Hello from the Netherlands

[Hermann Kersten]

Hello to all of you!

 

I am Hermann from the Netherlands and in my childhood i build already modelkits, not the finest ones but still.

After a stop of decades i started with military and airplanes, plastic kits and metal scratch.

Since  5 years ago im infected with the truck modeling and made already a few european Trucks, mainly Mercedes Benz in scale 1/24 an 1/25

The fun for me, is to make a complete different type of transport, to modify the cabines and the detailing of these trucks.

Recently I am a little brainwashed by a friend, who is also here on board with old US Resin Trucks, and started a build of my first US (old) truck

This Project is as usual for me a mix with scratch, modify and kit parts.

I saw in the topics that this forum is also a good resource for the US-stuff, and would help me also with this kind of trucks, because with USA trucks i'm not so familiar.

The most important thing for me with modeling is,  to enjoy the building proces, sharing it and to learn from others.

Besides of building model trucks, i'm also building on my english, forgive me if my grammar is not correct.

Soon i will be posting.

Hermann.

 

 

 

[Ramfins59]

Welcome to our plastic playground Hermann.

[Luc Janssens]

Welkom noorderbuur.

[jacobus]

welcome , finnaly have my work this result that you here on the forum

let them see how you very nice and good build mercedes are

your friend jacobus  

[crazyjim]

Welcome Hermann.

[Hermann Kersten]

Thanks for the warm welcome guys!

[Anglia105E]

Welcome Hermann...... I sometimes order products from Shapeways in the Netherlands, and I find the company very good on quality and prices, also the delivery to UK is very quick and reliable service. The support people on Shapeways are very friendly and helpful. The website is well designed and easy to use.

David

[Ro3bert]

Welcome Hermann.

[Hermann Kersten]

David and Robert, thank you for the welcome.

@David:

I used also 3 times a product from Shapeways.

These produchts are trailer and truck rims, the printing looks good but it gives me a lot of work to get the surface smooth.

For small parts its ok, but for that reason I prefer to choose for bigger parts styrene or resin, which in my view and in my case is a better choice

 

Hermann.

Edited May 1, 2018 by Hermann Kersten

[Anglia105E]

Thank you for your reply Hermann...... I also like to mould and cast resin parts, even a two part mould for a 1:24 scale Rolls-Royce body shell, from which I cast two body shells. Also, I produced a 6 cylinder 4.9 litre Rolls-Royce engine from 1955 - 1959, using FreeCAD software and uploaded this to Shapeways, who sent me the 3D printed engine. These engines are for my Silver Cloud collection.

David

[Kronic Designs]

Welcome Hermann.

[warra48]

Welkom Hermann, van een andere Nederlander vanuit Australië.

[Hermann Kersten]

Mike and the dutch Warra from Australië, thanks for the welcome.

@David, That'sa  very nice Silver Cloud, and the engine looks also good and nice printed.

 

[Anglia105E]

Thanks Hermann for your compliment on the Silver Cloud and engine. Good luck with your model truck building, especially the US ones. You will find lots of helpful and friendle people on MCM forums and plenty of useful tips and information.

David

[D. Battista]

Welcome to the forum Hermann...!

[Hermann Kersten]

Thanks for the welcome Dave!

[Ich_Will]

Welcome! I love all things Mercedes...looking forward to seeing your builds. 

[Hermann Kersten]

aHi William, thanks for the warm welcome!

 

Hermann.

Edited May 19, 2018 by Hermann Kersten