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Bruce Huxtable
Welcome, Matti. This is going to be an interesting journey....

Nicolas
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Bruce Huxtable
Welcome, Nicolas. This kit has raised panel lines, and I have no idea how they will enhance or detract... Some might re-scribe, but I'm going to work with it, as is.

Bruce Huxtable
Progress on the painting is progressing today.

Bruce Huxtable
Welcome, Mirko. I've moved onto the decals, so more photos later in the week. Lots of small parts to add, plus the canopy too, of course.

Alex K
I'm in - of course...

Michael Kohl
I only and sincerely hope that you quadruple checked your references that the original plane didn't have an "Airfix" molded on the cockpit side walls - lest you have to scratch new ones. 😉

Łukasz Gliński
My heart broke when I had to do it 😁

Nicolas
I'm in. Got the Airfix kit and the Pavla detail set in my stash, but I'm thinking about replacing it with the AVI kit. I think your report will be a big help there.

Cuajete
Great! The Bird Dog Society has begun. I have felt a great disturbance in the Force, but I remembered that Łukasz is a great tamer of hard plastics 😉

It looks like those photo-etches are doing a good job 👌

Alex K
So... if the AVI kit is destined for the representation of Major Buang-Ly's plane... I'm also eager to see what the Airfix kit will be...

Łukasz Gliński
You're absolutely right Alex - AVI's going to be Major's BirdDog and Airfix is destined to be boxart DJ-coded one.
I was thinking of Maltese markings for it, but there are none available.
Cuajete, the PE are quite good, but the Airwaves set has quite unclear hand-drawn instructions, which is challenging sometimes.
Nicolas, wish I could fetch the Pavla tail set, I need to try restoring the raised lines after having to remove the injection marks.

gorby
Nice collection! You must be an expert at applying decals by now. 😄

Thomas Faber
I'm not an expert yet, but 25 years of model building has given me some experience.. 😄 😄 😄 😄

Neuling
I agree with gorby, my favorite car is the blue Golf though ........

Thomas Faber
Thanx!! 😄 😄

Rui S
Beautiful collection 👍

nikfrost
Great cars, personal fave is the Quattro S1 E2. Would love to build that one day.

Michael Kohl
Very nice. I'd go for the green Skoda and the 037. Would be interesting to read a word or two on the kits you used and maybe even the experiences you had with them.

Thomas Faber
Rui S. Thanx!! 😄 😄

Thomas Faber
nikfrost. Thanks! The S21 is a great set, I can only recommend it! I also have another set with a motor!

Thomas Faber
Thanx Michael, it is no problem I can tell you some experiences, but you may write me a PN then we can also write in german

bossy122
I love your corrected Rally Deutschland Focus. I have one of those in the works. What did you use to get the gold affect on the Suzukis exhaust? I have been looking for a "clear" gold for the longest time.

Thomas Faber
bossy122 Thanks! Which exhaust are you thinking of because I haven't built a Suzuki yet.

bossy122
My fault! The Kawasaki Ninja. That mirror gold on the exhaust looks terrific. All I can ever find is thick, non mirror like gold paint. And on that factory Skoda, did you use the green decals from the kit or paint the green. If thats the decals, that is a great job, especially around the fender.