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telepatu

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  1. I just read your updates, sorry to hear this. Good wishes and speedy recovery!
  2. Time for a long overdue update. This build has been going on quite slowly, the kit is fighting me all the way. It looked good in the beginning, wings assembled and some primer sprayed on the cockpit parts. There are only a few locating pins, the cockpit was tricky to get correct so I glued the walls to the fuselage first to have some control how it goes. Looking at the landing gear gave me chillies so I decided to switch for a in flight mode. Surely the closed up landing gear doors would be easier? Well... the doors were in one piece. That would have to be broken into three doors for gears down option. The fit was not so great. While struggling with the cockpit and landing gear doors I managed to lose the ejection seat. Luckily I had a Verlindedn K-36 resin seat set sitting in the stash. Test fitting it to the partly assembled cockpit, not so great result Since this will be a in flight model, I need to source a pilot somewhere. I guess the seat will be mostly hidden so the resin seat goes to "waste". I raided an Academy MiG-29 box for a seat. It should be close enough. Here's the comparison between the Academy seat and Verlinden seat. Can you guess which one is which? I decided to close up the fuselage and deal with the seat later. It looks quite possible to drop it in later. Not all panel lines lined up nicely. Either the front ones lined up and the ones on the back did not or vise versa. I made the best of it and filled the landing gear door gaps with putty. Next problematic bit seem to be the tail fin. We'll see how it goes. Br, Jani
  3. Really nice! I've always wondered why do they bother with camouflage on the spaceships in the TV shows and movies? Looks nice and menacing, sure. But for what is purpose? I assume visual sighting is not the top method of detecting ships in space many, many, many kilometers away with very very fast ships. But on the other hand, it looks cool so yeah! Bring it on.
  4. This is so cool! I remember watching the movie as a kid. I had read the book earlier and I still managed to enjoy the movie
  5. Thanks. It'll be interesting to see how the masks work. I ordered similar masks for MiG-29 as well. If they work nicely, then I'll get some more. Somehow the Ukrainian digital camo looks really nice to my eyes. Too many brown+green spitfires, maybe?
  6. Heads up for anyone living the "Revell zone". Sadly, Revell shop does not deliver to me. https://www.revell.de/en/products/sale/ 14 euros for 1:32 models Spitfire Mk.IIa #03986, Bf109 G-6 Late #04665 is not much. 1:32 Tiger Moth #03827 is for 21euros and Gladiator Mk.II #03846 for 28 euros would be too good to resist. Luckily, Revell does not deliver to me, I might order a few 😁
  7. Looks like I suffer from a ”builder’s block”.. I mean too many interesting kits in the stash to choose from. 🫣 When the group build was announced the first thought I was to continue my stalled Revell 1:32 F-18E. Then I started looking what else do I have in the stash that would fit in the GB. Slippery road, that one. I found a 1:72 Tu-16 or Tu-22 that would be cool to do, maybe Egyptian scheme? Weirdornier Do-335 as a twoseater - ooh, real nice. How about a Ukrainian demo team MiG-29 1:48, or one of submarine hunter duo of SP-2 Neptune or S-2 Tracker in Agrentine colours or maybe a Argentinian Chinook? I even toyed with idea of doing a HMS Nelson, having two steam turbines powering to shafts, might qualify as a “twin”. 😃 Finally I settled on old OEZ Su-25 in 1:48 scale, mainly because I’d like to test the Foxbot masks that I have coming in for Ukrainian Su-25 in digital camouflage. The box is old enough to be a Czechoslovakian product. The kit was inside a plastic box, which had protected the sprues quite nicely during all these years. Decals look quite old, but those won’t be used anyway. Instructions are pretty compact, having only five steps for the constuction. The same plastic has been boxed by Eduard, so I’ll be checking the Eduard instructions for help if needed. Parts don’t have any locating pins, so careful construction is in order. Detail is somewhat soft, but we’ll see how it turns out. Something like this is the goal: So another silly project. Every now and then I like to build some older kits. At least this isn't from 70's, as far as I can see. -jani
  8. Really nice work with the boat. Can't wait to see the dio.
  9. Woohoo, it's on! I'm in, maybe this will provide enough motivation for the Revell's big bug to move forward. It should be less than 25% done.
  10. Sounds cool! Participating in group builds has increased my ready / started builds ratio, so I might jump in here as well. Plenty of two engines in the stash..
  11. Looks really nice! From what I recall reading from Otto Carius' Tiger in the Mud, captured T-34s were not popular with the German crews. Distinct shape of T-34 caused a lot friendly fire accidents.
  12. Doing some smaller scale stuff for a change, Revell 1:72 King Tiger for a quick a between-the-bigger-builds build. Quite nice kit, the tracks were a bit of a chore but at least they lined up nicely once I got the hang of it.
  13. Thank you all for an amazing raffle, especially Ernie for doing all the hard work. Merry Christmas and happy New year to you all!
  14. I'd like to throw my hat in the ring if that's ok. Would this kit be acceptable as donation? The decals are a bit "different" than regular F-16s.. I can dig into the stash and find something more suitable. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/hasegawa-51972-f-16c-fighting-falcon--163514 Br, Jani
  15. Really nice! But..but where's the stash? And spray booth? Where do you keep your models?😆
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