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  1. And aircraft too! An-2, Yak-12 and Mi-2 were mainly produced in Poland. Plus some Poland-designed gliders and crop dusters.
  2. Nice result and great work with attention to variations! Unfortunately Eduard does not look willing to provide out of the box options for less popular versions... Major Soviet nick name for MiG-21 was 'Balalaika' for obvious triangular shape and simplicity. 'Karandash' (pencil) was used too but not only in respect of MiG-21. I read that Su-15 was nicknamed 'pencil' too.
  3. Started paint sessions today!!! Red was the first over the smooth monochrome primer. Primer is a mix of grey and white vallejo primer colours to make sure the red is neither too dull (over pure grey) or too bright (over the pure white). Quite a lot of other colours to apply before moving to aluminium - blue for the nose ring, olive drab for the fuselage top, grey for the tail tip, off-white/metal mix for the canopy frame, gloss black for some minor elements and as a primer for metallics, steel for some steel parts and then at least two different aluminiums to create panel effect. You said GB deadline is April 29th?
  4. I just recently watched the movie and 23 meters fuselage of the ornithopter? I'd say it should be twice more compact... Does anybody have at least Warpaint drawings?
  5. Finished sanding and masked wheel bays today. Went orthodox way of just sealing the bays with Tamiya tape. Shape is quite easy here so the process took maybe 10 minutes overall for three pits. And after priming Wroom-wroom!!!
  6. I finally decided to close the canopy on my Streak. Generally I do not like open canopies. Maybe only if the cabinet is superperfectly detailed but that is not seen through the not the best canopy. Here the out-of-box cockpit is nice but not the ultimate. And canopy is supertransparent. So I decided that closed canopy would work fine. Also canopy was masked and painted interior green today. Some more work is needed to get the airframe ready for full priming. Nice feature of Art Scale mask - numbers directly on the masking bits
  7. Exactly. An-24 had to be serviceable by its crew should they fly to remote locations in Central Asia or Siberia. And even at smaller airfields across European part of USSR. In the 60s Aeroflot was flying to many smaller cities and such flights were performed by Li-2, An-2, Il-14 and An-24. Another point - An-24 could be performing not only fully passenger but also cargo or combined flights. So it's cabin was quickly convertible unlike in case of the Fokker which I think was either flying passenger or cargo flights but not both passenger and cargo flights on the same day.
  8. I wonder if there are chances that Special Hobby issues some resin/3D upgrade sets under their CMK label? Wheels set is on approach but kit wheels are not that bad. However what could really benefit from resin upscale is undercarriage bays. Currently they lose even to Sword kit. Completely empty and standout from overall fairly detailed kit. Also maybe something like inserts for opened speed brakes or positionable flaps?
  9. I think it might have varied. Sometimes you see more olive-drabbish headrests, sometimes it's clearly red. So I just decided to make olive drab on F-84G and red on F-84F.
  10. Actually no! The fit here is such perfect that you actually need zero filler! Really - it goes together like Eduard Spitfire. And even there I think I had to do some trimming around fuselage to wing joint.
  11. Seat received some harness and got glued in. Look how bright are the colours and how clean is the canopy from SH. And it is probably the best fitting canopy in my experience ever. Main part fits superbly too.
  12. Masking is gradually moving forward. And also some more putty added here and there. Tomorrow is a big sanding day
  13. Canopy installed as well as the stabiliser. Some intense surface polishing and canopy masking ahead. And I hope for priming on the weekend. Cheers!
  14. Getting back from the holiday break and immediately to the workbench. I installed ejection seat and gun sight into the cabin. Also glued in resin interior of back canopy and rear mirror. Tomorrow after CA fumes evaporate I will put the canopy in place.
  15. Getting back to the construction. A little progress with canopy here. I glued in a front and rear screens as well as gun sight. Need to add some belts to the seat from the spares to install it in place and close the canopy. Or maybe make it open. Still can't decide.
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