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I take my hat off, Joseph! Already a number of useful tips, not least the simple beauty of the silk paper-started roll! I envy you your proficiency with 3D-programmes. Alas, I fear that is beyond me, but I will continue admiring your proficiency, and others! Many, many thanks for this and...

Thanks Jim! I've been looking through some of the manufacturer's lists, too. But since I'm an ABSOLUTE novice in this field, I thought it best to get some advice. The freighter in your image looks exactly like what I'd like to have - although in my case it would have to be in as large scale...

Thanks for the tip, Jim! By the way, would you have a suggestion if I were ever to contemplate a freighter ship? I'm thinking of the older type, I think they were called "three-island". (Is that correct?) - Leif

Thank you for confirming difficulties with Illustrator. What a relief! I've been feeling like a dunce for ages, without daring to say so, because I can't get heads or tails of Illustrator (and I have been working satisfactorily with other vector-based programmes in the past). That's why I'm...

Ist das schön zu sehen! - Leif

Gil, glad you succeeded in eliminating the black lines. That is a good way, using the magic wand tool, although if used on a low quality scan, or if the original is of low quality, it will give lines of varying thickness, depending on how much or little the wand picks up. If it solved your...

Hi Jim, thanks for the comment (also on the Airacobra thread - I did notice!); and for keeping in contact. Gil - same thing to you, and on the issue of outlines: Absolutely, yes, it's well worth experimenting with Photoshop. There is an option whereby you can get an outline of a selection...

You're right about the earlier GPM version, of course. Having checked out a friend's copy of the GPM 011 Fiesler Storch from 1989, whatever merits it had then, it is just ridiculous by today's standards, and clearly not by Grzelczak. However, the present GPM version certainly is an original...

The Fiesler Storch by GPM, 1/33 scale The new kit of the Fiesler Storch from GPM is in fact, I understand, a reworking of an older kit by master modeler Tadeusz Grzelczak, who drew the two B17 models, by Fly and GPM, respectively, that has been much discussed on this site. Among countless...

I really like those masts. Hope your hand is getting better - nasty stuff we're keeping in our garden sheds, right? - L.

Good to see the old Constitution again. Kind of missed all those blocks and tackles. - L.

Impressive - congrat's! - L.

Agree! Agree! What a lovely technique, very helpful also for other applications. Thanks Rob! - Leif

Thanks for pointing to this fabulous build (and others, very nice too)! On the issue of glue-soaked thread, I've been meaning to post a question on that subject. Might as well, right here and now: What is the best method of applying ordinary sewing silk or thread as e.g. rigging wires...

I think I've said it before, and I'll say it again - this is "picture of the week" quality, if I ever saw one. Love the deep golden tones of the superstructure, contrasted to the red of the hull. And what a flawless build! - Leif

Mike, if you want a matt or semi-matt finish from your polyurethane, I recommend thinning it with ca 15 percent aceton (or possibly even more; experiment with the percentage!). Makes it easier to paint thin & smooth coats, too. I tried that with great success making a big RC scale glider...

Those gun towers look really nice, with the hand-railings and all! - L.

Dear Laszlo, as you can see for yourself, there is a great interest in, and admiration for work of your calibre. I know that anything you might want to share, particularly in describing techniques that you find interesting yourself, would be most eagerly studied on this site! In other...

Cecil, nice to say hullo to the mini-flea in such an unexpected context. Quite an easter egg, right? The hull looks fabulous. - L.

No, no, no, Yaniv - this is a reposting of a link in the thread you just started on instrument panels. Entirely my fault, though, since I failed to supply the proper reference: The master at work here is the Polish signature "laszlik" - see the link already supplied...