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bughunter
Yes! And Tom is a modeler too, so he provides things he need for his own models. So from modeler to modeler 🙂
The decals are well designed and printed by Cartograf.

Ludvík Kružík
It's always good to have someone who has experience from their own practice.
I had a look at Tom's site and apart from the cockpit decals, I liked the other nifty bits. Looks like I'll do myself a favor and buy some of Tom's accessories. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
I will follow this project with pleasure, for sure!

Ludvík Kružík
Robert, the idea to build this plane came when I bought the Z-226 Trainer kit in the Dual combo edition (two identical kits in one box). I was wondering what kind of machine to build from the second kit.
While searching for the materials to build the model, I found photos of machines that participated in the Antwerp Air Show in Belgium in 1969. These were four Z-226s - one two-seat Z-226 Trener and three aerobatic Z-226 AS. All four aircraft received the same attractive paint scheme of white, red and black.

I decided to build two of these machines, one two-seater and one aerobatic. They will fit well in a pair.

bughunter
As usual, you have brought this project to a good end - a very nice addition to this collection 👍

Ludvík Kružík
bughunter thank you for the kind post, I appreciate it.

J35J
Great detailed build! Congrats👍🏻

Ludvík Kružík
Thank you for your kind reactions and likes. 🙂

Ludvík Kružík
Jennifer, thank you. I appreciate your kindness.

Ludvík Kružík
After a forced break, I'm back and resuming work on the Gripen. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
I will be watching this project for sure!

Ludvík Kružík
Robert, I am very pleased with your interest in my project. It will be similar to the Avia BH-9 and BH-11 I built some time ago.
It's just going to take me a while to get around to this project.

Robert Podkoński
I am learning a lot from you, Ludviku.

Ludvík Kružík
Robert, it's a great honor. I'm happy to share my experience.

Stefan Schacht
well done 👍

Ludvík Kružík
Trez, thank you for your praise and interest in my model.

The antenna on this model is made of fishing line (diameter 0,14 mm), glued with CA glue. After gluing, I painted the antenna "wires" with dark steel shade paint. The insulators are marked with a drop of thick white paint. If necessary, after the paint dries, the insulator can be enlarged by adding another drop of thick white paint.

The engine is a separate kit and can be found on Eduard's website under catalog number 648250 and the title Bf 109G-6 1/48 engine and fuselage weapons. The kit also includes a clear instruction sheet. The instructions will safely guide you through the entire engine build step by step. The instructions also include paint shade recommendations for each engine part and instructions for building the engine into the fuselage.

If you already have some experience working with resin accessories and follow the instructions when building the engine, the build is not too complicated. Complete instructions for building the engine are available on Eduard's website: eduard.com/out/media/648250.pdf.

Rando
A double delta build! I missed this. How is it putting together the Kitty Hawk? I've heard they're generally kind of notorious to put together. Although I think what would really keep me from building one is how ludicrously expensive they seem now that the company folded.

Ludvík Kružík
Welcome, Rando!
Kitty Hawk is coming together pretty well. Compared to the Italeri kit, Kitty Hawk is much better to assemble. You can't avoid working with the putty, but it's not a tragedy. It's just minor gaps between some of the parts.

As for the high price of the kit, I got lucky and managed to buy the Gripen on sale for almost half the price.

Lochsa River
The Focke Achgelis FA -223 Drache is awesome! Great work.

Ludvík Kružík
Lochsa River thank you for your post, I'm very glad you like Drache.

Curatorm
Awesome...

Ludvík Kružík
Curatorm thank you! I'm glad you like the model. 🙂

bughunter
Well done - will look nice with a plane on the two bar. Nice color contrast: green Zetor - red bar - alu plane 😉

Ludvík Kružík
Thanks bughunter!

I'm thinking the same thing. I still have to build a MiG-15. I have the kit, now I'm looking for a color scheme of the machine with some interesting coloring. I also want to add some figures, a tractor driver and possibly some technicians.

bughunter
Great work on a nice little kit! Did you use a primer on the resin parts?

Ludvík Kružík
Thank you bughunter! I really appreciate your words.

I didn't use any primer. The paints are sprayed directly onto the resin. I was worried that multiple layers of paint would cause some of the fine detail to be lost.
The only touch up before spraying the paint was to sand the surface of the model with fine sandpaper (#2000) and wash the entire model with detergent and then dry.