’s 1/96 card model as a base.

Sukhoi Su-1 1/72 Amodel In-box Review

 

Su-1 was the first in line of Pavel Sukhoi’s fighters. It was built at the Kharkov aircraft factory (Ukraine). Su-1 made its first flight on 15 June 1940. During the tests Su-1 reached 641 km/h speed at 10000m attitude - it was a prototype of new high attitude fighter.

Let’s have a look in the box of the new kit from Amodel. There are 3 sprues of grey plastic and one with clear injected canopy. The quality of molds is quite good for short-run technology, with little flash. But you will have to replace many of little parts like wheels or cockpit detailing.

The box.

Instructions and decal for one option.

Sprues.

Close-up. Note a really good fabric imitation.

Engraved panel lines are, in my opinion, a little bit too thick.

Another close-up. Wheels definitely have to be replaced with aftermarket.

Canopy. It is not bad, but I will make a vacu one.

BOK-5, 1/72, Scratchbuild (in progress)

This project is unusual. The fuselage of this model is completely made of foil sheets. Here is a link to HyperScale discussion with some more photos. http://www.network54.com/Forum/47751/message/1290080920/Scratchbuild+BOK-5+1-72+in+progress

U7, 1/350, Scratchbuild (in progress)

Today I made a review of my in-progress projects (it is truly sad, but I have a lot of them) in search in search of one or two of them that I can complete in these last days of 2010.
The first one is a German WW I submarine U7. Scratchbuild, of course.

T-50, 1/72, Scratchbuild

This light tank was developed in Soviet Union right before the WW II. T-50’s were produced only in small numbers.
The model was build five years ago from the scratch using the drawings from Russian “Modelist-Konstruktor” magazine. Now I’m making a little diorama with it.