kkarlsen Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 (edited) 2020 was a rollercoaster ride with great up's and subsequent declines... All at the same time. The worst and the best year in large scale modeling. 2020 started out very good with the finished Aeromarine 75 build and the Hydro Monoplane I around February first. Then the Corona virus hit and Wingnut Wings crashed. At this point the stock was pretty thin regarding WNW's kits, only 3-4 in the stash. So I started 'collecting' what I could get my hands on without having to pay extra. I finally managed to finish the Fokker Dr. I Jasta 11 Roden triple diorama in April. Then I had to make up my mind where to go next.... This ended up becoming quite the struggle. And a lot of new builds were started F-16, Thuling G etc. At the end of June the KLP Arado build was ready to go... By now the WNW's stash was swollen to 12 + 2 duellists kits, I almost had every WNW kit I ever wanted. In the end, a second Felixstowe was the last one to be added to the stash. By the end of summer I was now working on 3-4 builds simultaneously, building in every direction possible... I finally settled on doing a build that I would be able to finish. Rodens Albatros D.III with Aviattic/Pheon decals. This helped me to begin focus on what I wanted to do next and the Rumpler 6B.1 Seaplane conversion was started... One of the great news this year were the resin kits from Lukgraph. The De Havilland DH.89 is one of my all time favorite's. And it was just what I needed and I managed to finish it in the dying days of this horrible year. On a positive note, in 2020 we finally got our Mengnut Fokker Dr. I and who knows, a shimmer of light at the end of the tunnel regarding WNW's? Roden announced they would begin producing WWI large scale models again, SPAD XIII, Avro 504 & Sopwith 1½ Strutter are in the pipeline. Lukgraph is on a roll (please support) the highlight for me being the upcoming Friedrichshafen FF33L. Some very nice new kits are coming from ICM too. Copper State has announced the Caudron. I hope to be able to finish the Rumpler 6B.1 sometime soon and the T-33A after that. I will try my best not to run around like a headless chicken in 2021! Cheers: Kent Edited January 2, 2021 by kkarlsen MikeMaben, Tolga ULGUR, Brett M and 14 others 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircommando130 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Very cool! Would love to see more of the Dr 1 diorama! Cheers...Ron kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Great work, each and every one of them Kent! You follow where the Muse takes you, no fault in that. Cheers, Tom Rockie Yarwood and kkarlsen 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Superb builds all of them Kent! Your Fokker DrI diorama is a real gem. Ernest kkarlsen and Rockie Yarwood 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 I forgot to ask, did your scratchbuild the crane in the Ar 234 build, or is it a kit? If it is a kit, may I ask who manufacture's it? Thank You, Ernest kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 (edited) Thank you Ernerst, the 'Portalkran' was scratched... Crane build at the bottom of the page... Edited January 4, 2021 by kkarlsen Rockie Yarwood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 On 1/2/2021 at 5:00 PM, aircommando130 said: Would love to see more of the Dr 1 diorama! Did you find the Jasta 11 Dreidekkers? Diorama... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircommando130 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 8 hours ago, kkarlsen said: Did you find the Jasta 11 Dreidekkers? Diorama... Definitely an awesome diorama! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 The dioramas are nice, characters add life to the scene. Curious, how did you do the grass? Don kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 5 hours ago, dmthamade said: how did you do the grass? Welberg Scenic Studios Rockie Yarwood 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Amazing stuff Kent kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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