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Clement
This looks very promising, keep up the good work!

Lost_Erik
Wonderful paintwork

Donald Dickson II
I was unfamiliar with this plane. Very cool.

Ekki
Following.

Cuajete
Me 5!

Łukasz Gliński
Me 6, very cool topic it is 👍

Ben M
watching, I love tubular NMF things.

Alec K
Taking a seat as well. Excellent progress and notes, as usual 👍

Mr D
Hi Marius 👍
What metallic paint did you use..??
I'm struggling to airbrush my Velejo silver!! Keeps clogging.
Like your work 👌👍👍

CaptGPF
Watching with interest

Lost_Erik
Nice stripes!

Cuajete
Well done so far 👍

Marius
Thank you guys for the interest and patience with my never ending typos 🙂
I am of course not the first one to build this kit in the IDF version, but I am trying my own approach.

@Mr D: I am using Xtreme Metal paints. Their Aluminium and Duraluminium are by far my favorites among many other I tried in the last years. Both need no thining and can be used directly out of the bottle. The metallic paints from Xtreme Metal are compatible with Alclad metallics, where my first choices for "Steel" and "Jet Exhaust" are. So you can mix both brands for shading. I am using the Mr. Hobby Thinner, since especially the Alclad Steel is thick and more pretentious. Otherwise regarding the Vallejo metallics, although I experimented quite much with acrylics, nobody managed so far to convice me that spraying acrylics has any advantage over the other "dark side" (other than smell). The Vallejo Silver is indeed the best metallic paint I have found so far that can be applied by brush (for small details or minor chipping). It settles well without waves or protuberances maintaining a good shine (if applied properly). Otherwise, I would personally never think of applying acrylic metallics by airbrush. But there is certainly a reason why some people are still trying that, just that I personally don't know the secret recipe.

Mr D
Hi Marius 👋😃👍
Thanks for the info, be really helpful .
I'm trying to learn about paint and techniques....and advice like this is appreciated 👍
I only purchased an airbrush about a year ago.
Yes the Velejo silver brush paints really well.
What size needle jet do you use for the Extreme metrics?? and general use ?
Thanks

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Dave Flitton
Looking good. The painted invasion stripes look excellent.

Clement
Nice work on those stripes.
I share your frustration regarding Print Scale lack of research, they are also pretty hard to apply, especially small stencil sized decals.
I tend to avoid the brand these days.

I'm looking forward to the rest of your build, it's gonna be a stunner.

Michael Kohl
Looks to me like you did a darn good job on that kit.

Mr D
Very smart 👌
Like the riveting 👍

Guy Rump
Like it! 👍

Alec K
Another great project 👍

Cuajete
I agree with the mates. Great job and very nice result.
Congrats!

Clement
Outstanding work, especially given the short run nature of the kit.
Another stunner in your display cabinet, Marius!

Neuling
Good build and infos. Thanks for showing/telling!

Łukasz Gliński
Another middle-eastern gem in your collection 👍 Congrats and thanks for sharing the context info, very well researched (as usual)

Marius
Thank you mates for having a look and for the kind words, they are highly appreciated. 🙏

Raphael Bernecole
Amazing Metallic paint : Great ! 🙂

Shar Dipree
Nice 👍

Marius
Raphael and Shar, thank you mates! 🙏

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here 🙂

Calvin Gifford
👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
I got this kit for a reduced price on a flea-market - due to the fact that the cockpit and seat were missing. The former owner spoiled it or put it aside - I don't know exactly. But it wouldn't be me not taking this challenge. Lets go and scratch an Eurofighther cockpit...

Łukasz Gliński
Interesting challenge

Juergen Klinglhuber
thx for your interest Lukasz. I joint the fuselage last night & the cockpit did fit 🙂
pics will follow soon.

Dietmar Kollmann
Nice start., Jürgen.

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
ohhh nice work on the cockpit Jürgen! Taking a seat to see the progress 🙂

Nicolas
Following.

J35J
Great scratch work on the cockpit. Looking forward to see the final result.

Guy Rump
Excellent cockpit, following! 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi mates - thank you for your nice words on my scratch work. Time consuming - but It came along nicely and better than I did expect.

Michael Kohl
Following too.

Robert Podkoński
A little late, but watching with pleasure 🙂

Juergen Klinglhuber
Welcome. No worries - it's summertime again (progress is slow ... 😉 )

Harry Eder
Nice scratched cockpit! Watching with interest! 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thank you Harry. Welcome.

Juergen Klinglhuber
As the cockpit is done I have to catch up with the Eurofighter Typhoon - "Austrian Typhoons" 7L*WB | Album by jott (1:72) build which is almost done. Beside livery the kit is 1:1 the same, so making up leeway isn't that hard I hope.

★ Starfish ★
Nice work so far! I had the same issue with the warped vertical stabiliser on this kit.

DerMattes
Just checked the newer Revell Eurofighter (Ghost Tiger box). It seems to have the same problem with the stabiliser 🙁

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi Starfish & DerMattes - thx for sharing your experience. So watch out mates for front landing gear and stabilizer issues !! 👍 cheers

Juergen Klinglhuber
Done in time for the up coming show in Ried, Hope to have some final pictures right after it.

Nicolas
Looks great.

Tibor Szilvai
Nice work! 👍

Gerald
Hello Welcome here 😉

isaactankista
Hello Thank You )