A380-B747 scaffolding, tail dock for maintenance hangar - Photos: Etihad B747F

[Vandan]

I would like to share with you my new "A380-B747 scaffolding - tail dock" for my hangar, that I made last week. It's not completely done yet and I want to make later more detailed. Also the hangar is about 50% completely done. I hope you also like this and enjoy the pictures!

[Vandan]

[Vandan]

Some more photos of the LH A380

[AirCal]

Amazing work and patience, and the pictures look fantastic as always!

[Kitty Hawk 1903]

WOW!!!! That is absolutely incredible. What I consider to be the prettiest freighter on the planet.

[QantasF1]

Truly Amazing work and just curious, how many hours you sleep every night as I heard you could only do all this work during the night after family/kids put their head down. You are such a talent person and I am glad to see your work in DAC.

[SaltyPete29]

Absolutely stunning! Love the level of detail in the structures

[DouglasDC5]

Well I'll be darned! Thanks for sharing.

[Kitty Hawk 1903]

I know I have posted in this thread already. But the more I look,the more I am amazed at the incredible detail. All this is made after you have walked the dog,and all is quiet at home. I truly envy people like yourself who are capable of creating masterpieces like this. Please,carry on,make more.

[SgtMoody]

Superb.....! You are a true inspiration for this forum, you never fail to amaze me time after time!

[Aussiejets]

Originally Posted by SgtMoody

Superb.....! You are a true inspiration for this forum, you never fail to amaze me time after time!

I agree. Nothing but First Class every time. How do you find the time? Thank you for sharing

[Ajay1]

Yea!! What can you say, its truly awesome.

[TerenceW]

Awesome work Vandan!

[Mathy]

congrats!! What a detailed awesome work!! Perfectly transfered in the pictures!! Thanks for sharing

[Baerke]

Amazing...just beautiful!! Always look forward to your pics!!!

[StillAir]

Great diorama - Great pictures !!!

And here are some of the 1:1 version at their home base

PS: The last season detail would also be a great challenge

[Charlie Alpha]

The quality of your work is almost beyond belief. Every time I see a post of your pictures, I am amazed by all of the detail and am in awe of how much time you must have invested in your creations.

Simply superb!! Thank you so much for sharing your work with us here on the forum.

[travsuz]

Amazing photos!!!!

[billville]

Amazing work there!! I really love all the details and the feel of the hangar. Good job...your hard work has definitely paid off!

[Deadlef]

Great work. That wire insulation there must belong to 500 mm² single conductor at least at scale 1/200.

[Vandan]

Thank you all, guys for your comments, your kind words and your compliments. I am very glad I shared the pictures with you and that you like my work, my deep passion. I would like to reply with this comment all your questions and write a little about me:

I don‘t have much time, I have also other hobby, I also very like to play football, (currently I play football twice a week in the evening), watch football, sometimes go for photography, plane spotting, I like watching and collecting heavy trucks, cranes in scale 1:50, I work full job, I have (unfortunately only) one woman , 2 children (9 and 10) I have a large garden in the outside of Vienna (which is also very much to do, especially in the spring and in summer). My children and my family is very important to me and they always come first as my hobby.

So I normally don‘t have time in the day, the time in the day is for my children, My family, for work and private work. In the evening I would have time from 9pm, only if the children are already in bed but then only on Monday, (maybe on Wed), Thu, Sat, possibly on Sun.

This hobby work: I take pictures for my models or make something for my diorama etc ... is always made from 9 pm to 12 pm, sometimes until 1 or 2 am, on weekends perhaps to 3-4 am. I couldn‘t sleep so much, at 6:30 am I get up with my children and after that I go to work. I sleep average about 6 hours or less. I work in the IT Branch, it often demands real concentration, that is what I often have problems, I sit all day in front of my computer and I falled asleep for some minutes, especially in the afternoon, after lunch. Therefore i always drink 5-6 cups of coffee every day.

I think I can build myself many things for modeling, for my diorama, and I always try to make the best and detailed as possible, of course with a lot of considerations. Unfortunately I don't have much time and machine for this, I've done with my hands and my eyes so far, sometimes it's not as clean as machine, the parts are too small, therefore it is difficult to make, not like 1:50 or 1:87. And when the time is tight, you can't make right and clean
I would like to thank you again and you've given me the new motivation and I will make soon something new.

[Vandan]

Originally Posted by Deadlef

Great work. That wire insulation there must belong to 500 mm² single conductor at least at scale 1/200.

It is about:
- Length:11cm
- Width: 17cm
- Height: 13cm

[Vandan]

Originally Posted by StillAir

Great diorama - Great pictures !!!

And here are some of the 1:1 version at their home base

PS: The last season detail would also be a great challenge

Hi StillAir,
To make like 1:1 is very difficult , i've make this scaffolding after I saw this photo from AirlineReporter.com, I think, this photo was in the Hangar like your photos above you took

[Vandan]

Originally Posted by Kitty Hawk 1903

I know I have posted in this thread already. But the more I look,the more I am amazed at the incredible detail. All this is made after you have walked the dog,and all is quiet at home. I truly envy people like yourself who are capable of creating masterpieces like this. Please,carry on,make more.

Thank you again for the kind words. Did you see the ladder system? I have built so that you can walk from the bottom to the top. 2 lifts in the middle are also available. I would build later a normal staircase, which takes a lot of time.

[Kitty Hawk 1903]

Originally Posted by Vandan

Thank you again for the kind words. Did you see the ladder system? I have built so that you can walk from the bottom to the top. 2 lifts in the middle are also available. I would build later a normal staircase, which takes a lot of time.

Yes I did. If it's possible to make,I have no doubt you can make it.

[jetfly1968]

Fantastic work. I just want to make a small correction to the hole scene. Please don't take me wrong but note that in real life will never see those step ladders loose around any aircraft. Normally will be attached on the side of the metal construction and steps in Z line will be together as part of the complete metal construction to secure workers/engineers safety in this case.
Thanks for posting

Regards Modestos

[StillAir]

Yes, that thing belongs to our A380 hangar here at FRA.

And sometimes you could see some nice plane "collections" there

[TerenceW]

Love those pics of the real scaffold and hangar too. This thread is awesome!

[Kelso49]

Absolutely amazing. Fantastic work.

[smoothjazz]

Very nice work. Many hours of happy labor's great outcome. Great work!

[geeforce9]

More jaw dropping awesomeness from Vandan! Looks amazingly real especially in comparison with the 1:1 version - thanks for sharing the pics mate

[ETIHAD]

All I can say is "WOW" very nice.

[jcahea]

Simply amazing!

[Sir Frank Whittle]

Genius, no other words to describe

[TONKA]

Again, excellent!!!

[Icarus757]

Damn!!!!! scale modeling taken to a new level, this is some of the finest work I've seen in quite a while.

[Vandan]

Thank you all guys for your compliments

Here are some new photos of my hangar that I've made last 2 weeks. You can see now, how it looks like later the outside of my hangar , when it gets finished. LEDs will build in the front, doors are still missing. Inside is only half finished and I will make later more detailed but slightly different than right side

[TheFSXPilot]

That is very well done. I actually thought it was real for a split-second when I first saw the picture at the top. I have to say, it is fantastic. Everything is well done. Good job. Double thumbs up!

[Baerke]

Originally Posted by StillAir

Great diorama - Great pictures !!!

And here are some of the 1:1 version at their home base

PS: The last season detail would also be a great challenge

Nice that the Brussel was standing in the maintenance hall the day you took the picture..gemini's model

Hope to take the airport tour next summer at FRA!! Mighty airport!

[MD11BEN]

This is amazing! Quick question, how did you get your photos listed like that? They look great!

[Vandan]

Originally Posted by MD11BEN

This is amazing! Quick question, how did you get your photos listed like that? They look great!

I am sorry, I just come back today on the DA.C and read your comment.
So I've done it: I just copy the BBCode of all photos (I want to share) from flickr.com, but just only from [img] to [/img] and insert them in the post.

[MD11BEN]

Thank you

[G650ER]

Masterpiece!! Wish I could build something like this.

[Vandan]

Originally Posted by Jan Jasinski

Masterpiece!! Wish I could build something like this.

Thanks Jan, I am firmly convinced, you can also do it. It looks complicated but it is not hard to make.