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Finn
Following

Dave Flitton
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J35J
I'm in👍🏻

Cuajete
A classic old and hard kit from Łukasz... I can't miss it!

Patryk S.
Following! Is this build an indication and warning of an incoming Czapla build?😜 Greetings!

Maciej Bellos
Oh, gotta see this one!

Moreno Baruffini
Oh wow! Following!

Mr D
Nice 👍👍

Nicolas
Count me in as well.

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome everyone, glad to have you on board.
@Patryk: LOL, it is waiting in the stash indeed, but I'd like to train some tricks on Łoś and RWDs 6&8 first 😄

Andrzej Rygiel
Insert "I was there 3000 years ago" meme 😄 I got this as a souvenir from our family trip to Poland back in the 80's and finished it in one afternoon sitting straight after our return. I do not doubt you are going to make much better PZL.37 replica than I did back then...

Alec K
Ahh, I have this thing somewhere, in glorious blue. Watching, of course.

Ben M
👀 just what I like

Mr D
Nice to do a vintage kit... takes you back.
I remember doing the Matchbox Electric lightning ⚡ with my dad as a boy..
Good luck with everything 👍👍

Robert Podkoński
Somehow I missed that... taking a seat, of course! (I kinda "built" this kit three or four times as a kid...)

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome everyone, glad to see y'all here 👍
Say hello to the crew members awaitng varnish and washing.
Alec, I'm very jealous, I have failed to locate the turquoise one 😄
Andy&Rob - I sort of built at least two, no more I could remember, one has been lost 'flying' (in my hand) somewhere over my parents garden 😄
Andy - you're welcome 😄
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Mr D
Nice to see this one making a start.... nice project
Looking good 👍👍

Moreno Baruffini
Hello!!!! 😊

Zbynek Honzik
I built this Łoś kit about 35-40 years ago.
These are memories...
Good luck with the build Łukasz! 🍀👍

Cuajete
First steps. Great!

David H
This won't be in FAA colours as I don't have any more FAA decals for this era of phantom so it's going to have to RAF.

Mr D
Hi Dave pain in the but when something like this happens to paint..?
It's all a learning curve.
I snapped a canopy in two recently.
Don't let it put you off, Velejo paints are very reliable and don't let you down.
I purchase a basic colours set when l first set out and never looked back.
Good luck with sorting it out..👍👍

gorby
Shame about the crazing as the model was looking very good. Do you know if it was the paint or the top coat which cracked?

David H
Mr D , nothing puts me off, as you say it's all a learning curve. Gorby, I "think" it was too heavy a paint coat,. I've stopped using pure acrylics. I now use Tamiya acrylics thinned 50/50 or more with cellulose thinners (and a mask) gives a super smooth finish and no primer needed to key

gorby
I've not heard of Tamiya acrylics being thinned with cellulose before. Normally I use the Tamiya thinners and find that works very well.

David H
If you thin with cellulose (and leave it for a few hours) it breaks the particles down and gives a ridiculously smooth finish as well as etching into the plastic.

Mr D
Hi Dave 👋
It's bit to Harsh for modeling Cellulose.
Isopropanol alcohol or Tamiya thinner is better and safer.
Cracking can happen if X2 paint coats are drying at quite different times.

David H
Whatever works for you…with pure acrylics I've had issues with " lifting" ymmv. Just don't try it with anything other than Tamiya. Tamiya is NOT a proper acrylic . "Proper" ie water based acrylics just turn to jelly 😉
BTW the FAA phantom was done with Tamiya acrylics thinned with Tamiya thinners.

Patrick Hagelstein
Wow! That's quite the save. 👍🏼 Really nice repaint. 👍🏼 I like using lacquers like Mr. Color, MRP or SMS and occasionally thin Tamiya 'acrylics' with lacquer thinner as well. They spray fabulously and if I need to touch up anything I just come in with brushes and use water or acrylic thinner as to have the same color.

Rui S
Welcome to scalemates🙂

John Acs
Thank you. I didn't think I would be getting a message. I don't recall you being a member of the Exeter (UK) ISCA Model Makers Club - though I suppose scale-mates encompasses all sorts of disciplines from all over. Where are you writing from?