Nyhetsflöde

Erik Leijdens
Started a big kit! This one is laying around in the stash for a while now. Looks like a nice kit, will be oob. Kept the cockpit simple as it will hardly be visible.

Jennifer Franklin
I love your cat!

J K
Love the detail in the cockpit. Also love your watcher.

Erik Leijdens
Thanks mates! My cat is always watching what I'm doing 😎

Dave
Details in cockpit look good and I see that your supervisor is keeping an eye it.

Lost_Erik
Nice cat too!

Dave Flitton
Watching.

bossy122
That black needs a little touch up on the chest area. Otherwise, beautiful finish.

Gary Victory
Nice start Erik. Loving the furry supervision.

DerMattes
Watching!

Lebloge
My supervisor has the same look... like: you can't afford to make a mistake 🫡

Cuajete
Looks like a nice furry supervisor. Following!

Landlubber Mike
Nice start so far! I have the kit in the stash and was looking at it the other day thinking I might start it in the new year.

Love your project manager too! He looks very serious!

Erik Leijdens
Welcome all!! Nice to see this kit gets so much attention already! My cat Kitty likes it too 😄!

Remco van Haren
Following.

Alec K
Wow, a BIG one! Following along 👍

Dave Flitton
Still watching!!

gorby
Looks like an interesting build to follow. 🙂

Nicolas
I got this kit in my stash too. So I'm following with interest. 👍

Treehugger
I had no idea such a seaplane existed. How did I miss this?

Łukasz Gliński
Following this Behemoth 👍

Erik Leijdens
Thanks mates nice to see you all!!

Mr D
Now this is a nice interesting project with a luck 🐈‍⬛ cat as supervisor 😄.
Nice interior work, would like to follow up on this one.
Good luck with build 👍👍

J35J
Great start! Following with interest👍🏻

Ben M
👀 I love flying boats.

Eelco Gregoire
Great start Erik!

Maciej Bellos
Looks pretty much ok, not any visible problems regarding the assembly.

Paint is spot on I think.

DerMattes
Decals for the canopy are simply the worst. I hoped to avoid masking the canopy, but after having most of the decals down with horrible fit, I think about how to get them clear coated without dulling down the canopy? Masking maybe... so I am seriously considering removing the canopy decals and going the normal way.

What are your experiences with these canopy decals? Did anybody use them?

Skyhiker
What decals are you describing?

Daniel
Think you mean the "skunk stripe"?
I would always advise to mask those - looking at the last pic I would try to remove and mask, those look really uncooperative...and if you apply tape over these decals for protecting the canopy eg I think it would create a real mess when removed🤔

DerMattes
@Skyhiker The kit has decals for the canopy itself. There is a black decal that is intended to go over the front and the windshield, then there are two stripes that go alongside the clear canopy and three across. And then there are two (or three, the manual is not very clear about that) decals for the black area behind the canopy. All these are intended to go over surfaces that are curved in multiple angles.

@Daniel My thoughts exactly, the tape would make a mess out of these decals.

So... I removed the canopy decals (worked pretty well) and will mask the canopy and the "skunk stripe" for airbrushing. Let's see how that goes 😉

Bernd Grün
Ich stimme mit Roland überein. Im Zweifelsfall immer maskieren. Der Mehraufwand lohnt sich.

DerMattes
@Roland Thanks 🙂
@Bernd Gehe ich an, ob das dann ein Mehraufwand zu dem Decal Debakel ist wird sich zeigen 😉

Skyhiker
Ahh, now I understand what you mean. Yes, that's a simple paint job. You could use decal softener but it's probably not worth the time or effort, because the painting is faster and will give you better results.

DerMattes
@Skyhiker you are right on that.
One thing I learned from this kit is, that the panel lines in the manual and on the model itself have nothing to do with each other. Makes placing some stencils kind of guesswork.

Patrick Hagelstein
Mental note to myself: Don't use those decals! 😂 The painted skunk stripe looks way better Mattes. Overall, I think you did a splendid job here! Especially considering that somebody else already built it and you're stuck with his/her craftsmanship.

Patrick Hagelstein
And I like the clever stand! 📦👍🏼

DerMattes
Thank you so much. 🙂

Guy Rump
Looking good. 👍

DerMattes
Thank you Patrick and Guy!

Chan Li
Good go dude, I think the jet found a better owner👍.

Ekki
Watching.

DerMattes
Thank you Chan Li, espacially for the friendly reminder to update this with the current status and new pictures 😉 will do that this weekend.
Also thanks mates for the likes and the interest 😀

DerMattes
At least I managed to take some time and add all the missing small antennas and the centerline tank. As the AIM-9X Sidewinders came damaged with this ebay-find, I think I just leave this one without missiles or pods, just with the three tanks.
I also did some tests to maybe shoot some better pictures someday 😉

Chan Li
Hey, it looks very cool.

Neuling
I agree with Chan Li.

Bernd Grün
Tolles Ergebnis. Finde das Weathering ist sehr gut gelungen! Glückwunsch! 👍👌👍

DerMattes
Thank you guys 🙂

Guy Rump
Great result! 👍

★ Starfish ★
Großartiges Ergebnis und danke für die Warnung wegen den Decals!

Rui S
I like it 👍

Mr D
Top Job .. very smart indeed 👍👍

Ekki
Good job! Well done!

Robert Podkoński
Beautiful Raven! Awesome job!

Ekki
Really great work!