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Jim J
Next project in progress. Main construction and painting completed. Thanks for looking.

Sergej I
Nice, very interesting camo! 👍

Doubtingmango
Watching

Mark Sherwood
Like these late war schemes. In.

BetterTimes-Henry
Excellent interior!

Jim J
Thanks all for the comments. The project is now complete. Enjoy the photos. Thanks again.

Mark Sherwood
👍🥸👍

gorby
WOW, fantastic model and photos!

hiveloc
Watching this- I will be tackling the slat armor on a T-62 myself some day!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress.

André Silva
Thank you @Villiers de Vos and @hiveloc. @hiveloc so that you know just today (like 5 minutes ago) I decided I will never assemble PE slat armor again in my life! It sure looks good but i'm never going through that again.

Villiers de Vos
You are a brave man, and you did it very well.

Bart Goesaert
looking great... ah slat-armor. a pain to assemle, but it is looking nice. Did you glue it with CA? Tried that too, but is is very delicate to handle afterwards. Found that soldering is more resilient... (Terminator Tundra | Album by Silenoz (1:72))

Once you get the hold of it is still time consuming..

André Silva
@Bart Goesaert I use VMS CA Flexy Glue (not sure if that's the name), of the regular and slow curing type and have no complains about it.
Yes even you get the hold of it it's still time consuming and dificult, just less so.

hiveloc
Thanks Andre and Bart for discussing the CA vs. soldering. This why I haven't started my T-62 yet- I was debating whether to proceed with CA, or take the time and brush up on my soldering. Both of you have done fantastic work using either method.

Jv
Your a patient man Andre
Looks amazing sofare
Thanks for all your likes to

Gary Curling
Lots of hard work going on there

Mark Sherwood
Detail M'Man a testament to your attention and skill.

Jonathon Herring
Very nice. Soldering is way better for adhesion. I have done both and the soldering holds up to my meat hooks much better. This is coming from a novice in "tinning" skills. Just my 2cents from the peanut gallery. 🤔 2 cents for peanuts? Cheaper than groceries and seems to be unaffected by inflation 😏 LOOPHOLE!

Michael Kohl
Interesting build.
I did a slat armour and got away with gluing. But next time I will try to solder. Particularly if you want to replicate damage the soldered parts behave much more natural.

André Silva
Thank you for your comments Mark, Jonathon and Michael. About soldering, you're right but since I dont intend on ever doing PE slat armour again i'll use glue on this one and fight the urge to touch the model after completion. I have a T-90MS and he has some plastic slat armour, i'll just try my best to sand and thin those parts.

Jonathon Herring
I haven't done slat armor but then again…. With my tenuous grasp a sanity, my Dr gave me a excusal note. That's a lot of work and I have long hair so.,,,. to easy to get a real handful before I pull🤪 Good luck Andre

André Silva
Jonathon, the slat armour on this model is very time consuming, I suggest you think about it before tackling one of this dimension. If you choose to proceed try making a jig beforehand like I did, it will save you a lot of hair pulling. Good luck Jon, this message will self-destruct in...

Mockingbird
Amazing work, seem to take a lot of time

André Silva
Thank you Mockingbird. It did but it shouldn´t have, I just wasn't very enthusiastic about it so I took it easy, no rush.

Bart Goesaert
Nice work on the anti-neutron layers... some tedious work. Doesn't that run along the whole of the cupolla? I don't know, and can't find many pictures of it, hence the question

André Silva
Thanks Bart. When you say the "whole of the cupolla" is it the whole turret roof or just some specific part of it? Do you mean the area between parts 1 to 4? Anyways, through all the references I could gather (there is none I found about the layers specifically, except that it was installed) this was the best I came up with.

André Silva
Update on the turret slat armour supports: It didn't go well. Most likely my "calculated" guesswork on the placement of parts was not good enough and in my frustration a further mistake was made, so it's kind of a botched job. I wasn't able to place the part that connects the turret supports to the slat armour itself in the same position as in my references, so they were never level but always in an angle. I measured, drilled the turret and CA glued the parts multiple times but they never ended up correct. Upon further and more careful inspection of the Voyager PE set instructions (vague on the placement of these parts) we see that the parts are actually at an angle, so it seems I wasn't going to be able to place them level. My suggestion to anyone who tries this set is before purchase send a daily email to Voyager asking for more detailed instructions on the placement of the turret parts. It was my intention to provide such detailed placement but only if they were correct, so I wouldn't advise anyone to follow my build to the letter. Anyways, despite being botched the build will continue.

hiveloc
I'm sorry to hear about the slat armor mishaps. It makes me a little nervous because I am going to be starting on mine this weekend! I've read the Voyager instructions MANY times- one confusing spot I see is that steps i and k have optional choices on some of the parts for the turret slat mounts- which layout did you go with?

John
Whether or not the slat armor works out, the armor slabs look very good. 👍

André Silva
Hello John, if you mean the numbered black parts they are an anti-neutron radiation lining, not armour. I figured if I was building the slat armour (never doing that again) might as well add that detail too.

John
Yes, I've heard it referred to as "anti-radiation armor" previously. Whatever it's called, it looks very good. I can see how that slat armor would be a once-in-a-lifetime job, seems like a mojo killing task for sure!

André Silva
Done! Finally!!!

gorby
WOW, fantastic!

Mark Sherwood
👍🥸👍

Ben M
👀

Nathan Dempsey
Welcome Ben!

Work has started. Drilled holes in the lower wing for hardpoints and centerline fuel tank. Cockpit is nearly complete with photos soon since it will be nearly invisible once installed.

Nathan Dempsey
Added a shot of last night's work. The cockpit was installed and I'm ready to join the fuselage halves. The wheel well construction was also completed along with some paint work there.

James C
Off to a great start 👀 👍

Thomas Bischoff
I'm in - have Hobbyboss Bearcat waiting to be built.

Robert Podkoński
Watching with pleasure 🙂

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks James, Thomas & Robert!

Assembly continues with no issues at all.

Villiers de Vos
Coming along nicely.

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Villiers!
Well I had to go and say "no issues at all" out loud… Funny that the cowling fit perfectly during dry fitting but once glue was applied a bit of sanding was needed to make it fit right. Also I painted the inside of the cowl Yellow Zinc Chromate even though the instructions barely mention anything other than the cowl and prop magically there on the last step.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Guy! Welcome aboard 🙂

Major assembly is complete. Time for painting to begin.

Nathan Dempsey
Spent most of the morning sealing up the wheel wells and cockpit with tissue paper in preparation for primer and the initial color: AK Xtreme Aluminum.

Ben M
You could have just started with the Hawk plated kit 😂 I'm thinking of trying chipping fluid on the prop but I will need to prime at least under the yellow tips.

Nathan Dempsey
That certainly would have cut a step out! I'm going to use the old hairspray method since I don't want to wait a week for chipping fluid.

Nathan Dempsey
Aluminum applied today. A little splotchy but luckily it's just an undercoat for chipping.

Nathan Dempsey
Much painting last night and today: I applied the hair-spray then the Dark Sea Blue & now the chipping begins.

Mr D
Very nice 👍 yes they had thin paint and lots of wear n tear during use.
Coming along well.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice chipping effects.

Mark Sherwood
I concur with Villers. Looks well beaten up. 🤘🥸👍

Lex Jassies
Photo 3: that's not cheating....that's making the most of your model 😉. Nice progress by the way 👍

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks mates for your kind comments! All work has halted due to hurricane preparations.

Mr James
Extreme wear indeed. Maybe they didnt use etching primer back in the black and white days 🙂. You've done an excellent job of it. If this effect can be achieved with the old trusted hairspray method, why would one buy the chipping fluid. Maybe there are advantages I'm unaware of.

Mr D
Not a bad little kit, looks quite robust and not to complicated. The cockpit was definitely worth getting, was it easy to find ??
Looking good 👍👍👍

Nathan Dempsey
Mr James: The hairspray has an added bonus in that one can will last for MANY projects.

Mr D: The kit is available under the Academy boxing I believe. As for the cockpit I believe it is still easy enough to find online.

Nathan Dempsey
Today I added the landing gear and the drop tank. The drop tank is not seen much in my photos, but I thought it looked nice. Decals are also done, so now it comes down to more weathering and exhaust stains.

Nathan Dempsey
Added a shot of the continuing weathering. Today I added the radio antenna wire. The last step is painting and weathering the bombs.

Nathan Dempsey
Calling this one complete. Final photos added.

Thomas Bischoff
well worn, well weatherd, well done 👍

John
Love the wear-n-tear, nice job Nathan!

Mr D
Great job,👌
Nice model, and realistically battle worn.
Well done... come out nice 👍👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nicely done.

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic job, Nathan! Looks great!

Neuling
Very well done! 👍

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Marcel Klemmer
Very nice job 👍

Mark Sherwood
Top notch. 🤘🥸🤟

J35J
Excellent!👍🏻

Nathan Dempsey
Thank you mates for all the kind comments! I'm motivated for the next project.

Dutch
Nathan, beuatiful work on this iconic aircraft. I love the weathering and paint chipping / fading. Truly authentic. Well done sir! Can't wait to see what's next.

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Dutch! This was a fun little build. The next official project is the Mirage 2000, although I always have others going on the side lol!

Mark Sherwood
👍🥸👍

Thomas Espe
👀