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Jennifer Franklin
I can't believe that even primed your paint is chipping, that must be incredibly frustrating. It's looking really good though. Very nice detail work on the face.

CaptGPF
This is going to be an interesting build on an Anime classic. Watching to see how this turns out. 😀.

CaptGPF
Absolutely beautiful result! Thanks for sharing!

CaptGPF
Holy cow! I didn't think it were even possible to make a sub kit that big! following!

Skyhiker
Okay, let's do this!

Roland Sachsenhofer
This project has been waiting long enough, now the time has come! The "shell", seen here, is quickly put together, the glued seams are still wet, so to speak. I plan to show the A90 in a proper dio - gliding just above the water!

Michael Kohl
One one those weird sovjet constructions. Will be fun to follow.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Oh yes, Weird and.... big. That must have been a massive vehicle!

Ben M
watching

Skyhiker
Neat

Roland Sachsenhofer
Feel very welcome! 🙂

Treehugger
I just remembered, I have this kit in my stash.
Are those windows on the side? Like on passenger jets?

Roland Sachsenhofer
If this was some kind of passenger aircraft, I would book a flight for sure. 🙂
I will drill the windows and fill them with Krystal Klear.

Raz1
No windows, apparently.

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-90_Orlyonok

Dave Flitton
Watching!!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you both for interest and comments! Well, I will think over with that windows.... Thank you for the link!

Skyhiker
Looks to me like there are windows in that Wikipedia photo.

Raz1
I stand corrected. I had originally not seen the windows. Thanks, Skyhiker.

Plenty of interior photos here: flickr.com/photos/la..597/with/45021731405

Eddie Mann
Do you mean Microscale as a brand or is it something else?

bughunter
There are Microscale products already in database, e.g. the clear coats:
SCM Search: Microscale

Raz1
Thanks. I had seen that. I should have worded my question differently: the existing Microscale products are listed as paints, which they are not. How about adding a sort of catch-all category, such as "Fluids," for example, which would cover fluids that don't "deserve" individual categories, such as cleaners, inks, plasticators, decal setting solutions, etc.?

Eddie Mann
Here they are:
SCM Search: Microscale

Raz1
Thanks.

CaptGPF
Brexit? 😜

Sebastijan Videc
ha?

CaptGPF
For some odd reason, I thought of Boris Johnson when I saw the figure!

Bob Hall
The Trooper ! One of my favorites 🤘😎🤘 ! Better run for the hills !

Andreas Lott
Nice beauty👍 really Perfect!
How did you made the original storage basket?

Pascal Van Acker
@ Andreas. I used the conversion kit from Legend Productions and used the copper wire.

Andreas Lott
Really omg 😨 soldering or glueing?

Pascal Van Acker
Gluing, and it was my first experience! It was not easy, I even bought UV glue to get the parts together faster. Then I could hold it while my wife hardened the glue with the UV light. It was my 5th model after a 35-year break.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Andreas Lott
Perfect work, perfect scene. It looks like reality. I have this conversion also, but at the moment the project stopped cause of this storage basket. I hope I'll find soon an solution!

Pascal Van Acker
@ Andreas I think with the tools I am using now, it would be less difficult. I don't know many people who want to make a BE version of the Leopard. But I am getting the impression that you will make a UKR version of it considering BE supplied UKR with it.

Andreas Lott
I didn't know, that the 1A5 BE served in the ukraine. I would like to build the belgian version. I am not interested in war at all. What are your tools now?

Neuling
Looks like the real thing. More photos would be nice!

Pascal Van Acker
@Andreas I use various tools from DSPIAE to bend PE, cut circles, among other things. As well as the rolling set from AK. With these I can give a rounding to my copper wire or PE elements etc. At the time I built the Leopard, I barely had a cutter, tweezers and an airbrush from 35 years earlier. I also make my own tools according to what I want to make. Good advice I can give. Buy floral wire of different diameters from 0.4 to 1.8 mm. This is stiffer than copper wire. You can make antennas, cables, etc. with it. And it is dirt cheap.

Pascal Van Acker
@Neuling Done!

CaptGPF
Beautiful build - very photo-realistic!

Andreas Lott
Sounds very time intensive only for the basket. But, really wonderful! Thanks for your advice.

Pascal Van Acker
Thx for all the comments

CaptGPF
Gorgeous Dio!