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Edward MacKenzie
Thanks guys for all your likes! 😄

Moreno Baruffini
Wow! I missed for a bit this one and I just found a super progess!!!

Edward MacKenzie
Thank you very much Moreno! Too kind, but to be honest i am very happy with this progress too 😉

Guy Rump
Another to add to my RAF post war collection. 🙂

Nicolas
Watching

Guy Rump
Made a start on this kit with the cockpit which is quite basic to say the least, part of the reason I put the pilot and navigator in. 🙂

Welcome Nicolas, pull up a seat. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Freak, Andrew B, Istvan S, Villiers DV, J35J, Andre K, Juskifo, Tommy A, NordMito & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump
Added cockpit to the upper fuselage. Lower parts of the tail added to the lower fuselage. Wings and folding mechanism added to lower fuselage. Weight added to the lower part of the nose. I wasn't certain how much to add as there is no indication in the instructions. 🙂

bruno egral
J'ai essayé de reproduire les couleurs de la partie mécanique comme j'ai pû... Le manuel comportait certaines erreurs à mon avis et impossible de trouver une photo du vrai moteur de la K3 Le Mans 1980 sur le web. Pire : si vous cherchez une photo d'une K3, vous en trouvez beaucoup mais aucune n'a le moteur identique ! Tantôt les échappements sont or, cuivre, argent même noir sur certains modèles. J'ai fait au filing en essayant de ne pas faire trop 'patchwork'

bruno egral
La déco est un régal à poser : les décals roses sont d'une excellente qualité et réagissent très bien au micro sol/set. J'ai ensuite fait un test en appliquant plusieurs couches de vernis mat. Le résultat me plaît beaucoup.

George Williams
Looks great, Bruno.

George Williams
Looks great, Bruno.

Stéphane Jayet
Encore un magnifique montage !

Martin Oostrom
Well done Bruno 👍🏻

Eric Goichon
Je ne suis pas fan de l'esthétique de ce véhicule…
Mais les goûts et les couleurs…
Par contre c'est une très belle réalisation.
Bravo 👍

bruno egral
En fait, pareil pour moi. Je la trouve même plutôt moche. Mais elle est atypique et c'est ce que je recherche.

DerMattes
Done lots of filling and sanding to get the wing and the fuselage of the first Kfir to fit. Started rescribing and getting the second on to the same state.

István Szücs
I also got this kit (the Italeri one) when I was child, in the middle of the '90's. So it's an awful kit, but that time wasn't better. So, I'm curious for the result.

DerMattes
Welcome István! The Revell is just a rebox of the Italeri kit with nicer decals and a different instruction manual 😉

Clement
Nice start, I remember building this kit as a two tone grey Israeli bird a long time ago. Which scheme are you going with?

DerMattes
The Revell one has only decals for the camo scheme, so the Italeri one will be the grey one. Maybe I get my hands on the AMK kit before I get to the decals, then the Italeri will maybe get the Atac livery.
But first there will be some more sanding and filling the sink marks that are now visible. I also made some scribing mistakes, so this needs some putty as well.

DerMattes
Decided to go with the Atac camo with the Italeri Kfir. The Revell one already has the Isralei camo and decals on the undeside. Also I broke off the petot tube again. This time it stays off until the last moment.

Cristian A
Taking a seat 🙂

DerMattes
Small update from the last couple of weeks: decals from the AMK kit for the Kfir 401 from Atac were applied, along with some from the Italerim kit itself. Also the landing gear was attached to both aircraft. Ready for final smaller paintjobs, weathering and some antennae and the landing gear bay doors.