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gorby
Beautiful model of a beautiful car. 👍

Philippe EVE
Thank you Gorby for your comment!👍👍😀

George Williams
That blue really pops.

Neuling
So clean and well painted. Excellent color modulations on the exhaust.

Guy Rump
Excellent result. 👍

Ekki
Brilliant job!

Cristian A
Watching! I have the same kit as my next project 👍😃

Ferenc Sarka
I made the revell version earlier. A little bit better but neither of them is issue free. The revell unreachable on the market, just the italeri version. Good luck for your project.

Ekki
Following.

Thomas Kolb
I am definitely following this build. The Italeri kit is not an easy build (and it is a model of the very first A-version of the Gripen, not the C-version used by Hungary), but it is the only one that exists today. I am however sure you will do a splendid job!

Lost_Erik
Great progress!

Nicolas
looks good so far.

Finn
Nice

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Nicolas
Looks good.

Ferenc Sarka
Thank you Mates for the likes and kind words.

Ekki
Good work!

Edo Spijker
Hallo Mark, Ik ben geintresseerd in deze en je K-4386 Typhoon-VDV, en zou deze graag van je willen overnemen.

Mark Rozendal
Hoi Edo, dank voor je interesse.

Ik heb 'm nog, dus dan kan ie voor jou zijn.

Ga je toevallig naar de SMC in oktober? Dan kan ik 'm voor je meenemen. Als je 'm eerder wilt moeten we of ergens afspreken, of ik stuur 'm naar je op.

Waar woon je? Ik in de buurt van Arnhem.

Mark

Edo Spijker
Ik woon in Apeldoorn, maar aankomende tijd wat druk duspsturen vind ik prima! Misschien via marktplaats doen? Dan hoef ik mijn adres hier niet te delen (ik weet niet of we hier een prive gesprek hebben of dat het op onze wall staat)

J35J
Found this gem on the web. Time for another vacu kit!

Torsten
WOW, very exciting and challenging, I'll be watching

Duster_d
Oh, it's super interesting! I'm taking a seat

Skyhiker
Fun...fun.

J35J
Welcome to the project mates!👍🏻

Alex K
... joining the gallery...

Gordon Sørensen
Following!

J35J
Thanks Alex & Gordon for your intrest!

gorby
Looks like an interesting and challenging project.

J35J
Thanks Gorby! This is my second vacu kit build and this time it feels a little bit more straight forward…
My experience so far with vacu kits is that you have to spend a good amount of time on fitting, sanding and putty work to get a nice base for paint and finishing. Also spending quite some time reviewing old photos to get a good picture of the details. This as there is a fair amount of scratch work to get a decent build.

Łukasz Gliński
Brave idea

Robert Podkoński
You're a brave man, indeed! I will follow this thread with pleasure, for sure.

Michael Kohl
Me too

J35J
Thank you everyone for you supporting words! 👍🏻

Mr D
Nice, Nice 👍👍, lalways wanted to see a vacform build, Do you have to make up other parts to add on ??
Thanks for upload 😃👍

J35J
Thanks Mr D for your comments.
There will certainly be scratch build involved, mainly regarding the details as it looks for now. Otherwise I will raid my spare part stash first in order to save time and frustration.
If you are intrested in vac kits you can also have a look at my first vac kit:
McDonnell XP-67 Moonbat | Album by J35J (1:72)

Mr D
Thanks 👍👍 great, will do , l have an intest...as l enjoy making parts, lve had to do it few times, when parts lost or broken or details missed of kit...even canopy once 🤣.
Will check out the XP-67

Mr D

a.aliexpress.com/_EQ0vBTd

J35J
Thanks for the link Mr D!👍🏻

Mr D
Need a good pair of scissors ✂️🤣, do you use the same Poly glue's

Skyhiker
Any behind the scenes progress going on?

J35J
@Mr D - yes you will need some good scissors as a start😅, for the fine tuning of the parts I normally use saw razor blades and sanding paper of variuos grits. Regarding glue I use "normal" Tamyia Extra Thin, the vacu kit plastic is often quite soft and melts easily.

J35J
@Skyhiker - Happy to hear that your following with great intrest. Usually the building pace goes down during the sommer period as I have been reminded that we have a garden that also need some TLC…😂
Nevertheless, yes there is planning and ordning of parts going on behind the scenes. Cockpit need to be done, rescribing the full kit, alignment of wheels as the mold was totally off-set. Drill out all machine guns for after market parts etc.
The main work will be to prepare the plane for NMF look also including some aluminum dope areas. Will try AK's metal paints this time. Stay tuned!

Łukasz Gliński
Luckily the old Russian saying applies to Sweden too - "we have only 10 months of winter, but all the rest is summer!" 😄

J35J
@Łukasz - Spot on! 😅

S M
Following!

J35J
Welcome S M!

Ben M
Tasty

Cuajete
Good job so far 👍

Mr D
Interesting 😃, quite an unusual wing it had.
Nice little project 😁👍

Moreno Baruffini
Wow! Just found this, following for sure!

J35J
Thanks for all intrest! Building place is a little slow at the moment.

David Taylor
Following.

Mr D
Do you have much in the way of photo references??
Like the PE venting 👍👍

J35J
Mr D - regarding reference photos and material, did research some photos and blue prints on-line. In addition I have also checked out some ref builds both in 1/72 & 1/48 for further input on details.
Yes, the PE venting turned out good. Next step is to paint the cockpit and glue the airframe together

Thomas Kolb
Super cool! You are a braver modeler than I am!

Mr D
Great 👍👍 l like something different n interesting like this.
I recently used the thick tin foil of a hot chocolate lid to make a lost seat belt, it worked really well.
Like the seat.
Thanks for input n uploading 😁👌

J35J
Thanks Thomas, really appreciate your comment!
As usual the project ambition increases over time…😂

J35J
Mr D - thanks for your intrest and encouraging comments.
This time I went the easy way with just some tape for seat belts

Mr D
Looking good now with the wheel pants.
Good stuff 👍👍

Torsten
Nice progress 👍

J35J
Thanks! Feels always nice when the main build part is done and everything is aligned. Now time for rescribing.

Finn
I'm in - best of luck

Cuajete
Great!

J35J
Thanks Finn & Cuajete for your comments & intrest! Rescribing up next and then some final sanding to prep for paint.
Will try AK extreme metal paints for the first time in this build. Any experiance, tips or tricks regarding these paints for a solid result?

Skyhiker
This is getting exciting.

Guy Rump
Impressive so far, following with interest! 👍