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DerMattes
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John
Agree, whatever I fancy at the time. If I've just come off a difficult build, I might trend towards something easier to get in the mood for filling, sanding, scribing and all the rest on the next one.

Ben M
I have to do one now and again because they are so nice.

Palo M
Exactly right, Ben! It comes together almost by itself, I feel like an observer in the construction 🙂 .

Ben M
The new tamiya stuff is very precise. When I built the Matilda ii, I would have difficulty taking parts apart after dry fitting so I could glue them. I was amazed.

Palo M
I'm not a fan of 0.15mm airbrush. It stops painting at random times, it's difficult to control the amount of paint, just doesn't work for me. Lots of repair will need to happen here.

Ben M
That does sound rough. I don't know if this will help but I've found the Iwata airbrush cleaner very helpful.

Clair Greenwood
In my experience I've learned that if your paint is clogging up the tip at random times use one drop of liquid dish soap in the mix of paint & thinner. It stops the clogging and improves the flow but paint dries normally. First time I did this I seen slightly different color patches here and there but once dry everything was uniform.

Palo M
Thanks, Clair, I'll give it a try. I used to get clogging regularly when using Vallejo paints, after switching to MRP, it was always great. I thought it would be the same on 0.15 as with 0.4mm, that was too optimistic. Will update once I try it.

John
I have heard bad things about Vallejo and airbrushes but great for regular brushing. Sort of opposite with Tamiya. I have a PS771 with the 0.18mm and I use Tamiya so it may not apply to you, but for fine lines 70% Levelling thinner, about 30% paint and lower the air pressure (12psi or so) so you don't get spiderwebs and it works pretty well. Still get tip drying once in a while, but point away from the model, give it a quick full blast and that usually takes care of it. Or, you can keep a cotton swab with thinner on it and just touch it to the airbrush tip and that will usually fix it too.

CaptGPF
Love the cockpit details - is it safe to assume this will be done with the canopy open?

John
Hi Capt, thanks for the comments and likes. 👍

I would dearly like to keep the canopy open but it may not be possible. For whatever reason, Hasegawa designed it to be closed only, at least the front canopy. I could fabricate some rails no problem, but the issue is that the main canopy is too narrow to fit over the fixed section right behind it. I saw a build where they managed it, but it spread the canopy so much that stress cracks appeared in the plastic! I will probably just end up not gluing it so that it can at least be removed to show all the Quinta detail. At least it fits very well closed with no gaps.

James C
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Felix
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Neil
Me too 👍

Jennifer Franklin
Me 3

Mark Sherwood
Nice paint job. 👍🥸👍

Guy Rump
Following, looking good. 👍

Dave Hunter
That weathering is fantastic!

Rui S
Looking Great 👍

John
Hi Dave and Rui, thanks! Getting close to the finish on this one. Undercoat turned out well enough that don't really need to use oils that much.

Neil
Hi John, well this is all turning out spectacular! 🙂👏 Your wear/weathering skill is very much impressive to me 👍

John
Thanks Neil! This has been a fun, albeit slow, one.

J35J
Wow, another impressive build! Your paint/weathering skills is next level. Congrats!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Vishnu
My favorite airplane! Nice job!

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

James C
Stunning looking Stuka John! 👍

CaptGPF
Wow! The final chipping and weathering is great! Well done!

John
Thanks everyone, this was a fun one!

Mr James
A lovely build. The wear and tear, scratches and weathering is spot on.

John
Very nice, love the scheme. Have the 1/48 version I'm planning to do in those colors...someday!

P Swizz
Great build and excellent photos 👌

Mr D
Nice choice of kit, like the way your clock's/ instruments have turned out.
Was each clock individual??
Good stuff, my next kit is a Tamiya, was good quality.
Thanks for uploading 👍👍

John
Thanks Mr D. You can't go wrong with a Tamiya, at least in terms of fit. Sometimes their details get simplified and supposedly a few kits have accuracy issues, but for assembly they are great. Had to do this one after the A-20G since it was so painfully fussy to fit together. This is a nice change!

I thought about punching out each instrument individually but it's so small it would have driven me mad. Fortunately, the decal is sized perfectly to the panel so if you align it carefully, it turns out fine.

This kit doesn't specifically say it, but you can do both open and closed engine panel. Since the engine fits with pins and poly caps, you can change them out, which I intend to do. It's a nice touch and the kit is fairly cheap. Pick one up if you haven't already.

Mark Sherwood
I agree,after a frustrating build. You can go to a Tamiya kit and get back to what the hobby is about. . . Enjoyment, satisfaction, reasonable accuracy and a decent finish. Good interior John, looks like the 162 is on track as I would expect from your good self. 🤘🥸🤟🥸👍

Mr D
Brilliant thanks for the Advice John..😃👍👍. Appreciate it.
Good luck with rest of build ...nice subject 👌

Doubtingmango
Fantastic work on the instruments! Nothing like a nice Tamiya kit to keep the blood pressure down to acceptable levels

bughunter
Yep, nice work 👍

Sebastian Meyner
👍 Following 🙂

Mr D
Like the engine n wiring work ... coming along nicely 👌👍

Mr James
A really good modeller at work. Lovely work so far

John
Thanks Mr James. This is a fun little build. These recent Tamiyas are a treat to put together.