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  1. amblypygid
    But of course, Johnny, it'd be a pleasure. My first Z-kit as well,but I've looked at others as a result. I have a couple of their kits as reboxed by Revell: a Hind and a Flanker.
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    A cunning and, in retrospect, blindingly obvious plan, Gorby! Not quite there yet, though. After a rather damp visit to Duxford for the BoB air show yesterday with a friend and our two 7yo boys, I did a wee bit of painting. This mostly consisted of adding scarlet to all the parts that require such, but after that I did complete some sub-assemblies and get them into place. Firstly, the rear gunner's seat. It looks lopsided because it is! I haven't yet fixed the starboard side. For the first time I've found a problem with the fit, which I assume is because I've not got one of those two bulkheads quite right (probably the aft one). Still, it'll be unnoticeable once closed up as far as I can tell. Some touch up on the seat required as it was painted on-sprue. Moving forward, the first of the side consoles went into the cockpit. Zvezda supply several small handles, which I found to be much easier to position than any of the PE efforts, and they look better to boot with their greater thickness. I'll need to take another picture of this as last night's was blurry. Some natural light would help but it's again 10/10 cloud today and it feels very autumnal indeed on the first sub 12 hour day for six months.
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    Glad to hear that there's some progress, Jon. And nice start on the Spit! Is this the one with beer barrels?
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    Splendid work, PC and Winston! I hope the wingroot fix works out.
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    The effect is remarkable, Johnny. Very effective for such a simple technique.
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    Very nice work, George. I'll also be at Duxford, hoping that I'll get to see the Vampires and MiG-15 do more than taxi down a wet runway this year!
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    Although ... that's a big skylight right above it, isn't it? Hmm.
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    Not without some surgery. The window (it's more like a viewing port, really) is an odd shape and small. Here's te aperture: If it were just the window, I could reduce the retaining flange in the centre, slide it in horizontally and then rotate it into position, but that ain't gonna work with a gun sticking out!
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    Likewise; hope everything turns out well.
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    There is a lot of interior detail! Most of it will surely be invisible once the fuselage is sealed up, though. My next dilemma concerns the waist gun; do I risk leaving it as the designer intended, hoping not to knock it (or that the retaining bracket will keep it in situ), or should I slice the barrel off and reapply later, hoping I can get the join neat without blotching the window? And now I've started drooling over Eduard's resin/etch replacement MGs:
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    Fast work with all that tiny PE to be attached. Shame about the canopy, but it's looking good otherwise.
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    A leetle bit of progress to report on the interior, but also my first cock-up. Somehow managed to press one of the fuselage transparencies into place with a gluey finger, so there's a lovely smear on the inside. The interior mandates that these go in at this point as there is some pipework that runs across them. Ho-hum. I doubt it will be too obvious on the finished article. If anyone knows how to remove GS-Hypo from plastic, please let me know! I'm following the Zvezda painting guide for the interior: gull grey mostly, with some green bits. The grey is almost indistinguishable from the original plastic.
  13. amblypygid
    Great intro, PC, and I admire your willingness to have another go at a kit that doesn't sound too willing to be built!
  14. amblypygid
    Interesting and attractive schemes, Rodolfo. I look forward to seeing these progress.
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    OK, I'd better post this before it suddenly becomes October without me noticing! My contribution is this pair of Razorbacks, both from the Academy 1/72 kit but with decals from a variety of sources (Xtradecal, Kagero and Kitsworld). Miss Mutt was the personal aircraft of Lt Col R R Rowland, the XO of the 348th FG in 1943, based in Papua New Guinea. Kansas Tornado II was flown by Capt H Curran of the 510th FS in 1944. Thanks to all for their advice and assistance, above all of course to the mods. There have been some splendid and inspiring builds in this GB.
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    Thanks, Stix, you're too kind! The strangest thing is that, after all the angst over those cowl flaps, I'd totally forgotten about them until seeing that photo again!
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    Cripes, Johnny, that came together quickly. From seven months to seven hours, it seems!
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    Just splendid, Ced. What a wonderful model to have on your ceiling.
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    Very clean, and a fetching scheme. Nice job!
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    Finishing touches applied yesterday; here she is: Cheers, Chris
  21. amblypygid
    Thanks, Dennis. It would be a fair sized model in 1/32, must be a similar size to a Mosquito.
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    OK, so after building one wing,, and realising that building them fully requires putting the landing gear in, I decided it would be better to leave that until later in the build. Which means I'm on to the fuselage. Zvezda's tooling is excellent for fit. Assuming that I can get the interior done well, there shouldn't be a hint of any filler. Interior moulded detail is pretty good, though very little will be visible at the end Started adding some more detail SO far, this kit is exceptional.
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    Coincidentally, just saw the real thing fly past on its way back to Coningsby. Wonderful sight.
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    It's Phantomtastic, Johnny. Really enjoyed the privilege of following along these months past, so thanks for taking the effort to document it all so well.
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    Bit of a change, Johnny, be interesting to see how it goes. The KV-2 is bizarrely proportioned in the first place, let alone in toon guise.
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