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CW2
I've never built anything from Italeri, how do you compare them to afv club, meng, border?

Gerald
Hello Welcome here 😉

fras2288
Thank you. Just getting back into the hobby. Airbrushing should be an interesting new adventure too!

CW2
Good luck. I've been away from the hobby for quite a few years and got back into it about three years ago. I used to use rattle cans, but decided to try out airbrushing, so glad I did, it's such a nicer finish. Just like any other hobby, it's as expensive as you can afford.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Here are first pictures of these lovely kit. Again, Airfix has to be praised for parts fit, sound general layout and crispness of detail.
To make things not all too cheap I got a cockpit set and a new canopy from Pavla; you can see the Resin being fixed to the plastic fuselage halves. The Resin-seats got further harnesses made of painted Tamiya masking tape.

scalemates
great start!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you allot!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you Michael! The "Gnat" is quite a small and neat aircraft, no wonder that´s its 1:72 representation seems to be a fast build. There is not much more to be assembled; just some cleaning up of the few glue seams- and then it´s time for Alclad.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Indeed, Michael...
Some little progress here. Gunzes Gloss Black paved the way for Alclad White Aluminum; next step will be masking the Alu to get the glossy Red on the surfaces.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Some steps further... Decals have been applied on a coat of Gunze Clear Gloss Acrylic, next the surfaces will be sealed by a second layer of the same.
Some corrections with dry brush have to be made, but the Gnat is undeniably nearing completion... 🙂

Soeren R.
Really great work Roland - but I didnt expect less from you 🙂

Choppa Nutta
shaping up very nicely ! I bet Augie has her eye on this one 🙂

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you both! That´s very kind, Soeren 🙂
Oh yes Choppa, I would be pleased. She did marvelous work on this colour scheme. I need the 48er scale Gnat too!

Choppa Nutta
This the trouble with watch cool builds go together, my stash ends up that bit larger because now I fancy a 1/48 Gnat !! 😄

Roland Sachsenhofer
Oh yes, all these offers are just too tempting...!
The "Gnat" is nearly finished, just a few things left to be done....

Stefan Fraundorfer
Hallo Roland! Mir gefällt Deine Gnat in ihrem farbenfrohen Outfit sehr gut.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hallo Stefan, danke für Deinen Kommentar! Die nächste Gnat- und die kommt bestimmt und in 1:48- lässt höchstwahrscheinlich alle Farbe Farbe sein und erscheint in glänzendem Schwarz 🙂
That project is finished, the new picture show you the final result: all in all a marvelous, precious and trouble free kit, well worth being build!
Thank you all for comments and interest!

Soeren R.
Perfect as always 🙂 Nice build Roland!

Christian Ristits
Hallo Roland, kann mich hier nur anschließen! Ich kenne die Gnat in 1:72, deine Präzision an dem kleinen Modell ist wieder einmal bewundernswert! Sehr schöne Arbeit! LG Christian

Choppa Nutta
sweet 🙂

Mike Grant
That's beautiful, Roland 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you mates!

Bart Goesaert
Model seems nice. do you also have pics from the underside? I've thought I saw some silvering or is it he work of the light at the XP-decals in the orange parts. I do have the same on my Blohm and Voss, it seems like silvering, but is a strange effect with the light, and I wanted to know wether it will be fixed by adding some clear varnish over them...

Ekki
Very good work!

Clifford Keesler
Excellent!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you all for your kind words!
Bart, I have added photos from the Gnat´s underside. You have been right: the first layer of Gunze gloss clear as a preparation for the decals was not enough to prevent a kind of silvering, but the following layers did seal the decals and stop that effect.

Marko
Nice.

Bart Goesaert
thx, it give me also some confidence for a solution... with kind regards

Roland Sachsenhofer
All the best for your stunning Blohm&Voss!

Clifford Keesler
Darn nice job. Between your's and Augie's , it makes me think I better invest in one. LOL.

Choppa Nutta
yeah I have the same feeling Cliff ! 🙂

Christian Bruer
Ups I missed this. Very nice and clean work on that tiny bird. Well done Roland!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hi Christian, it´s just a little "Gnat" easy to be overlooked! 🙂
Thank you, your words mean a lot to me!

Guy Rump
Just came across this getting ideas for my Gnat build. Great build! 👍

Zbynek Honzik
Very nice, Roland!

Nick Dragone
Excellent. A difficult paint scheme that requires patience while masking. You nailed it !

Roland Sachsenhofer
Such attention nine years after construction makes me happy - thank you for your feedback on the Gnat! I remember it as a good buildable kit of a, well, small aeroplane

Clifford Keesler
It's on my have to have list now.

Clifford Keesler
Excellent job, on both kits. Love the 101.

Neuling
Clean and careful work!

Neil
Stunning build (s)! Two iconic jet age kits very well done 👏👍

Will Dossel
Thanks everyone - much appreciated!

Mathieu
Well done ! Love the lines of this bird

John
Beautiful pair of interceptors. I remember these as a kid and the fit gave me...fits. But they do build up really well. Monogram had some great kits back in the day!

Guy Rump
Very nice build. 👍

Clifford Keesler
It's a shame these are so hard to find now, and the one's you find on E-Bay are stupid expensive. Mine fell from the ceiling and exploded. I think I saw somewhere that the Kitty Hawk "B" is being re-released. Does any one know if this is true or not?

Will Dossel
Allegedly a Chinese company (Trumpeter?) bought out Kitty Hawk's moulds and will re-reale's their kits…

Clifford Keesler
That would be nice. I built their F-101A/C and really liked it.