(WIP) Shenyang FT-6

Choppa Nutta
My advise would be give us more photos and tell us what you think might be tricky on this model 😄

Bartłomiej Ślusarczyk
Excause me Choppa Nutta. I put description in wrong place 🙂. At this moment I want to ask, what do You think about the sample of rivets I've made on the wing (visible on the photo). They are very tricky in this scale. I will be successively adding more photos presenting progress on the model during the build.

Bart Goesaert
rivetting looks superb. Did you use a specific tool to make em, or just a needle or pin?

Bartłomiej Ślusarczyk
Thank You Bart I'm glad You like it. I use only a needle. Using a specific tool is very difficult in 1:144 scale and it's hard to find something with proper distance between rivets.

Choppa Nutta
remarkably neat !!!!!!
and with just a pin too !!
Which kit are you using ?

Bartłomiej Ślusarczyk
I am using exactly this Czech kit: 4pluspublications.co..km14413-ft-6-trainer I have to note that it's very accurate model for this scale and, what is cool, we have in the kit three resin parts (cockpit and antenna).

Christian Bruer
Next one with AMS😉 Well done I really like it and look forward to some more photos!

Bartłomiej Ślusarczyk
I'd like to present next steps on the project. Whole fusselage is rivetted and put together and tail-plane is attached. I add some details to seats but I didn't paid to much attention for them because they are almost invisible after final assembly. I also present photo of original airplane in colour scheme which I'd like to make (Egypt 1969)

Bartłomiej Ślusarczyk
Whole fusselage is assembled and painted, canopy need to be improved. I've made a sample of shading and paint scrapes on the right wing and I want to ask, what do You think about it? Maybe some advices?

Bart Goesaert
what colour did you use for the fuselage? It seems a lot paler than the colour on the picture. When looking for some Egyptian birds I could only find bare metal ones and camouflaged ones.

Bartłomiej Ślusarczyk
I've used flat white according to the instruction (Egypt 1969), probably this photo is quite old and I'm not sure if it presents colour reliably. Also Pakistan Air Forces and probably Tanzanian painted FT-6 in flat white. Unfortunately it's the only photo of this plane which I managed to find.