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J35J
Found this gem on the web. Time for another vacu kit!

Torsten
WOW, very exciting and challenging, I'll be watching

Duster_d
Oh, it's super interesting! I'm taking a seat

Skyhiker
Fun...fun.

J35J
Welcome to the project mates!👍🏻

Alex K
... joining the gallery...

Gordon Sørensen
Following!

J35J
Thanks Alex & Gordon for your intrest!

gorby
Looks like an interesting and challenging project.

J35J
Thanks Gorby! This is my second vacu kit build and this time it feels a little bit more straight forward…
My experience so far with vacu kits is that you have to spend a good amount of time on fitting, sanding and putty work to get a nice base for paint and finishing. Also spending quite some time reviewing old photos to get a good picture of the details. This as there is a fair amount of scratch work to get a decent build.

Łukasz Gliński
Brave idea

Robert Podkoński
You're a brave man, indeed! I will follow this thread with pleasure, for sure.

Michael Kohl
Me too

J35J
Thank you everyone for you supporting words! 👍🏻

Mr D
Nice, Nice 👍👍, lalways wanted to see a vacform build, Do you have to make up other parts to add on ??
Thanks for upload 😃👍

J35J
Thanks Mr D for your comments.
There will certainly be scratch build involved, mainly regarding the details as it looks for now. Otherwise I will raid my spare part stash first in order to save time and frustration.
If you are intrested in vac kits you can also have a look at my first vac kit:
McDonnell XP-67 Moonbat | Album by J35J (1:72)

Mr D
Thanks 👍👍 great, will do , l have an intest...as l enjoy making parts, lve had to do it few times, when parts lost or broken or details missed of kit...even canopy once 🤣.
Will check out the XP-67

Mr D

a.aliexpress.com/_EQ0vBTd

J35J
Thanks for the link Mr D!👍🏻

Mr D
Need a good pair of scissors ✂️🤣, do you use the same Poly glue's

Skyhiker
Any behind the scenes progress going on?

J35J
@Mr D - yes you will need some good scissors as a start😅, for the fine tuning of the parts I normally use saw razor blades and sanding paper of variuos grits. Regarding glue I use "normal" Tamyia Extra Thin, the vacu kit plastic is often quite soft and melts easily.

J35J
@Skyhiker - Happy to hear that your following with great intrest. Usually the building pace goes down during the sommer period as I have been reminded that we have a garden that also need some TLC…😂
Nevertheless, yes there is planning and ordning of parts going on behind the scenes. Cockpit need to be done, rescribing the full kit, alignment of wheels as the mold was totally off-set. Drill out all machine guns for after market parts etc.
The main work will be to prepare the plane for NMF look also including some aluminum dope areas. Will try AK's metal paints this time. Stay tuned!

Łukasz Gliński
Luckily the old Russian saying applies to Sweden too - "we have only 10 months of winter, but all the rest is summer!" 😄

J35J
@Łukasz - Spot on! 😅

S M
Following!

J35J
Welcome S M!

Ben M
Tasty

Cuajete
Good job so far 👍

Mr D
Interesting 😃, quite an unusual wing it had.
Nice little project 😁👍

Moreno Baruffini
Wow! Just found this, following for sure!

J35J
Thanks for all intrest! Building place is a little slow at the moment.

David Taylor
Following.

Mr D
Do you have much in the way of photo references??
Like the PE venting 👍👍

J35J
Mr D - regarding reference photos and material, did research some photos and blue prints on-line. In addition I have also checked out some ref builds both in 1/72 & 1/48 for further input on details.
Yes, the PE venting turned out good. Next step is to paint the cockpit and glue the airframe together

Thomas Kolb
Super cool! You are a braver modeler than I am!

Mr D
Great 👍👍 l like something different n interesting like this.
I recently used the thick tin foil of a hot chocolate lid to make a lost seat belt, it worked really well.
Like the seat.
Thanks for input n uploading 😁👌

J35J
Thanks Thomas, really appreciate your comment!
As usual the project ambition increases over time…😂

J35J
Mr D - thanks for your intrest and encouraging comments.
This time I went the easy way with just some tape for seat belts

Mr D
Looking good now with the wheel pants.
Good stuff 👍👍

Torsten
Nice progress 👍

J35J
Thanks! Feels always nice when the main build part is done and everything is aligned. Now time for rescribing.

Alec K
Following 👍

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Bruce Huxtable
Neat work with the tiny decals for the instrument dials. 🙂

Miguel Vaquero
Beautiful cockpit!

Thomas Kolb
Beautiful start! Those dials are amazingly well done!

Nagy-Meszler Csaba
Thank you guys! I will try to imitate the rivets in the next few days.

Nagy-Meszler Csaba
Unfortunately the model has suffered unrepaired damage and will not be completed. 😥 Maybe I will buy the kit again later.

Gergő Takács
Oh no! 😥 After such a good start. What happend?

Miguel Vaquero
Sorry to hear that mate. Terrible when that happens 😞😞

Miguel Vaquero
Starting stronger since the A350 catastrophe. Cockpit sub assembled with the Eduard Detail set, painted and weathered. Couldnt take more pictures of the progress due to the details being so small 🥴🥴

Michael Kohl
Nice cockpit

Thomas Kolb
My goodness, that cockpit looks stunning! Are you sure it's not 48 scale?

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Michael!

I could have hoped Thomas😅😅. It would have made my life way easier. Though the PE details helped a lot

CaptGPF
Agree with everyone - the cockpit looks great! Chipping at this scale is impressive

Nicolas
Nice progress so far.

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks guys, waiting to get free from work this week to star painting the fuselage and engine. Let's see how that turns out

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Miguel Vaquero
Engine almost done, except for the PE parts. I'm amazed of how it's all turning out tbh, didn't expect this great finish on such small parts

Alec K
Very cool, thanks for sharing 👍

Robert Podkoński
You're welcome, Alec! I will add the descriptions asap.

gorby
Thanks for posting the photos Robert, it looks like a good museum. I enjoyed looking though them. 👍

Robert Podkoński
I am happy to hear that, Gorby 🙂

Neuling
Thanks for sharing! Pictures 41 - 44 are of special interest to me. My artillery unit was equipped with these self propelled 175 mm guns.

Robert Podkoński
You're welcome! Cool stuff.

Robert
thanks, many nice Pictures 🙂

Robert Podkoński
I am glad you like them, Robert.

Robert Podkoński
Thanks for all the likes, Mates! I hope these photos will be of some use here.

Moreno Baruffini
I like "what if" models, so following!!!

Ps I also sometimes take pictures with wet paint, no problem 😉👍🏻

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here too!

Nicolas
I'm watching too.

Jennifer Franklin
following 👀

Ekki
Missed this one.
Watching.

Finn
Following

Moreno Baruffini
Good progress! Concerning the landing lights, you could sand them a bit, and then finish with polishing 😉

Gergely Rácz
Thank You, Moreno. One of them went missing since then (perhaps not enough glue was applied, and it fell off while I was working on the wings), so I'll have to make one from scratch. A piece of clear sprue might do the job.