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Cuajete
Following.

Ekki
Watching.

Nicolas
Me 3.

Skyhiker
Me 4

Robert Podkoński
Watching as well.

J35J
Joining!

Chris
Welcome dear audience! I started with the cockpit. Most parts will be almost invisible after the plane is finished. So this is best for testing the decals from IPMS-Austria. They are very very thin and on the other hand I am used to 30 year old decals. But it worked and with Micro-Set they look great. The most I like the seatbelts, because they look better than all the photo-etched parts I have ever seen. I get headache thinking about two other seatbelt-decals still to apply.
Meanwhile go to the toilet and get another drink 'till the show goes on.
😉

Cuajete
Good start 👍

Chris
Interior is finished. In sparetime I will work on the kit. But still think about my job, that starts again now. I am a teacher - loving my kids and am engaged 24/7 for them. If nothing happens here - I do my fulltime job 😉

Ben M
👀

Chris
In Picture 18 you see the two flow fence items on the wings. The port one is white, the starboard one is as the moulding plastic. Guess why? Although I have laminate flooring with no gaps I lost the original part and had to rebuild it. Took me a while.

Thomas Kolb
I have built several of these cool Radar Frescos, but this old model is a very tricky one to build correctly. Have fun and I am sure you will do a great job!

Robert Podkoński
Watching with interest!

Bozo
Tricky model?
Correct dimensions, fine and many details, discreet engraving, colorful and usable decals, I really don't know what you mean, Thomas.
Good luck, Chris.

Dave Flitton
I am rooting for you! I know this will be a difficult build.

Ben M
mmm, KP

Chris
Please don't scare me. 😉 But I'm used to making old kits. Not possible - is not possible!
Just lay back, grab beer and chips and watch me struggling. 🙂

Alec K
Taking a seat 👍

Ben M
I've built the old KP MiG-15UTI and Su-7. In both cases for some reason the cockpit doesn't go together like the instructions, so fit stuff before gluing. The parts count is low. The surface detailing is nice. The fit is indifferent.

Łukasz Gliński
Ah, what a trip down the memory lane 👍

Chris
Strange. I built the cockpit as in the instruction. Fits well. When dried, the instruments panel will be next.

Nicolas
Following.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Lorraine Lin
Wow, take a front seat, I cannot miss this
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Rui S
Humm, this will be another interesting subject as all you've built 😎

gorby
Joining the audience for this. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat as well!

Naram
following

Alexander Grivonev
Welcome everybody!

Davide Vitali
Wow! With your skills this is gonna be an absolute masterpiece. Also, I wanna see how you'll handle the black overall paint... Popcorns are on me, guys!

Palo M
Taking a seat. Very curious how the extra details will work - I have the base kit, but haven't decided whether to expand it with such nice details yet. Good luck!

Spanjaard
really curious about what you do with it. joining the club.

Alexander Grivonev
You know guys who is the most curious on what and how I am gonna do? Me 😄 My philosophy is "just start, ask questions later". It is the most enjoyable approach, you encounter problems on the go, you find solutions, try new techniques and create new ideas. Which is very rewarding. And in the end you have a nice result. Not a perfect one, but one you can look back on and smile or shake your head...

Alberto
I'm in too 👍

Neil
(Like many) I too have the kit. Following with interest 👍

Martin Oostrom
I always shake my head in amazement at on of your builds.

Tony Tonov
This is a big challenge, looks very promising 👍
Taking a seat

Yngve N
I'm here at the gate

Eric Thornton
Oh yeah taking a seat.

Desert Marlin
I'll watch!!!

Alexander
Definitely watching closely as well! Interesting subject with a talented scale modeller + more than fine aftermarket = engaging and inspiring build!

Kenneth
Gotta follow this…!

Martin Weinpold
Im here.

Alec K
Taking a seat as well. Very creative way to deal with that landing gear leg 👍

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Desert Marlin
Okay, for the Blackbird lover, this kit is a truly amazing aggregation! I really like this. I grew up around Beal AFB in California. There is no aircraft more magical or mystical than the Blackbird. Your care in addressing these fit issues is very much appreciated! A 1/48 scale Blackbird is a very large kit. Most will always have trouble finding a place to keep it. But with these new parts, I think it makes building this kit a true challenge and worth all the efforts. Your handling of the main wheel well bays is spot on! Trade offs between building and painting are very well done with your suggestions! This Habu is going to look fantastic! Bravo Zulu!

Alexander Grivonev
Welcome @ all!

Michael Kohl
48 is waaaay too big for me, but I am sure I will find some inspiration in your build for the 144 kit in my stash. Following with great interest.

Desert Marlin
Those heat blankets look absolutely awesome!!! Yeah, that definitely works!!!

Lorraine Lin
The "orange" coating looking fantastic!

Rui S
I´m quite sure I´m not the only mate to do this, over the years. Or is it just me?

Peppy
There is some artwork there I haven't seen in years.
Thanks for that ride down memory lane.

Ben M
What a great collection!

Tom
I keep my box art too - great idea to put it in a binder 👍

Rui S
@Peppy, Yes, that was the intention with this album, so my pleasure mate.
@Ben, most of them went to war and where lost in combat😉 Unfortunatly.
@Tom, In those days, I couldn't even get catalogs, so I kept everything including the sides of the boxes: D

Zach Wilson
I keep all of my box tops as well, it makes for a great walk down memory lane

Rui S
I suspected that I was certainly not the only one doing it and I agree with you 👍

Alexander Grivonev
Wow you keep even the boxes? That's dedication👍 I have documented almost all my builds from the beginning and keep the manuals and all the paperwork that come with a project, personal notes, reference material etc. The boxes receive a honorary escort to the paper bin. Have established this tradition with every finished model as a "ritual of completion"

Rui S
Well Mate, I'm Portuguese, so not that organized, neither more or less like that.
The boat covers, or the 1/32 spitfire, must surely be over 40 years old, so I even think it's incredible how I kept them at that time 😉

Spanjaard
i also keep the (flattened) boxes of all my builds (except the very first, described by my brother as a ball of plastic and glue 😛 )

Maciej Bellos
There is a box full of flattened boxes of most of my builds. I have also kept the vast majority of the instructions. So yeah, you are not the only one.

Rui S
Ofcourse. Interesting the amount of memories they can bring up, after all those years 👍

Spanjaard
indeed 🙂

Rui S
I see that more mates liked this album, but it is impossible to know who, so Thank you all 👍

Łukasz Gliński
I think the boxarts were the main attraction to this hobby at the very beginning, weren't they? 😄
I use to keep the boxarts only, but lost most of them couple of years ago, Since then I have some boxes stored (not flattened), but only the nicest and mainly the vintage ones.
Thanks mate for sharing 👍

Neuling
I have stored all instructions and box arts from the very beginning. Time and again I have to resort to one or other ......... Styles and development of box art might make an interesting exhibition.

Rui S
@ Łukasz, I think they still are very influential in the choices many make.
I've also lost some boxes. I particularly remember a 1/32 Zero, green and unpainted plastic with raised rivets and decals only, and probably a lot of glue, because it held everything, even flying from one side of the room to the other. There was no landing gear and propeller of course, but otherwise everything was there... 😄 😄 😄 So , my pleasure, mate.
@ Neuling, you might be right 🤔

Gordon Sørensen
I have saved the boxes from my recent builds with the intention of mounting them on the Wall. A plan that has been thwarted by my Wife....

Rui S
I can understand, she most likely prefers the models themselves 😉 and that's enough?

Peppy
Thwarted by the wife, huh Gordon?
Try asking about putting the latest Trumpeter
1/350 scale Dreadnaught in the center of the
dining room table.
Nah, I'm kidding really. I do know if they really
knew what we spend sometimes, we'd all be sleeping
outside in the car.

Łukasz Gliński
@Gordon: seems we have similar ideas sometimes 😄

Martin Oostrom
I made a deal with the mrs. She got a cat and I have a 1/200 Rodney to build and a display cabinet which will fit her 😄

Rui S
@ Peppy, my wife Knows, but for some time I was trading a lot, so I had a good excuse 🙂 … but I have too work on the hobby, to defend my Man cave 😄
@ Łukasz, As we can read here, Yap, we sure do 😉
😄 Well done Martin 👍

Kerry COX
A most unique way of keeping track of all you have done over the years. !
What an album to have. 🙂
Your not just a brilliant modeller Rui, but also a sentimental one too. I love it. 🙂 🙂 🙂 👍

Rui S
Thx Mate, for your very kind comment, as usual. You are completely right and regarding the Hobby, you know I am very sentimental 😉

Shane Hodgetts
That's awesome...thought of doing something similar myself...just can't bring myself to throw out the old boxes...such great artwork etc...??

Rui S
Thx Shane. Yap you should do something similar. 👍
I always like when some one make an album with some of this old kits 👍
I was going to pack up the PZ II box in the file and when I opened it, I decided to photograph the covers for back up and after, I thought it would be interesting to show the mates.

Shane Hodgetts
An innovator are u...???

Rui S
😄 😄 😄

Łukasz Gliński
Btw Rui, have you heard about this album?
aviationmegastore.co..dinfo&art=171283
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I think I have seen similar Airfix one as well.
Maybe you should start preparing your own? 😉

Rui S
@ Łukasz, Thank you for the link. Interesting 👍 . I didn't kew about it, but thx no thx. I do not have enough information knowledge to do something like that. I'm happy with this album 😉

Alec K
Very cool collection Rui. I used to keep covers and instructions as well. These days I just upload the scans of each to Scalemates 😄

Rui S
Thx Alec. Glad you like it.
Those days..., no war books with photos - excluding Readers Digest - no color TV, no vídeo recorders, no PCs, no Internet (at least in Portugal), what interested me were the images (B/W or colour). The covers with instructions were a bónus, the instructions after building the kits, where not important to me. Many plane kits came with a folded paper art and a hanging plastic bag with the plastic pieces. 😮
I remmember seeing in Tv "World at War" and taking notes at the same time, I've kept some of those notes until today 😄 😄 😄
As mate Jan Peters, said about my modelling, some fine old school, indeed 😉

gorby
That bought back a few memories for me as well. The Airfix Matilda was my favourite tank kit back when I was a scale model of my current self, and as a result has remained my favourite tank.
I don't really have room for all my models so there is no way of storing the box art. I'm the same as Alexander G, I keep the instructions and at the end of each build, the box goes on a one way trip to the recycling bin.
Mind you, if box art these days was as gorgeous as the Roy Cross Airfix boxes, I would be very tempted.

Łukasz Gliński
Looks like manufacturers need to hire some Roys to get the best boxarts for their kits😉

Rui S
@ gorbygould, nice to know that. It was one of my intention with this album, to bring back good memories, from when we where "a scale model of our current selves".
Flattened boxes was my way to keep "My Precious" 😄 😄 Never to the recycling bin I couldn't do that.
I like the Matida too. I've one old 1/35 Tamiya in my stash.
@ Łukasz, I think that in some cases, the boxart is still very good 😎

Alec K
I wonder what happened to all that original box cover artwork.

gorby
Alec: Apparently a lot of Roy cross's original artwork was destroyed. Some of it was sold at auction over the years. I've just found a listing for a 2014 auction of his work. When he stopped working for Airfix he mainly painted ships – some of his Airfix work is half way down the first page.
invaluable.com/artis..d-at-auction-prices/
I'd have happily made a few bids if I'd known at the time.

Just read that his first Airfix art was this:
Dornier 217. E.2 (Airfix 383, 1:72)

And his last:
Prinz Eugen (Airfix 05203-2, 1:600)

Alec K
Cool! Thanks Gorb 👍

Rui S
@ gorbygould, Thx for sharing the info 👍. I remember doing both 😄

James C
That's quite a cool idea. I wish I had done something similar, but too late now 👍

Rui S
Sorry for the late reply, Mate. Thx for the compliment. I'm ot the only one and I think it's never too late, so😉

Lorraine Lin
I collect all the instruction manuals.

Kerry COX
And the total money spent comes to....................................................Add infinitum. LOL. 🙂

Spanjaard
"To infinity.... and Beyond" 🙂 (I got the boxes and instructions too, unfortunately more unopened boxes than archived ones....)

Kerry COX
I was going to give the hobby away after my heart and stroke issues but it is not to be. ! 🙂
More boxes for me too to open. 🙂

Rui S
Great figure painting 👍

Weizenbrot
Cheers, Rui!

Kurt Reichert
Wow, looks great so far!

Ricardo Reis
Nice, following!

Weizenbrot
Thank you Kurt and Ricardo!

Eric Thornton
Not missing this one, following!

Weizenbrot
Thank you Eric!

Spanjaard
great job on the pilot and cockpit. and the rest of the details so far are really good. i am certainly in 🙂

Mr D
Nice 👍 an A-10 looking good, l here GWH are nice kits ?

Weizenbrot
Hi Spanjaard, Thank you and welcome!

Weizenbrot
Hi Mr D, Yes it is a kit with sharp details and great fit. With some minor detail inaccuracy, the A variant needs a little bit more modifications than the C variant.

Mr D
The pilot looks great nice work there 👍👍

Mr D
Looking great ... 👍

Weizenbrot
Thank you Mr D!

Desert Marlin
I really like the REEDOAK pilots! They are as you say very well detailed and make for some pleasing painting!

Weizenbrot
Hi Desert, They really make those original plastic figures dwarfed! I think the Mic cable of this one is around 0.05mm.

Mr D
The Green paint has gone down really nicely 👌 is it Velejo??
Coming on nicely 👍

J35J
Love the detailing work, great build in the making!👍🏻

Gerald
👍 nice

Weizenbrot
Hi Mr.D I usually paint the vehicles with Mr. Hobby's C series. Figures, in another hand, are usually painted with Vallejo or AK.

Weizenbrot
Thank you J35J and Gerald!

Dave
Nice paint work.

Cristian A
Wow nice, following along

Desert Marlin
Looking Great!!!

Weizenbrot
Thank you guys!!

Desert Marlin
I like the clear glass! Came out very well!

Mr D
I agree ^^its turning out nice " Flying fire n brimstone" 💥💥
Great work 👍

Weizenbrot
Thank you Marlin! It is the first time I tried pledge, it really shined the windshields!

Weizenbrot
Hi Mr D, thank you! I tried my best to present the power of this attacker, I wish you enjoyed reading it!

Mr D
Hi Weizenbrot 👋
Did you use pledge future shine on the glass ?
I've struggled to find it here in the UK almost like it discontinued??

Spanjaard
the "correct one" (or one of them at least) was Future . I got mine from amazon.co.uk/-/en/dp/B000ARPH4C but not longer available. at that time it was when sent from US straight to France, Germany or UK. today, I only several products but I believe none of them is exactly the same product.

Mr D
Thanks Spanjaard 👍
I done a bit of reading up on it and watched a YouTube video, Humbrol Acrilic clear works on canopy's too by dipping in a 50/50 mix. It's a good clear coat too it's dries nice n hard, I've used it as a clear couple of times now with water thinner and quite impressed.... But not tried the canopy dipping thing ??
Thanks for help 👍

Mr D
An interesting read below 👇 I've seen product pop up few times when l search pledge revive it or Future?????

jonbius.com/2023/02/..r-pledge-here-it-is/

Spanjaard
when I was searching for pledge, that quickshine appeared, seems to be a possible replacement, but I have not tried it so I can not say.... and since I still have enough pledge for a looooong while, i will probably not try in the future....

Weizenbrot
Hi Spanjaard thank you for the information. And Mr D, I decided to try this technique I read from a magazine many years ago and I met the same situation you mentioned—they changed their product chains a lot. I searched their UK website and found a high shine one. That's probably the same stuff I found in China. You can have a try and please remember not to buy the pressure can ones.

Mr James
You've worked lots of great detail into this build. Excellent modelling skills.

Weizenbrot
Thank you James!

Alexander
Agreeing with others, awesome paintjob and finish! You seem you did the model kit good justice. 👍

Weizenbrot
Thank you Alexander!

Doug Eby
What a brilliant and inspiring build, I am blown away. Can't thank you enough for posting pictures AND notes, including reference photos! Not much more work and you'd have a very worthy digital how-to book that I'd gladly pay for. Thank you!

John
Late to the party, but boy am I glad that I showed up - great build. Particularly loved the paint job on the pilot figure.

Mr D
What a build 👏👍 very good dedication to the A-10 Amazing aircraft 👍

Weizenbrot
Hi Doug, It's my pleasure that people can benefit from my work! I hope I had enough room to share more details and photos and made the description clearer. Let me know if you have any questions about this topic/kit!

Hi John and Mr D, Thank you for your like! This is one of my favorite planes, it's happy to see others also love her.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Desert Marlin
Very well done! looking forward to the final product!

Chris
Completed. 🙂

Very happy with the final results.

Desert Marlin
Oh yeah, that'll do!!!

Ben M
Good luck! Take good care.

Clifford Keesler
Fuselage sides and nose a on now also.

David H
Pulling up a seat … looking good 👍🏻

Clifford Keesler
Welcome David and thank you.

Clifford Keesler
Quick update, putty applied to areas that needed it, still needs sanded off. More pictures soon.

Nathan Dempsey
Following 👀

Clifford Keesler
Welcome Nathan.

Clifford Keesler
Quick update, today I finally got some primer on it. Have been under the weather, so have not gotten much done until today.

Guillaume Blanchet
Nice going! Following

I love the 2 seater version.

Nathan Dempsey
I must have caught the same thing Clifford. Both of my F-16s are begging for me to resume. Nice to see your build going again.

Augie
Looking good Clifford 🙂

Clifford Keesler
Thank you very much Guillaume, Nathan and Augie. @Nathan, yea still feeling kind of crappy, but I did paint the bottom color today. Maybe I will get the top done tomorrow.

Clifford Keesler
Got the first coat of clear on today.

Clifford Keesler
Quick update, this one is in the decals stage, but will be on hold for awhile.

Luc B
🙁

scalemates
removed

Sebastian Meyner
Thank you! …I see, more than just the "instructions" is gone 👍

Luc B
good riddance

Moonshade
Why don't you pair of fags shut your cuntholes - like dim tim you are cowards and if you were to face me you would mess your panties. You really should consider yourselves lucky that you can hide behind your monitors like the pussies you are and not have to answer for your bitchy faggotry.

Alec K
Taking a seat. A much anticipated kit!

Hans-Jürgen Haag
👀😍

Łukasz Gliński
Me 3, I have to follow that for the same reason 👍

Cuajete
Me 4.... It's a new tool, by Andy Ball. I can't miss it! 😛

Andy Ball
Oh no, I leave the site for a few days and attract onlookers! 🤣….will post some shots soon…the detail's good so far for 72nd….

Dave Flitton
Watching!

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat for sure!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Welcome Robert.

Alec K
Same! Great start 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi Alec. Nice to have you on board too.

Juergen Klinglhuber
A bit history related to this aircraft as I found that quite interessting,....
In 1932, a Junkers F13 was made available for the then Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr. Engelbert Dollfuß, for various trips abroad. The pilot, with the rank of a government pilot, was Wilhelm Elssler (a great-nephew of Fanny Elssler the famous ballet dancer). When Dollfuss became Chancellor on 20 May, his business trips often took him to Rome to see Mussolini. He always used the latest JuF 13 machines (A48, A57, A58).
When the Douglas DC 2 emerged as the clear winner of the England-Australia race and also clearly distanced the competitors in the average cruising speed, Elssler lobbied Dollfuss for the purchase of such an aircraft. Packed in boxes, the DC2 arrived by sea from New York to Cherbourg and was assembled at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. On 1 November 1934, it flew to Vienna-Aspern with the special registration A500, piloted by pilot Elssler and flight mechanic Hölzl.
Dollfuss himself did not to see the commissioning of the DC2 as a government aircraft, because he was murdered on July 25, 1934. His successor was Dr. Kurt Schuschnigg. The new DC2 could not be integrated into scheduled service, as it had to be ready for take-off at Aspern airfield at all times for government flights. Beside this it was only used for sightseeing flights and some special short trips. Due to the low capacity utilization, the DC2 was sold to Swiss Air on 12 March 1936 with only 124 flight hours and 37 flight minutes. Swiss Air already had this type of aircraft in use and added the "new one" with the registration number HB-JSA to its air fleet. Through a broker,"our" DC2 was sold to Spain on October 28, 1936, where it was used by the Republicans during the Civil War.

Ben M
That's interesting.

Zbynek Honzik
Taking a seat. 🙋🏼‍♂️

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi guys - a warm welcome.

Michael Kohl
Following

Bas Tonn
Good story Juergen, that DC-2 winning the Melbourne air race was the Dutch PH-AJU, 'Uiver' which means stork (storch?).
I have a book on that somewhere.
Following this project with interest, as always. Good luck and enjoy.

Łukasz Gliński
Very interesting topic and also the context story of the Ö-Force One 😉.
I'm curious how good/bad the kit is as it waits in my stash to be re-engined.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx for your interest Micheal & Bas Tonn. And thanks for the "Storch" up-date.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi Lukasz. The fit of the window panes is great. I wish that would be a standard on other model kits too. I did some "dry-fit" on the fuselage and nosecone - I have to report: 🙁 oops! opposite from good. I will post some pic's later.

Nicolas
following

Juergen Klinglhuber
Welcome Nicolas.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi - Hope you all had a good wekend - I have now up-loaded some pic showing the progress and the "questionable" fit of some components. 😉
Some putty and sanding will be required,...let's go!

Łukasz Gliński
My goodness! That nose has been spectacularily f***ed up! 😲

Juergen Klinglhuber
🙂 ...that much that I first thought the mistake happened at my end - but that wasn't the case,... 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
That requires some serious nosejob, I'd try cuttong it at the back on top and on the bottom, to make it bit wider and than fill the cuts, but it's just me 😋

Kenneth
Following..

Michael Kohl
Are you really really sure This nose belongs to That kit? 😉

Alec K
Whoa! I am with Łukasz, except I would reduce the fuselage, vs. spreading the nose piece. Gobs of putty don't seem like a way to go either. Fingers crossed 🤞

Looks like Roland S managed to make it work somehow: DC-2 Japan | Album by Roland (1:72)

Łukasz Gliński
I'm just afraid of rescribing all these lines on the fuselage Alec 😉
Just checked the instructions in mine - maybe the other nose fits better? If it does, perhaps it would be easier to modify it?

Andy Ball
OK, where do I sit?…

Alec K
True, but they will need to be rescribed to a certain degree no matter what imho. Shaping that cut-up nose scares me more 😂😂😂

Ben M
Nothing an entire tube of perfect plastic putty and an endless amount of sanding won't fix.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Same bird - a week later.
I "re-shaped" the fuselage with blade, putty and sandsticks. And yes, rescribing was not the fun part of the build so far. 😉 BUT: I guess the outcome of all this is acceptable.

Thomas Kolb
This looks to be a lovely build, I am definitely taking a seat!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi Thomas - thx.

Robert Podkoński
Great job, Juergen!

Alec K
That nose turned out great!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thank you Robert & Alec. I put black base on in the meantime and the lates pic shows it from opposite angle.

bughunter
Good fix of the nose 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Fine nosejob indeed 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx gents - I work with the metallizers this weekend. I will try to put some new pic's soon.

Juergen Klinglhuber
The metalized bird

Robert Podkoński
Great! Keep it up!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thank you Robert.

Rui S
Looking great, indeed 👍

Agnius
Good job! 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thank you Rui & Agnius for your words of appreciation!

Juergen Klinglhuber
All decals are placed now. The finishing line of this project is in sight.

Andy Ball
Really striking scheme Juergen! Looking forward to the finals…

Nicolas
Very interesting, I'll follow. Good luck with the canopy.

Skyhiker
Thanks Nicolas, the canopy will be a challenge. I sanded out the blemishes on the kit part but there are stress fractures and a crack going through it. I'll have to see if I can vacuform it but there is a ball turret behind it that would be a different thickness and I doubt I could vacuform a ball turret.

Dave Flitton
I have this kit (with extra parts), I hope this turns out well!

Skyhiker
Welcome Dave. So far I like the kit.

Michael Kohl
Nice paint job so far.

Stefan Schacht
Well done, I take a seat.

Markus Antonius
There is no better Kit in this scale today, than the Fine Molds offerings! Only drawback could be, that there are no Loadouts in the kit, but Fine Molds offers a wide Range of Kits with excellent schematics for that reason, too!

Maksim Kurmaz
What about Academy? Their Phantoms are very detailed, too, I've build one some time ago.

Michael Kohl
I cannot compare it with Academy but I build a FineMolds Japanese Phantom and can confirm that it is indeed a VERY nice kit .

Bozo
Whaou When you know what model it is, it's impressive.

Marco Gallmann
Looks like a real challenge, well done 👍

Rui S
Another eye catcher 👍

Dave Flitton
Wow. Would like to see some in-build shots on this. Is this the Heller or Special Hobby kit?

Michael Kohl
Absolutely impressive model and very stylish presentation. Are these the kits clear parts? The look thin and very transparent.
@ Dave: according to the description it is the Heller kit.
In-build shots would be nice indeed - as would be some more of the final model.

Stefan Schacht
Hello mates, I want to build a small dio with a ruined house for a T34/85. I'm using Styrodur and some self-made tools. Cheers Stefan

Spanjaard
great carved detail Stefan. it looks fantastic

Jan Janssen
That is a great template/cutter for the windows, awesome

Stefan Schacht
Thanks mates, here is a little update. I have primed the dio with a mixture of black acrylic paint and white glue. Cheers Stefan

Stefan Schacht
Thank you Lorraine Lin

Stefan Schacht
Hello friends, here are some pictures of the T34/85. I build this model last year. Cheers Stefan

Rui S
Looking forward to see your nice dio 👍

Stefan Schacht
Thanks Rui

Stefan Schacht
Hi Material, here is a little update. I startet to paint the bricks and the road. Cheers Stefan

Stefan Schacht
Hello mates, thanks for the likes, here are the next pictures. It goes on with the bricks of the facade. Cheers Stefan

Stefan Schacht
Hi mates, here is the next pic. Cheers Stefan

David R. Meizoso
Pic 12 looks terrific! Excellent job, I join the show!

Stefan Schacht
You're welcome David

Stefan Schacht
Hello mates, here is a little update on the painting process. Cheers Stefan

Spanjaard
looking really good!

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat! It is the most appropriate paint scheme for this plane, imho 😉

Alec K
Taking a seat.

Patrick Hagelstein
Joining in!

Nicolas
I'm following too.

DerMattes
Following!

Dave Flitton
Following!

Ekki
I'm in too.

Guido
Thanks for the interest everyone!
Some more images added.

Mr D
Nice project..love a Starfighter 😃👍

Guido
I seems it went too smoothly… first issue has arrived 🤦🏼‍♂️

Guido
Reskit engine nozzle fits now nicely after some trimming of the fuselage halves.

😊

Jennifer Franklin
Following!

Markus Antonius
take care of those main gear struts- they tend to tilt the plane in one direction once installed

Patrick Hagelstein
Looking very good Guido! If I recall correctly, the Hasegawa afterburner can is narrower than the Reskit one. Did you need to shave off those supports to make it fit?

Guido
Thanks Patrick. I took a picture of it to explain what my intentions are. 😉
Hope that helps.

Guido
Thanks Markus, they seem indeed a bit fiddly…
Also, the instructions seem to suggest that they need to be installed during in subassembly of the complete rear fuselage.

I'm not quite there yet, but I think they can be mounted towards the end. I'm also thinking of glueing the front and rear fuselage halfs together on each side and close the whole thing, avoiding any misalignments between front and rear subassembly's that are suggested in the instructions.

Will need to do a lot of dry-fitting to check feasibility however, before committing to that approach. We'll see. 🙏🏻🙋🏼‍♂️

Patrick Hagelstein
Thanks Guido! Now I see the indentations on the Reskit part. Those are meant for the air brake wells on both sides. That surely needs some trimming but by the looks of it, you got that covered! 👍

Guido
Good observation Patrick!

I had wondered why those indentations were there... But, in 1/72 there are no brakes in the kit and so no protusions for these on the inside of the fuselage halves. It means that the only contact point the Reskit exhaust has, is at the edge of the fuselage halves... which is probably not sufficient for a good "montage".

I took a quick look at the 1/48 instructions of the Hasegawa kit, and indeed there, you have the brakes and the areas on the inside of the fuselage - assuming here that Reskit designed the exhaust with the larger scales in mind, and simply resized that design for 1/72.

So, I think that the approach I'm taking, with recuperating the part kit and re-use it as the inside mounting point for the exhaust will be the good one. I'm even thinking of drilling a hole in the middle of the exhaust back-end to make sure that they align correctly by means of a small rod.

Mr D
Nice Detailing work 👌👍 the exhaust is much better, alot more accurate.
Dry fit, dry fit ...... always pays 👍

Spanjaard
really curious about the livery, it will certainly be an eye catcher. i am in 🙂

Guido
New update with some findings on the subject itself.

Guido
Cockpit is ready.

Jennifer Franklin
The cockpit looks amazing! Oh my goodness, detail!

Mr D
Yes .. Really nice job on the cockpit and seat 😀👍

Johannes Schendlinger
That is some really impressive work 👍

Guido
Thanks for the comments!

Guido
Last update of the year with more progress on both the front and rear sub assemblies.

Mirko Römer
Following

Mr D
Stella work so far 👍👍

Finn
Awesome, following

Guido
Small update on the canopy.

Mr D
Looks good though..the canopy 👍
I had X2 parts on my Harrier...l got them in place nice then taped them as x1 piece then it can be glued as if a one section.
Model is coming on nicely now 😀👍

Guido
The fuselage is completed now without too much hassle.
Good preparation and with a bit of plastic card, it worked out nicely.

Patrick Hagelstein
Wow! That marriage of the forward to the rear fuselage really worked out well! Seamless!

Mr D
Hi Guido👋
Have you sourced the decals required yet ??

Jennifer Franklin
The aftermarket fuselage is stunning. All your scribing work should also pay off, it is going to look amazing.

Guido
Yes MrD, see info in the project 😉 .
It's an Xtradecal set - which doesn't include the Ferrari logo on the intake. I would think these logos were only applied at the beginning, as more recent from Fiorano don't show these anymore.

Not in a hurry though as Monday it's back to working duties, so the building pace will slow down… or maybe not 😆

Guido
Thanks Jennifer and Patrick.

Guido
We have a Starfighter! 😊

Robert Podkoński
👍👍

Mr D
Thanks Guido, l got my current project decals of these guys they have Ferrari

a.aliexpress.com/_EQ2MDgg

Guido
I'll be getting them from here: spotmodel.com/produc..hp?products_id=20689

😉

Guido
First light coat of primer is on.

Robert Podkoński
I love this colour! It suits F-104 perfectly!

Mr D
Nice smooth lay down of paint, you definitely needed a white base.
Looking good 👍👍

Patrick Hagelstein
Very nice! 👍

Guido
Thanks everyone, and yes, a white base coat is always needed first red or any other bright colour. 😉

Jennifer Franklin
That white base coat worked well for the red colour. It came out perfectly.

Michael Kohl
Very impressed by your neat scribing job. Will need some more practice to reach that level. Nice progress.

Martin Weinpold
Nice!

흑인이만지면죽는개
Lightning Mcqueen as F-104 sounds brilliant!

Robert Podkoński
Looks beautiful already! (and I have purchased a set of decals for this plane too...)

Spanjaard
red certainly suits the 104!

Dave Flitton
Looking good at this stage!

★ Starfish ★
Here's the first update on a project I recently completed. This build was particularly meaningful to me for a few reasons. Firstly, the F-22 is one of my all-time favorite aircraft. I've had this kit for several years, but I've always been hesitant to start building it due to the challenging paint job required for the Raptor. Luckily, and that's the second reason why this is so special to me, my loyal follower Marie asked me to build a Raptor for her. Since I was currently in between projects, I just started building right away and surprisingly the end result turned out better than expected. Most importantly, Marie is thrilled with the model I sent her!
Below you can see the pilot figure I painted just because I think aircraft in flight without a crew look odd. As far as I know, Raptor pilots are not equipped with JHMCS helmets but that's just a minor detail I decided to overlook given the small scale. More updates will follow as I'm currently working on a video showcasing the building and painting process in detail.

Matt L
Would love to see more Raptor kits with other paint schemes and decals not requiring an air brush

★ Starfish ★
@Matt Well, I don't know of any other paint schemes for Raptors other than the standard and chrome schemes! However, it's always up to you how you want to paint your model 🙂

Matt L
Like to keep it authentic with decals and paint schemes - maybe we will see different paint design with a new future F-22 variant (if it happens). Many 5th gen jets seem to get pretty advance schemes where detailed airbrushing may be the best option though.

Nicolas
I'm following.

DerMattes
Taking a seat 🙂

Cristian A
I'm watching closely as well 🙂

J35J
Taking a seat too 👍🏻

★ Starfish ★
Thank you mates 🙂

CaptGPF
Sadly, I doubt we are going to see any variants - as the production lines have been shuttered for quite a while - and the USAF cancelled any new block upgrades in favor of the NGAD program. Outside of the Tomcat, I felt that the Raptor was a rare no-compromise aircraft built for total air dominance. I'm interested in seeing how you tackle the metallic coloring for this bird. I'd also love to see your comments on the pictures! 😀

★ Starfish ★
More pics will be added over time. Here's my video about the build: Youtube Video

Vincent
Very nice work. Great result on the paint finish!

★ Starfish ★
Thanks Vincent! I took a lot of inspiration from the painting process on your excellent Raptor!

Vincent
I thought so when I saw the vid. Nice to hear I could help!!!

Matt L
Agree, very nice.

★ Starfish ★
Thanks a lot Matt!

Nicolas
Very good.

Neuling
Yes!!

J35J
Looking great Starfish! Congrats👍🏻

★ Starfish ★
Thank you all!

Thorsten Höse
Impressive and cool display of the Raptor!
Very nice! 😎

★ Starfish ★
Danke 🙂

Michael Kohl
Well done and well presented.

★ Starfish ★
Thanks Michael!

★ Starfish ★
Full build video: Youtube Video

Dave Flitton
Excellent build and video!

★ Starfish ★
Thank you so much Dave!

Dave Flitton
Watching how the finish turns out. How was the rest of the build?

Maciej Bellos
Watching!

Christoph Kunz
Watching with interesst.
I've done one landing gear yesterday, very fiddly.

J35J
I'm in. Following👍🏻

Jakub Biganovsky
I am wondering how landing gear subassembly will fit; it will be next step.

Cuajete
Well done so far. Following!

Finn
I'm in

Łukasz Gliński
Joining the party

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat.

Nicolas
Joining the fun.

J35J
The kit looks more "build friendly" than the DH88 Mikromir kit 1:48.
Looking forward to see the final result 👍🏻

Jakub Biganovsky
Yep, Clear props brough realy high level of plastic kits. They are not same level as Tamyia/Eduard or...., but still very high.
Nice fitting and approximate details make a building friendly. Some small part surfaces keep milling prints due to local missing polishing of mould, but still fine.

Michael Kohl
Following closely your progress as I have an eye on this kit. Nice additions you make and valuable experiences you share.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Cuajete
Good progress! 👍

Christoph Kunz
Thank you for your detailed buildlog.
I'm staying tuned.

Cuajete
Great (hard) job so far 👍

Kenneth
Following 😳

Michael Kohl
Fit of the wing halfes is a problem indeed (bought the kit in the meantime), but I think you chose the harder route. Sanding/scraping down the contact areas between the upper and lower wing halfes should solve the problem without the need for extensive use of putty afterwards.

Jakub Biganovsky
Michael Kohl, your recommendation could work. But, evidently not in my case.
Although that I thinned both halfs to try to fit them precisely as possible, a micro step was there after glueing halfs togther.
The gap between shorter lower and longer upper half was relatively big.
And the last think is, that lower and upper "profile" did not correspond to each other.

Christoph Kunz
The surface looks pretty perfect to me. 👍

Cuajete
I agree with Christoph Kunz 👍

Jakub Biganovsky
Thank you.
It looks better than before. It still needs some corrections.

Ben M
👀

Rui S
Very niice work 👍

Rahu444
Thank you Rui!

Rui S
I'm in 😎 no pressure 😄

Piotr Puchowski
Hello regular guest 🙂

Rui S
Hey 🙂 Yap, always ready to learn and enjoy great builds 👍

Piotr Puchowski
Don't be so modest - I've seen your galleries... It's a shame you haven't posted anything for so long... ☹️

Rui S
Not modest but interested.
Well, I had some rough time for the last couple months and to work a lot, but recently I've done some model work, but its not posted yet. I've build the trailer for my 10 ton Afrika korps halftrack; a dog and a figure, but they all need more paint work, and yes everybody knows I'm a slow modeller, I don't hide it, but I expect to return to the bench soon.

Nicolas
👀

Cuajete
Very interesting project to start the year 👍
Good start!

Kenneth
Följer…

Harry Eder
Very promising start! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Quadruple build? Ambitious! Watching with pleasure!

Łukasz Gliński
Oh man, 4*Viggen 😮

Patrick Hagelstein
Very cool! I'll join in! 🍿

J35J
Massive project! I'm in!👍🏻

Spanjaard
4 Viggens? print row, please!

Guido
Taking a seat as well. 👍🏻

DerMattes
Watching 👍

Michael Kohl
Me too. Already learned to better open up the RAT turbine at my Viggen. A step I lazily omitted.

Daniel Mysak
Nice start👍! ...will follow your progress.

Mid Franconian
😎 Following!

Thomas Kolb
Main assermbly done on all four models, but now I have a few days to spend sanding and filling unwanted seams and crude areas. A bit tedious, but that's what you get when you choose to build four nearly identical models at the same time.

Łukasz Gliński
That escalates damn quickly! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Impressive progress indeed

Mirko Römer
Oh my... Good luck, Thomas! 🙂
I own two of them and was thinking of a double build but rejected the idea. Thanks for the encouragement!

S M
Very ambitious project and well explained steps! Following indeed! 😄👍

Cuajete
Good progress! 👍

Mr D
Great project 👍
Was there much difference between the kits ?

Patrick Hagelstein
Wow! That's a quick build! 😳 I can only dream to build ONE kit that fast, let alone four at once!

Thomas Kolb
Mr D, no, they are pretty much the same. Most of the parts for all versions are provided in every kit. But there are some subtle differences that need attention, like the extension of the fuselage for the fighter version.

Thomas Kolb
Patrick, haha, I am a pretty fast builder, but I am extremely slow when it comes to painting. That's where my projects usually come to a crawl.

Juergen Klinglhuber
watching with interest - I love SAAB aircraft anyhow, but 4 of them in one project --great!!

Skyhiker
This is more interesting than I thought it would be. The subtle difference between them are pretty cool.

Thomas Kolb
With only a few minutes of modeling here and there this week, it's quite a slow progress, but I am still inching closer to the finished assembly.

Cuajete
Veryt nice wapons and pods 👍

Dave Flitton
Excellent work. Can't wait for the finished product!

Spanjaard
really interested in seeing what you do with it 🙂

Miguel Vaquero
Welcome aboard Spanjaard.

I've decided I'm going to represent the plane putting out a wild fire. For that I will need to make the plane with the gear up and flaps down, wich the kit doesn't include an option for neither. I'm also going to make it with the water door open, so plenty of scratch builds for this project. It's going to be a long one again

Spanjaard
no rush 🙂 have fun

Живко Джаков
I like this machine. I've seen newer ones work. I'm joining the show.
To Naples. [img1]

Cuajete
Great!

DuperScale
Joining, i like that plane

DerMattes
Watching! 👍

Miguel Vaquero
Welcome on board guys!!

That's an amazing photo Живко! Is it yours??

Miguel Vaquero
Interior all done. Not as detailed as some of my other builds because I dont want to lose to much time in a an interior it's not going to be seen, much more when there's going to be a while diorama for the plane.

Живко Джаков
Yes. It's mine. They were flying over us all day. The fire was 200-300 meters from the filming location, across a valley.
Canadair CL-415 | Album by JivkoDjakov (1:72)

Miguel Vaquero
Those are incredible photos! Love them. Did you get the chance to finish your model?

I created the water drop doors in blender, waiting to print them later today.

Живко Джаков
It's ready, just not photographed. I'll take care of it these days.

Miguel Vaquero
I'll make sure to follow it!

Miguel Vaquero
Fully assembled and ready for masking and painting. I ended up doing the door with some plastic I had for other projects and some stretched sprue. I also made some structure inside the water tanks to make it more appealing

Miguel Vaquero
Funny detail I learned while doing this project. This version of the plane, Wich is the first one ever made, mounted the same engine as the Corsair. Although not even half as detailed as the one that I made in the same scale last year

Miguel Vaquero
Welp, my compressor broke mid painting the yellow. Time to order a new one 😞. I'll have to hold the build for the moment. If I get the time maybe I'll start with the diorama base.

Guillaume Blanchet
I bult this kit as a kid. I love the improvements you've added. Best of luck with the new compressor 😉 .

Cuajete
Those hatches and the water tank structure look amazing 👍
I'm so sorry about the broken compressor 🙁
Does the landing gear have the option to leave it in the raised position or did you modify it in some way?

Dave Flitton
Nice start!