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bughunter
Great handling of "50 shades of gray" 👍

John
Thanks bughunter! I should also add the molded on seatbelts Revell provided are not the best, but I got a case of the lazies and didn't replace them all with tape. To be fair,there are nine seats.

Mr D
Shaded well 👌 nice kit.

John
Thanks Mr D, this one is almost done. It's been a beast to finish.

J35J
Totally missed this one until now. Really great build, paintwork and weathering 👍🏻👏🏼

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

John
Thanks J35J & Guy! 👍

bughunter
Yes, nice result! At least the four rotor blade markings are colorful 😉

Desert Marlin
Paint scheme looks great!

Dave
This is looking great. Like the colours

Alex K
Good work so far, keep it up 👍

Ben M
👀

Kees Borgers
Watching.

Jan Peters
Me too 👀

Łukasz Gliński
Following, of course

Zbynek Honzik
Welcome, Łukasz!

Robert Podkoński
Me 2!

Zbynek Honzik
Welcome, Robert!

Zbynek Honzik
After a long time I got into modelling and so managed to move a number of things forward. Now I have to let the putty cure properly on the transition between the pylon and the engine. And then the careful sanding and cleaning and final painting of the pylon and engine will begin.

Łukasz Gliński
Great to see you back on this one, the livery looks v.cool indeed.
And don't even think that Zvezda nacelles are much better 🙂

Spanjaard
wow it it is looking really good. I really like the windows, and the shades you added

Zbynek Honzik
Łukasz, I've got 373-800/700 waiting for me from Zvezda. And I'm looking forward to it. However, given my snail's pace, I don't know when their turn will come... 🐌🫣

Zbynek Honzik
Thank you, Spanjaard.

Łukasz Gliński
My both 800s are waiting as well 😄 Revell & Zvezda
Btw. How did you do such a nice pair of landing lights? I'm looking for ideas as decals are not available for all liners in 144th.

Michael Kohl
I am impressed by how clean and evenly you cut out the windows. Which material did you use to cover the windows before pouring the resin. I use regular Cello tape but the resin dissolves the glue and this sticks to the windows.

Zbynek Honzik
@Łukasz - I use either "little lenses" that I bought years ago at www.morellingtool.co.uk or nail glitter that I bought at a bead store.
I seal the headlight area first, then spray paint it matt black and glue the lights (glitter) in the appropriate places.
Then I sealed everything with transparent resin. After the resin hardened, I sanded everything to the shape of the leading edge of the wing and then polished.

Zbynek Honzik
@ Michael - I use an electrical tape that I bought on e-bay. I got a reference for it on YouTube here: Youtube Video
It's High Temperature Resistant Kapton Tape. The packaging says it is "Advanced Polymer Tape" and is characterized as "Clean Removal". And the adhesive doesn't really stick to the resin.

Łukasz Gliński
Velke diky Zbynku - I might use it on my next airliners 👍

Michael Kohl
Thanks Zbynek. I will try this. The Cello tape glue can be quite easily removed with IPA, but lazy as I am, I like the idea to omit that step.

Zbynek Honzik
You're welcome, mates!

Zbynek Honzik
So I moved forward a bit again and sanded and cleaned up the transition between the pylon and the engine.

Zbynek Honzik
In between letting the putty cure in the transition between the pylon and the engine, I started speculating how to improve the cockpit window frame.
In the end, Authentic Airliner Decals were used. I really like the way the authentic metallic finish looks on the decal, plus they depict the rivets and the thin black line showing the insulation between the glass and the frame. I had to cut the decal because the dimensions are a little different on the model, but I really like it. So I ordered another set. The windshield is wider, so one set was not enough for me.
On the photo you can see where the original frame is sprayed with Alclad and where the decal is.

Ekki
Following.

Oleg Bogolei
very impressive!

David Funke
watching! very nice detail work!

pato05
Thanks. I hope I won't screw up along the way.

Konrad
Great work - following

pato05
Little progress. I added few more details to the interior. Next step will be surfacer and painting.

ice
Very nice details. You show really nice skills here.

pato05
Thanks ice.
I started with painting of few pieces.

Cuajete
Fantastic scratch work. Superb Instrument panel 👍

Konrad
pato05 - you have decided do not open pilots doors? Why? Your work is amazing 🙂

pato05
Kon_Bar - Thank you very much. I was thinking about cutting the pilots door, but then I decided not to and make my work a bit easier. The problem is, that the doors would be too thick and would look unrealistic (like heavy armoured door from a tank). Hobby Boss makes very clear parts, so I think the interior will be quite visible anyway. The back doors will be of course open 🙂

Zsolt Czegle
Following!

Olivier
I am amazed at your painting skills ! Do you use a microscope ?

pato05
Many thanks. Olly - I don't use microscope - just a really fine and sharp brush. All painted with Vallejo paints on brush and finished with Light Grey and Medium Grey wash from Ammo Of Mig Jimenez.

Spanjaard
amazing job you are doing pato05!

Alec K
Excellent 👍

J35J
Impressive!👍🏻

Łukasz Gliński
Good to see you back with this one 👍

Nicolas
Very nice, joining.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following.👍

Cuajete
Fantastic result for the rotor and interior. Looks great!