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John
Good luck with this one, interested to see how you deal with all the fun!

Dave
following this build.

Mr D
Hi Martin 👋😁👍
Looks like interesting kit.
How old is the kit..??

Martin
Thanks Gentlemen!
@Mr. D: The Revell boxing is from 1979/1980 the original ESCI kit is from 1978

Mr D
Thanks Martin 👍
Like it 👌

CaptGPF
Boy, the add-on alone are going to cost more than the kit! I'm taking a seat to see how you spruce this one up!

Maciej Bellos
Joining in!

Rando
Oh my what a project. Will be interesting to see how those detail parts will do. Also nice sheet, what decal option are you going with?

Desert Marlin
That's a challenge!!!

Martin
Thanks a lot gentlemen! Well all those stuff collected dust for many many years, when scale models and add on didn't have such high prices like today, so all this wasn't more than 30 bugs bought at model shows.
@Rando, I haven't decided yet, it will be an US one, but not sure which one.

Desert Marlin
I'll keep watching!

Guy Rump
Following! 👍

Martin
Thanks a lot Gentlemen for your kind comments, for following along and for all thumbs up.

Edouard Carr
Watching this and waiting! 😀

Clement
Interesting pick for a 10 day challenge. But I guess it wouldn't be a challenge without a challenging kit. Best of luck.

Mike Volkov
Thank you Clement! I hope for the best 😅

Alec K
Taking a seat.

Mike Volkov
Day 2/10 on 10-day challenge: cockpit and gear bays painted and glued the fuselage together. Ready for filling and sanding...

Cuajete
INteresting...
Following!

S M
KP kit in 10 days? Taking a seat 😄

Mike Volkov
Day 3/10: lot of filling and sanding.... 😥

Alec K
Hopefully the worse is behind you. Nice progress 👍

Mike Volkov
I hope so too. 😄
Day 4/10: KP has given me a lot of fantastic sanding opportunities, but I'm finally getting to the priming. But it still needs a lot of fixing before I can start painting it.

Clement
"Sanding opportunities" is a nice way of putting it 😄
So far so good, looks like you have a good chance of pulling this off.

Cuajete
Well done so far! 👍

Mike Volkov
Day 5/10: Repairs after priming and some panel rescribing. Wheels and landing gear finished.

Mike Volkov
Day 6/10: Starting the paintjob with colour correction. The colour of the gear bay is grey and not bluish grey, and the wheel rim is typical Russian green and not grey. So I had to repaint a few things today. I use Ammo masking putty to temporarily hold small parts like this.

Cuajete
Good progress, Mike 👍

Mike Volkov
Thank you, Cuajete! 😊

Day 7/10: One of the top camouflage colours is Mr. Hobby H307. The other colour suggested by KP is H305, which is too grey. So I mixed in several blues, green, red and white. I can't post the proportions, but it's pretty close to the Pakistani bluish grey.

Mike Volkov
Day 8/10: The project is drawing to a close. After oil painting I prepare it for decals.

Alec K
Excellent results and tempo. Close to the finish line now 👍

Cuajete
Color scheme looks great 👍

Ben M
"Sanding opportunities" is my new favorite term

J35J
10 Day challenge, that's really a great idea!
Will certainly give it a go at some point.👍🏻

Mike Volkov
I have been organising a ten-day challenge with some friends for years. The goal is to get the kit on the shelf into the display case in 10 days.
Every year we give a subject:
2021: Third Reich military vehicles
2022: "British days" (civilian or military vehicles made or used by the UK), any scale
2023: 'Green days' (any civilian or military vehicle dominated by the colour green), any scale
2024: object of your choice, 1:72 scale only

This year 15 friends entered the event and 11 models were completed.

Mike Volkov
Day 9/10: After varnishing, the decals are applied and the panel lines are washed.
Unfortunately KP decals are not the nicest and are very vulnerable. One of them is broken.

Cuajete
Interesting yearly challenge friendship, Mike 👍
You are doing a great job in just 10 days with a KP kit.
You only have 1 day left. Cheer up!

Mike Volkov
Thank you Cuajete! 😊
Maybe next year I'll advertise the 10 days challenge more widely, to see if others would like to join in.

Mike Volkov
Day 10/10: A moment of truth after the matt varnish! I removed the masks and glued on drop tanks, antenna, pitot tube, guns.
I literally finished the ten day challenge at the last minute!