Mural

Jonkka
Originally I acquired this kit a little by accident. I had ordered Hasegawa's F-4G Wild Weasel but dealer said it was sold out and offered this instead to complete my order and avoid refund. I took it and juggled for a long time what to do with the kit, sell it, donate it or - gasp - build it. Now I finally did to continue my modern jet planes series.

Kit wasn't bad but there's plenty of room for improvement. Panel lines are very thin, like they in Hasegawa kits and I am not fan of those. Instruction sheet is big foldable sheet of paper and that's damn difficult to manage at times. Some detail paint instructions were only in decal part of instructions and I didn't note that early on. Cockpit is quite basic although not much is seen after kit is completed.

I made two mistakes with this kit. First is visible on right side of rudder where I used Tamiya's Super Strong decal solvent and it ate right through the paint and ripped part of the decal, therefore small portion of serial number is missing. Second mistake I noticed only after looking at the pics - front canopy is ever so slightly tilted to right.

Other than these, I am quite pleased with the kit. It's damn big plane, had some difficulty adjusting it into my collection cabinet. Colors came out nice, decal blue matches the Tamiya's varnished blue almost perfectly.

Jonkka
After Mirage III, I decided to build a derivate of it in form of IA Kfir. This is earlier AMK kit with some shortcomings but overall, I was quite pleased with the build quality. Especially decals were of high quality and easy to handle.

I managed to keep all protruding air scoops intact but broke pitot tube no fewer than three (!) times before completing the kit.

Neuling
Very beautiful!

Jonkka
Another fast project, just 39 days from start to finish. All-metal Mirage IIIC, somewhat simplish kit from Hobbyboss. Easy to build but I am not overly happy with instructions (some decals weren't mentioned, inside painting instructions were lacking and details are mediocre at some places).

For the first time, I experimented with Mr Surfacer and it did help with small scratches but AK's Xtreme Metal paints were still susceptible to lifting with masking tape (ladder side canopy being worst example of this). Also, this was first kit where I needed to remove seam from canopy and that went well with new polishing sticks and stuff.

Overall, I am pretty happy with the result but I wouldn't recommend the kit. It's cheap but...

Jonkka
Another tank completed although I plan to add figures and create some sort of an diorama to go with it (plans plans, I know, haven't yet finished the one for 6-rad either). Didn't want to weather this too much as it's a desert scheme. Loved how detailed the kit is and how well most parts fit but rubber tracks don't sit so well.

Pictures are on the light side, perhaps over-exposed which I didn't catch while taking those.

Rolf Rolf
Great build!