Belgian Alpha Jets KP/ ASK
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The ASK kit with the decals, those of SYHART are more complete. The sprues are from KP
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The second ASK kit with its decals.
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The wings need some sanding and putty filling
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The tail too needs clean up and sanding, no location pins, careful matching is required
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The undercarriage bay with my replacement 3D printed legs
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There is an ugly gap at the cockpit bay. To be filled with plastic card
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Carefull trimming is required to match upper and lower fuselage
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cockpit installed with PJ ejection seats (MB mk10) and extra details. Put some weight below the cockpit floor to avoid a tail sitter. Canopy added
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Second attempt : pink/magenta primer as undercoat for yellow. This time I will paint the wings and fuselage before the final assembly
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This is what it should be
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or this...
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The yellow seems OK (Lifecolor UA140)
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masking for the black parts
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some damage when removing the masks
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damage repaired and red areas painted, nose strikes in PE
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frontview
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top
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side
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bottom
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next decoration : AT-05 7sqn 50 years
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I got this bottom view through the Beauvechain museum : 1winghistoricalcentre.be/
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wings and fuselage painted separately
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my "home made" decals
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"gold" lines applied
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The decals need some corrections. I will have to reprint and them and redo it
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bottom view : still some corrections needed
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AT-03 or AT-25 in 1994-1996 special colours
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decal preparation
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partly assembled and white coat applied
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painting and decalling progress
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model almost finished, some corrections needed for the decals ( to reprint
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the next one : AT31 special livery for 45 years 7 sqn
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masking made for red on white : first use of Abteilung 502 Liquid mask , apparently much easier to use than Maskol
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Red and white applied
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cockpit detail with 3d parts
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decal with lines
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top view
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3 special Ajets at Plastic & Steel 2022 exhibition
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AT-31 in 1995 special livery 45 years 7 sqn, right side
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AT-31 in 1995 special livery, left side
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and bottom view
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teh next one = AT18 in 1999 livery 20 years service in 11 sqn
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final result , difficult build, I can't do better
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"gold" paint is not a succes
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top view
Comments
26 6 May 2022, 18:13
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I am not sure which livery I will use, as there are 18 possibilities...
6 May 2022, 18:37
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I consider this one as finished. Not my best model, but acceptable (for me)
2 June 2022, 15:31
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Update on this album : one 7 sqn finished, an other of 11 sqn in the pipeline
25 October 2022, 13:45
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Nice builds with great effort. They turned out very well. Congrats, Eric!!!
25 October 2022, 13:53
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