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Aleš Štika
Great work!

Dave Flitton
Awesome presentation, loved the description for each picture.

Juergen Klinglhuber
I have to concor to Ales statement - realy GREAT work.

Neuling
Sehr schöne Bilder. The black and white look gives a nostalgic touch.

Alec K
Great pictures and narrative 👍

JD
That looks amazing, no excuse needed to post your work sir...

Łukasz Gliński
Reading it in the evening is a pure pleasure

Spanjaard
looks really good. would love to have a closer look at the 262 and the stuka 🙂

gorby
Thanks for all the nice comments mates. 🙂
I'm not worthy (plainly a load of tosh, but I need to keep up the pretence of looking humble). 😄
Spanjaard: The Stuka is in my Albums and the 262 is too shy to show it's face in public, so I'm afraid I can't show any more photos of it. 😉

Spanjaard
yes, i have seen again the album of the stuka, very nice indeed. i will have a look at gain, when i do mine one day

CaptGPF
Thank you for posting these lovely Dio shots! I loved the compositions and the narratives!

gorby
Thanks Capt. I enjoyed having a play around with it (it certainly beats working for a living. 🙂 )

JW
The photo captions are classic. Thanks for sharing.

gorby
Thanks very much JW. 🙂

Andy Dallibar
Great stuff, looks splendid in B/W.

gorby
Amazing painting!

Mark Broughton
Cheers Gorby.

Curatorm
Well done! The finish is quite unique.

Djordje Nikolic
That is why I did it, always trying to do something different. Thank you

gorby
Lovely work!
Good grief, model 19! I've on my fourth one so far. 😄

Djordje Nikolic
Thanks Gorby! Well we need to have a serious conversation about your output! 🙂 What helps me is having regular video build sessions over Facebook messanger with about 6 or so model buddies, it forms a cadence and then you are used to doing it a set number of hours per week.

Ben M
Looks really good and an interesting subject!

Robert Podkoński
Great work!

Djordje Nikolic
Thank you Ben and Robert! Yes, indeed interesting subject. I saw the fuselage at NASM about 6 or 7 years ago, I hope they restore it.

Łukasz Gliński
True eyecatcher 👍

Nagy-Meszler Csaba
The cockpit is very puritanical, but unfortunately there is not enough documentation on it. The fit of the parts is very poor and needs a lot of filling and sanding.

komoras
My biggest issue was fitting the seat and the mid portion of the wheel bay, had to add 1 mm plastic card on both sides. Looking forward seeing it done! 👍

Nicolas
Following.

Nagy-Meszler Csaba
komoras, I encountered the same problem: the landing gear bay cannot be fitted where it is intended. I used a milling head to remove enough of it to fit.

gorby
Interesting aircraft, interesting build.
Incidentally, I would suggest 'Spartan' as a better way to describe the cockpit rather than 'puritanical'. 👍

Spanjaard
beautiful

Andy Dallibar
Thanks Spanjaard, coming from you that is high praise.

gorby
Excellent result! The weathering is great.

Steven Van Dyck
The project starts with a horror movie where one figure was shot in the back and had to receive a graft. Part of a Trumpeter deformity was transplanted and now he is recovering from his ordeal. The surgeon had to slash the inside with a bayonet and use a syringe full of acid to be able to beat the torso in a comfortable shape.

Steven Van Dyck
The RSO engine appears to be very fiddly, I can't seem to get it lined out straight in the frame. Today I was able to attach the tracklink supports and cut the wood for the dio base.

Rui S
Interesting 👍

Sy Bar
🍿👀 I've pulled up my seat

Steven Van Dyck
Thanks for the attention. I ordered a metal barrel, but too late I noticed it's 1/72. I immediately sent a mail to the store to switch this to 1/35, they still got a middle type. But I think the order was already dispatched.

Steven Van Dyck
The interior of the cabin is upgraded with some Eduard PE and the cabin doors are also improved. This DML kit has the correct seats on the new sprue H, in stead of the M113 seats with the older Dragon RSO kits. The engine will be clearly visible. The Friulmodel tracklinks are drilled through to fit the track pins. The set also contains beautiful sprockets and idlers and even the axles to connect these to the undercarriage.

Steven Van Dyck
My typical approach to Friulmodel track assembly, with a calibrated cutting device able to cut multiple threads at once. In comparison with the Dragon tracklinks these are hollowed out deeper and have a product code inscription. The downside to the easy cutting pins is that they all need a white metal plug on the bore hole.

Ben M
👀

gorby
Wow, another project! I'll join the audience. 🙂

DerMattes
The Vigilante is rarely seen here, really like your build! 👍

John Kauck
Thanks If you notice I did 2 of them, both of those in the b&w ref photo. I bought 2 from eBay intent to get one good model out of it, but both came complete, so I built those 2 since they are the same squadron but have different paint schemes. Thanks again.

Łukasz Gliński
Good to see a neatly build Vigilante 👍
Have you rescribed it?

Mark Sherwood
Liking the cockpit Vincent, great detail and finish.

Vincent
Thanks mark! The details in this kit are indeed great.

gorby
The cockpit looks amazing!