Thunderbarrel, N469P - catch me if you can....

Choppa Nutta
I take it this one is going to fly for a change ?😉 😄

Bernhard Schrock
By accident I had an idea for a funny scene yesterday. The crucial think was to find a running figure an a little motor for running propeller. Today I had to play dr. Frankenstein to get the right shape of my running mechanic...
Choppa: Not really in flight but with turning prop and in "motion" (mechanic AND his plane...🙂 )

Choppa Nutta
sounds intriguing and amusing, looking forward to seeing how it pans out 🙂

Hanno Kleinecke
Murph the mechanic fleeing his own plane ? I'm curious ! The P&W looks perfect.

Bernhard Schrock
Maybe the other way around... Wait and see🙂

Christian Bruer
guess this will be fun to follow 🙂

Martin Oostrom
No moving pistons in the engine? I'm disappointed Bernhard 😉

Choppa Nutta
lol 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Martin: of course the engine is functioning!!. Have forgotten to upload a picture. See the last picture #15 🙂

Christian Ristits
Very cool!

Choppa Nutta
haha, glad I aint the only into the Lego😉 😄

Bernhard Schrock
Choppa: I'm really fascinated by Lego Technik. What you sea on picture is a mine loader and 50% my property: pay the half, build the half (the other half payed and build Alex my son).

Martin Oostrom
Great! Love that humour 👍

Choppa Nutta
haha, that's the nice about having kids, you can buy them the toys you've always wanted😉 😄

Holger Kranich
Oh what a old princess! Hang in there Berhard!😢

Bernhard Schrock
1974...indeed an old princess!! In this year I was 9 years old and begun to build papermodels of Mały Modelarz...

Holger Kranich
I was planned to emerge 2 years later.🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Believe it or not: Tamiyas kit of the Buffalo is more than 40 years old. Amazingly it can still keep up with today's standards. Unfortunately the kit offers clear parts for closed configuration of the cockpit: all three parts (windscreen, moveable part and the turtle deck) are molded together. Separating the parts does not help because the thickness of the material the middle (moveable) part is too high.
About 20 years ago I already build the Buffalo and vacumformed all three parts using my toaster. Just now I found leftover parts in my "vacumformed spare parts box"!!!!! Surprise!

Holger Kranich
Now it is indeed very nice surprise😄

Holger Kranich
Ja, das habe ich schon gesehen!🙂

Holger Kranich
Ist das tatsächlich derselbe Bausatz?

Bernhard Schrock
Ja das ist der ole Bausatz.
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Bernhard Schrock
It is very stunning: Humbrol has more than 150 different pains but no semi mat yellow... two days ago I hat to mix 50% H154 and 50% H69. I know that mixture does not dry fast (to days at least) but each time I'm scared that it never will...

Hanno Kleinecke
Beautiful flashy yellow ! Which colour will the checkerboards be ?

Bernhard Schrock
Hanno: rot, krass! guckst you hier!!(32-34)

Hanno Kleinecke
Das nenn ich mal ne prompte Bedienung : Kaum gefragt - schon fertig lackiert ! 😄 Sieht klasse aus !

Bernhard Schrock
Hanno: bitte Danke gerne.
Decals in place minus plane name: Thunderbarell. I used red ink and caligraphic pen to paint (write) the plane name on transparent decal film.

Martin Oostrom
Beautiful masterpiece, once more.
Well done Bernhard 👍

Christian Bruer
Sehr schick geworden 👍

Stefan Schacht
Cool 🙂

Gary Brantley
Nice!! 👍 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you Mates. Im glad that you like my Barrel.🙂
Nearly for one week I tried to make the airplane's name. The first run with pencil and red ink was not satisfying. Then I tried a copy of a pc-drawing via laser printer. It worked but I was not satisfied with the result again. At last I tried the same at home using our Brother ink jet printer and ink jet decal paper. Again without success.
At last I used red dry transfers for the letters and Lines for the bolt. Had I known this earlier...😉

Hanno Kleinecke
A pretty little yellow fatty, let the race begin !

Stephan Ryll
Wonderful result Bernhard, the colour is outstanding 👍 ***

wilky
She's a beauty, for sure

Burkhard D
Looks perfectly flawless from here😎

Christian Ristits
Looks fantastic, love the colour!

Jay Mountain Goat
Flawless looking Buffalo, never knew they did races. Interesting subject indeed. The finish looks superb, and although markings are minimal, they sure look great.

George Henderson
Absolutely fantastic scheme. These are great kits, I built mine as a "captured" Japanese bird

Hanno Kleinecke
Poor Guy, hope he can catch up with his haywired bird ! Lovely scenery excellently executed as usual 👍

Choppa Nutta
Love it !
nice to see the motor works as intended 😄

Michael Hickey
What a cool little dio, love it.👍

Christian Bruer
👍

bughunter
Bernhard, just found the article on Modellversium - I missed it here. What a cool little story telling dio 👍
Great workmanship, and I like the idea with the "plug and play" connection between aircraft and base. Well done again my friend!

Spanjaard
i missed this one before. what an excellent job. that red squares perfectly aligned are simple amazing.

Chris Nally
super build Bernhard, what a scheme