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Airbus A400M Atlas Luftwaffe
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Here is the final place where the Fat Lady hangs from the ceiling: right above the workbench.
Проект: Airbus A400M Atlas Luftwaffe
105 2 January, 10:23
Chris T. An АвторWelcome Finn. Well, "luck" is not necessarily what you need with this kit, but thanks anyway. 😛 It is probably more patience. But as a model builder, you have to have that at best anyway.
3 January, 10:06
S BSehr cool! Ich bin dabei. So wie es aussieht, brauchst du starke Nerven und Durchhaltevermögen. Ich wünsche dir beides!!!! Das Modell gefällt mir bisher sehr gut und der Co-Pilot ist jetzt schon ein Held!
1 5 January, 10:58
GuidoSome very interesting (and challenging) progress. Love the additional self fabricated pieces. 👌🏻
1 6 January, 15:24
Daniel HChecking in. Came for the pilots, staying for the excellent scratch work. 😁
1 10 January, 16:33
Fabrice TIMMERMANNice work. It makes me want to start the one I have in my statch.
1 10 January, 19:54
Chris T. An АвторThanks to everyone for being there. I have to vent my frustration about this kit now. I'm getting to the point where painting is next and it's hard to get a clean finish on the seams, especially the center seam of the two fuselage halves. I wouldn't have thought that (Revell) could still produce such a mess in the 21st century. The fit is worse than some kits from the sixties. I've already built a few Revell models, but I've never experienced anything so terrible. Even filling, sanding, priming, filling again and sanding doesn't help. Let's see what it looks like when the gray paint is on. In any case, I'm expecting a sobering result. I will therefore play around a bit with mottling so that the surface perhaps doesn't look quite so "monotonous" and conceals the problems. I hope that works.
13 January, 20:27
Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELSTaking a seat - I agreed on a commission build for this one and unfortunately you are now confirming my thoughts about the fit when I put the fuselage together for the first time. I did not start yet and I´m a bit scared ... anything else besides the horrendous fit I should know?
1 14 January, 14:22
Erik De SmetMaybe you just got a poor kit, other modelers who built the same do not signal fitting problems, but the U/C seems to be too weak
14 January, 16:14
Chris T. An АвторThanks guys. To your questions:
@Thomas: I think the most important thing to pay attention to is to do all the work on the engine cowlings BEFORE mounting them on the wings. Especially detail painting and masking is difficult to do on the inner casings when they are already assembled. Well, and you can read everywhere that the wheels should be built with metal tubes instead of the thin plastic parts. Fortunately I'm spared that with the inflight version.
@Erik: It may well be that some people get good kits, but a lot of people seem to have the same problems. I've read about it in various forums (community.revell.de/viewtopic.php?t=10172 and britmodeller.com/for..us-a400m-revell-172/) and even in the German trade magazine "ModellFan" (April 2024 issue) the author/modeler mentioned problems. I'm probably just extremely unlucky.
1 15 January, 07:57
Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELSThanks Chris! I will take that into account! With paint on it looks really good and worth the effort on the seams 👌
2 15 January, 17:24
Michael KohlDull plane but nice build. Anxious what you make of it. Looking at your other stuff I have high expectations. But, no pressure, man, no pressure. 🙂
1 21 January, 19:09
S MNice dedication on details! Is this a promotion for Red Bull or are their cans more suitable than others for this?
1 25 January, 23:04
AlexanderLooks amazing already! Very clean paint job on all things so far, following with great interest. 👍
1 26 January, 01:06
Chris T. An АвторNice if you like it. I'm currently trying to add a bit more variation to the rather monotonous surface color. Let's see how that turns out.
@SM: yes, Red Bull could actually contribute something. But that's because we simply don't have any other drinks cans in the house.
26 January, 08:35
Chris T. An АвторSo guys, now I need some ideas and tips from you: what's the best way to photograph this monster? I can't just stand it on the white photo cloth, the antennas on the underside will break. I'll probably have to come up with something and then retouch the aids in Photoshop. Any recommendations are welcome.
26 January, 20:35
GuidoIf you have an old poster, or some wall paper laying around, that could be your background - if you want a studio-like set-up.
And if you don't have a lighting set-up, you can place that background so that it faces the daylight.
Othewise you can go outside - not in bright sunlight, more when it's clouded or in the shades and pick a nice uncluthered background spot.
An example of that is in this album: Dassault Super Mystère B2 - NATO Tiger Meet 1977. | Album by guido.pm (1:72)
Whatever works for you - hope it gives you some inspiration. 😉
1 26 January, 21:28
Chris T. An АвторHey Guido, thanks for your suggestions and inspiration. I fear it will not be a matter of light and background. I have two photo lamps and photo cloths in light and dark. My problem is that I don't know how to position the model to take photos. There is no landing gear and the antennas are in danger of being damaged. I will probably need some kind of stand or hang the model somehow. Let's see.
27 January, 13:49
Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELSLeave it on the Duplo rack - that has some kind of charm and will be considered in my build as well 😊 sorry that I don´t have any other input on the issues with taking pictures, but the Duplo rack is hot stuff 😍
1 27 January, 13:54
GuidoAh yes, I over looked that 🤦🏼♂️
Fishing wiring to temporary hang it?
How do you plan to display it later on then - which will give you some directions for photographing it?
1 27 January, 14:02
CuajeteHi, Chris. If you can't hang it somehow, maybe you can build a stand out of thick clear methacrylate to support the weight and dimensions of that Grizzly.
It turned out very nice. Fantastic result.
Congrats!
1 27 January, 19:15
Chris T. An АвторFirst of all, thank you very much for your participation and your tips. I now have the first photos in the box. I kept it simple and again placed 2 Duplo bricks under the wheel bulges so that the antennas are not damaged. It was just a bit more work to retouch everything in Photoshop. Otherwise, you have to be quite far away with the camera to capture the whole bird.
1 28 January, 10:59
Daniel HAbsolutely excellent looking bird, really enjoyed watching it come together. Beautiful work!
1 29 January, 16:21
Transall NGVery nice building ! About Revell's kit building accuracy, the problem seems to be in the choice of the place where molds are made : their Junkers Ju 290 is perfect, their C-54 is far worst than this A-400M. I have built both, and my comment is only about the ease of assembly, not about model's accuracy which is another rather common problem. Anyway, it is better to get such kits than nothing, but i agree with your overall impression.
Thanks for this big one.
2 29 January, 17:05
Alexander GrivonevWas für ein Schinken 👍 richtig geil geworden, habe auch auf meiner to-do Liste
1 3 February, 10:31
Dominik Weitzerawesome built. i like the decent weathering. looks great! Well done!
1 3 February, 13:37
Łukasz GlińskiI like the shading even more in the final pics. And a cool location to hang it too 👍
1 8 February, 17:43
CuajeteGreat last pic! 👍
Keep it well protected from dust. This is a very friendly place for the great enemy of finished models, but it is also a good place to display them in flight.
1 8 February, 18:32
Chris T. An АвторThank you very much. And it's true, the cell phone photo somehow brings out the colors of the surface better than the lightbox photos from the SLR camera. The shades are a bit blurred there. But I'm not a professional when it comes to settings.
The dust: yes, that's probably the biggest enemy. You'll have to use make-up brushes regularly.
9 February, 07:48
