Looking Great, Mike! It will break up the camouflage colors nicely and create some contrast.
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Wow! This thing is big! Is the tow truck 1/48?
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Hi Jesper,
Every now-and-again, I need to remind myself that everything is 1/72 scale. The Haunebue IIb saucer is 14” (355.6mm) diameter. …
Thank’s for having a sighting!
—mike …
PS: I’m building these two trucks for the ‘Convoy Campaign’ as ground support vehicles for the Squadron Models (SQM0001) Haunebu II German Flying Saucer UFO
Special Armor (72001) 1/72 HANOMAG SS-100 Gigant “Schwerer Radschlepper” Heavy Tractor
Roden (ROD 738) 1/72 VOMAG 8LR LKW WWII German Heavy Truck
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Holy cow that looks slick.
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I reckon that engine is going to straining in the SS-100… That’s a big old chunk of metal to be pulling … It looks really big now you see it next to the truck…
Without scrolling back a million posts (slight exaggeration and being lazy 
) had the paint scheme been decided for the saucer yet Mike?
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It helps if the saucer crew releases the hand brake!
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It would help even more if the wheels were all pointing the same way… 
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Awesome!!
You have a great eye for detail.
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Thank you all kind sirs!
I’ve got a scheme all worked out in my head (der Luftwaffe Squiggles). It’s extremely ambitious and I’m absolutely clueless how to pull it off. 
… This is gonna’ stall things for sure. 
Hey Peter,
They do… up!
…with a little help from Bob. 
Thank’s for having a look!
—mike …
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Another small update on the Haunebu IIb.
Metal Turret Cannons got some primer today.
Tamiya (87064) Fine Grey Surface Primer (rattle-can)
—mike …
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There is a YouTube video from Keeto Model Works showing the painting of squiggle camo (Wellenmuster/Mäandertarnung) on a Hs129 using an empty paint pen filled with the appropriate camouflage color; you may be able to adapt this technique to the night-fighter pattern from that image.
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@ Sean (srmalloy). Thank you so much for sharing the video link! That’s a great technique and exactly what I was hoping for. I can hardly wait to experiment! 
Cheers!
—mike …
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Well, it’s about time we got better TV reception around here! 
Aft Antenna scratch-build (L 22mm). Notched with a small triangular file and assembled with CA glue.
• K&S Brass (8160) Rod .032” (.81mm)
• K&S Brass (8159) Rod .020” (.51mm)
Hmmm… Can there even be a forward, aft, port and starboard on a round ship? 
“Who cares?! Now I can watch ‘Lucy!’” 
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So that was this morning’s warmup. Now for the real fun…
As mentioned earlier-on, there was landing gear jiggery-pokery “afoot.”
What you see here are more huge chunks of styrene hacked away from the cheese wheel. After which, the gear assemblies were permanently attached with ‘Bob Smith’s Quik-Cure Epoxy.’ 
On the flip-side… Now that the landing gear has been corrected, I closed-up the ginormous cavities left behind by the Mad Hacker. 
Now with the wheel bays out of the way, the doors can be attached. A couple more personal touches and a lot of putty to follow. Please stay tuned…
—mike …r
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Nice work Mike, some serious surgery undertaken there!
Cheers, D
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Good effort all round Mike… It’s taking a lot of work, but your thinking outside the box is going to turn this into such a great unique build… 
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Damian and John. Thank’s guys!
Now that major surgery (on the cheese wheel, tortilla, frisbee, hub cap…) is done, hopefully it’s time to move on to a little more detail painting. … Whew! That was one lengthy procedure! 
—mike …
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You know that VHF is 30 - 300 MHz so that antenna array is good for FM broadcast receive as well 
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Nobody will ever see them…
Hello all,
My original plan was to add lightening holes to the very plain landing gear doors. However, I lack the proper tool to create them so I had to scrap that idea. Instead, I stuck-on strips of Tamiya Masking tape (2mm) in hopes of creating a little micro-relief under the paint.
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I also did some add-on to the Tow Bar.
Outrigger T-handles (imaginary axle-locking mechanism). Once again, Vallejo Deep Yellow (70.915) came out to play. 
—mike …
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Interesting technique. Can’t wait to see the result under paint 
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