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Alexander Grivonev
What a great blue, amazing 👍

Phil M
thanks, its alclad candy color, cobalt blue if I remember well

Spanjaard
fully agree with Alexander

Neuling
A nice one!

Rui S
Great paint job 👍

Michael Kohl
Interesting and decent progress

Behemonth Magnus
😉

Rui S
Nice work 👍

Torsten
😎 👍

Alec K
Very cool 👍

gorby
Excellent work!

Rui S
Great Dio 👍

Ben M
I like how it's floaty, like an airship.

hiveloc
Watching this- I will be tackling the slat armor on a T-62 myself some day!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress.

André Silva
Thank you @Villiers de Vos and @hiveloc. @hiveloc so that you know just today (like 5 minutes ago) I decided I will never assemble PE slat armor again in my life! It sure looks good but i'm never going through that again.

Villiers de Vos
You are a brave man, and you did it very well.

Bart Goesaert
looking great... ah slat-armor. a pain to assemle, but it is looking nice. Did you glue it with CA? Tried that too, but is is very delicate to handle afterwards. Found that soldering is more resilient... (Terminator Tundra | Album by Silenoz (1:72))

Once you get the hold of it is still time consuming..

André Silva
@Bart Goesaert I use VMS CA Flexy Glue (not sure if that's the name), of the regular and slow curing type and have no complains about it.
Yes even you get the hold of it it's still time consuming and dificult, just less so.

hiveloc
Thanks Andre and Bart for discussing the CA vs. soldering. This why I haven't started my T-62 yet- I was debating whether to proceed with CA, or take the time and brush up on my soldering. Both of you have done fantastic work using either method.

Jv
Your a patient man Andre
Looks amazing sofare
Thanks for all your likes to

Gary Curling
Lots of hard work going on there

Mark Sherwood
Detail M'Man a testament to your attention and skill.

Jonathon Herring
Very nice. Soldering is way better for adhesion. I have done both and the soldering holds up to my meat hooks much better. This is coming from a novice in "tinning" skills. Just my 2cents from the peanut gallery. 🤔 2 cents for peanuts? Cheaper than groceries and seems to be unaffected by inflation 😏 LOOPHOLE!

Michael Kohl
Interesting build.
I did a slat armour and got away with gluing. But next time I will try to solder. Particularly if you want to replicate damage the soldered parts behave much more natural.

André Silva
Thank you for your comments Mark, Jonathon and Michael. About soldering, you're right but since I dont intend on ever doing PE slat armour again i'll use glue on this one and fight the urge to touch the model after completion. I have a T-90MS and he has some plastic slat armour, i'll just try my best to sand and thin those parts.

Jonathon Herring
I haven't done slat armor but then again…. With my tenuous grasp a sanity, my Dr gave me a excusal note. That's a lot of work and I have long hair so.,,,. to easy to get a real handful before I pull🤪 Good luck Andre

André Silva
Jonathon, the slat armour on this model is very time consuming, I suggest you think about it before tackling one of this dimension. If you choose to proceed try making a jig beforehand like I did, it will save you a lot of hair pulling. Good luck Jon, this message will self-destruct in...

Mockingbird
Amazing work, seem to take a lot of time

André Silva
Thank you Mockingbird. It did but it shouldn´t have, I just wasn't very enthusiastic about it so I took it easy, no rush.

Bart Goesaert
Nice work on the anti-neutron layers... some tedious work. Doesn't that run along the whole of the cupolla? I don't know, and can't find many pictures of it, hence the question

André Silva
Thanks Bart. When you say the "whole of the cupolla" is it the whole turret roof or just some specific part of it? Do you mean the area between parts 1 to 4? Anyways, through all the references I could gather (there is none I found about the layers specifically, except that it was installed) this was the best I came up with.

André Silva
Update on the turret slat armour supports: It didn't go well. Most likely my "calculated" guesswork on the placement of parts was not good enough and in my frustration a further mistake was made, so it's kind of a botched job. I wasn't able to place the part that connects the turret supports to the slat armour itself in the same position as in my references, so they were never level but always in an angle. I measured, drilled the turret and CA glued the parts multiple times but they never ended up correct. Upon further and more careful inspection of the Voyager PE set instructions (vague on the placement of these parts) we see that the parts are actually at an angle, so it seems I wasn't going to be able to place them level. My suggestion to anyone who tries this set is before purchase send a daily email to Voyager asking for more detailed instructions on the placement of the turret parts. It was my intention to provide such detailed placement but only if they were correct, so I wouldn't advise anyone to follow my build to the letter. Anyways, despite being botched the build will continue.

hiveloc
I'm sorry to hear about the slat armor mishaps. It makes me a little nervous because I am going to be starting on mine this weekend! I've read the Voyager instructions MANY times- one confusing spot I see is that steps i and k have optional choices on some of the parts for the turret slat mounts- which layout did you go with?

John
Whether or not the slat armor works out, the armor slabs look very good. 👍

André Silva
Hello John, if you mean the numbered black parts they are an anti-neutron radiation lining, not armour. I figured if I was building the slat armour (never doing that again) might as well add that detail too.

John
Yes, I've heard it referred to as "anti-radiation armor" previously. Whatever it's called, it looks very good. I can see how that slat armor would be a once-in-a-lifetime job, seems like a mojo killing task for sure!

André Silva
Done! Finally!!!

gorby
WOW, fantastic!

Mark Sherwood
👍🥸👍

Villiers de Vos
Fantastic work.

Gary Curling
Outstanding build,well done.

Neuling
Interesting vehicle, very well done!

André Silva
Thank you everybody for your compliments. Hope all is well with all of you and your builds are going great.

hiveloc
Great Job!!!!!!!!!

André Silva
Thank you "@hiveloc, took a long while but is done!

Rui S
Bonito modelo 👍

Mr James
Impressive detail and wonderful weathering

Paul Shearer
Nice 👍👍

André Silva
The spider web detail, looks so cool

Rui S
Nicely done 👍 It deserves a base 🤔

Łukasz Gliński
Great job, very cool and rare scheme 👍 the props are just cherry on the cake 👍

Lochsa River
love the Catalina.....here is another floatplane in Argentinian livery....Airfix Supermarine Walrus Mk.I | Album by Lochsa_River (1:48)

Mr D
Brilliant 👌 like it 👍👍

Mr James
Brilliant colour scheme, excellent bare metal paintwork and the subtle weathering is spot on. Those props are really cool looking. Great build

Guy Rump
Great colour scheme. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Great job!

Alberto
Very nice and original. Love the props!

Moreno Baruffini
What an original project and a fantastic finish!

Spanjaard
colourful I indeed, it looks fabulous

Pepe
Great!!!!

Víctor Rosas
Thank you all for your messages. I hope soon to make a proper base.

Snake Plissken
Yes, what everyone else said; a striking paint scheme that looks proper for such an elegant plane. With the spinning props, it can be in nearly any pose: in flight, running up the engines, taxiing in water...

Finn
Well done, looking forward to final presentation

Rui S
Great work 👍

Zbynek Honzik
Beautiful job! 👍

Clement
Fantastic work once again. Well done!

BAT21
Thank you both.

Robert Podkoński
Fabulous!

Skyhiker
Oh my that thing looks like a giant bug from my nightmares. You did an excellent job with this kit. Congratulations.

Finn
Great bulid of a weird creation!

Rui S
Beautiful damselfly 👍