Do 215B-4. Assembly.
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The instruction is very bad....
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Aircraft engine housings are assembled. The instructions do not have enough color and different views on the details.
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The stabilizer is asymmetrical. Is this how it should be, or is the model a curve?
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This is my first model airplane. When assembling the wings, there were problems with the landing gear panels. They are wrong. It takes a lot of cutting off the edges so that I can assemble the wings.
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How good that there are nail files. I fixed it.
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Built wings. And patched the joints of the fuselage and engine housings.
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I covered the assembled parts with a primer. I started covering it with color. The color is RLM02 Gray.
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It's my first time assembling a military model, it's hard for me to understand where what colors should be. The instructions show this very poorly.
Maybe you can tell me?
Maybe you can tell me?
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I found the coloring of the model at a scale of 1:48. I think I'll try to paint in this way.
hyperscale.com/2015/..es/do215b548dw_1.htm
hyperscale.com/2015/..es/do215b548dw_1.htm
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Maybe it looks better now?
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The final is getting closer and closer.
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I don't like to putty models. Maybe this means that airplane models are not for me?
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It was long and dusty… …
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Maybe you know other ways of stripping putty, besides sandpaper? Maybe an abrasive sponge?
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I move in short steps
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I decided to start painting. I started with the blue color.
Kommentit
14 14 June 2023, 16:13
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I like the start of this model, may I suggest that the MG reloads (you have them painted silver) be painted black with a little silver dry brushing to bring out the detail. Add a little thinned out dark brown as a wash to bring out the seat's detail.
28 June 2023, 20:06
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Dave Flitton, Thanks for the advice. I used it. Maybe this is not what you had in mind, but it seems that it looks better now.
3 July 2023, 20:07
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Looks a lot better, just add some flat clear to flatten the colors, you will be golden.
3 July 2023, 20:42