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    Thanks @TheyJammedKenny!, @kapam, @Dawsonsauce and @dnl42 for your comments, most kind of you all. 'War weary' is certainly a look I strive to achieve where possible - sometimes I overdo it, I think, but I just prefer my models to look that way. @Dawsonsauce I know of your exploits with the PZL.42, indeed I am following your thread! To answer your question, yes I did mask the inside as well as the outside, however I used bits of Tamiya masking tape cut to appropriate shapes, whilst the exterior masks were bought as a set. The biggest pain was the ventral gunner's position - the glass there needed mask bits about 1mm square, and stuck to everything except where I actually wanted it to stick! You may count yourself fortunate that the PZL.42 did not possess that particular adornment
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    Thanks @Val_Ukraine and @jean for your kind comments. I would agree that I may have laid the weathering on a little bit thick, but I have a tendency to do that anyway and to be honest I quite like that look.
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    Hi folks, Karas RFI is now up, here.
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    Afternoon folks, well it's been a couple of weeks I think since this particular model was completed, so 'better late than never' I guess. This is the first completed model from my attempt at a PZL-themed 'tri-andem build' which in fact turned out to be nothing more than the sequential build of 3 models all documented in the same thread. At the time of posting the WIP thread (here, for the sufficiently curious) is still active, awaiting me to gather the required courage to take on the last model in the sequence. I was quite pleased with how it turned out, despite many trials and tribulations with PE, decals etc, and a serious collapse of mojo partway through last year and well into this year. No matter, hopefully that's all behind me now. So, no doubt by popular demand, I shall cut the blether and just get to posting the pics: Thanks to everyone who looked in on progress, or commented, or just hit the like button! Your interest was, and still is, much appreciated
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    Looks a nicely detailed kit, and you're doing great things with it. Following with interest.
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    Great job!
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    This is fantastic work, on a subject I've never heard of until now. Top quality styrene-bullying!
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    Luckily you did revisit this now, else I might have missed it! Following now, as I have a fondness for unusual Japanese subjects.
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    I'm tempted to try it blindfold, I couldn't possibly do any worse than following the PE instructions! You make a good point about vac-form canopy though, I shall have to look into that - maybe even invest in a vac-form machine of my own if I can find room for it in my modest cave. Anyway, home straight for the P11c now that the fiddlies have been fitted - the gun sights (some generic PE gun sights from Eduard), and a Pitot tube (which MisterCraft helpfully invite me to fashion for myself from stretched sprue ) : ... and a Venturi Tube (I think) on the starboard fuselage: Finally, the addition of the prop (not fixed, just in case I need to do something to it in the future) and a thin coat of satin varnish: So with that, I am calling this particular chapter of my PZL odyssey complete, save for some better quality pics and an RFI of course. Thanks for sticking with me this far, folks!
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    ... and if you think that's a cause for concern, here are the detailing PE frets - interior: ... and exterior: The really, really scary things are the respective 'instruction' sheets - they would be clearer if chiselled on granite slabs as Egyptian hieroglyphs! I feel the ways this could go wrong are as many as they are varied...
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    Thanks Mr Kenny, I do believe in this one I am going to need it - I think MisterCraft should adopt that as their mission statement: 'Providing difficult raw material to modellers everywhere' Anyway, by way of a desperate attempt at easing myself into this, I will share the customary sprue/decal shots: The hawk-eyes among you will notice that one of the engine cowlings is missing - I removed it so as to try and work out how to incorporate the Ju-52 engines into the assembly. No prizes for guessing how far I've got with that! Wings, and once again very thick 'clear' parts: Decal sheets: Aside from the obvious 'under new management' markings there are the 'civilian identifier' codes which I think pertain to the one that was exhibited in Sofia in the late 1930s. Additionally, and indeed quite interestingly, they have included Polish military markings on a separate sheet, which in turn incorporate a decal for a slogan to be applied to the side of the fuselage, which declares it to be a gift from several Polish banks!
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    Whilst waiting for the oil washes to dry on the P11c, I have been looking at the final part of this unholy trinity, the Los. My despondency at the questionable state of the plastic moulding was in danger of descending into deep depression once I'd revisited the PE frets and their associated instructions... Fortunately I happened to recall a WIP thread from a number of years ago that documented the build of this particular subject (albeit a ZTS kit), courtesy of @Ozzyman69 who I happily acknowledge as the source of this inspiration, and to hope he is keeping well and safe in our current situation. The thread in question can be found here: It's well worth a look in its own right, but I've posted the link here for my own benefit as much as anything else, it makes it easier for me to find it again
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    This morning I had a go at applying a sludge wash - no panel lines to speak of here, but I used brown panel line fluid on the khaki colours: For the underside I concocted my own brew of oil paints (black, white and a bit of blue) with enough thinners to give me a wash consistency: I need to keep my grubby hands off this for a day or so now!
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    Nice job, interesting back story too.
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    Decals were applied to the tail/rudder - including the 'P 11' identifier at the top, which I had to take from the kit supplied decal sheet as I had no other alternative available. A deal of work was required to obscure the spurious white lines all over it, but I think I got there: One other thing I omitted to show earlier, is the engine/cowling assembly: Not 100% perfect, but I am reasonably happy with how it turned out compared with how it would have looked had I left it. *Edited to add* I have no information on what, if any, under-wing identification markings would have existed for this particular aircraft. If any more knowledgeable person can enlighten me, I would very much appreciate it thanks!
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    Fantastic work OM as is your habit, and a most interesting and engaging back story. This was my coffee-time read this morning!
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    In applying strips of masking tape to the canopy, I worked out what it was I didn't like about it - it was sitting about 1mm too tall compared to the original part! So I carefully chopped off a small amount from all around the base of the canopy then applied the tape. Much better: As you can see, I also commenced with the decals. These are spares from my Karas sheet, which are far superior quality compared with the garbage that came with the kit. I got as far as applying the underside ones, however the ribs are proving a challenge when getting the decals to settle: I foresee copious quantities of Micro-Sol or similar being rendered here!
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    Interesting, I'll be following along on this journey. I've not long since completed a Heller PZL 23A (which looks like the fore-runner of the 42), and that too was similarly devoid of any ordnance. I looked online for something suitable to 3D print in PLA but nothing doing, and lacking anything in the way of design skills I just left it in its reconnaissance role. Great job so far
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    Thanks Mr Kenny, yes it is very small but I am thinking the brush painted canopy framework is a bit rough. I've since remembered a trick I've pulled before, of using pre-painted thin strips of Tamiya masking tape to form the frame. So I will let all the glued bits solidify overnight before trying that. As for the coating, I tend to brush on Klear for a gloss coat (before application of decals) and Windsor and Newton satin medium (for final finishing) so hopefully that won't be an issue, but a small amount of masking tape over the top should be enough if needed. We shall see!
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    Today's brief update - wheels on, canopy on, nose on: To be honest I'm not 100% happy with how the canopy looks, I shall ponder it further but I may well end up re-doing it.
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    ... now this, I am happy with: I think the paint was a bit too thick the first time.
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    Thanks Mr Edmontonian! Some further progress, of a sort, this morning - I attempted to apply the custom mask to the fuselage side in order to spray the folded paper horse emblem. Not as straight-forward as I would have hoped, not helped at all by my ill-conceived notion that a stonking great strip of PE down the side would enhance my life no end, and not cause massive gaps between mask and fuselage. Still, I managed to get it on, and taped around the edges: The result: All of which admirably demonstrates what all modellers the world over know to be true: that the camera, particularly one with a macro setting, can be the cruellest of mistresses. I implore you to try and ignore the hideous blobs of CA that now obviously adorn the PE strip - although, I acknowledge that may be difficult. Certainly it is for me! Hopefully the other side will be better.
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    Latest progress - firstly, the masking was removed and a Klear coat applied: Then the mind-numbing task of masking up the previously painted sections ready for the application of the underside colour on the wings: I made a half-hearted attempt to mask the wing struts, but gave up in the end and just used a single piece of tape to protect it whilst I did the main section of the wings: My initial mixture for the underside was a 50:50 mix of XF-55 deck tan and XF-23 ('light blue'). In the end, I added some white to make it a 33:33:33 mix: This is the result, with masking removed: I am quite pleased with that.
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    Great job so far! Just a quick heads-up, and apologies if you already checked this, but I did the Academy Grant a few years back, and I found to my cost that the sprocket wheels were not wide enough for the Panda tracks I had bought to replace the rubber bands in the kit. Fortunately I was able to gently prise the two halves of the sprocket wheel apart, and glue them back together at the required greater width. It's possible, of course, that the MiniArt version is better in that respect! I wish I'd seen this sooner, I could have sent you my own home-made track jig
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    Thanks Mr Kenny! No work on the model itself per se today, however the wife's decision to break out the Cricut machine prompted me to knock up a couple of SVG files for the fuselage markings. With those, and under her expert tutelage, I managed to produce something which stands a good chance of doing a job for me: I have kind of gone out on a limb here and assumed that the markings on the port side were a mirrored image of those on the starboard side - I have no evidence to either support or refute that, so I've just gone with it! For those souls sufficiently intrigued as to the details of what was used to produce the masks, the mask film material is Oramask, and the machine is a Cricut Air 2. Whatever that means. If anyone is planning to model the self same aircraft with these markings, and would like the SVG files for their own use, I'd be more than happy to forward them on.
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