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John
Good luck with this one, interested to see how you deal with all the fun!

Dave
following this build.

Mr D
Hi Martin 👋😁👍
Looks like interesting kit.
How old is the kit..??

Martin
Thanks Gentlemen!
@Mr. D: The Revell boxing is from 1979/1980 the original ESCI kit is from 1978

Mr D
Thanks Martin 👍
Like it 👌

CaptGPF
Boy, the add-on alone are going to cost more than the kit! I'm taking a seat to see how you spruce this one up!

Maciej Bellos
Joining in!

Rando
Oh my what a project. Will be interesting to see how those detail parts will do. Also nice sheet, what decal option are you going with?

Desert Marlin
That's a challenge!!!

Martin
Thanks a lot gentlemen! Well all those stuff collected dust for many many years, when scale models and add on didn't have such high prices like today, so all this wasn't more than 30 bugs bought at model shows.
@Rando, I haven't decided yet, it will be an US one, but not sure which one.

Desert Marlin
I'll keep watching!

Guy Rump
Following! 👍

Martin
Thanks a lot Gentlemen for your kind comments, for following along and for all thumbs up.

Edouard Carr
Watching this and waiting! 😀

Neil
Me too mate! You know I love an oldie 👍

Mr D
Doing a stellar job 👍
Nice to see a vintage kit being built to this standard, it's a good thing that these vintage kits can still be built.
Did you need to buy new decals??

Martin
Thanks a lot Gentlemen! Thanks for all your kind comments and for all the thumbs up!.
I really do like those oldies.
For the question about the decals, no those are all kit decals, only the yellow stripes at the top of the fin do not work, those I´ll have to paint.

Bozzer
I'll hop on this ride. It's a kit, on my list.

Goldman
Great progress. The engine does look good

Bozzer
Sorry to hear about your tanks, Ken. I've heard nothing but bad news, about Rustoleum clear. Thankfully, we don't have it over here, but I've had the same thing happen, with a cheap clear, I once used. Basically, it was too hot, for the paint. This kit reminds me very much of my Hideout Truck, but the frame is longer on mine. I did enjoy the build though, despite it being a bit of work. Keep going mate, you're doing an awesome job! Remember to test fit all the plumbing, before you commit to glue? It's a lot of fingers and thumbs! Just find that easiest way for you and use the directions as a guide, not the bible. 👍

Bozzer
Those interior additions look excellent mate! Perfect job on the decals too. They look excellent, on the white body. I'm loving everything, that I'm seeing here 👍

Ben M
Amazing result with 20+ year old decals!

Dave
That is a sharp looking Rig. like the details that you added during construction.

Neuling
Very well done!

Martin Oostrom
Looks amazing. The aluminium foil is a heat shield in the engine bay?

Dontsniffglue
Wasn't happy with the "light blue" the kit called for. Bought some Testors blue metal flake, and blended some gloss white in to try and get a closer approximation of the engine color. Also took some liberties with the oil pan. Instead of keeping it blue, I mixed some flat aluminum with some flat brass. Two shots of the intake manifold show the light blue previously used, and the darker custom shade I mixed.

After most of the parts were put together, I ran a black wash over all of it to highlight the textures and give it a "oily/dirty" look. So used to doing that with acrylics, that I forgot that it wants to remove the paint I'm going over. Overall, not too bad for the first model I've touched in 25 years.

Christian W
Good color choice! I think it doesn't matter wethter it is original paint or not. I never saw one original so it looks pretty good to me. Cool!

Spanjaard
fully agree with Christian W, the blue looks truly beautiful

Dontsniffglue
Thanks! A couple of the original paint colors for this car was Lucerne Blue (this one is probably closer to what I have here) and Bermuda Blue which I really wanted but couldn't find anything close. Either way I'm really happy with the end result.

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Christian W
I know this source. It is awesome! On that source I based thze built of my two Trans Am.

Martin Oostrom
Lovely build

Cristian A
Taking a seat and popcorn 🍿

Skyhiker
Welcome Cristian A.

Dave Flitton
Watching

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat too!

Skyhiker
Welcome gentlemen

Ben M
It is like a duck

Skyhiker
Yeah, it's a bit like the Su-34, just a little less flat.

DerMattes
Watching 👍

Skyhiker
Hi, DerMattes, welcome.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Skyhiker
Wings are on and surface details beginning.

Mr D
Coming along nicely 👍👍 More building 🤣 going ahead,
Smart and interesting aircraft, lm going to have to research n watch some YouTube videos on this aircraft.
Like the cockpit 👌

Mr D
Watching a YouTube video on the Berkut now, interesting aircraft 🤔 ..

Skyhiker
Yeah, it's kinda cool. Certainly it's different from the other Russian planes in looks.

Skyhiker
Worked on more details today.

Mr D
Better job on the nose shaping now, it was probably quite dependent on front aero due to wing position and design.
Could help with sonic boom too ??

Skyhiker
Infrared search scanner attached and corrected.

Skyhiker
Weapons bay constructed.

Mr D
Was the bay missed off on the kit ??

Skyhiker
Yes, the kit was made before the plane was seen up close.

Mr D
Ahh probably from airshow viewing ect they probably wanted to keep alot secret.
You will do it justice as usual I'm sure.
Thanks 👍👍

Cuajete
Great job so far 👍

Mr D
Nice to get it right 👍
Was it a Zvezda kit originally??

Skyhiker
Yes, Zvezda put it out in the 90's sometime after the plane's first flight on September 1997. It's not a bad kit but a few adjustments are needed.

Skyhiker
Vertical stabilizers corrected.

Alexander Grivonev
What a cool experimental plane, nice improvements👍

Skyhiker
Thanks Alexander, I just hope I can do it justice. Every model is still a new learning experience for me.

Holger Kranich
Wow! Again a beautiful and very realistic dio, boy! The burned Jeep looks AWESOME!

Bart Teunis
really impressed by the images.... best by far I have seen here from a Diorama

Olivier
Another step up the ladder of the Hall of fame... The photographs are so real it is amazing.

Tom
Winzerer Tet! Looks great!

Thomas Bischoff
Awesome close up pictures!

Nathan Dempsey
Great work! So many details to see 🙂

Patrick Hagelstein
Amazing attention to detail. 👍

Jean-Michel Tilquin
Wow! You did it again: a top dio! I like the burned out jeep, too, and the M88 weathering is so realistic! In fact, the whole thing is realisti, congrats!

Danny Meer
What a great piece of art, so much attention for details. great job 👍

Thomas K.
Einfach nur Wow! 👍 👍

Konrad -
Yep einfach nur Klasse! Very realistic 👍!!

Rui S
Yes, Great work again very well done 👍 and when you think its Over another excelent photo apears. Congratulations Neuling

Neuling
Thank you mates! Jean-Michel, I had your M 88 in mind.

Spanjaard
this site is to publish pictures of models, for reference pictures of the subjects there are other sites......😉
no, seriously Neuling, it is simply fantastic. great models, great job overall, excellent composition, lifelike figures, amazing damage jeep, great dio from any possible point of view.... and you make the best pictures possible out of it.... my respect and admiration!

Jean-Michel Tilquin
Neuling, glad if I could inspire you in some way... What kind of photographic equipment do you use to produce such good pictures?

Tom ...
Neuling, knew this was your work from a thousand paces. Simply stunning!

Murad ÖZER
samo! great scene Neuling.😎

Neuling
Thank you Spanjaard, Tom and Murad! - Jean-Michel, I used to take my pictures with a Panasonic DMC-FX01. Meanwhile I own a Sony DSC-WX500 which features a movable monitor adjustable to an easy view angle (important for close up pictures). My latest albums were shot with the Sony camera. As my pictures are taken in my garden, I have to make neighboring (garden) houses invisible with a little help from a friend named Adobe Photoshop. - Thomas Hopfensperger, my Tet battleground is Sallerner hill.

Tom
🙂 Sallerner Tet!

Neuling
Jean-Michel, I´ve uploaded a picture of the camera I´ve used for this album. Photo No. 21.

Jean-Michel Tilquin
Thanks Neuling

Holger Kranich
And thought, now here comes the mega-super-duper-goddess of a camera... ROFL 😄

Chris
Great! I love the details!

Neuling
Thank you Chris! Having your Hellcat in mind I`m just working on this old Academy kit. I will create a little street scene in Frambois, France, according to an original photo. - Holger, it`s the mega-super-duper-god photographer!

Paul Juliano
Neuling, this is epic. The chain, the tracks, the mud... I think I'm in love.

Neuling
Thank you Paul! Also for inventing the mud and track fetish. Greetings from Sigmund Freud!

gorby
WOW! Super-realistic models and fantastic photography!

Neuling
Thank you gorbygould!

Mr James
Lovely lovely scene. Great burnt out damage detail on the jeep.

Neuling
Thank you very much, Mr James!

Mark Sherwood
That is just stunning. You hit that for six. 🤟🥸👍🏏🤘

Neuling
Thanks a lot, Mark!

Nik Watson
This is absolutely brilliant!! So much detail in a small scene.
Congratulations on a looking piece of work. 👍

Watto 🍻

Neuling
Thanks a lot, Nik!

Rui S
Great work allround 👍 great photos too. SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦 💪

Cliff Kidd
Thank you Rui!…it was an enjoyable build!
The digi Ukr scheme was the only one on the table!

Rui S
Of course 👍 Beautifully done

Desert Marlin
Fabulous work!!!

Mr James
Great build. Impressive paintwork and the weathering is spot on.

Neuling
I agree. I also like the photography.