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Now this looks really interesting. Following 🍿

Following with interest how this kit will build up. I see that Björn has a Thulin D listed in future projects. Thulin D was the first aircraft in the Finnish Air Force, it would be cool to build that one

Revell has a Hawker Hunter T.7-T.7A in 1:32 listed on their website: https://revell.de/en/shop/product/037869090-hawker-hunter-t-7-t-7a Price tag is a bit nicer (49,99e) than the Meteor (119,00e)

There I was slowly building the Minicraft C-97 while waiting for the paint to dry on the An-225.. trying to test fit the wings 😖 There must be another kit floating around the world that has two starboard wings, right? If you happen to read this, please msg me 👋 Also the canopy seems more like a canopy from a C-54, definitely not a C-97! 🙃

Big thank you to Ernie for organising the raffle again! Merry Christmas to all. Here's hoping for a better next year to everyone!

I'm in. Sorry to be a little late to the party, but I'd like to offer a set for Bf 109 building: A kit: Revell Bf 109 G6 Early & Late (kit nr 04665) and a reference book, Valiant Wings Bf 109 Late series (F to K including the Z series) Alternatively, if the recipient is not keen on Messerschmitts or lives on the other side of the world, we can work out a gift certificate to the hobby shop of your choice. Merry Christmas, Jani

Some progress report on the Kamaz. The Zvezda Kamaz is a new tool from 2024. It is surprisingly well detailed, especially when compared to the Mi-8. The Revell is a rebox of a KP kit from 1989. I suppose 35 years for development in moulding technology can be seen. It is almost a shame to butcher this nice kit. Almost 😈 I built the Kamaz when waiting for the cement to dry on the An-225. The cockpit was quite simple build. Lovely detail. But the pipes and lines and whatnots under the fuselage are really tiny. Here's the basically completed truck sans wheels and hubcaps. Now it is waiting for its turn at the paint booth. There's already some queue from other builds as well 😆 -Jani

And I still couldn't get the trailing edge to sit tight 🤔

quick shot from the bench

Well, I guess there is a bit of a daredevil in me. I saw the Mi-8Trucks that @mark31 posted in the poll, that looked really interesting. That image kept nagging me. I knew I had a 1:72 Mi-8 in the stash. That would fit perfectly in the theme for our local club's exhibition. When I saw the Kamaz truck in the almost local hobby store, I knew I had to grab it. So... challenge accepted? 🫣 This will be a quick, mostly OOB build between other builds. Something resmembling this is the goal: We'll see how it goes. 😁 Unfortunately it is only in the small scale, 1:35 kits were a bit too pricey for current modelling budget. Sorry about that. Regards, Jani

Thank you for your kind words. Hopefully I'll find the canopy sooner or later. After all the time invested in this one I'd like to get it over the finish line. 😅

Wtih the extension to the deadline I thought I'll give it a go and finish this "frog" 😜 I painted the digital camo starting from the lightest colour first, then masking the next darkest colour ("Dusty Grey") and so on. I did the first two colours with one masking session. Then I removed all masks and masked out only the third darkest colour ("Mouse Grey"), removed all masks and masked out only the darkest grey, "German Grey". The result can be seen here. I like the end result, although I made the mistake by choosing too d ark colour for the dusty grey. I didn't have exact matches for dusty grey or mouse grey so I winged it. Dusty grey pixels were too dark, which lead to mouse grey being too dark again.. you can see where this is going... In the end, I ended up adding some black to the German Grey that I would have had straight from the bottle. Even then the Mouse Grey and German Grey are almost the same. Removing the bottom masks revealed quite big paint lifting. I was a bit worried that the Foxbot masks would lift paint since the instructions warned about it. In this case it was the regular masking tape that did the lifting. If I recall correctly, this wasn't Tamiya tape but some other brand, might have been 3M. I need to be wary of that later. Well, that can be fixed with another session with the airbrush. I started gathering up bombs and fuel and whatnot to add them under thw wings. Looking good so far, still some painting to do. Even the pilot found his way near the plane. I stole the pilot from old Monogram F-102. I guess I need to build that soonish so I wouldn't have an incomplete kit in the stash 😆 The most observant readers have noticed that the canopy is not here yet. I left it out so I can paint the ejection seat and pilot separately, adding them once the big paint jobs are done. I put the canopy in a safe place in the beginning of summer. That location is so secure that now I cannot find the bugger anymore! 🤦‍♂️ So this build willl remain unfinished for a while. I'll paint the under wing stores and others just in case I find the canopy later. I already glued the ejection seat in, otherwise I could have changed this into a diorama where the pilot is ejecting 😁 Speaking of dioramas, changing this build into this diorama has occurred more than once 🤣 Foxbot masks were quite nice to work with, they are quite thick and don't conform to tight curves too well. In those places I adde some extra masking tape. I have some more masks from Foxbot, looking forward to working with them in another projects. Thanks for reading! Br, Jani

This is the current status: fuselage glued, some cleaning to do on the seams. Left wing root required some extra filling, there was a gap of almost 1 mm. Most probable cause was me, not closing the internal gluing point fully. The fail fins are also assembled, I'm planning to paint those separately.

After the cargo bay was painted it was glued to the fuselage halves. The fit was quite good, but I missed one part, it was not fully closed, which was hard to detect in this phase. The wheel wells had nice guiding bits, which were helpful since I almost attached them backwards. 🦤 The fuselage is glued from one side. I built the nose section already, that can be seen in the background. The bottleholder has been excellent, I would have tipped the Tamiya extra thin at least five times when I was handling the long fuselage. The instructions call for 20 gr of weight in the galley. Not much room for the crew anymore 😆 The instructions called for grey paint in this area, I don't know why... It can't be seen anyway. I have added the Metallic Details grills on the fuselage. They do add some detail, which is nice.

I have started the build, I'm liking the kit so far. The build starts with the cargo bay. From the looks of it, it won't be seen at all if the nose is closed. While I'm a firm believer of "if it can't be seen, don't bother with it", I tried to paint the inside. There's even some weathering on the walls and the floor. Not that is can be seen at all. Maybe with a bright torch? It does look quite barren when compared to the real thing (screen capture from a youtube video):