The Construction
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And the propeller. I'm entirely satisfied with it.
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I am not 100% satisfied with resin gun barells, however I didn't manage to make metal replacements...
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Cowling side. Assembly with the engine is absolutely terrible.
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The engine is missing the second row of cylinders, however it won't be much visible.
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The underside with lines washed. Still minor tweaking to do.
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It all depends on lightning - in daylight roundels are indeed, greyish.
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Panel lines washed. It all more or less starts to resemble an aircraft...
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The cowling with a bolt applied. I did the latches and shell ejectors from spare PE as I didn'tfeel like scribing such small rectangles again... And wheel covers.
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Decals are good as usual, but the colour choice for the roundel is controversial... I think it should be darker. Despite what you can see it's NOT white actually.
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I added the overpainted band near the tail. Surprisingly - it went smoothly the first time I tried 🙂
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Myrsky ready for taking decals.
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The underside is basically RLM65 and again I think that VJ rendition is a little too blue. Though I quite like it 😉
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Pattern borders need of course touching up.
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I managed to apply lower swastikas before taking the pictures.
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The standard three tone Finnish camo applied. Thugh as per FS suggestions I find the Model Air colour quite juicy.
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Main body glued, filled & sanded.
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Underside also was filled a bit here and there.
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Typically - wing roots required some attention.
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Left instrument panel moe visible.
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A look inside - no seat, instrument panel & some small bits.
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It's not ben retouched yet.
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It's quite tight there and not much will be visible even with an opened canopy.
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And the starboard of the plane. Seat wil be attached later.
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Port side of the cockpit.
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This is the actual kit's interior - cleaner and nicer than the previous one.
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Port side again - also with better colours.
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And the seat.
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After returning to this one, firstly I applied the colours that you can see earlier, only to strip it all down and use way better, dedicated Lifecolor set.
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Underside washed.
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After 3 evening with the horror of fitting the engine and the cowling to the fuselage - only minor things to wrap it up!
Kommentit
1 1 September 2014, 22:13
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Very clean snd nicely detailed work ! Extraordinary job on that prop, looks great !
29 March 2015, 18:02
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Detailing to the extreme on the propeller! The rest is marvelous as well. Love it mate!
29 March 2015, 18:16
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Thanks a lot for the feedback 🙂 Still some work left to be done, but it's going steadily towards the finish 🙂 (Though I HATE the engine + cowling + MG's assembly is badly thought out... Aligning it all is a nightmare.)
5 April 2015, 11:33
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