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George Williams
Nice work so far.

Martin Oostrom
I agree

Bozzer
Your masking has definitely improved, mate. Nice job!

nikfrost
Thanks Bozzer! I think I'm getting the hang of this gloss finish also...hopefully.

Mr D
Nice 👍 very nice, the cast texture on the engine looks good, it's the prv V6 is it ?
I had an RC version as a kid .
Will look fantastic when the decals go on.
👌

nikfrost
The cast texture is Tamiya flat aluminium XF-16 very poorly sprayed by me haha, I think it was drying on its way from the airbrush to the surface and kind of built up.

Mr D
Worked well to the effect 👍 Tamiya dries really fast , l use Velejo mostly, l found Tamiya to fast n thickens up in the pot, Velejo doesn't harden like Tamiya n definitely needs good clear coat.
Nice project 👍

nikfrost
I always put a dollop of tamiya lacquer thinner in and two mixing balls, seems to keep it moving quite well.

Martin Oostrom
Seatbelts look really nice!

nikfrost
Thanks Martin, it's always the bit I dread haha

Martin Oostrom
Good job on the internals and the paint looks very smooth

Oleg Bogolei
Followong!

Robert Podkoński
Interesting start. Watching for sure!

Cristian A
Me too! 😃

Sy Bar
Amazing idea and work can't wait for more 🍿

Nicolas
I grap a seat as well.

CaptGPF
🧐

Guy Rump
Following as well. 👍

Thomas Kolb
Pretty gruesome, but an extremely well executed and intriguing diorama!

Cristian A
This not scale modeling anymore, but literally art. Very well done!

CaptGPF
LOL! totally agree with Cristian! Love the little touches, especially the blade impaled in the tree!

Nicolas
Looks great. 👍👍

Skyhiker
Wow! I have this kit and haven't touched it because it's rather intimidating. You've done an amazing job with it.

Alberto Traverso
thank you Skyhiker, kit has some fit issues but I didn't bother, just wanted to see it done, kit is just out of the box, except for the decals, original ones were unusable

James C
Awesome looking shuttle 👍

J35J
Great work! Congrats👍🏻

Marcel Klemmer
Nice job.Congrats👍

Łukasz Gliński
Very nice (and v.huge too) 👍

Alberto Traverso
thank you all 👍 👍

bughunter
Wow, that looks really nice and real 👍

Spanjaard
that is a great rendering of the space shuttle. excellent job.

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic job, especially on the weathering.

Marius
Very impressive!! Love the subject!

Brian Powell
Damn, this is lovely. Thanks for sharing!

Skyhiker
Is that a dry brush technique on the raised panel lines? The results are very good. I was trying to figure out how to manage them. They are out of scale and I was considering re-scribing, or buying decals. But I think that would not make the results any better than what you have achieved. Sometimes easier is better. What paints did you use?

Alberto Traverso
I like more the process of panting and weathering than building. so I try not to over complicate my builds, most of them are just out of the box kits. This is an old kit with few details, some fit issues and inaccuracies, there're really good aftermarket pieces to make it more accurate, but that would take me longer time to finish, and I have other projects that I want to see finished. About the paints I used MRP primer (MRP-APB), Tamiya Insignia White (LP-35) + Tamiya Lacquer Thinner (L-10) as base color, for the white patches Ammo Matt White (MIG-050), and all black areas are Tamiya NATO Black (XF-69), all acrylics thinned with Modellers World Acrylic Doctor Thinner. Everything was covered with VMS Matt Varnish HD. All weathering was done with Oil Wash: Aircraft brownish grey from Modellers World and Oil Wash: For white & winter camouflage also from Modellers World, this two colors were applied as panel line Wash, the cleaning, blending and blurring "washes" was done with OILS thinner & cleaner from Modellers World. No dry brushing, paints, enamels or other techniques were used.

Alberto Traverso
thank you all for the comments

Harald Besold
Very impressive model. Very good elaboration of the tiles and realistic weathering. Very nice.