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Really nice 👍

PART 12: Forest in this episode we will learn , how I have become so hooked on the grain pattern that I almost failed to understand the basic concept, which is having fun. as I was fixing the overspray and staring at the few pictures that actually revealed the real look of the plywood cladding in order to replicate it as closely as possible I shook my head in disbelief. What am I doing? This is cyberpunk, not a tree counting exercise. In other words I can see the light at the edge of the forest. Damn, I’m so poetic this morning. moving on

Nicely detailed work John. Will follow with interest. Cheers Martin

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Yup, it would be nice to see a decent looking phantom. Especially for 350 Euros. Yet, I remain skeptical.

Did you guys meet each other at all? Just wondering, I couldn't show up this year. Cheers M. Edit: a complete brain fart, obviously the show is coming up this weekend 🤦‍♂️

Gentlemen , thank you kindly for the positive comments and words of encouragement along this goofy journey. Much appreciated . Now! Music break. If you are home alone as myself, crank it !!!

PART 11: Steam The wood cladding is done, D. U. N. ! How exciting! .... So I thought, until I took off the masking tape around the exhaust heat shields and discovered some pesky overspray. This punk running out of steam. At least for today

PART 11 : Your Woodness almost there with the woody wagon, this time I left the pure white as a base, instead of the off white that I used on the wings. I also tried a different shade, Sovietskaya Bereza also known as the Commie Birch. Never mind, it’s getting late, I’m going to bed.

PART 10: Spinal Tap Takom presented D/F loop on the spine as it was on the previous prototype and as it was pictures on Mr. Bentley's drawing and every another consequent drawing afterward. The thing is , well it's not there. There is a long seam line in the centre instead, the spine trim cover is not molded, I guess why to bother, if it is not present on the real thing. But it use to. Do your homework boys. After removing the radio compass post and filling the hole I used tape to replicate the trim. Then a thick coat of random white from my garage sealed its fate.

PART 9: Ursula they said , use the Uschit Ban Der Rosten wooden decals, life will be easier. Not really, there’s a visible raster imbedded in the decal and the pattern is repetitive to oblivion. Notwitwstanding the fact the decals are pain to work with. I tried and opted for acrylic paint instead. Less realistic, but aesthetically appealing .

PART 8: Akimov I did everything right ! , and yet the engines were too short and somewhat drowning in the fuselage, first I tried evergreen stripes to build a replacement nozzle rings, eventually opting for brass. Not great, not terrible. ☢️

PART 7: Surfacing The more I study the intricacy of the real airframe, the more I realized that I can basically start from a clean slate in therms of the surface detail, talking about joints, anchors, fasteners, trims and covers.

PART 6: Rolling We shall agree that the focal point of this beauty of the mighty front wheel.