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Looking good mate!

Nice to hear you are OK with it. Thanks a lot!

Many thanks mates! Thay are from Preiser 1/144 German Air Force NATO crew found in ebay.

Thanks very much guys! Most of markings used are kit decals. Only walkways, steering limit lines and engine warning lines are from Draw Decals.

Hi, This is my first build posted on this forum. It is the largest model I have ever build and the most expensive ever buying at rather crazy price. The kit arrived without kit box nor instruction sheet. It's ex-Otaki Testors kit which is typical Japanese kit designed from 70's with thick, hard and brittle plastic, minimal parts count and very simplified or none of detail on some parts while general shape and proportions are pretty good with state-of-the-art sharp, not overdone, recessed panel lines. The followings are notes from my build; Unfortunately my example came with warped fuselage halves and wing halves. Carefully bending with hot water and a force needed to get it all in place. Scratch building a simple cockpit seats, consoles, floor and sidewall as none of these provided in the kit. A clear sprue was missing before the kit reached my hand so I made cockpit windows from clear styrene. Removing kits way too shallow and too simple wheel wells then replaced with proper depth, structure detailed ones from scratch. Detailing nose landing gear struts with taxi light and steering actuators. Scissor links and simplified jackscrew mechanism added to main gear struts. All gear doors were too thick so I thinned them down by sanding. Actuating mechanism and landing lights were added. Smaller nose gear doors moulded as part of each fuselage halve so I cut them and put each small door over inner side of each larger nose gear door. First stage fan blade length of the real TF39 engine is only about halfway of radial distance from spinner cone to intake sidewall while kit engine faces had full length fan blades. I fix these by reducing engine face diameter then encircled by something like inner intake lip and a series of vanes. Engine fan exhaust was simply moulded solid, needed to be hollowed out. Although core exhaust already had an opening to install exhaust cone, I had to thinned very thick core exhaust lip down. Mr. Color no. 302 for darker green, 303 for lighter green and 305 for grey, airbrushed by freehand. Testors decal sheet has markings for two jets. One for early white/grey scheme and another is for Euro 1 scheme which was chosen largely because of childhood memories. Due to their age decal adhesive glue turned into white debris so I had to clean back of each decal film before application. Walkway strips, no-oversteer lines under nose and warning lines on engine cowlings are from Draw Decals. Added fuel jettison nozzles at rear end of outermost flap track fairings. Drilled APU exhaust on both sides of fuselage. Replaced kit antennae with much thinner ones. Any comment welcomed.

Forget SuE. Modern 1/48 Buccaneer, Tornado ADV, F-100D/F, F-102, F-105D/F/G would sell well.

Thanks Siver Fox!

Noice! What was paint used for nmf (or aluminium) finish?

Gasenkampf, did you do anything to the 'sit' of this model? She looks quite realistic attitude, different to some other GWH MiG-29 builds.

Love both model and cat...

Topnotch modeling skill!

Yes!

Truly realistic weathering. Phantastic!

Very nice Thud!

Many thanks again! Cheers,

Russ, thanks a lot for your cool tips. What was paint used for Aluminum colour? Your jet's finish has quite proper dull and oxidized looking just like the real weathered aluminum painting on those F-105 at the time...

Love brush painted(?) polka dots. AFAIK no silver polka dots decals available but you made it by your ways and nicely done. How did you paint those realistic looking exhaust petals and how do you get neat and subtle weathered on the rest of the airframe? Truly enjoy to see as well as your camo ones.

Stunning!

Impressive decaling and finishing works!

Thanks Chris

Thanks guys for kind help. After read a useful MM page the kit in question would fit my need perfectly if finless 200 gal tanks are included, only 120 gal ones inside. So I have changed my mind to find a labeled F-40 box instead.

I have no idea what model of F-86F inside the box below is... F-30, F-35 or F-40? I am looking for purchasing F-40 online.

Thank you so much. PM inbound with email address. Airfix sheet is still welcome if anyone have...

I just found my Airfix 1/48 MiG-17f deep in my stash but the kit instruction is missing. Does anyone have scans?