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French 2nd Armoured Div. Soldiers WW2 Free French 2e Divison Blindée (2nd Armoured Division) Soldiers
Mirage Hobby 1:72
720013 2024* Nová forma 8 July, 18:26
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Wheel Mask M113 / M106A1 (Tamiya)
Quickwheel 1:35
QW-055 8 July, 18:21
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Wheel Mask M4A3E8 Shermann easy eigth - Tasca
Quickwheel 1:35
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Rad-Lackierschablone M2, M3 Bradley (Tamiya)
Quickwheel 1:35
QW-136 8 July, 18:21
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David and Goliath in North Africa![View album, image #1 View album, image #1](/albums/img/9/9/8/1762998-10792-36-720.jpg)
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Projekt: David and Goliath in North Africa
14 7 July, 19:36
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When I got a photo showing a Pz. I towing a Ju-87, possibly on an airfield in North Africa, I definetely want to build that scenery. The Pz. I is a mix of parts from S-Model Pz. I Ausf. A and B, the Ju-87 is Italeri. I bought some Quickboost add on parts which are designed to fit the Airfix kit, but with slightly modifications they although fit quite well the Italeri kit.
Happy Modelling, Christian
7 July, 19:44
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přidal nové fotoalbum.
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Saab 35 Draken MikroMir-kit![View album, image #62 View album, image #62](/albums/img/6/7/7/1763677-72957-81-720.jpg)
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Now much better without preshading.
Projekt: Saab J35XS Draken
39 26 February, 21:28
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Very cool, I'm getting the Mikro Mir kit, interested to hear how it goes together
27 February, 00:22
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True! Joining in as well to see how this builds up. Enjoy the build! 👍🏼
28 February, 00:28
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Welcome, mates! I'm building also a Hasegawa kit alongside with this for comparison and for testing painting.
29 February, 06:24
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Łukasz, I was thinking the same. That 'old' Hasegawa kit isn't that bad after all. The MikroMir kit is only marginally more refined as it seems.
4 March, 14:38
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Hasegawa has only 60 grey parts and 3 clear parts, but it is pretty smartly made and easy to build. MikroMir has 150 grey parts, 5 clear parts and 67 mandatory PE-parts. Being a short-run kit its parts need more work to fit. Still MikroMir contains more details (and Falcon missiles) than Hasegawa so it's comparatively cheaper.
4 March, 16:18
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OK, so you do think the MikroMir kit is the more detailed one? Good to know when I get to my Austrian Draken project (sometimes this century.... )! Following your build with interest! 👍
4 March, 21:00
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Well my background research is still going on, but atleast the cockpit is more detailed.
4 March, 21:19
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I have to update that MikroMir's IRST is not as good as Hasegawa's. The seeker head is a clear part and there is one PE-part fin, but the two-part frame is bulky and doesn't have panel lines. Luckyly the Draken version I'm goingt to make doesn't have an IRST so I used the clear part and the PE-part to improve my Hasegawa-Draken's IRST.
7 April, 15:44
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Slow progress, but I'm very proud of this simple tool that I made in 15 min to make 0,8mm diameter styrene circles.
5 June, 17:38
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Man. Struggling away with the clear parts on my RF-8 right now. Toughest part of modeling probably. Nice work on your canopy!
28 June, 03:30
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Thanks! @Rando I agree it is one of the most tough and riskiest parts. They took me 3 days because I wanted to make them pretty shiny with Humbrol Clear, but it takes lots of time to dry and it has become too thick. Next day when I check the clear parts they have some ugly residues and unevenness +hair. On the other part I just sanded and polished some minor points, but the other part I cleaned the varnish away with isopropanol and tried to dip it in varnish again. Next day still unevenness so I just sanded and polished them avay and dipped it in my more reliable floor polish that also dries faster.
28 June, 17:31
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Yeah I've always had that with dipping parts in the floor polish, it doesn't dry evenly for me so I just polish with Tamiya and Novus compound. Good to get over the hump and onto painting and decals!
28 June, 23:59
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Bad luck with painting. I have to redo the top surface by removing most of the paint. It was a bad idea to preshade yellow with pink.
4 July, 23:05
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I've had better luck using tamiya XF-3 or any other flat yellow and following with a gloss varnish.
Gunze gloss yellow, orange, white etc are virtually useless to cover anything.
5 July, 06:32
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P-51D "Red Tails" Project![View album, image #76 View album, image #76](/albums/img/4/1/4/395414-27826-53-720.jpg)
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Antenna cable, rear of cockpit and propeller in place. Finished model.
Projekt: P-51D "Mustang" - Red Tails
177 21 December 2016, 17:59
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Looks very good so far Cuajete. I think the Tuskegee airmen are under represented in kit form, particularly in 1/48. I had to use after-market decals to do mine.
21 December 2016, 18:21
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really nicely done cuajete. ¡te ha quedado estupendo!. I really like the shiny NMF, what did you use as primer and what metal colour?
21 December 2016, 18:49
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Thank you very much. I used a mix of decals from Academy and Airfix kits.
For metal color I have used Lara's painting. No need thinner and previous primer. Unfortunately, is no longer manufactured.
22 December 2016, 17:20
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Buen metalizado!!!!, Tengo Lara por ahí.... has usado la 'inicial' la plateada que sacó al principio o la que sacó después con varios tonos?
10 July 2017, 20:20
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Thank you very much, Josu, Clifford, Spanjaard and Christian.
Josu, he utilizado la pintura Lara Aluminio (la que no está etiquetada) para la capa base y Lara Acero para algunos paneles. Unifiqué ambos tonos con Lara Aluminio en una capa fina a baja presión.
I have used the Lara Aluminum paint for the base coat and Lara Steel for some panels. I mixed both shades with Lara Aluminum in a thin layer at low pressure.
11 July 2017, 19:55
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It turned out really nice. I have the Tamiya 1/48 version of it. I think I will do it after I finish the Corsair.
12 July 2017, 20:43
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Thank you, Clifford. It will be a pleasure to see the assembly of this Bird Cage 🙂
13 July 2017, 11:54
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Very nice! Saw yesterday on YouTube the documentation about the RedTails. Cool project once I've got a little bit more time I wanna have this too. Great work👍
25 October 2017, 15:30
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Wow, turned out excellent. The metal finish looks very well done to me, and so do the exhaust stains 👍
28 October 2017, 15:35
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Thank you very much for your comments, Alek.
The metal finish and exhaust stains on my P-51 can not be as good as those on your Avia C-2. 😉
29 October 2017, 11:48
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Nice one, at first I thought it's an Airfix boxing. There are some flaws as you mentioned, but who doesn't make them?😉
29 October 2017, 16:02
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Thanks Łukasz. Your words mean a lot to me. I will try to improve those flaws in the next models.
29 October 2017, 20:48
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Beautiful Mustang man! The metal finish is fantastic. Well done!
30 October 2017, 00:09
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👍 Nice job !! I have 3) 1/32 P-51s and want to do one of them as a Red Tail.
30 October 2017, 18:05
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Thanks for your comments, Michael and Robert.
Robert, You will do well to do a Red Tail, because of its historical connotations and because it has a very striking painting scheme. I hope to watch it here.
31 October 2017, 18:49
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Thanks a lot, Guy 🙂
It was the first time I did something like this. Unfortunately I don't have much time to practice anymore for now.
30 November 2020, 19:04
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Sukhoi242 and Joshua, thanks for your likes 🙂 👍.
Joshua, Thanks for your words. I also believe that Tuskegee Airmen deserve a tribute for everything they were able to do despite everything they had against them. I admire their ability to excel and how they gained recognition from those who saw them as inferior to the rest.
I'm sure that you can find Tuskegee's Airfix in second hand market, like eBay😉.
Nathan, many thanks. Academy's kit has some imperfections, but it's it is very rewarding to build. If I remember correctly, I used everything from the box, except the wheels I got from Airfix, some small pieces of the spare parts box and other things from scratch build. Decals are mixed from Academy's kit and Airfix. I would like to build another Mustang D with Tamiya's kit and a different paint scheme (may be camouflaged o green).
20 January 2021, 21:46
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Thanks to all for your likes 👍.
Skywalker, Your words flatter me. Thanks! 🙂
21 January 2021, 13:03
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Really nice looking model Cuajete. The natrual metal finish especially looks great. You say it is 'metallized Lara'. Maybe I am thick, but I don't know what that is. Can you tell me please?
24 January 2021, 11:24
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Joshua, Glad you found the Airfix Red Tails 🙂 👍
Clifford and Stefan, Thank you very much!
Neil, many thanks for your words. Lara was a Spanish metallic paint brand that stopped being manufactured a few years ago. It is a very good quality painting. Generally, no primer or glossy base is required. It is also not necessary to dilute and it covers quite well. Unfortunately now can't find in stores.
You can see the Lara's paint botle in the following photo albums:
- Pic 32: Zlín Z-XIII (single seat) Project | Album by Cuajete (1:72)
- Pic 64: Dornier Do 24 SAR Project | Album by Cuajete (1:72)
- Pics 31 and 32: OV-10A Bronco Project | Album by Cuajete (1:72)
Thanks to all for your likes 🙂
24 January 2021, 19:42
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Can't believe I missed this. It's a fabulous finish in 1:72. Great stuff 👍
6 February 2021, 22:32
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@Cuajete. Thank you very much for the info on Lara. Shame it's no longer around - sounds and looks wonderful. In case you need an alternative when you run out, I'm finding Gunze Supermetallics very good - but they need a primer. A glossy primer neneath gives a nice high reflective grain free finish.
7 February 2021, 09:47
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Patryk and Gary, I'm glad you like it. Many thanks!
Neil, thank you so much for your advice. I have not been able to test yet the new metallic Gunzes. I hope to test soon 👍
Thanks to all for your likes! 🙂
10 February 2021, 19:28
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Many thanks Daniel and Joseph!
Daniel, your words are much apreciated, my friend 🙂
Joseph, I used some parts of Airfix decals on this kit😉
8 March 2021, 19:17
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Many thanks one more time, friends. Your comments are a great motivation for me!
8 June 2021, 18:00
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Did not realise it was a 1:72 scale model, until I noticed the description! Brilliant.
Cheers
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9 June 2021, 20:44
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Wow... Many thanks for your words, my friends. Are much appreciated, but I think I don't deserve them 🙂
26 June 2021, 09:25
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Just great! The amount of detail you put on such a small scale, all you 1/72ers, blows my mind!
26 June 2021, 14:47
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Thank you so much, Giannis. This one just has a few little extras.
I built a Do-24 with a lot more extra details. You can see it here, 🙂
Dornier Do 24 SAR Project | Album by Cuajete (1:72)
26 June 2021, 18:50
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@Clifford Keesler. Many thanks for your kind words. You have a very nice models!
@Bernd Grün. Thanks a lot. I'm glad you like it! 🙂
@Martin and all mates. Thanks for your likes! 👍
26 May 2023, 19:52
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Lovely work in 72-scale - metal & colors providing quite a show, well done 👍🏻
31 May 2023, 21:33
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Thank you so much, Slavo. Your words give me a lot of motivation.
@Eisen, thanks for your like 👍
2 June 2023, 18:17
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A beautiful finish achieved on the paint job; topped up with good weathering. Its a striking looking model.
2 June 2023, 18:54
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@Mr James and @Shar Dipree. Thanks a lot. Your words mean a lot to me. I am writing the whole assembly and painting process under the pics. Soon all comments will be finished.
@Jan Peters, many thanks for your like!
2 June 2023, 19:44
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Added comments on all pics. Thanks for watching.
@art81 and other mates, many thanks for your likes 👍
5 June 2023, 19:33
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Thank you so much, Andy. It's a pleasure to see you here, friend 🙂
@DerMattes, many thanks for your like 👍
6 June 2023, 17:57
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So nice. I've seen this kit on the shelf a few times... but it's even better to see its destiny revealed!
3 July 2023, 18:23
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Thank you very much, Greg. A pleasure to read these words from a master like you. Much appreciated.
The Academy kit is very nice to build. It practically does not give any problems of adjustment. If the Tintin's model series has this one, I'm sure it will work great!
3 July 2023, 18:42
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I built a different boxing for this kit (I believe), but not for a Tintin project... 🙂
Lt. Johnny Cloud - Navajo Ace (P-51 Mustang) | Album by strobez (1:72)
It did go together quite easily as I recall, but there's something about the Red Tails that I just really like.
3 July 2023, 20:38
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I did not remember this construction and now that I see it again I have to tell you again that you did a great and original job, Greg 👍
@Олег О and @Mart01planes, thanks for your like.
4 July 2023, 18:25
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@Ctirad B, @Marco Gallmann and other mates, thx for your likes. Much appreciated 👍
7 July 2023, 18:24
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Thank you very much, Ronan. I love your modeling jobs, master 🙂 👍
@Michael S, @Kyle DeHart and other mates, thanks for your likes!
8 July 2023, 18:26
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@CaptGPF, that is very motivating for me. Thank you so much!
@Rui Reis, thx for your like.
9 April, 18:16
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7 July, 15:42
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I agree. I built this car when I lived in Japan in 1987....nice to revisit the kit after all these years
8 July, 01:27
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