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Marcin Dudek
Watching with interest 👀

John Hughes
Mr Surfacer is your friend for those printing marks!

Robert Podkoński
Welcome, Mates! Thanks for the tip, John. Yet, I am too afraid to use it on such a delicate and intricate contraption...

bughunter
That is a very filigree affair 😮 But are such heavy print line needed with latest technology? 🤔 I do not have a 3D printer but I have seen better parts.

Ben M
I dilute perfect plastic putty and brush on parts with print lines. It dries in the "valleys" and runs off the "peaks" if you orient the part correctly. No need for a lot of sanding.

John Hughes
Robert, I would brush on a thin coat of Mr Surfacer and use Levelling Thinner with a cotton bud to cut it back. You don't need to apply any pressure.

Robert Podkoński
Thanks again for your tips, Ben and John, much appreciated 🙂 It is a pity that I already painted it and a few details... I hope that from the distance no one will notice these lines 😉

John Hughes
You have an easy job doing on a kit this size, Robert. I've got a 3D printed 760mm tall Thunderbird 1 to do some day!

Robert Podkoński
WOW! I would love to see it, John.

John Hughes
I have an album of the main parts assembled. You can see there will be a lot of smoothing of the surface required.

Ben M
I did a resin printed 1/35 K-Wagen, not quite as big as the thunderbird I think, but one of the biggest models I have built. There was a lot of putty and sanding involved.

Robert Podkoński
@John - smoothig the surface will be the big task indeed in the case of this Thunderbird...

gorby
I doubt if the print lines will be noticeable on such a tiny model (damn you macro! 😄 ).

Robert Podkoński
You're absolutely right, Gorby! 😉

Ludvík Kružík
Robert, did you get the scale wrong? 😄 For 1/48 scale, those flying tubes are really tiny.

I wish you a steady hand and a lot of patience during the construction and I'm curious to see the result.

Robert Podkoński
It is great to have you on board, Ludviku 🙂 On the box it is written 1/48th scale, so I believe to the producer... There is also a 1/72nd scale kit available...

Ludvík Kružík
Robert, I can't miss such an interesting fact.

With my eyes, I would need a microscope to build this 1/72nd scale model. 😄

Alec K
Very unique project Robert 👍

Nicolas
I have to watch.

Robert Podkoński
Welcome Alec and Nicolas! I am approaching the finish line...

Robert Podkoński
I announce the next X-plane in my collection finished. Perhaps the most exotic one in the series...

gorby
Wow it's so tiny! Excellent result Robert.

J35J
Great work with that small kit! Congrats👍🏻

Robert Podkoński
Thank you both, Mates. You're too kind 🙂

Michael Kohl
Nice. Is it a gyrocopter? Looks a bit like an american adaptation of the Bachstelze.

Robert Podkoński
Yes, Michael, it is a gyrocopter. For more info you can take a look here:
nationalmuseum.af.mi..en-x-25a-gyrocopter/
(FYI, many years ago I have build both versions of the X-24 😄 😄 😄 )

John Hughes
Would adding a pilot be enough weight to stop it being a tail-sitter, I wonder?

Robert Podkoński
Presumably, it worked this way, John:
military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Bensen_B-8

Nicolas
Very nice result Robert. Dont worry about it being a tail sitter, the original is without pilot a tailsitter too.
👍👍

Alex K
Well, I'm a little disappointed that you didn't go for the 1:72 kit... but... OK... 😛 Seriously, beautiful job on a very special X-plane... 👍 👍

Robert Podkoński
Thank you very much for your kind words, Mates. Much appreciated 🙂
@ Alex: I've bought a 1:48 kit simply because it was not available in 1;72 scale... 😉

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

John Mulhall
Very nice work!

Dom SAVE
Thanks gentlemen, I try to go slowly in order to be more clean

gorby
Excellent work so far!

John
Looking really good. I can tell its going to be a lot better than mine, which is turning into a slog, so I'm not giving it 100%.

Dom SAVE
@John, Thank you very much, I still have plenty of time to mess things up! 🙂 I looked at yours and you came out superbly, maybe it's worth putting it aside while waiting for the taste to come back? I have a bit of the same feeling at the end of assembly. The 2006 kit was not easy to line up.

John
Dom, thanks. However, I am so far in that I am determined to finish it. I have a bad habit of never coming back to a "paused" build, so onward it is!

Dom SAVE
@John so I'll continue to check for updates 🙂

Pietro De Angelis
Beautiful work, congrats!

Dom SAVE
Thanks a lot @Pietro De Angelis

Patrick Hagelstein
Another telltale blue match…

Robert Podkoński
Who could resist the power of blue match... 😄

Mirko Römer
I'm on fire

Zsolt Czegle
Welcome mates on aboard!