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Juergen Klinglhuber
seems to be a good plan,.....🙂 👍

Maciej Bellos
A non grey Eagle is a sweet thing. Watching!

Patrick Hagelstein
Looking good! Keep it up! 👍🏼

Guy Rump
Looking good. 👍

Cristian A
plan coming along nicely 🙂

Nicolas
Looks good so far. 👍

★ Starfish ★
Danke Nicolas!

J35J
Great progress!👍🏻

★ Starfish ★
As usual, a full build video with all details can be found on my channel: Youtube Video

Nicolas
Looks great. 👍

★ Starfish ★
@Nicolas Danke - thanks 🙂

DerMattes
Great build, but I was surprised by the quality issues. Seems like these kits are from old molds, not the recent double seater ones.

★ Starfish ★
@Mattes Danke! According to scalemates, these molds are from 1991. Hopefully, the Revell, Hasegawa and GWH kits I have are better ☺️

Skyhiker
They came out nice. Well done. I personally like the green one the most.

gorby
Excellent result.!

Guy Rump
Great result(s)! 👍

Neuling
Sehr schöne Modelle! 👍

★ Starfish ★
Thank you all ☺️

Oliver
Wie immer sehr schön! Toll gemacht

★ Starfish ★
Vielen Dank 😊

J35J
Great result! Congrats👍🏻

★ Starfish ★
Thanks J!

CaptGPF
Beautiful twins! Loved the build video which highlighted your… challenges with the kits!

★ Starfish ★
Haha yes, these two were definitely challenging! Thank you!

Rando
Wow!! Amazing work, and what a cool scheme on the camo jet!

★ Starfish ★
Thank you Rando!

Michael Kohl
Like them both, but the grey one in particular. That scheme with am machine from Spangdahlem waits in my stash.

★ Starfish ★
Thanks Michael, I also prefer the standard camo

Skyhiker
For a relatively new kit I am surprised on how much flash and fitting issues this kit has.

Skyhiker
It's really hard for me to fight off the urge to correct the structural issues with this kit. But I promised myself I would make this one out of the box.

Patrick Hagelstein
I've seen that promise before Skyhiker! 😂 Good luck keeping this one OOB! 😉👍🏼

Skyhiker
I really hate Revell conopys.

Sergio Ordonez
Mate, I think you should put the windshield uspside down. The ángel does not cope with the real one as I see on photographs.

Skyhiker
Unfortunately it looks even worse the other way around. The idiot engineers at Revell should be fired.

Sergio Ordonez
Well, I had some work with French engineers and I know shit happens. Could you take a photo with this one in the other position?

Sergio Ordonez
drive.google.com/fil..J9/view?usp=drivesdk
The windshield is not an isoscelles triangle so the windshield has not a 45 degree ángel over the capot. Please, see these example of a TA-152 (and please, mind It is 35 years old and I was only 13 when I drestroyed It).
I think an easy solution can be made. I do not want any mate to be anoyed by an engineering issue. I had them everyday (it's my job, Factory engineering problem solving, known as 'shit managing") and It can destroy your mojo.

Ben M
What a terrible canopy

Skyhiker
After several hours of sculpting I got the canopy to fit better. I will continue with it tomorrow.

Sergio Ordonez
Your mojo works, mate! Now you have became a great problem solver!
On the other hand, I think another 3D engineering guy needs to stop drinking and 20 years of 2D drafting. The fitting is worse than I could imagine. But I see is no a problem for a seasoned mate like you. Great work, mate!

Nicolas
Following. I build this kit several times in older versions. The fit of the canopy is realy sh*t. My solution was (with about 10 years) to sand the backside of the windshild till it fitted. Of corse so most of the frame is missing.

Thomas Kolb
What a struggle! It reminds me of some Heller and Amodel kits. But it looks that you manage to coax it into shape!

J35J
Great effort and progress! 👍🏻

Skyhiker
Sergio the TA 152 had a very different canopy than the 190. The 152 was designed for high altitude flying, was pressurized and had double panes.

Sergio Ordonez
Thanks you, Skyhiker: I think I can remember now, as I researched about FW190 and TA152 black in the 90's. Also, canopy is bubble-shapped. Sorry, my FW190 Mustang have been gone forever, I expent the night trying to find It, just to find my solution, but I think only the reta of the TA152 has survived.

Mr D
You done a better job of the seat belts than l did 🤣. The cockpit glass on my model was not very clear!
Looking good, ... Thanks for uploading 👍👍👍

Skyhiker
Mr D did you also have so much trouble with the canopy? I read in the kit review at the bottom of the page that it was bad. I really wish the reviews would be moved up because I always forget about them. It took me quite a while to get the canopy to work. It needed a lot of reshaping to look right.

Skyhiker
I decided to make my own blueprint for this plane. So, that's taking up a lot of my time at the moment.

Mr D
Hi, yes l had trouble too, l did a dry fit before paint, and l had to take a combination off the glass n some off fuselage, and had to use a bit of UV clear resin.
I got it to fit in the end, but it's not very clear to see through.
I had a bit missing of my engine fan too, had to make it up with super glue gell.

Ben M
Wow that's cool!

Ray Loch
Well Done!

行 渡
There are still many parts to be installed and many details to be worked out, but cruising with friends is truly a joy. My Gneisenau is expected to be finalized this winter.

Neuling
Well done so far!

Spanjaard
looks great so far. it certainly looks in its right place in the water 🙂

行 渡
Thanks Neuling! l'll finish her with high quality as soon as possible😊.

David Taylor
Brill.

Robert Podkoński
Awesome! I suppose it was not an easy task to make her floatable (have you added any ballast inside the hull?)

Dave
Really nice work. Your ship looks amazing, love the little details you added. Very well thought out plan.

行 渡
Thanks for your encouragement! Just like you suggested, I added loads of galvanized iron blocks to boost the ship's displacement, keep its center of gravity low, and make it more stable.

行 渡
Thanks, Dave! I can also learn a lot from your excellent STUKA.

David Taylor
Love the detail.

Mr D
Hi Duster 👋😃
Looking good, lve never built a Haseagawa....how have you found it..??
Good luck with next steps 👍👍

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Duster_d
@Mr D,Hi, I like this build of this kit. The casting is thin and neat, although there are some minor flaws. The connection between the parts is good and the edges of the wings are sharp and thin. The decal has a thick layer of varnish. The plastic is typical of this company's kits (I have looked at other Hasegawa kits in my stash) some details is translucent in places, but durable.

@Guy, Thanks, I'll try hard 🙂

Duster_d
I applied this primer three times and washed it off three times. "Orange peel" every time. And I diluted it and tried undiluted, degreased the model with alcohol - the result is the same. That's enough trying for today.

Ben M
After my experience with my MiG-15, I'm done with Vallejo primer.

Duster_d
@Ben M, yes, I remember your MiG-15. I have never had problems with Vallejo primers before. They suddenly started back on my Super Etendard, but I thought it was an isolated incident. I have already sinned against isopropyl alcohol and the composition of water, I do not understand why these problems began.

Duster_d
I still didn't calm down. 🙂 Through experiments, it was possible to achieve a more or less normal application of the primer. The best results are achieved on a fat-free surface, without dilution, and at a minimum pressure of 0.8-1 bar.

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Nicolas
Following.

Duster_d
Do you guys think I should "strip" the paint even more? I liked working with Vallejo's chipping liquid 🙂

Ben M
I've seen all kinds of chipping on WWII Japanese aircraft. I'd say you can't go wrong.