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Villiers de Vos
Interesting subject. Nice work on the interior.

Nicolas
Oh, a kit from my favorite area of interest. I'm in. Great start with the instrument panel.

Michael Kohl
Like the plane and the livery you are going for.
My two cents on one or two aspects: I found the brass undercarrige and the cockpit section you listed as aftermarket pretty useless. The undercarriage doesn´t solve the problem to ease the alignment of the landing gear and the cockpit section doesn´t provide any better detail than the kit parts. I set both aside and rescribed the soft outlines of the cockpit doors. Pouring transparent resin into the cabin windows gave a nice flush appearance. You may consider that.
Good luck with your build. I will follow with keen interest.

Stephan Fässler
Thanks Michael and Nicolas. As my second kit to build, I thought I spice it up a bit with some aftermarket stuff, indeed, the new cabin with the new windows gave me some head scratching as to how install it, then figured it eventually out. My alignment looks a bit messy and I hope u can make it look aligned with putty etc… so far my opinion as an inexperienced builder is that you could safely leave it stock, as is….
I did not come yet to the brass parts and hope it will be better with these parts. Let's see 🙂

Thomas Kolb
I am happy to take a seat! I personally find red liveries extremely difficult to pull off, so I am watching with great interest!

Łukasz Gliński
Following this challenge.
The Aerocraft cockpit will require a lot of sanding, but the original windshield is definitely too narrow - been there, done that 🙂

Zbynek Honzik
Taking a seat. And fingers crossed that the strength and motivation will last until successful completion!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

J35J
Great work so far! Looking forward to see the final result.

Stephan Fässler
Calling it complete for now.
Overall I enjoyed this kit, tricky to paint the red stripes and the nose was not properly done.
As a beginner I probably would not recommend the cockpit mod unless you have the proper tools, which I was missing sometimes 🙂
This was brush painted and spray can paint from revell I purchased with the kit to get started, meanwhile upgraded my collection with Mr Hobby and MRP. Revell is just awful for airbrush and mediocre for brush painting, but then again, I am no expert.
Unfortunately the „twotter" has some slight tilt, one of many mistakes happened during the build, but I'm happy I did not have to bin the whole thing 🙂
Cheers and onwards to the next one. You may deboard now…

Martin Oostrom
Making mistakes and learning from them is a big part of this hobby. It helps that there are a lot of folk here, who already did the mistake part, so you can do the learning. You're well underway in that department.
Well done for a 2nd kit Stephan.

Łukasz Gliński
Exactly, good job for a 2nd kit and agree with your conclusions - bin the Revell paints 🙂

Spanjaard
very nice result Stephan

Spanjaard
Stunning, I thought it was a reference picture!

Marder III
Brilliant
that picture is in Der Tiger vol. 1 I want to replicate as a diorama
Have all the vehicles from IBG ,Dragon and the captured Dodge from Roden

Bogicevic Vladimir
That would be something... I support you. I have folder full of diorama ideas with no space in my apartment for them.

Martin Neuls
Beautiful model. I have no words. Please what material did you use for the crane ropes?
With regards MartinN

Bogicevic Vladimir
Thank you Martin. I think it was a usual white sewing thread treated with floor polish and later painted with silver paint.