SCHNELLBOOT S-100

[phantom II]

. Sorry I'm out of adjectives but it is fabulous.

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[mikec]

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Very nice indeed.


Mike

 

[fledermaus]

James you make me

Ian how are you my friend

Yago Gracias amigo, thanks

Bob, MrT, Saul, Moon puppy, Christian and Mike thanks for following my work B)

 

[fledermaus]

Hi!!
Here with another small update on the S-100, a little more scratch and more rivets. I finally glued the front deck in place and used gap glue to fill the line between the parts, because of the sanding theRivets close to it were lost. So I used the resin rivets decal to fix it.
Here the rivets already replaced

Same for the front part of the deck

Next I fixed the armored bridge to the boat but left the cabin assembly out for ease of painting
Later, for this you need to cut all the pins on the bottom of the walls so the cabin can slide to its
Place
Cut all the pins

So now you can slide it in

Next is the creation of the demijohns, this is French liquid containers. After studying the work on the other forums I made it using 3 different styrene tubes…
The italery ones

Original demijohn

Here I made the two new ones, the italery one on the right

The top is filled with green putty mixed with a little lacquer thinner to make it softer

After sanding the putty at an angle I add some details using styrene strip and styrene half round strips

Also added the small filler neck on the side of the long neck
Finally the handles are made with cooper wire bent to shape

Here the finished demijohns, another great improvement over the kits ones

Here are all the dimensions for the parts

That’s all for now, hope to do more in a couple of weeks
Thanks!
Abdin

 

[Iron Mike]

Very cool, Abdin!!

 

[Bagge]

Marvelous work you've done so far on this boat!


//Mats

 

[SA Dave]

This is AWESOME!!!!

Any pictures of how those resin rivets look before you use it? looks very interesting

 

[Yago Alonso]

Fledermaus... I have no words!
Awesome work friend.
Great work....

Yago.

 

[jknaus]

Just Mind boggling.
James

 

[fledermaus]

Guys thanks a lot to you all

Dave Im using two diferent sets, one from Archer and one from Micromark

Archer set is Rivets .014" (.36mm) set #AR88016 retail- $17.95

the other one is micromarks here is the link, they have 2 diferent sizes O and HO and the pages are
big with other details also sets #84985 and 87987 - $11.75 I got one of each

http://www.micromark.com/ho-scale-decals-with-raised-3d-rivets-and-other-surface-details,9968.html

 

[SA Dave]

Damn that is nice especialy beeing on top of the carrier film like that!
Thanks for the info.

 

[Sharkmouth]

Excellent work as always!

However, you also pointed out why I never order from MicroMark anymore, they seem to copy people's products. At first glance, you may say the decals are probably coincidence...

Archer set is Rivets .014" (.36mm) set #AR88016 retail- $17.95

the other one is micromarks here is the link, they have 2 diferent sizes O and HO and the pages are
big with other details also sets #84985 and 87987 - $11.75 I got one of each

http://www.micromark.com/ho-scale-decals-with-raised-3d-rivets-and-other-surface-details,9968.html

Then I see this:

It looks a lot like Mission Models Grabhandler:

which, if you click on the image, shows it as discontinued with theirs replacing it:


Sorry to hijack your thread but this is now added to the growing list of pirated items they produce.

Regards,

 

[fledermaus]

wooooww Saul you are right!!! thats no coincidence, its identical to mission models one. what else may have being copied????
have mission models complained about it???? :angry: hmy: :hmmm

 

[Sharkmouth]

wooooww Saul you are right!!! thats no coincidence, its identical to mission models one. what else may have being copied?

After some of the things I saw the new manager at Micro-Mark has done with lines he distributed, I refuse to buy from them.

Aside from copying Archer Fine Transfers technique of applying resin to decal paper (they make it sound as if their R&D department came up with it), they have a history of producing their own copies whenever a company THEY distribute has an uncertain future.

From Micro-Mark's web site:
"Micro-Mark directed its engineering talents into producing yet another revolutionary model building technique: a way to apply these surface details quickly, easily and inexpensively. We've developed a way to produce scale size rivet heads and other surface details, such as grillwork and louvers, realistically shaped and contoured, on the surface of our blank decal paper."

They seem to have been inspired by Archer but I won't buy them to find out. Perhaps you can post images and let us know how they compare?

Another of their products which I would stay away from is Same Stuff cement simply because MicroMark decided to make the "Same Stuff" when Hebesco looked like it was in trouble and Tenax-7 had an unsure future. Their latest catalog at least removed references to Tenax 7.

Other tools, like those from Northwest Short Line and Rustall, were blatantly copied.

What can be shown as blatant pirated copies are those inspired by Northwest Short Line (NWSL) tools. This is posted on the NWSL web site:
"Please Note: New Jersy-based catalog retailer Micro Mark is importing and selling their own pirated versions of these tools. NWSL tools are designed, developed, and manufactured in the USA. We urge you to help stop piracy by not supporting those who practice it. We do not provide service or support for pirated versions of our products."

Here are images to show the 'similarities'

NWSL The Chopper

Micro-Mark's Chop-It

NWSL The True Sander

Micro-Mark's Sand-It

NWSL The Duplicutter II

Micro-Mark's Duplicate-It

NWSL The SensiPress+

Micro-Mark's Press-It

NWSL The Riveter (installed on The Sensipress)

Micro-Mark's Emboss-It
now sold as two products when they discontinued it.

Another item Micro Mark distributed at one time and the copy they now make:

Rustall (four bottles of 1. Rustall, 2. Blackwash, 3. Deadflat, 4. Dust)

Micro-Mark's Rust-n-Dust
1. Rust wash, 2. Black Wash, 3. Clear Flat, 4. Dust Powder.

I need to stop as I am getting disgusted. This is only one company, of course, there others that share this practice.

Now, please let's get back to our regularly scheduled awesome display of modeling!

Regards,

 

[fledermaus]

hmy: hmy: hmy: hmy: hmy: :angry:

Saul thanks for the explanation, they are indeed copiying other companys products
Im going to scan the rivets from Micromark so everybody can compare to Archers

Abdin

 

[moon puppy]

Hi!!
Here with another small update on the S-100, a little more scratch and more rivets. I finally glued the front deck in place and used gap glue to fill the line between the parts, because of the sanding the
Rivets close to it were lost. So I used the resin rivets decal to fix it.

Here the rivets already replaced

Same for the front part of the deck

Next I fixed the armored bridge to the boat but left the cabin assembly out for ease of painting
Later, for this you need to cut all the pins on the bottom of the walls so the cabin can slide to its
Place

Cut all the pins

So now you can slide it in

Next is the creation of the demijohns, this is French liquid containers. After studying the work on the other forums I made it using 3 different styrene tubes…

The italery ones

Original demijohn

Here I made the two new ones, the italery one on the right

The top is filled with green putty mixed with a little lacquer thinner to make it softer

After sanding the putty at an angle I add some details using styrene strip and styrene half round strips

Also add the small filler neck on the side of the long neck

Finally the handles are made with cooper wire bent to shape

Here the finished demijohns, another great improvement over the kits ones

Here are all the dimensions for the parts

That’s all for now, hope to do more in a couple of weeks

Thanks!

Abdin

Fantastic work Abdin,

 

[Dragunov]

Hi Abdin,

What an amazing craftmanship but also very creative in the way you find solutions to scratch build parts

From now on I will follow this build closely

Erik

 

[Gator]

Beautiful work.

 

[mikec]

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Greetings Saul;


..... Nice selecion of tools..... .... I have 3/4
of them. If you are going to scratch build compondents,
they are a must have .......


Mike

 

[fledermaus]

Moon puppy, Erik, Gator and Mike thanks, here is some more..

Hi to all my friends again!
First to wish you all a merry Christmas and soon a happy New Year wish you receive your wanted models under the tree.
To continue with the build I constructed the bases or holders for the demijohn’s, using bits of PE soldered together and a verlinden resin bolt on each leg.
3 rings and 3 legs are needed

Here the finished base

The bases for the smaller containers are made the same way

Next I wanted to add a little detail to the interior of the map room, so started by locating the position of
the ventilator and making some doors for what I think is a storage area
The location of the ventilator screen is marked

Using styrene I made the doors and bits of rod for the knobs, here are the measurements

Then a table was made, a piece of styrene is used as a support

The table is made with a piece of styrene measuring .025 x 43mm long
And 12.5 wide

Followed by a wall lamp, the lamp is a resin copy from the Opel radio truck set
From Verlinden

The measurements for the lamp

A bench was also made with styrene

Also a step made with anti-slip PH piece

Now I moved to the top of the map room, here the shield extension was remade to the correct shape for the Han-Ju
Here a comparison of the original and the new one

It looks like this now, the helmet holders are glued in place at this time

Again using styrene rod I made this parts that I’m not 100% sure if they are holders for flags or what.
This is on the photos of the Han-Ju so I add it to my model

Here are the measurements

Here you can see it in its place atop the map room

The antenna cable holders masts are installed also

This parts that came with the kit I just found out not long ago are supposed to be
Gas houses to refill the boat at port. By the shape of it you could never guess
What they are. So using a piece of 2.5mm by 102mm long solder wire I started to
Roll it with .020” solder wire to make it look like a flexible rubber house

Now it looks like this

The house connections are made with styrene disks, a piece of sprue and other parts.
First the valve body is made with a piece of sprue cut to a valve body shape

Here is the finished valve and the parts used to create it, you need two of it one for each house.

Glued to the house

The other end uses the same parts only without the valve

Glued in place

A comparison of the original houses and the new ones

The bolts detail are pieces of .020 styrene rod

Well that’s all for now, as you can see lots of scratch building that is slowing my
Progress down, but these little details are what bring the model to life.

Merry Christmas to all and see you soon!!
Abdin