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CHAPTER X - Alles zusammen Daily watering was successful and the green grass is now high & wild enough on the field display base. At last, I had to conclude the "alles zusammen" final step. To assemble all individual parts in one scene, without damaging the glider's construction, the paint, the...

CHAPTER IX - Anchor & tie down I 've noticed that pilots & airfield supporting personel, use a number of improvised anchors types, to tie down the gliders, ultralights or even single engine aircrafts such as Cessna 172s, especially when operating from some grass covered airfield, without any...

CHAPTER VIII - Terse abandonment As previously wrote, my objective is to establish a scene of terse abandonment, without extreme features that could distract viewer’s attention, keeping the glider as the main protagonist of the story. The addition of a deflated windsock and a couple of Marsden...

CHAPTER VII - Pole dancing The windsock presented earlier, needed a pole to be placed on. I thought it would be a good idea to build the windsock pole to look like it's made of weathered wood, instead of some metal structure. To achieve the wanted effect, I used a 7.5 mm diameter wooden rod...

CHAPTER VI - Grass field display base construction When I started this project, I was concerned about the proper display option, on which the model would be placed. For this reason, I asked fellow modelers to advice on how they would do if in my position. Talented & world class scale modelers...

CHAPTER V - Applying paint, wash & weather effects As soon as the Humbrol light grey acrylic primer dried, the model washed with liquid soap and warm water to disappear leaving oil traces, fingertips etc. Usually, there are two available options for a scale modeler, to apply paint on a model...

CHAPTER IV - Attempting to join the basic parts As soon as the individual scale model’s parts were already produced, cleaned & dry fit tested, I had to assemble everything as one piece, without damaging the frame construction. Just because the Salamandra was entirely constructed of wood, I...

CHAPTER III - Converting Mbytes into actual model parts Before start building a new scale model, I always try to study as much as possible the object of construction. If books, technical manuals and detailed walkaround photos are available, that will help a lot the model building process. To...

CHAPTER II - Meeting the Salamandra glider “WWS” is an abbreviation of "Wojskowe Warsztaty Szybowcowe" (meaning “Military Gliding Workshops” in Polish language), based in Krakow, Poland. Founded on 1935 by Waclaw Czerwinski who had taken over the management. The MRP-1 Salamandra project, was...

CHAPTER I - Today, the scratch building died Spartans refused to improve their long range weapons, because they always wanted to fight close to their opponent. That's why they had short length swords aka “xiphos”. Plutarch mentions in his "Lakonic Sayings" that when sometime an improved version...

1/18 scale Instytucie Szybownictwa IS-A Salamandra 53 scratchbuild model The text following is to describe the 1/18 scale Instytucie Szybownictwa IS-A Salamandra 53 (1953 version) glider model building, as produced by aviation factories throughout Poland.

CHAPTER III - Left wing structure cutaway It would be a missed opportunity if I left such a large model with no cutaway openings on wing & airframe structure. Initially, the pins & screws holding the top & bottom part of the wing, were removed. Parts of the left wing's leading edge were also...

I used the lower panel of the Verlinden’s resin kit and the upper panel of the original 21st Century Toys kit and applied modifications as required. I cut, shape & drilled the gauges positions. Using the Corel Photo Paint, I created a coloured sketch of the instruments, copy & paste the image...

I've been asked what would be the purpose of a Mistel with a manned flying bomb and why I am building this project using a FW-190D Dora instead of an A-model. So, I need to clear some things before proceeding to project's building: We all know that Fi-103R "Reichenberg" piloted bombs really...

…but after paint stripping in 2010 and repaint again, the result is the following:

CHAPTER II - Instrument panel & cockpit construction The Focke Wulf FW-190D Dora, was a single seat, single engine fighter aircraft of Luftwaffe and one of the best fighters of its generation. Compared to the Messerschmitt Bf-109, the FW-190 was a "workhorse," employed in and proved suitable for...

CHAPTER I - Focke Wulf FW-190D9 Dora sections disassembly This 52cm long 1/18 scale 21st Century Toys model needs massive scratch building and I quickly understood that I'd need to spend hundreds hours on my hobby bench to make it look descent. To do so, I had to start disassembling the FW to...

1/18 scale Focke Wulf FW-190D9 Dora & Fieseler Fi-103R2 Reichenberg Mistel 21st Century Toys & Pegasus Hobbies conversion & scratchbuild The Mistel (Mistletoe in German language), also known as Beethoven Gerät or Vati und Sohn (Daddy and Son), was a Luftwaffe composite aircraft type of bomber...

CHAPTER XII - Aknowledgments I would like to express my special thanks to: All fellow scale modelers, who have expressed their ideas through this forum and suggested solutions to technical issues encountered during this WIP. Mr. George Papadimitriou, owner of Hobby Gallery hobby shop and...

Thank you for following this thread and I hope you enjoyed reading this article. I hope I’ll meet all of you, right after the summer holidays on Amorgos island, where the “Big Blue” Aegean dolphins are living and having fun. Click on the first picture for video. Regards, Nick