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LC
this sounds like quite a fun and unique idea

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks LC76. Welcome to the build!

Torsten
LOL, follow ^^

Robert Podkoński
Watching for sure!

Nathan Dempsey
Welcome Torsten & Robert!
I've started the fuselage assembly and clamps were needed.

Dutch
Nathan, I am following along as well. I have friends in eastern Ukraine, so very interested in this one. Kind regards, Dutch

Nathan Dempsey
Welcome Dutch! This build is turning into a slog. Clamps and super-glue "force-holds" galore. Luckily it is a tiny plane so I'm nearly done already, just completing all the seam sanding.

Nathan Dempsey
Working on the cowl. I had to use 2-part epoxy clay to fill a large gap on the bottom of the cowl that was created by making the cowl fit straight & level.

Nathan Dempsey
Working on masking the camo pattern today.

Dutch
Looking good. Keep up the progress. The splinter pattern will be stupendous when done.

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Dutch! Man I just realized looking at pictures that the wing camo is a mirror image for the other wing. It won't be perfect… 😁

Ben M
Ah, amodel 🙂

Dutch
Ben, I feel you!

Nathan Dempsey
Welcome to the show Ben! I've applied the first color today. Now off to cut masks for the next color. I've been spoiled by those pre-cut masks…

Dutch
Nathan, quick question. Why not just spray the first color overall, then mask only the subsequent colors? Saves at least one step, I should think. Carry on. I am enjoying the show.

Nathan Dempsey
In this case I just got a little too happy masking. I even decided against my usual preshade since this plane's paint looks really new in all the pictures.

Dutch
Yeah, I can understand the excitement factor!

Dutch
Nathan, are you going to put kill markings on it?
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Nathan Dempsey
Well my printer is dead, but my dad has a similar one so I'm going to try… Wish me luck.

Nathan Dempsey
The second color has been applied. Slow going here as my workbench time has been lacking.

Dutch
Okay! Coming along nicely!

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Dutch! Today I masked off the areas for the gloss black. The tan colored areas are quite small, but they're everywhere. Tamiya tape stock is going up!!

Nathan Dempsey
Well my gloss black was solidified, so flat black will have to do. Hopefully it will all even out when the clear is applied

John
Turned out great. You nailed the SEA camo too.

Guy Rump
Lovely build. 👍

Renato Penafiel
Thank you guys! Glad you like it!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Alberto
Great finish. You also nailed the typical exhaust stains!

tyu
Puzzled why red stripes and Miss Eileen graphics when the provided photo's show them in tan?

Renato Penafiel
Thank you guys! Glad you like it.

Hi Tyu, stripes and Miss Eileen are more brown than red, but still I think is an error from Revell. But in all honestly, I build the kit to try and improve some techniques so I was not going for full accuracy.

Mr James
Very nicely done. Nice camo and weathering

Andrew Horton
How was the replacement resin cowl?

Renato Penafiel
Hi Andrew. Quality wise, questionable as it is just a so so copy of the Tamiya kit parts (cowl and chin). Then trying to make it fit to the rest of the kit was way to much work, as you need to cut the kit chin add the tamiya copy and then extended it and blend it into the fuselage in order to match the cowl circunference. Otherwise you finish with a very strange look. In the end for me, not worth the trouble., much better to try and build the kit as is or just build the tamiya one.

George Williams
You've got to get some JPS markings for it.

Paulo Fonseca
I hadn't realized that yet... 🙁

Paulo Fonseca
But already ordered 😄

bossy122
Needs Goodyears as well. Good ol Tamiya and their lack of licenses.

Martin Oostrom
Can't you strip the sprues as a whole of the paint? Dip them in a bath of paint stripper? Might be a whole lot easier than sanding each piece

bossy122
Most of the pieces are under carriage, so they're not that visible......but I stay awake at night knowing there are seams and that they must be eliminated! I think I botched the body paint job and I hadn't noticed on its original project. I just went over the lint - think HAIR - with 600 to 2000 and that took care of it. Mostly, I just thought it was funny that whomever I bought this kit from had gone to that much trouble to paint pieces ON the sprues with a brush, only to be done over with a rattlecan OFF the sprues.

Martin Oostrom
I feel your pain. I'm currently sanding tanks on a truck. Tanks that will never be seen, yet I've spent a few hours already on them.

bossy122
The TS4 German Grey isn't nearly dark enough for the dash. Or, the actual color of the dash should be black, but the instructions called out for German Grey......I dunno, Tamiya.

George Williams
Buy cheap pay twice.

Bozzer
Sometimes, it's easier to use a thin Sharpie, for knobs and buttons. It dries fast, so if you make a mistake, you can touch up, more or less, straight away. I also use a Sharpie for window rubbers, etc

Spanjaard
lots of work, but it is looking nice now.
i got this one accidentally in my stash for a very, very long time.....

bossy122
Damn thing fought me at the end! I couldn't get the wheels to go into those wonderful gaskets and then the side mirrors refused to fit. I don't recall having had those issues before. Only TOO happy to finish. P.S. no harnesses, sorry. I can't see well enough to use PE buckles and the decals just look too fake, so......them Panizzis were brave!