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Moreno Baruffini
Watching with interest!

Jan Janssen
#me too, wondering how it builds-up

Jan Peters
Pulling up a chair

Cuajete
Thomas, I knew you were going to get this kit! 🙂

I was hesitating a lot between the Swedish box and the Jordanian box. It took me a long time to decide, but in the end I ordered the Jordanian one because I already have several future projects with that fantastic Swedish scheme.

I follow you with great interest (as always). It is quite possible that I will finally regret choosing the Jordanian box 😉

Łukasz Gliński
Been waiting for this one 👍Utterly cool camo indeed

Harry Eder
Watching! 👍 Good luck with the kit...

Thomas Kolb
Did some dry-fitting yesterday, and just as I expected by the looks of it, it is definitely A-model quality. A lot of fettling, scraping and sanding is required for a decent fit of the major parts such as the fuselage halves and the wings. Good thing it is a small model!

Erik De Smet
It seems that it is of the same "quality" as their SF260 and Alpha jet kits. Have you ever built the venerable Airfix kit ?

Michael Kohl
I will watch too how you turn this ugly duck into a beautiful swan.

Thomas Kolb
Erik, I actually think that this is a retooling of the Airfix kit. Slightly different parts and recessed panel lines, but the breakdown is almost identical.

Łukasz Gliński
Looks like AZ Model is morphing into A-Model 😛

Daniel Mysak
I´m following. Looks like a bunch of work to get a proper model out of this kit. I'm sure you will handle it.

Finn
Will follow

Thomas Espe
👀

Cuajete
I think KP/AZ should start an improvement their molds after so many kit releases and sales, as Special Hobby has already successfully done. It is curious that for some kits they make good molds (such as the Bf-109) and for others they are so mediocre.

Despite this, I am sure that Thomas will do an extraordinary job 👍

Matthew A
🍿

Cuajete
Interiors looks great, Thomas 👍

Robert Podkoński
I am a little late, but from now I will follow with pleasure and interest (like all Thomas's previous builds 😉 )

Guy Rump
Looking good 👍

Tom B.
Looks like a lot of craftsmanship will go into this kit before the end of the build... Curiously following 👍

Thomas Kolb
This little kit is definitely putting up a fight in every step. Silly me, I thought this was going to be a relaxed weekend project, ha ha. 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
I know that feeling, it usually ends up this way 😉

Cuajete
Łukasz enjoys with suffered models 😛
Good (hard) job so far, Thomas 👍

Erik De Smet
KP short run = long work. I prefer Vallejo putty for filling seams on this type of kits, as it comes with a fine tip

Thomas Kolb
Erik yes, I think the photo shows a bit of my frustration with the seam lines. It should not be like this for a 2022 tooling.

Cuajete
Thomas, will the skinny front landing gear hold the weight of all those fishing weights?

Łukasz Gliński
Wow, how did you squeeze all that lead inside 😮

Thomas Kolb
Well, those weights are juuuust barely enough to keep the Bulldog on its nose gear and still kind of pivots around its main gear. Good thing that the entire engine compartment behind the dashboard is empty so with some Tetris skills you can fill it completely with those fishing weights.

Erik De Smet
So the front wheel does not support any weight, as the nose is in balance with the tail. I had the same problem with KPs SIAI Marchetti, and the SH Marchetti needs also quite some weight in the nose.

Michael Kohl
not a shake an bake-kit for sure. I like how you tackle it. For maximum usage of weight in tight spaces consider lead granules. They come rather cheap by the kilogram and have a diameter of max 1 - 2 mm. You can even drill a hole into the fuselage after it is closed and pour the granules in - followed by some white glue to fix them.

Thomas Kolb
After having lingered in the limbo state of half-finished projects, I have decided to reboot this build. The screwed up paintjob was removed with IPA alcohol and the model is now back to bare plastic. Some correcting fills are done and it is soon time to reapply the primer. I will make my life easier this time and just build the standard Swedish Air Force version. But I have already purchased a second kit to be finished with the Swedish Army splinter camouflage as I think I know this time how to do it properly. Stay tuned!

J35J
Great to see that you have restarted the kit. The weight distribution is a real pain. Had similar challenges with my Airfix SK61 build some months ago, Liquid Gravity sorted the issue.
SwAF livery will look aces. Keep up the spirit!👏🏼👍🏻

Michael Kohl
No idea what that livery will look like, but nice that this one is back at the bench. Reminds me of my Safir which is at a similar state.

Moreno Baruffini
Glad to see this kit again on the bench! ,👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Mid Franconian
🧑‍💻 Interesting as always!

Cuajete
Thomas, It's fantastic to read that you are taking up this project again. Great!

Ekki
And watching it.

István Szücs
Well documented build, great work, as usual!

Łukasz Gliński
Great to see you back with this little fella 👍

Nicolas
I'm joining. Very good description of the build so far. 👍

Daniel Mysak
Nice progress, paintjob looks great so far👍

Cuajete
I agree with Daniel 👍

Robert Podkoński
Keep it up, Thomas!

Thomas Kolb
Okay, this project definitely appears jinxed. This morning, the model ended up under a tool shelf that toppled over, which resulted in severe damage to the fuselage joins and broke both undercarriage legs and the stabilizers, and the canopy furthermore ended up with a nasty crack. Yes, a wee bit annoying. I will now check if there is anything I can do to salvage the model, but I think that I would rather prefer to restart. Quite frankly I was really starting to regret that I didn't go for the splinter camo, so I see this as an opportunity.

Michael Kohl
Oh shit. That's nasty. To look at this as an opportunity is a brave way to look at it.
Whichever way you choose for the Bulldog I'd like to follow.

Thomas Kolb
Michael, I admit, there was initially some foul language and gnashing of teeth before I could summon the zen mindset.

Thomas Kolb
While waiting for some paints to arrive in the mail to continue my MiG-23 build project, I decided to do a very quick build of the Eduard L-39 in my stash. This kit is labeled as a "weekend" build, which might be a bit optimistic for me, but should still be a quick progress.

Clement
Great job on that cockpit.
Following with interest.

Łukasz Gliński
Me 2 👍 That cockpit is astonishing 😮

Harry Eder
Great start! I'll watching 3

Clement
Do you already have a plan for the shades you're going to use? I found the L-39 classic camouflage very hard to get right. I hope you'll have more luck with it.

Mr D
Looking good, cockpit green is 👍 nice.
Coming on good 👌

Łukasz Gliński
@Clement: I think I've seen these colours released lately by Mr.Paiint

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here.

Ekki
Watching too.

Clement
Thanks @Łukasz, well spotted!

MRP-010 Brown Green ČSN 2250
MRP-013 Khaki ČSN 5450
MRP-027 Light Pastel Grey ČSN 1010

For those interested

Nicolas
Joining

Thomas Kolb
For the Hungarian standard camo, MRP has released an entire set, consisting of MRP-351 Brown, MRP-352 Dark Green and MRP-353 Light Blue.

Thomas Kolb
Yesterday I spent some time comparing the hue and tint of the MRP paints with my own mix of Tamiya acrylics (as described in photo 26 above), and found them to be absolutely identical. I also found the MRP paints much too smelly and aggressive and hard to adjust if you want to blend in slightly varying tones in panels etc. The Tamiyas can furthermore be used for extremely diluted thin filter applications, while the MRP are block solid.

Clement
Well done on those paints!
I agree with you, Tamiya paints spray great and don't smell nearly as nasty as MRP's.

Cuajete
I was missing this one.
Well done so far, Thomas! 👍

J35J
Great progress!👍🏻

Łukasz Gliński
I see you mixed too much of this colour and used it on the background 😋
Lovely preshading, sth I don't have enough patience for

István Szücs
Very nice build and paintwork!

Cuajete
Very nice painting job, Thomas. Looks fantastic so far 👍

I recently saw that Edward has released the transparent parts of this kit as "L-39 Revised Canopy":
L-39 Revised Canopy (Eduard 7040Y, 1:72)

Do you know what problem the original transparent parts have?

Guy Rump
Looking great 👍

Thomas Kolb
Cuajete, thank you! No, I wasn't aware of any issues with the canopy. To me, the version provided in the kit is good enough, it certainly looks correct compared with photos.

Nicolas
I'm not sure, but the kit photos show onle the multi part canopy. The revised Canopy kit also has a single peace closed version.

Thomas Kolb
Nicolas, yes, you are right. With the new set you also get a closed canopy so the builder doesn't have to join the separate pieces together. I guess it makes for a simpler build.

Cuajete
Thank you mates! 👍

Michael Kohl
Taking a late seat.

gorby
Fantastic diorama!

Robert Podkoński
Cool!

Philippe Cartault
Merci Gorbi, merci Robert Podkonski (pardon je ne sais pas faire le "n" avec accent sur mon clavier mac 🙁
Et vive l'échelle 1/72e 🙂

Guy Rump
Great dio, very effective. 👍

Robert Podkoński
No problem, Philippe 🙂 (in fact this is not an accent but a Polish letter - pronounced like Spanish: ñ 😉 )

Neuling
Ambitous diorama 👍

Spanjaard
very nice

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Nice dio!

David Taylor
Nice

Alex K
Very nice indeed... et vive 1:72! 👍

Michael Kohl
Cool idea for a first project. Welcome back to the hobby.