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Martin Oostrom
You got your work cut out for you

Carlos Proença
This will be one of the easiest...

Guido
First time I'm seeing the Tamiya tyres being completely cracked up...

Should be interesting to see how you'll get along with it. Good luck!

Carlos Proença
Good question Guido.... dont know how!!!!

Carlos Proença
From my research on the subject, I will opt to use Stormsure "Black", which is more flexible.

I will prepare the edges of any cracks that run all the way through the carcass by gently roughing them up with a small file or piece of wet and dry paper, and then apply no more glue than necessary – a pin can help to get very small amounts of glue into the cracks.

shadowlight
@Guido: I have a Tamiya 1:12 Lotus 49 Kit unbuild with cracked Tyres out of the factory ^^
@Carlos: what happened to these Kits? Exposed to weather, temperature, sunlight? Wrong enamel color become yellowish? Just wondering how to preserve build Kits a better way.

gorby
Nice work.

Bernhard Pethe
Eine gute Recherche, ist schon der halbe Weg zum Erfolg. Ich schau da mal weiter zu.

Sylvain Vernier
a new well documented article 👀

Cuajete
Nice start. Following! 👍

Clement
This looks very promising, keep up the good work!

Lost_Erik
Wonderful paintwork

Donald Dickson II
I was unfamiliar with this plane. Very cool.

Ekki
Following.

Cuajete
Me 5!

Łukasz Gliński
Me 6, very cool topic it is 👍

Ben M
watching, I love tubular NMF things.

Alec K
Taking a seat as well. Excellent progress and notes, as usual 👍

Mr D
Hi Marius 👍
What metallic paint did you use..??
I'm struggling to airbrush my Velejo silver!! Keeps clogging.
Like your work 👌👍👍

CaptGPF
Watching with interest

Lost_Erik
Nice stripes!

Cuajete
Well done so far 👍

Marius
Thank you guys for the interest and patience with my never ending typos 🙂
I am of course not the first one to build this kit in the IDF version, but I am trying my own approach.

@Mr D: I am using Xtreme Metal paints. Their Aluminium and Duraluminium are by far my favorites among many other I tried in the last years. Both need no thining and can be used directly out of the bottle. The metallic paints from Xtreme Metal are compatible with Alclad metallics, where my first choices for "Steel" and "Jet Exhaust" are. So you can mix both brands for shading. I am using the Mr. Hobby Thinner, since especially the Alclad Steel is thick and more pretentious. Otherwise regarding the Vallejo metallics, although I experimented quite much with acrylics, nobody managed so far to convice me that spraying acrylics has any advantage over the other "dark side" (other than smell). The Vallejo Silver is indeed the best metallic paint I have found so far that can be applied by brush (for small details or minor chipping). It settles well without waves or protuberances maintaining a good shine (if applied properly). Otherwise, I would personally never think of applying acrylic metallics by airbrush. But there is certainly a reason why some people are still trying that, just that I personally don't know the secret recipe.

Mr D
Hi Marius 👋😃👍
Thanks for the info, be really helpful .
I'm trying to learn about paint and techniques....and advice like this is appreciated 👍
I only purchased an airbrush about a year ago.
Yes the Velejo silver brush paints really well.
What size needle jet do you use for the Extreme metrics?? and general use ?
Thanks

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Dave Flitton
Looking good. The painted invasion stripes look excellent.

Clement
Nice work on those stripes.
I share your frustration regarding Print Scale lack of research, they are also pretty hard to apply, especially small stencil sized decals.
I tend to avoid the brand these days.

I'm looking forward to the rest of your build, it's gonna be a stunner.

Michael Kohl
Looks to me like you did a darn good job on that kit.

Mr D
Very smart 👌
Like the riveting 👍

Guy Rump
Like it! 👍

Alec K
Another great project 👍

Cuajete
I agree with the mates. Great job and very nice result.
Congrats!

Clement
Outstanding work, especially given the short run nature of the kit.
Another stunner in your display cabinet, Marius!

Neuling
Good build and infos. Thanks for showing/telling!

Łukasz Gliński
Another middle-eastern gem in your collection 👍 Congrats and thanks for sharing the context info, very well researched (as usual)

Marius
Thank you mates for having a look and for the kind words, they are highly appreciated. 🙏