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Rando
VF-161 might just be my favorite Phantom scheme, so the box art sold me on this one. I need to enjoy a state-of-the-art kit and I hear Fine Molds is excellent. I got some masks and missiles on order but otherwise just a nice simple OOB here.

Rando
This kit is awesome. I'm already on to the main fuselage assembly and I'm not even rushing—it just falls together. Instructions say to paint (and decal?) after the fuselage and wings are attached

DerMattes
Watching 👍

Tommy Agne
Count me in! Watching👍!

Dave Flitton
Nice start, count me in.

Ekki
Following.

Gerald
Hello Welcome here 🙂

supr_avg_gunpla
Much appreciated!

Pierre Pierre
nice !

Ilya Bochkov
Thanks 🙂!

Neuling
Clean work, cool camo!

Chip H
Nice job!

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Fine work on that hind, crisp looking camo 👍

Cristian A
OMG what an absolute beauty! congrats 😄

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Ekki
Missed this one. Great work!

★ Starfish ★
Looks good so far! I think the Tamiya colors look fine!

Cristian A
Thanks Michael for the input, the more I look at the two Tamiya colors the more inclined I get to use them, also I already have them and they are of good quality.

Will continue to post progress.

Finn
Following

Shar Dipree
Looks good so far. Following.
How good and detailed do you think the kit is?

Cristian A
Hi Shar, the details are good enough for a 16 EUR kit but the build is not easy, struggled a lot with the canopy and cockpit. It's not a perfect representation of the real Alligator as it is built after the initial variant / prototype (EOP above, no camouflage scheme and paint references for it, no countermeasure system under the back landing gear and the nose is a bit different as well). The panel lines are recessed, so hopefully weathering will go smooth.

Shar Dipree
Thanks Cristian. I wish you success.

Cristian A
Thanks Shar, I wish you the same.

Sergej I
Following with interest

Ronan
Followiing too 😉

Ekki
Watching.

★ Starfish ★
That color looks awesome!

Cristian A
Yes it does!!

Thanks a lot for encouraging me to use it. I was very close to buying this entire paint set instead:

HTK-CS86 Russian AF Helicopt.. 1, Hataka Hobby Orange Line , Acrylic Lacquer, 8x 17ml

Shar Dipree
Looks great so far.
What kind of mixing ratio did you use for the ak paint?

Oliver
following

Cristian A
Hi Shar, around 40% paint + 60% thinner. I measure it in pipette drops - example 4 drops of paint, 6 drops of thinner.

CaptGPF
Following!

Guy Rump
Following as well. 👍

Cristian A
Thanks, welcome Guy and CaptGPF. Alligator is almost ready

Mr D
Very nice, how has the Zvezda kit built been ??
I got the Zvezda Mi-8.heli to build soon.
Like the job you've done 👌😃👍

Cristian A
Thank you Mr D! This kit has a few challenges:
-The cockpit fit in the fuselage
-The landing gear assembly is s bit weird
-The rotor assembly doesn't go straight as per the instructions
-The Vikhr anti-tank missiles position

I suggest taking all the time for dry fitting these parts before gluing. Overall a challenging kit in my opinion especially if you will want to make the modification I've done for the search and tracking system (EOP bellow the fuselage).

I'm glad it worked out at the end. I could compare this to the newer Zvezda kits I've built and they were much more easier 🙂

Mr D
Thanks for the feedback back Christian 👍.
Dry fit testing is important... sometimes easy to forget?
👍👍

Cristian A
My pleasure 🙂 yes it's definitely easy to forget, but in this case the parts I mentioned just don't want to get in the correct position.

Looking forward to seeing this kit built by ★ Starfish ★, he's the GOAT

★ Starfish ★
@Cristian, I'm watching you, so now stop exaggerating! 😄

Ekki
Very good result! Well done!

Moreno Baruffini
During the summer I wasn't idle, but I started some projects 😜.
This is the biggest, that I'll try to keep active in the following months.

DerMattes
Following 👍

Mirko Römer
Taking a Seat, nice topic!

Moreno Baruffini
Dear all, many thanks for all the likes, I didn't expect so many!
As you can see, for the moment I have collected some materials (I have also the decals from the Italeri kit).
I've started the assembly "backwards", starting from the recce pod and the missiles. The Revell Kit is wonderful, and contains many parts suitable also for the Italians ECRs. Let's see what I could obtain...

Ekki
Watching as well.

Moreno Baruffini
Thanks again! Working on the small cockpit parts... Having time only during WE 😉

J35J
I'm in!👍🏻

Moreno Baruffini
Thank you!!! Last update: working on small parts and on the afterburner 🙂

Moreno Baruffini
Thanks again for all the likes! Slowly going on...

Daniel Mysak
Nice project, I will follow. The Italian ECR Tornado is on my to-do-list as well.

Frank Brzobohaty
NAXOS receiver done and front engine too.

Dave Flitton
Nice start!!

Shar Dipree
Following

Finn
I'm in

Łukasz Gliński
Joining, looking very 48ish

Frank Brzobohaty
Thank you.

Frank Brzobohaty
Base painting done. I need to learn to do the continuous line camo for the next night fighter. Any good guides for 1/72 scale? I am good enough to do it at 1/48 but just not skilled for 1/72.

Rui S
Beautiful work 👍

Dave Flitton
Excellent result. Makes me excited to build mine, if I can find it.

Finn
Awesome

Frank Brzobohaty
Thank you all for the nice comments