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Looks almost as bad as the Scottish delicacy, the deep fried Mars Bar

Ditto... Looks great with all the little details like the flare rack

Apologies, I actually forgot I'd started a WIP for this one, so there's quite a bit of progress. This is where we're at - progress is fast as it falls together like Lego. Very little clean up needed and no filler so far. I can see why people are desperate for Eduard to do this in 1/32 as it would beat the old Trumpeter kits hands down. Cockpit was done with the PE included in the kit and Mr Color Interior Turquoise Green which matches the old 'Soviet Vomit Green' pretty well to my eyes. I'll try to remember to post more updates as I progress.

Nice contrast

Just arrived hot from Portugal courtesy of Hubert. My Christmas raffle prize, which was a pick from Hubert's stash, and I chose this Special Hobby Buckeye which kindly also includes Reskit wheels and a set of Red Fox 3D decals for the cockpit. Hubert also very kindly enclosed a box of delicious looking Belgian pralines which my wife has got her eye on!

Beautiful result Mark, kudos!

Just as well as hydrogen peroxide isn't really what you want to be swigging down.

Our son used to sleepwalk when he was little and he also had a Lego bedroom carpet. It used to amaze me that he would rush around oblivious and miss all the Lego while I blundered about half-asleep cursing as I stood on every damn bit! 😄

Good grief, the wiring detail is ridiculous. Just shows what can be achieved now with these printers

Won't just fly in a circle now...

Watching this with interest as I have this kit in the stash. Received it as a Christmas Raffle prize from Bill Scarbrough a good few years back. Never done a Japanese aircraft so wasn't sure how to approach it but now I've got the Val as well I'm tempted to get them done.

Price isn't as bad as I thought it might be either! I see a birthday pressie....

Gotta love a nice peaty Islay malt! 🥃

We had 87 mph gusts yesterday but we got off lightly on the east coast as Ireland and the west coast of Scotland got the brunt of it this time. We got hammered in Nov '22 by storm Arwen as it came from the NE. It took out about 60-70% of the trees in some of the forests around here and the clearing is still going on in some places.

I spent most of the festive period in bed, from Xmas Eve to 1st Jan, only got up for Xmas lunch which I barely ate. I was vaccinated for flu in October as an NHS worker but obviously not the correct strain! Only second time I've had 'proper' flu in my life and it was definitely worse than the only bout of covid I've had. Wonder if it's the same strain as you've got going round over the pond?

Either those two pilots are pretty short or that fella from McD-D should be in the NBA!

So, this is the next project on the bench. Got the kit at Christmas '23 from the kids and I've been itching to start it but got distracted by Ernie's seductive resin offerings. 😁 Plan is to do the Slovakian scheme shown just because it looks a little different. The kit seems to have a good reputation, so here's hoping it goes together well. Looking in the box you are reminded just what a small airframe this is - it'll look tiny next to the F4s.

Yes, unfortunately they no longer seem to be doing aircraft kits, although all the AM stuff like bomb trolleys and David Brown tractors, etc still seems to be in production. If all their stuff is of this quality then it's a real shame the kits have fallen by the wayside.

Thanks Phil. Mainly just wet sanding and I've been cautious and worn my respirator but there was very little sanding required on this compared to the Viggen. The clean up done on the main fuselage parts, etc by Iconicair before packaging had already done most of the hard work.

If those two are as nice as this was Dennis you've got something to look forward to.

This is my second resin kit courtesy of Ernie as this was the prize for the Let's Get Wet group build. Definitely a more straightforward project than the Viggen, although also considerably smaller and simpler an airframe. The parts from Iconicair had minimal casting blocks and clean up was very easy. Given the small parts count construction was pretty quick. All exterior paintwork was MRP and the kit decals were used which performed well. I'd definitely recommend the Iconicair kits to anyone. No need to fear resin kits like this as decent modelling skills will easily let you succeed. Think I've definitely caught the resin bug - I found myself window shopping an HpH Me410 last night! 🤪 Thanks Ernie!

Calling this done. Will post some more photos in the Finished section. Very enjoyable build of an unusual subject.

Do love the Buc - wheels barely off the ground and gear retracted. As they say 'raise gear and descend to operational height!'

Glad I'm not the only one that does things like that! If it looks as good as the Me262 bomb sights under primer then who cares what it's printed in.

Now that is looking cool.