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Maciej Bellos
Nice start!

Nicolas
following

Thomas Kolb
Looks promising already!

Robert Podkoński
Broz Tito's reminescences... I am in!

Mr D
Nice 👍👍 like it, looking forward to next step.

Cuajete
Yeah... 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome folks! Great to see you here 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Forgot to photograph the cockpit before adding the canopy - hope you forgive me that 😛

Mr D
Coming along nicely 👍
Did you use masking fluid on the canopy??
Thanks for uploading... interesting build 😃👍

Łukasz Gliński
Yes Mr D, I went for the fluid as I found I haven't stocked my stash with the masks for this particular kit. Hope they will work well enough.

Ekki
Watching!

Guy Rump
Following 👍

Cuajete
Well done so far, Łukasz!
That screw in photo 2 looks like a worm that is in the process of metamorphosis inside a sabre dog 😛

Łukasz Gliński
It evolved into that big nose I guess 😛

Cuajete
I guess that's the nose of a good truffle hunting dog. 😛

Łukasz Gliński
Or:
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Cuajete
😄 😄 😄

Mirko Römer
Still subsonic, I can follow easily 🙂

Jv
Sure to follow
Fantastic details in that kit

nikfrost
Wow, looking really good.

Bavel Cat
Jv, nikfrost, Thank you my friends

Jv
Very good progress
Fantastic work and thanks for all your detailed pictures of your work

Baptiste Souillart
Impressive work

Bavel Cat
Jv, Thanks. I will try to sit down more often to build a model.

Michael Kohl
Was this color combination a standard for civil vehicles? I am asking because a week ago I saw one in southern Germany with exactly this livery.

Bavel Cat
Michael Kohl, Yes, this is the standard color of the 2018 anniversary UAZ 3909.

Michael Kohl
Thanks. Definitely an elegant choice of colors. Which ones did you use?

Bavel Cat
Michael Kohl, Thank you for your interest!
The main colors are glossy white (Revell acrylic) and Gray-blue A-18 m (ZIPmaket acrylic).

Mr D
Nice choice in kit 😁👍👍 has the Zvezda kit been well designed?
Nice work 👌

Bavel Cat
Mr D, The new models of the Zvezda company, it seems to me, are well developed. All the details fit together. The detail is at a good level.

Mr D
Great, thanks for letting me know, I'm big fan of soviet era stuff n Zvezda have good selection, lm thinking of doing a Mi-8 helicopter.... Chernobyl diorama in the winter.
All the best 👍👍

Mr D
Nice work👌 doing a good job...like the colour scheme

Bavel Cat
Mr D, You have an interesting idea. If you are worried about the quality of the model, I recommend that you first study the reviews on it.
But I usually focus on the assembly instructions 👌

John Hughes
If you have a smartphone, google translate has a camera option which will translate live for you.

Nathan Dempsey
Following 👀. I have this kit too and need some inspiration!

Skyhiker
The canopy on this kit was awful. It didn't fit and was cracked when I opened the box. But since I didn't have any other ideas I used it anyway.

Spanjaard
Amazing paintjob

Skyhiker
Thank you. For 1:72 it came out pretty good.

Łukasz Gliński
Pretty good? Wish I could do such a nice mottling. Nice build, despite the canopy issue.

Skyhiker
I used a 0.2 needle to do the mottling. I think if I had a 0.15 I could have had more control. A new airbrush is on my wishlist.

Neuling
Good looking Me 262!

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Good work ,,, like it

Cuajete
Very nice painting job. I couldn't see see the canopy😉
Congrats!

Skyhiker
Yeah Revell's canopy for this kit just sucks. Also since this is an older model I imagine I could do a better job now.

Jan Peters
Very nice paint work!

Skyhiker
At some point I have to replace the canopy, and antenna wires on this model, then make some proper photos.

Łukasz Gliński
And me naive thought there will be no rigging 🙁
Canopy is as it is, but I would be very happy having such a mottling on my Schwalbe, let's see.

Skyhiker
Good luck Trez. The canopy on this kit is also a pain. Best to sand it into shape before you get to far into the build. Or vacuform a new one.

Kesa Tiho
Love the camo, how did you blend the green and brown on the little green spots under the canopy?

Skyhiker
I just layered the paint with my Iwata airbrush with a .02 needle, making sure to take the cap off the front for a cleaner spray. Sadly that airbrush broke this month.

Kesa Tiho
Oo thats interesting. May your airbrush rest in paint, it will be missed

Desert Marlin
Watch the Cab to Chassis interface on this kit. My GMGC had some difficulty with that!

Jakko ‌
Thanks for the heads-up. I've been dry-fitting the floor and the rear body (main parts already built) and they seem to fit well enough to the chassis, but I won't know for sure until I get the cab built, of course.

Desert Marlin
I was the same for mine! I still think I messed something up. But they look great when finished!

Jakko ‌
I have seen somebody build a Dragon M3 halftrack, and he had some trouble lining up the cab and the back half, so I think it will pay to keep a close eye on fit straight from the start.

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, of course!
(Perhaps the transparencies and propellers from this kit would work:
Soviet Tu-2 Bomber (HobbyBoss 80298, 1:72))

Thomas Kolb
Thank you Robert! The three-bladed standard propellers in the kit are actually fine, it is the transparencies I am a bit worried about.

Łukasz Gliński
Me 2, must watch this - wondering how good/bad this kit is

Dave Flitton
Watching!!

J35J
Me 3, this will be another great build to follow.

Cuajete
Me 5!
I still don't understand why they haven't released a more updated tool for this model yet.

Moreno Baruffini
Thomas, you are a specialist in reminding me the models I started and non finished (yet)! Super inspiring, and a great build to follow for sure!

Thomas Kolb
Dear friends, thank you for your interest. I am a bit curious myself how this model will turn out - I have read some pretty nasty things about it in reviews, but I am not sure it's so bad. It certainly looks very intricately designed, not your usual shake 'n' bake kit for sure.

Gergő Takács
Thomas, you are doing always the same project what I want to do in the future with the same kits. 😀 I'm always taking a seat and save your work for motivation.

Finn
I'm in

Łukasz Gliński
Thomas, your tutorial is priceless! 👍

Mr D
Like this 👍👍
Big fan of soviet n russian stuff, will have to look up history on this one as new to me.
Interesting subject, Nice 😁

Cuajete
Good start, Thomas. Thank you so much for your tutorial 👍

Thomas Kolb
I must say, I am pretty impressed with this kit so far. At first sight it looked like an Amodel kit, but everything is very cleverly designed and all parts fits together beautifully without any problems. The only gripe I have is with the plastic itself - it's very soft and stretchy and definitely does not like to be sanded.

Nicolas
Nice start, joining.

Живко Джаков
I'm here too. I have one in a box and we only see each other with it 🙂

Cuajete
Great job so far, Thomas 👍
I never bought this kit because I thought it would be difficult to deal with.

Thomas Kolb
Cuajete, I must say, I am pretty impressed with this kit so far. At first sight it looked like an Amodel kit, but everything is very cleverly designed and the parts almost fall together by themselves without any problems. The only gripe I have is with the plastic itself - it's very soft and kind of stretchy, and all sanding needs to be followed by polishing to result in a smooth surface.

Cuajete
Thanks, Thomas. I'll have to consider buying the latest ICM box 👍.

Cuajete
Good progress, Thomas 👍

Mr D
Looking good 👍, the canopy is fine, be ok when all printed up, fits fuselage well, the canopy on the Revell FW-190 l did was horrendous!! Would be good for bathroom privacy glass 🤣.
What glue do you use to fix canopy??

Thomas Kolb
Mr D, Thank you! I used regular Revell styrene cement (the blue one with the needle tip). Just added a string of solvent around the fuselage edges and then placed the canopy on. I normallt use water-based cement for transparencies to avoid fogging, but if you are careful, it's not a problem to use solvent based cement.

Mr D
Brilliant thank you 👍👍

Thomas Kolb
Using the precut masks would be so much easier if they actually fit the model... But the flight deck glasshouse parts seem to be designed for a different kit, so I am back to using Tamiya masking tape.

Guy Rump
Looking great! 👍

Cuajete
I agree with Guy 👍

Mr D
Always the tedious part !! But looking like nice mask job.
I usually put a masking fluid over joined parts if l can, lve had paint blow under before.. as it doesn't stick to it's self that good.
On the Beriev I'm doing now, l masked most individual windows out, but the big curved window at front was bit fragile!! So I'm going to use my mega fine Nail liner brush to carefully paint frame in.
Like the underside colour, good luck on next steps 😃👍👍

Mr D
You be fine a quick visual check before paint you be fine.
I wet the tooth pick a little, it prevents scratching n seems to come away quicker.

Thomas Kolb
Mr D, thank you for the tip! I am not very experienced with these large multi-pane windows, as I usually build more modern aircraft models. I sincerely hope the paint won't blow in under the masks, but I guess I can always repair minor errors with a wooden cocktail stick to remove accidental paint streaks on the glass or a brush to paint any missing or incorrect frames.

Mr D
Nice, the filling n correction work paid off🖌️👍... coming on 🙂👍

Cuajete
Great, Thomas! 👍

Thomas Kolb
Thank you, my dear gentlemen - a little bit of overspray here and there, but nothing that cannot be fixed easily!