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Villiers de Vos
Very nice and clean build.

Neuling
I agree!

Wouter Roerdink
Thanks!

Andrew P
Very nice!

NLAWScametovisit
this is really really impressive finish and texture

Igor Zhuravlev
Oh, it's just the start. Looking at the references, I think I'll have to use a lot of oils

Cristian A
Watching

Alec K
Very cool build, love those worn effects.

Igor Zhuravlev
These are so far coming from the airbrush only. I hope to achieve some more with oils, reference photos show some stains on the primer

Michael Kohl
I gotta follow this

Spanjaard
me too

Michael Kohl
I really like the paint effects you achieved so far. Anxious for more.

Vincent
This looks impressive! Lets see where this is going!

Robin (WhiteGlint)
👀 👍

Giannis Kaltapanidis
Looks so promising! Can't wait to see the final result!

Igor Zhuravlev
Ready!

Danumurthi Mahendra
Gorgeous work on the MIG! Insane level of masking

Neuling
I agree ! Top notch!

Michael Kohl
You achieved 100% the effect I am striving for with my Mig23. Gorgeous.

Spanjaard
breathtaking, wow

Alec K
Outstanding work 👍

Patryk S.
Following! Good luck!

J35J
Taking a chair!👍🏻

Łukasz Gliński
Me 3, I have to see that! Still procrastinating mine 😄
Thomas, are you considering getting rid of the decal with my support perhaps? 😉

Thomas Kolb
Łukasz, I am not going to use the provided decal sheet, so if you want it, just PM me with your address and I can post it.

Thomas Kolb
(And for everybody else with knowledge about the different versions of the Yak-12, yes, I am aware of the differences between the A-version in the kit and the R-version used by the Hungarian People's Army. But since I am not able to scratch build the entire wing and empennage structure, let's just call it artistic license.)

Cuajete
Looking good so far, Thomas 👍
Feel free to take artistic license 😉

Robert Podkoński
Watching for sure!

Alec K
Taking a seat, looks great 👍

Thomas Kolb
Thank you very much, dear gentlemen for your attention and encouraging words!

Michael Kohl
Following too

Nicolas
I'm joining in as well. Great build so far. 👍

Bruce Huxtable
Admiring your skills, and learning from your problem-solving, Thomas. Transforming an A-Model kit adds to the challenges 😉

Thomas Kolb
Thank you Michael, Nicolas & Bruce for your interest and compliments! This kit is actually not quite as bad as some other Amodel kits I have built - the designers have created some pretty nifty solutions here! If anything, it is a bit unforgiving - make one small mistake and you can be sure that it will keep coming back to kick you.

Łukasz Gliński
What a cool visor 👍

Cuajete
Great progress! 👍

Bernhard Pethe
Wunderbarer Modellbau. Ich hab das Modell auch noch liegen und genauso wollte ich es auch machen. Mal sehen, wenn ich groß bin. 😉

Thomas Kolb
Bernhard, danke schön! 🙂 Ja, es ist ein ziemlich kniffliges Modell, aber es macht großen Spaß, es zu bauen!

Cuajete
Looks great so far, Thomas 👍

Nicolas
Yes Thomas, I don't think you get any easy builds from Amodel. But with some work you get a nice and rare model. I realy like your progress. 👍

Thomas Kolb
Bruce, Lukasz, Cuajete, Nicolas, thank you! Yes, Amodel is actually cool in that they take a chance to make models outside the ordinary. Who else would design a model kit of a strange and ugly little high-winged Soviet aircraft instead of another Stuka, Tomcat or a Spitfire?

Danumurthi Mahendra
Lovely topic that I dont see alot. Nice progress!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Wow, what a beautiful an clean build! Inspiring and masterly!

Cuajete
That Alclad gloss coated looks great with the brush, Thomas 👍

Thomas Kolb
Roland thank you mate! Cuajete, yes, this is the best gloss coat I have ever tried. It levels out to an absolute mirror shine (at least if it is applied to a perfectly smooth paint layer). This model ended up with a bit of orange peel effect at some places, so it is not absolutely perfect, but I can get away with it.

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
Great result Thomas - 👍

Thomas Kolb
Hereby I declare the project finished! Quite a fast progress for me, only three weeks from start to finish. It may not be the best model I have ever built - there are too many silly or clumsy mistakes here and there - but it was great fun! More photos will come!

Łukasz Gliński
That escalated quickly and nicely 👍
Where did you get the snow from in August? I know it's up north, but still... 😉

Roland Sachsenhofer
Wonderful and inspiring! Great work!!

Neuling
Top result! Beautiful photos!

Robert Podkoński
Great job, Thomas! Fantastic photos.

Alec K
Well done Thomas 👍

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.