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Thank you Dave. Today I am really angry. Can somebody tell me, why exist SAC company? Their undercarriage sets are totally sh*t. Everything on them is wrong, No geometry, no correct diameter for wing and no for wheel... crooked... How can somebody sell this for money???? Eduard wheels has a sign of parting line forms, poor contact surface of tire... rims are terribly molded..... damn it, that was really bad, bad day... 5,5 hours for this...

Sorry for bad photos :-(

Great build!

Today I use the 2000 sendpaper and remake all surface... Now it´s mutch better... for me is Gunze supermetalic best metal color ever, really...

Thanks to all gentlemans! Do you see some hair on my head? :-D No, airbrush isn´t problem... white was done after 4 hours... but with aires was big problem...

Thank you Dave, by freehand...

Now is in gallery :-) my research :-D 1) Heavy chipping is little bit better then Worn effect 2) semigloss surface is better then glossy for AK 3) Upper colors was tamiya thinned with Levelling thinner 4) for making worns is good lukewarm water Hayate was my first try... :-)

haseagwa, aires, HGW, eduard... :-)

Here is my firts 1/32 with first try of Heavy chipping AK...

after 56 days of build (224 hours) first silver... UFF..

Thanks Dave! Now i found yours 25 in galery. Great work! I am really happy than somebody understand me :-D

Somewhere, in far future, is maybe final surfacer... (maybe I shoot my head earlier... :-D ) Sandpaper 500 in action....

Thanks you very much Carl. gunze supermetalic looks like a best choise for silver.

Biggest problem is, that many many many many ( around 3987) rivets, needs to be renew. Second are the moulding issues. (some things are on photos up) Basic parts fit really good (when you use a file), but panel lines are shallow, rivets are various.. As I said before, for me it´s better to rivetting whole plane, than repair riveted kit. (because here you must repair every 20th rivet)

Thank you! I really starting to have don´t like this kit. many places of surface needs to be repaired...

I can make more photos, when I will use AK heavy chipping on my B-25. Pls wait a few days. Here is my first try...

Thanks! BAD HK models, really BAD!!!

Sure, 1/32 without rivets looks like a toy... But as I said, for me, is better rivetting whole kit without rivets, then repair only some of rivets on rivetted plane... Here i´m try black surfacer... for silver I´m using Gunze Supermetalic colors... for first...

This is a really HARD work :-( I hate repairing rivets... on top and bottom of fuselage are completely new rivets... It´s easier to make copletly new rivers on whole plane, then repair some of them...

Thanks Mike. Day 46, or something like that... I must remake some masks on windshield, because Ave Maria has different glass, that is in the box...

Thank you very much Guys! :-) ISO 100 Time 1/25s F 8.0 Two lights (ideal are three) with 5500K.

Thank you too James... Today, new windows for pilots and cutted rear gunners glass... Clear parts are glued... Now will come some repairs and surfacer, finaly!!!

Thank you Dave. I really appreciate yours comment;-)

some few more steps and interior will be finally done...