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Ben M
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Bohrmann
👀 Thanks for sharing lots of high quality,work in progress pictures. Enjoying your project 😃. I'm observing and learning. here

Rod -
This kit is more than 50 years old and amazingly good. The original tires in my kit had decomposed to mush so I got some Tamiya RC tires, machined some rims and 3d printed some centres.
The kit comes with a motor, lights and wiring. Motor hidden in engine block, 4x AA in the fuel tank. It even has little uni joints on the tail shaft.

Rod -
I've spent a bit of time trying to get the stance right. Out of box it sits quite high.

Ben M
Those rims are amazing, did you use a hobby lathe?

Rod -
I have a cnc lathe at home. It has a 75mm spindle bore, a bit bigger than a hobby lathe 🙂

CasModeler
Dashbord looks incredibly good.

Rod -
Dash gauge decals pinched from a 1/12 foose camaro kit. The original decal sheet only gives you 3 choices of screaming chicken and a big blue stripe. No badges or detailing of any kind. The silver trim is a separate piece. I glued some green felt on the floor for carpet.

Rod -
I'm using SMS "green gold flip" for the body colour.

István Szücs
She looks so good- I love the color of the seats!

Alexander Grivonev
This deserves way more pictures!! 👍

Rod -
I'm waiting on some 3d printed brake rotors and calipers. There will be more pics soon 🙂

Rod -
Some more progress. Body was painted white with a black fade under the horizontal crease along the side of the body. Then the green/gold pearl, then about 5 coats of green tinted clear. When it hardens I'll polish, add decals and put the final 2k clear on. The camera can't capture the color, it looks nice sitting on the bench 🙂

Rod -
This is my first 1/12 car. It needs way more paint than a 1/24! I used 2-1/2 bottles of sms pearl. Instead of using hobby clear coat I bought a can of clear acrylic spray from the auto parts store and decanted it for mixing and airbrushing. Good quality paint and much cheaper!

Rod -
I glued the boot shut as the fit wasn't perfect and there's nothing to see in there anyway (4x AA batteries, loaded from the bottom). I also am not confident the opening doors will work perfectly so I glued one shut. That way at least one side of the model will look clean if the door fit is a bit crappy.

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic colours! Great job so far, Rod. Keep it up!

Thomas Wirsching
Great color choice! I am not into car modelling but yours look great!

István Szücs
Very nice color!

Rod -
Pic 11 is probably closest to what it actually looks like. All the pics look sort of aqua and over exposed. In reality it's a bit darker with a fine pearl effect.

Rod -
Making progress! Only a handful of parts left to fit. The lights look super cool. The kit comes with small globes, much nicer than LEDs.

Rod -
I am very happy I glued one of the doors shut as the one that opens doesn't close well. I will probably glue that one shut as well.

Ben M
The lights - and the whole car - looks super cool.

Alexander Grivonev
That is an absolute gem you've created, wow! 👍

Christian W
Pretty! Didn't know, that this kit has some electrical stuff on board!

Rod -
There are several variants,not all have motor and lights

István Szücs
Badass.

Rod -
Pretty much done. More pics to come!

Christian W
Looks good! First seeing the rims, I was struggling but at the end, they look pretty good.

Michael Kohl
With such a big scale one expects a perfect paint job. No disappointment here. Top job.

Rod -
Perfection is hard to achieve over such a large area. Perhaps my airbrush wasn't clean enough, there are a few speckles here and there I'm not happy about. Overall it's good enough and some lessons were learnt.

The Blytonian
Nice. Enjoying the build?

Someday, fingers crossed. On my opportunity buy watchlist.

Desert Marlin
Yes! It's a great kit. I got one of the special edition with the white metal German Shepherd and the Ernst Rüdel figure. The combinations of parts between Jg 1 and Jg 2 are something to be mindful of however. There are several decals for the car parts so I'm still sorting through that. Time and care must be taken on the cockpit and the figures as there is a lot of posing and seating to be performed before everything is painted. And I am coming back to this one after having started it almost 15 years ago...

Desert Marlin
Completing the cockpit makes the whole project move along!

Marius
Superb model and beautiful photography!

I also want ro build one, but these Su-27/-33 etc. series aircraft are just huge, even in 1:72.

Neuling
I agree with Marius: Superb model and beautiful photography!

Alexander Grivonev
Thx Marius and Neuling! Check out the WIP pics.

Chris Church
Stunning build. Excellent job.

Thomas Wirsching
Flawless and astonishing build of a beautiful aircraft!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work on your duckling.

Alexander Grivonev
Thx guys, much appreciated!

Seyid Elters
Nice kit, Im thinking of getting one, how's the fit and finish, is it easy to build?

David H
Wow, that paint is smooth. Beautiful model, Thankyou for sharing 👍🏻

Guy Rump
Beautiful finish! 👍

CaptGPF
Amazing. Simply amazing. The super detailing in this kit is on a whole different level!

Alexander Grivonev
Thanks for the comments guys!

Seyid, honestly I was not too impressed with the quality of the kit. Considering it is quite modern and all I ran into some fitting issues. There were also many inaccuracies considering some details and parts. The main carriage is simplified, I worked on it about three weeks alone. All in all it is okay I would say, a solid B-

BTW good luck trying to get one, I was fortunate enough to grab mine in 2019 I think when they were available. Now KH is out of business and I have seen these Kits on eBay for around 400€

Jos Jansen
That's an extraordinary build, great work on all the tiny details...just amazing!

Alexander Grivonev
Thx Jos!

Gary Victory
Really nice work Alexander. Kitty Hawk always had a bad wrap for instruction errors and fit issues and normally deserved. I had issues in the bucket load with the SU-35 and F-35B, so i have an idea of the pain you went through. Great project and thanks for sharing.

Pipeman86
Amazing Work!

Alexander Grivonev
Thx Gary and Pipeman86!

I had the Su-35 in my stash but decided to sell it and to get a GWH kit. They seem to be on another level just by glancing over the parts. Maybe just maybe I will try and get one of them Su-22s just because there is no alternative except the ancient KP kit

Erik
Excellent !!! Congratulations for the fantastic work.

Alexander Grivonev
Thanks Eric, glad you liked it!

Michael Kohl
All those details add beautifully to the overall impression. Great paint job on top.

Alexander Grivonev
Yeah it didn't turn out too bad 😄

DuperScale
Wow that's a perfect build. 👍👍👍

Alexander Grivonev
Hey thx. Not perfect at all but nothing to be ashamed of either😄

Zsolt Czegle
AWESOME! I really like it! 👍

Alberto Michieletto
WOW! Fantastic work!

Alexander Grivonev
Thx mates!

Mr James
Beautiful colour scheme, expertly painted and weathered. An excellent build

Grom
Looks great. What paints did you use?

Alexander Grivonev
Thx Grom. I used Mr. Paint lacquers. Usually I work with Tamiya acrylics but these are also great. They had the 3 main Su-34 camo shades already mixed so I gave them a try. The colors are spot on, I just added some white to match the scale effect and fading.

Alexander Grivonev
Initially I bought the Su-34 set from Hataka but the colors didn't match at all to my taste. Way too green.

MS K
Wow really great job!

Airzz
hey how did you build the canopy like that
what did you use

Gary Victory
Really nice build and finish James, Love the base. Top Job Sir.....and "Fear the Bones".....

Juskifo
Superbe 👏 réalisation du matou