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She's finally finished... Quickboost seat and exhausts Uschi wood decals Aviattic linen decals Alclad, Gunze metallisers and AK True metals Uschi Rigging Big Ed Set Cheers Aaron

Great progress Dave. That base is looking good as well.

Great work. Watching with interest.

Lovely work and I'd say yes to the wood panels

Very nice. That groundwork is superb. I also have this kit and if I can get it half as good as your will be very happy. Do you have any in progress pics?

Spot on Jim. Really nice. That 335 is a beast sitting next to the 234. Did you use the kit fug or a Master set?

Thanks Jeroen. Superb review. Think it will be an early bird for me now.

Can't wait to see how you tackle it. One amazing kit + JH = Wow!

Just picked up one of these so will checkout your build thread. Very nice build. Paintwork looks spot on. Congrats.

Great start.

Oh yes. Looking good. And the Horten appears I see?

Phew, decals all done. That's 12 hours work. Carried the birch strips over to the top sections of the fuselage. Tried to go all around but just too difficult with the taper. Next up is a glaze over the wood and tidy up a few areas. Then undercarriage and canopy. Aaron

WOW. Now thats a box. So tempted to get one.

Ted The riveting work is stunning. This is going to look amazing.

This is so cool. Attention to detail is amazing.

Decals decals and more dec... End panels laid down like birch strips on the actual plane. Decals cut up into 3mm strips and laid down in rows. Think they came out quite well? Also the same for the leading edge. Added the front slat just to see the effect. All the big panels on the wings done top and bottom. just the other side to strip then onto the fuselage. Aaron

I've got one of these in the stash. Will have to check mine. Yes decals are nice. It's the making of templates that's the bit to get right, then its plain sailing.

Thats a very nice start. One to watch for me.

Superb thanks Jim

Decal time. Linen effect on tail rudder And started on the Uschi decals for the wing panels

It's here!!! Been a long wait.

Cheers Doug. I remembered seeing this on your build but only after I'd masked, fixed and glued in place. She'll have to be as she is although its not strictly and accurate build of this plane, more artistic licence to show the make up the plane

Lovely work

Cheers Ralph, only used it a couple of times before on small bits, but I've learnt its all about the preparation rather than the top coat. Plastic to be super smooth and a nice shiny coat of black paint and it goes down lovely.

From the limited info out there it seems there was planks although some say they then had panels put over the top. Even the wings were planked diagonally. Here's a pic of a Mig under restoration. If you look closely you can see the diagonal lines of the ply. It maybe a real challenge to create planks all over from decals. I may have to have some with panels over the top to save my sanity!