Rob de Bie's scale models

Welcome to my modeling pages! You will find reports of my finished models and construction reports of some of the models I'm currently working on. You can take a look at my modeling workplace, and my for sale and wanted page. The pages show lots of 'in progress' photos, since I usually find these much more interesting than photos of the finished model. I spend a lot of time on research, but for me that is a large part of the pleasure of building a model. Some reference material is presented on this site. If you have comments or questions, mail me. You can also navigate this site by using the what's new page.

Models - finished

Italeri (Dragon) 1/144 A-6E Intruder

Revell 1/144 YF-23A

Monogram 1/48 P-47D Razorback

Hasegawa 1/72 Bf 109G-14

Academy 1/72 Me 163B Komet

Revell 1/48 Lippisch P 13A

Fujimi 1/72 Ju 87D-1 Stuka

Italeri 1/72 Super Etendard

ARII 1/72 BD-5J

Shapeways 1/72 PowerPlanes (3)

Revell 1/72 Storm Shadow

Scratchbuilt 1/10 Locost chassis

Attack Squadron 1/72 RQ-7B

1/72 AQM-34L desk model

RealSpace 1/96 Apollo CSM

Revell 1/96 Apollo LM

Skyrim Skeleton Key

Monogram 1/48 F-84F + stores

Matchbox 1/72 MiG-21PF

Own production 1/72 AQM-34K

Airfix Four-Stroke Engine

Royal Model 1/35 Peter's point fifty

Amodel 1/72 Kh-55M

Hasegawa 1/72 SR-71A play toy

Hasegawa 1/72 MiG-23

Hasegawa F-4 Eggplane

Airfix 1/72 'Hot Shots' Gnat

Verlinden 1/72 MD-3 deck tractors

Hawk 1/32 H-43B Huskie

Revell 1/72 F-16A (#1)

Revell 1/72 F-16A (#2)

Shop displays project

Monogram 1/72 D-21 'what if'

Own design 1/72 Cassutt 111M

Models - under construction

Aircraft

Esci 1/72 RF-104G Starfighter

LS 1/72 BD-5J

Airfix 1/72 Mosquito

MPM 1/72 Curtiss-Wright CW-21B

Hasegawa 1/72 TF-104G

Monogram/Hasegawa 1/72 A-1E

Dragon 1/72 Ar 234B

Scratch 1/72 Lambach HL2

Hasegawa 1/72 F-104D

Italeri 1/72 AQM-34L

Pegasus 1/72 Have Blue

Academy 1/72 OV-10B Bronco

Seminar 1/72 U-2C

High Planes 1/72 Bearcat Racer

ARII/12 Squared 1/144 A-12

Esci 1/72 F-100D

Printapart 1/72 Eaglet

A+V Models 1/72 AQM-91

Revell 1/48 Me 163B

12 Squared 1/72 Gnat 750

Cars

AMT 1/25 custom 1949 Ford

Hasegawa 1/24 Porsche 962 IMSA

Protar 1/24 Lancia LC2

Tamiya 1/24 Kremer 935 K4

Esci 1/24 Lancia Beta Monte Carlo

Tamiya 1/24 Porsche 956

Revell 1/25 Amato dragster

Profil24 1/24 Porsche 917LH

Monogram 1/24 1985 Thunderbird v2

Nunu 1/24 Kremer Porsche 935 K3

Models - cancelled

Italeri 1/72 Su 24 Fencer

Heller 1/72 Me 163B-1 Komet

Italeri 1/72 X-32 JSF

Italeri 1/72 Su 17M-4

Tamiya 1/72 Bell X-1

Dragon 1/35 V2

Academy 1/72 MiG-27

Revell and Aurora 1/72 Skycranes

Lone Star Models 1/72 Q-2A

Monogram 1985 Thunderbird v1

Unicraft 1/72 RQ-1 Predator

Model Art 1/72 ASMP

MPC-Ertl 1/25 1971 Mustang

3D CAD & 3D printing

Aircraft

1/72 F-104G starter cart

1/72 U-2C Q-bay hatch

1/48 F-84F ATO rack

1/72 Cassutt 111M pylon racer

Cars

1/24 Lancia LC2 louvers

1/25 'Duel' Peterbilt front wheels

1/25 'Duel' Peterbilt windshield gaskets

1/25 'Duel' Peterbilt 'needle nose' grille

1/25 'Duel' Peterbilt 'needle nose' hood

Reviews

Aircraft

Italeri/Zvezda 1/72 MiG 23ML

Classic Plane 1/72 Gee Bee R-1/R-2

MPM 1/72 Fokker G.I Mercury

MPM 1/72 XF-85 'Upgraded'

Atomic Models 1/32 AGM-86B

Flightpath 1/32 Storm Shadow

Combat Kits 1/72 BAe Mantis

Tsukuda 1/72 A-1H Skyraider

PlusModel 1/72 BQM-34A Firebee

Cars

Airfix 1/24 Peugeot 905

Nitto 1/20 BMW 3.5 CSL

Figures

Beavis & Butthead

Kit and paint lists

Cars

Visible engines

Porsche 934/935 kit list

Porsche 917 kit list

Revell / AMT / Aurora Parts Packs

Paints

Humbrol tin evolution

Humbrol 'Authentic colours'

MRP lacquer list

Manufacturers

12 Squared models

General

Cutaway drawing list

Techniques

Canopy masking with CCF

Design your own Alps/OKI decals

Ultrasonic NaOH paint stripping

Badger 150 needles

Vacuum resin casting

Research

Aircraft

Pierced Steel Planking (PSP)

1/72 'Mule' deck tractors

Postjager colors and markings

Postjager mystery logo

Postjager wing profiles

TAB-VEE shelters

BD-5J census

RF-104G wreckovery

AQM-91 wing and tail profiles

BD-5A/B factory engines

Volkel bomb splinter

RNLAF and RNN fonts

Soviet shelters in the GDR

Mystery Luftwaffe hangar at Volkel

Mildenhall 1934 fuel trucks

Cassutt 'aftermarket' wings

Cars

TWR-Jaguar XJR-9LM walk-around

Services

Custom decal design

Links

Links to fellow Dutch modelers, in order of discovery. Facebook pages are excluded.

Eric Verschuur

Meindert de Vreeze

Rob van Riel's modeling weblog

Tom Zuijdwegt - Airwar 1946

Wim Vink - Mil-Mod

Hans van Oerle

Arjan Ouwendijk - Truck reference

Peter van Lune (Frog Penguin)

Wilko Jonker (+)

Revolutie vliegtuigmodelmuseum (+)

Henk Timmerman - Henk of Holland

Bel Air Models

Matchbox by Reinhold Bogaard

Patrick Sitters / Nemmy

Rob Hamann

Peter Stoof

Rob van Driel

Ed Lenders vrachtwagens

Ton Hazelaar Model Cars

Rik Verhagen

Erik Olijnsma

Kars Jans 'RacingKars'

Rays kits

Eddy's Modeltrucks

Hobby Robby (YouTube)

Kit Kabinet (YouTube)

Leon Vercruijsse - ElveScaleModeling

BOM Modelbouw

Here's an overview of previously listed but discontinued websites, that were recovered through the WayBack Machine. If you're really interested in a particular site, it's useful to explore different captures by the WayBack Machine, since the completeness of captures tends to differ. Also, be patient, the pages and photos often load slowly.

Jurrie's PlasticKits (2007)

Dick Herstel (2007)

Tim van Dooremalen (2007)

Andries Waardenburg (2008)

Remco Donselaar (2008)

Jappie Buisman (2009)

Sander van Kreijl (2009)

Remco Grob (2009)

Jan Kusters (2009)

Mario Wens (2010)

Bert van de Maat (2012)

Willem van Nuenen (2013)

Fred Anneveld (2015)

Promotional scale models (2018)

Sidney de Koning (2019)

Remco van der Zon (2020)

Ron Brown (2020)

Erik Fontein (2022)

Holland Plastic Model Kits (2022)

Patrick Sitters (2022)

Heico van der Heide (2023)

Rob van Driel (2023)

I could not find working captures of the following discontinued websites:

Klaasjans modelbouwpagina

Niek Uwland

Ronald Kok

Jelle's Modelbouwpagina

Bjorn Dol

I noticed that many modelers are unaware of the existence of modeling clubs. Meeting fellow modelers and looking at and learning from each others models is very inspiring! I'm a member of IPMS-The Netherlands (International Plastic Modellers Society) which has about 1000 members. It has regional chapters, with regular meetings. You can view many photo reports of our Regio Zuid-Holland meetings.

Dutch-speaking modelers can visit the Modelbrouwers forum. A source of modeling information from the nineties is the newsgroup rec.models.scale; you can search its archives through Google.