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gorby
WOW, stunning work!

Ken Park
thank you appreciate 🙂

Guy Rump
Superb! 👍

Pietro De Angelis
Really impressive!

Rui S
I agree 👍

Juskifo
nice work

Flynnn69
That's outstanding! Congratulations

Olivier
Wow indeed !

Neuling
A masterpiece.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.
What is your impression of manufacturer?

CaptGPF
Neuling nailed it - masterpiece!

Sy Bar
Outstanding work, especially the checks. This was to be my choice of scheme till I discover you have to do the checks your self 🫣
Could you give some tips on how to get such results as good as yours, cheers

Ken Park
thanks! checker masking was my first try! i wasn't think deeply for this one, simply i put thin masking tapes for make stripe first on the black base, and i masked width stripe, after few times of retouch, the result came out satisfied.

Lebloge
everything has been said up there! 👏🏻

Roberto Genero
Great work!!

Sebastian Meyner
Very nicely done mate 👍 How was the fit of this kit?

Bogicevic Vladimir
Thank you mate. For me, it was perfect. No filler at all.

Alan G
Excellent build there Bogicvic

Bogicevic Vladimir
Thank you Alan G.

Sebastian Meyner
Thanks for the feedback mate 👍

Christoph Kunz
Oh yes, a really good work.
Not too much weathering and not totally clean. 👍

Bogicevic Vladimir
Thank you Christoph. Somehow, a lot of aibrush work, panel lining and rivet wash disappeared under semi gloss clear cote. I can probably fix it but I think I will leave it as it is.

Juskifo
Superb Well done 👏

Neuling
A masterpiece.

J35J
Great work! Weathering is really spot on👍🏻

Bogicevic Vladimir
Thanks mates.

DuperScale
Awesome, nice and clean build

Roberto Genero
Great work!! 👏🏻

Mark Sherwood
Like it, like it and very well rendered. 🤟🥸🤘

gorby
Very nice result!

Neuling
Well done!

Guy Rump
Great result. 👍

Doubtingmango
Thanks all!

Edbert
Beautiful job! I'm not very familiar with the SCW, but the camo looks very 1940-France to me.

Doubtingmango
Thanks Edbert! I followed the camo pattern on the Star Decals sheet. Research was frustrating. All sources indicated the three-tone color pattern, but they split on hard edge vs soft edge camo. The Star Decals sheet said soft, so that's what I did.

Pietro De Angelis
Beautiful!

Ben M
A beautiful build of an interesting subject as is usual from you!

Nicolas
I got this kit on the to do list as well so I'm following. Nice start.

Robert Podkoński
Following, of course! I loved these "original" Kovozavody kits.

Łukasz Gliński
What a trip down the memory lane for just 3 bucks 😄 👍

Ben M
The fit on this kit…. Not great, not terrible.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Ludvík Kružík
This really is a trip into history. I wish you well with your work on the model. And I'll be happy to follow the progress.

The drop tanks used on the Mig you are building are the original (older) version. They were attached directly to the wing (no hinge) and did not have stabilizing ailerons on the end. This type of tanks had one unpleasant feature. When dropping the empty tank, the tank rolled on the wing. This was annoying because it could damage the control surfaces. Therefore, these tanks were replaced by a new type with stabilizing surfaces at the end of the tank and these tanks were suspended on a wing hanger (tanks of this type are in the kit). This solution eliminated the rolling problem.

Ben M
Ludvik, thank you for the details. I did not know that. I imagine they usually did not drop the tanks on trainers.

I also masked the canopy last night. The molding of the frames are a bit vague and lots of curves so it will require some cleanup after painting.

Ludvík Kružík
Ben, you're right that trainer planes didn't usually drop tanks. In peacetime, in normal use, even combat aircraft don't drop tanks (except in emergency situations or exercises).

The purpose of my comment was merely to explain why the tanks on Indonesian aircraft differ from those in the kit.

I look forward to following your progress and wish you a lot of fun building the model and the result to your liking.

Mr D
Doing a nice job 👌
I would by one for 3$ anytime 🤣

Ben M
The fit on this kit is ludicrous. Having a lot of fun with it though.

Ben M
Well the other night I got frustrated with the Vallejo gloss black primer clogging my airbrush, so I added some Mr leveling thinner and gave it the worst orange peel ever as this is totally incompatible with the paint. I thought I could selectively strip the paint with windex but while that kind of stripped the paint it also dissolved a lot of the perfect plastic putty and also dissolved the canopy pva glue and masking. Also I broke off a wing and a horizontal stabilizer. So a bit of a setback.

I have constant problems getting the Vallejo gloss black primer to not clog my 0.4mm nozzle.

Robert Podkoński
Sorry to hear that, Ben...

Duster_d
It's sad, Ben. These Vallejo primers can only be diluted with distilled water because they are based on acrylic urethane (this is my IMHO). Even Vallejo's Thinner and Flow Improver for acrylic paints does not go well with these primers. The same applies to their polyurethane varnishes.

Martin Oostrom
Not saying this will solve your issue, but they have a video with ratios out: Youtube Video

Sy Bar
Wow that video seam to show it's a lot of hard work to get their primer coat working 👀
I'd go with mr surfacer 1500 approx 50:50 with mr levelling thinner, then if you need a gloss use mr Color gx110 again 50:50 with levelling thinner, sounds just as complex but I've never had this block airbrush and you can get rid of surface issue before you gloss saving the thicker gloss primer obscuring details..

Good luck on you build

Łukasz Gliński
Very sad nwes mate - hope to see you back on this project with the new kit, this one looks fubar unfortunately.

Ben M
I have not yet begun to fight. It is but a flesh wound.

Ben M
Painted some detail parts. Unlike the Vallejo primer, the metallics shoot like a dream. Started reassembly. I will have to re-putty and this kit needs a lot of putty. The canopy is a goopy fogged mess, I'm going to soak it in degreaser to hopefully strip off the future and start over on it.

Nicolas
What a mess. Good luck fixing it.

Finn
Following

Ludvík Kružík
The accident on your project is really unpleasant. I wish you a steady hand and a lot of patience in dealing with the aftermath.

Ben M
It's going okay. Not giving up is part of the fun for me.