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Thanks! I believe the problem is not enough adhesive. The tiny decals, including stencils work fine as the surface between the film and "paint" is smaller. With a large printed piece there is more tension when you remove it. Iny second try on the underside, the decal didn't stick properly too. At the first glance it was fine, treated with a lot of Sol over several days. Just to find out that a quarter of the decal is not attached to the surface. I've used Set before and that didn't help much apparently. I've flooded the said part with Set, Sol and also the Revell setting solution, followed by a light treatment of mineral spirits and that seemed to convince the decal to hug the wing. It's a shame because I find the decal print quality very good, but there is clearly a problem, as I'm not the only one to experience trouble with them. Worth mentioning is that just in front of the canopy, there are two small stencils that silvered badly despite following exactly same procedure. Luckily when I decided to remove them, only film got removed. Bart

I haven't seen too many Mustangs in that scheme so one more done by you would be a big added value to the P-51 pool. Regarding the decals - those were definitely the "peelable" decals - irregular film, patch appearance and it worked well with the stencils that are on the same sheet. The nose art was also peeled with no problems. The star and bars were the problem, then also the number on the fuselage. There is also another way to get rid of the film - using mineral spirit apparently but I only found out once I got the decals on. Thank you all for overwhelming amount of good comments and "likes". Much appreciated! Bart

Hi Everyone! I would like to present you with freshly finished lovely kit from Eduard no 82101. Pretty straight forward kit from the box. Few bits and pieces to rescribe and rivet, but not a huge amount of work. I have filled the wing panel lines with a mixture of VMS Black Flexy CA and their Filler Powder. That works great as it is fast drying, non shrinking and easy to sand. Only the area around the guns was filled with Mr Surfacer 500. I have also replaced gun barrels with hypodermic needles which improved the look in my opinion. Drilled the exhaust pipes and filters on the lower nose. The kit provides decals for the tail, but I have decided to mask it and paint it and I'm happy with the result. Painted with Tamiya LP-8 over white and Black Mr. Surfacer. Nose red is a AK Interactive RED. Anti glare painted with Olive Drab. Fuselage has been painted over satin black with Mr.Color Super Fine Silver, where the wings are painted with Tamiya LP-38 Flat Aluminium. Weathered with Abteilung's oils and some panel washes from AK. Then everything sealed with satin on the wings and the rest of the coloured parts, and gloss on the fuselage, bare metal surface. I had a massive disaster during the build. Once I painted the tail and nose, I have followed an advice from more experienced friends from the model club, to use LP-11 as the aluminium colour, but that for some reason turned out not nice, so I covered it with Extreme Metal Polished Aluminium which was much better. Then I sealed it with Gauzy Agent pre decaling. This is where I think it went wrong. Well not from the start. Stencils were great, film was easy to remove and I was absolutely amazed with the result. The problem started with the larger decals, where they did not stick properly and despite waiting over 2 days, I still removed the film with part of the decals.. Thanks to club friends for supplying me with their decals from the same kit. I stripped all the paint back to plastic (apart from the nose) and painted it again with the paint mentioned above. This time decals went on better and I also restrained from removing the film. And here we have the result, let me know what you think: Thanks!

Thank you! The scratches on the skirts are made with hobby knife. A bit risky business, but I don't know any other method to get such long and fine vertical scratches. If you are asking about the ones on the ring next to the MG, these are painted with a sponge and refined with a brush. @zigster Nice, I bet it will be good! And the decals will probably be way better than the Tamiya ones (although there are not to many overall anyway). @Andy H @supersonic @Carius @sardaukar @Ilan @Bullbasket @StuartH @FrancisGL @Stef N. @ivan-o Thank you all for the comments!

Hi, I would like to present you my latest build. Pretty nice kit. Well detailed, nice quality (apart from sprue S). Maybe a bit simplified here and there. I have replaced the handles with wire, added chains to smoke dischargers and painted unit number along with a brigade logo using laser cut stencils rather than using decals. Painted with AK Interactive paints. Weathered with a mixture of pigments, oils and enamels. Thanks for your attention! Bart

Thank you! Well, the kit is super detailed, just poor quality when it comes to flash. It looks like the tooling has a lot of miles on the clock, especially when you see that the sprues have been used for like 20 other kits. The upper hull was also warped but that been resolved with some reinforcing inside. Tracks are the worst, can you imagine clearing that flash on a soft rubber? Picture below. Overall it's a nice kit if you are committed to spend tons of time on cleaning parts. Otherwise, now I would go for Meng one.

@Bullbasket How about now? Do they work?

1/35 AFV Club - M60A1 IDF Magach 6Bet Finally finished. Long battle but I have managed to cross the finish line. Construction was quite complex and quality of the kit was average (and that is me being generous). Poor rubber tracks replaced with metal ones. Unfortunately these were narrower than the sprockets so I was forced to design and 3d print them to fit the tracks. There are few bits and pieces scratch built. Base done using mixture of VMS diorama mud and AK's products. Then added 3d printed garden chairs and pile of rubble. Most of the add-ons on the scene are from amazing Red Zebra Scale Models. Figures by Meng, postures slightly modified and Hornet heads added to enhance the face expressions. Then few bits added from a AK IDF Equipment set. Overall I'm happy with the result and even more happy to be released from the project which supposed to be just a tank on a plank.. I hope you like it. Thanks for the attention

Thank you. Not sure, they call it V-bust. It looks like 1/6.. Thanks! Skin tone is Mengs Basic Flesh. Camouflage is AK real colours NATO black, green and red. Tan is from Tamiya. Then all treated with oils. Face with Abiteilung flesh set, rest with random oils. Bart.

Hi guys, be gentle, that's my first take on the bust. Painted with acrylics, shaded and highlighted with oils. A bit more work with the uniform than I anticipated, but overall quite fun thing to do and deffo not the last one. Thanks! Bart

Thank everyone for the feedback! Glad you liked it.

Finally done. Miniart 1/35 - Grant MkII plus metal barrel. Painted with MRP. Great kit, although - as Miniart is - over-engineered. Built more as a training ground, for various techniques. But overall I guess it turned out quite all right. Thanks for all comments! Appreciate any tips. Bart.

Thanks everyone, doing my best:) Bart

Thanks! Don't get me wrong, it is still a very nice kit. Nice details on the hull and the turret, nice interior (which I didn't wanted to make), but overall I think I just overhyped too much, Hmm, be careful with wheels if you are not planning the resin ones, be veeeery careful with the instructions, there are missing parts, wrongly labeled etc. Overall rather nice fit, a bit over complicated chassis. I would like to show you the mistakes in the instructions, but I built it like in June and all notes I made are at the moment make no sense:) Good luck and have fun!

Thanks, Usually I use thin guitar string, but just run out so had to use some different material. Those A-A look great though, tempted:)

Thanks for letting me know, how about now?

Hi everyone, Finally finished it. Nice kit, although I was hoping for something better. First of all, wheels included in the kit are really bad. Bad fit, and not really well detailed. Once I started assembling them, two broke. So I found replacements done by Eureka XXL, sagged and really nicely detailed. Also bought a barrel and smoke grenade dischargers. Overall quite fun build if you can ignore tens of mistakes in the instructions. These were probably made by the guy from Dragon. And he must have been drunk.. Anyway, after the struggle during the build, there was a struggle with weathering, which was because this is my first desertised vehicle. But finally I managed to finish this! And these are the photos, let me know what do you think. Thanks!

How about now? Maybe the picture is too big, I'll reduce it.

@Golikell I mentioned it in original post. This is how it looks in game. I based diorama on it, didn't replicate as it would be too much time I don't have.

@Golikell thanks. In game you can play either as a Russian operator or US operator. You can cooperate cross fractions etc. I just found random cool looking figures.

Hi! Long time no see. Recently finally finished a project that was on my table for over a year. Had not enough time due to work, business, two kid ans wife, but an hour here, two there and managed to finish this diorama. It's based on a scene from a computer game Escape from Tarkov, strongly recommended (game, not the scene:) ). What's on diorama? Takom's Kamaz Typhoon-K, few random figures bought on wish and aliexpress, crates and palettes laser cut by Bartec Design (that's my small business!), rest is scratchbuilt. Road made using AK Interactive Asphalt paste, good stuff I must say. Enjoy and hope to get back with something else soon! Thanks, Bart! All comments welcomed.

Thanks! I couldn't find too many pictures of Milan, instructions said one antenna but instruction also said one sit, no passenger sit too. Then I found this picture and assumed there should be two antennas: About the rigidness, I'll change it asap, thanks! Bart

Hi, Uhh, With a little one around the house, modelling is getting really hard, but I've managed to finished another model! Yeah. This time is a French VBL with Milan Anti-Tank Missle Launcher by Tiger Model. First go at this manufacturer and.. Yeah, the model is nicely detailed, with full interior and some extras such PE and great decals, but the flash on the parts was a bit of a pain to be honest. Also there are few mistakes in the instructions as well as missing reference to paint the interior apart from some basic stuff. Overall nice kit. Finished with Vallejo Air series paint set for nato vehicles. I hope you'll like it! Thanks! Bart

Hello again, I've completed this model few months ago but had no time to photograph it properly. Nice wee kit, really enjoyed it until the painting time. I think I can't work with white. I've build a white car before and it was a bit of a pain, now I've just made sure that it's really hard and demanding colour. Overall no big issues with the kit. Of course railings are way to thick for the scale, but nothing dramatic. Decals could be better. And colour references in the instructions too. Oh and a rigging plan could be great:) Enjoy: Cheeeeers! Bart

Hi, That's my latest build. Israeli Apache, AH-64D Saraf. Kit made by Academy, bought cheaply for 8 quid if I remember, it was ok at first glance. Then I bought a Aires cockpit set and a set of decals by Armycast. On top, I wanted to paint it with Hataka IAF paint set for modern rotors. Oh, and of course Eduard masks for canopy. Ok, where do I start.. Oh yeah, I had to adjust a cockpit to fit Academy kit (originally designed for Hasegawa), a lot of mess, but quite easy. Cockpit itself is absolutely BRILLIANT! Well detailed and well designed. Then I moved to the kit.. First disaster. Bad fit, even worse instructions, flash on most parts, etc. I was on a brink of depression. But at some point decided that it's not gonna be a masterpiece (never meant to be:P) so I'll just do whatever is necessary to just finish the model. I wasn't easy, trust me. Finally got to the stage of painting. Another disappointment - Hataka paints. I bought them because I've read some reviews that they're hassle free, easy to use and working well. I was struggling to even finish the first coats. Couldn't find the right ratio, airbrush constantly clogging etc. I've managed to spray base sand colour and gave up. Finished with some mixture of Tamiya paints. Very disappointing as set wasn't cheap. At least decals were brilliant as the cockpit. Anyways, managed to get to the end of the build and the result you can see below. I know, that there are parts missing, I know there is vast amount of errors referring to israeli version of the aircraft, but I simply couldn't care less after a disaster that this kit was. Please be kind.. Thank you for your attention! Bart