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It slowly starts to look like armored vehicle However, there are more tiny PE parts to be assembled together and glued to its place, so it will take a bit more time... Cheers, S.

Good evening mates, after few months of having completely lost my modeling mojo (whish resulted in not finishing none of 2022 started GBs so far), I think I am finally on my way back. This GB challenged me to do something relaxing, although it may not seem so relaxing when you see all those tiny bits but so far it's going well and easy... My competitor here will be one of UM BA-x series cars - BA-3 to be more precise. I have some aftermarket too - PE set from OKB Grigorov and RB Model metal gun barrel, which should significantly upgrade the final look... So far I've assembled some subassemblies of chassis and wheels, and finished the turret with all PE bits on it... On car body there are many doors and windows that are given as PE parts, with all of those bolted hatches, and that is next step after smoothing out some joins... I mostly tend to glue wheels to their place in this phase of assembling, but there is a catch with this one - tires are given as rubber parts, and they "click" on the wheels very well, but they would be impossible to place after wheels are glued to the axles (inner wheels), so I'll leave them for the end of painting process... See you soon, S.

I'm trully sorry for "ignoring" GBs lately, but this year full of heatwaves killed off my scalebuilding mojo, so it took a while for me to get in the mood... I'm not there yet fully but slowly I'm coming back While some of GBs had to be abandoned, I've focused on F-5 and Revell-o-gram GB, hopefully will be able to finish on time.... I've painted and detailed cockpit area so far, while some other parts which I didn't photograph are in progress (fuel tanks and tail wheels dolly) As we have a plenty of time till the end of this GB, I am on positive note to finish this one on time! Cheers, S.

I'm trully sorry for "ignoring" GBs lately, but this year full of heatwaves killed off my scalebuilding mojo, so it took a while for me to get in the mood... I'm not there yet fully but slowly I'm coming back While some of GBs had to be abandoned, I've focused on F-5 and Revell-o-gram GB, hopefully will be able to finish on time.... I've finished work on cockpit, and (landing?) lights on bottom of fuselage - lights were not following curvature of fuselage so I've sanded them down and polished with various gradations of sanding and polishing paper... Cheers, and hopefully soon with new photos... Srđan

I've started process of painting camouflage - first step was underside areas. After I've sprayed Ammo Scratches Chipping Fluid, I did the layer of Gunze H61 IJN Grey, and after some playing with "scratching", I've oversprayed middle parts of panels with H61 lightened with white color, so scratches were toned down a bit and made more realistic I hope so... I'll leave it to cure for few days and then I'll take care of upper surfaces - Gunze H59 IJN Green it will be! Cheers, S.

Hello mates, I'll join this STGB with Hobby Boss kit of F-5E. Although this kit does have some of its inaccuracies, I'll leave them aside and do this build OOB. I will use decals for box-art bird - "Red 23" from VFC-13. Cheers, S.

Airfix 1/72 BAe Sea Harrier FRS.1 - Pavla resin cockpit - Aires resin exhaust nozzles - Gunze acrylics - Artistic oils wash Cheers, S.

I'm calling it done! Final subtle weathering was done with Tamiya weathering sets and MIG pigments. I did some small mistakes and misses, but some of them were out of my control, so I hopefully managed to represent Falklands SHAR as realistic as it was.... Thanks for comments, critiques and suggestions during work. Cheers, S.

@Planebuilder62 Thanks for the info. I have looked various photos of FRS.1 examples, and it's pretty inconsistent - some of them do have front nozzles in camo color, while some have it in steel/exhaust color. I may leave it as is if I don't find confirmation for this one, at least nozzle looks way better in metal color to me Cheers, S.

As panel lines on this kit are very deep, I chose not to fill them with Mr. Surfacer but also not to do classic wash in the end, but only dot filtering with White artistic oil. Idea was to try to simulate rainmarks on fuselage and wings, as this bird was stationed on aircraft carrier, and weather was pretty harsh in that period of year. Accompanied with previously done faded cammo, I think I've managed to do this not so bad Final semigloss coat is also sprayed on, so now we're closer to finish line... just assembling of smaller parts and detailing is left to do... Small parts are also almost done.. some small detail painting is left to do... Cheers, S.

Said and done - Aluminium was painted on parts of fuselage and wings where chipping is most likely to occur - I plan to use scratch/chipping fluid over this area, before I paint cammo colors... In theory looks like it will work, we'll see how it goes... Inner surfaces of wheel and bomb bay covers were painted in Aotake Blue while wheels and landing gear legs + arrestor hook were painted in Aluminium.. Gloss coat was oversprayed to seal them... Cheers, S.

Thanks for the kind words mates Preshading is done - Black Mr. Surfacer 1500, and so are some small parts that go into aluminium afterwards... Spinner and propeller are painted with Mr. Color Propeller Color I plan to paint metallic (and Aotake Blue) parts tomorrow, and most probably I'll paint parts of fuselage and wings that are prone to chipping into Aluminium, so I can do the chipping of camouflage colors later. Cheers, S.

All the small parts are now assembled and readied for primer. Painting masks by Dead Design Models are just GREAT - they are nicely precut and designed to fit this kit's canopy, their adhesive is strong to hold them onto canopy, but easy enough to remove them from paper carrier without any problem! Grace itself today received layer of primer - Mr. Surfacer 1200. Next step is preshading... Cheers, S.

Good evening mates, here is my participant in this iconic GB - an experimental oldie Monogram - X-15 in 1/72 Cheers, S.

Decals are on...and sealed with gloss coat! Cheers, S.

Since last photo update, wheel and bomb bay were primered with Gunze Black Surfacer 1500, and then sprayed with Gunze Aluminium metalizer, overcoated with dilluted Gunze H63 Aotake Blue. I'll leave it to dry for few days and then I'll spray gloss coat to seal it down... Cheers, S,

Camouflage is done - Gunze H333 Extra Dark Seagrey, lightened with few drops of white to give it a bit weathered look. Exhaust nozzles were painted with Gunze Stainless metalizer, and they definitely look way too better than those from kit! Next layer will be gloss coat as a base for decals... Cheers, S.

Small update after a while - fuselage joins required some attention so it took some time for sprue goo to cure in order to sand it down. Wings and horizontal stabilizers are now attached, there will be some small sanding here and there (my mistake - some glue went where it wasn't supposed to ), and small parts are due to be prepared for attaching and/or painting. Engine exhaust pipes were given flat/closed so I've drilled them a bit, just to give some depth to details... Hopefully build will go faster now that fuselage is assembled with wings, so primer and painting can come soon. Cheers and thanks for comments, critiques and support S.

Today I've finished with preshading - Mr. Surfacer 1500 Black. I've decided to use it also for radome.... Cheers, S.

Primer is on! I've drilled out a bit more those holes on Aden cannons, they look more realistic now... Next phase is preshading, and very soon we begin with painting of cammo! Cheers, S.

Since last update, I've finished cockpit area - like I promised it's OOB. Painted with Gunze H54, and subtle wash done with artistic oil Raw Umbra Engine, cowling and under nose air inlet were painted with Gunze Stainless metalizer, subtle washed with artistic oil Raw Umbra Instrument panel was painted into black, and then over it I've applied decal with instruments, provided with kit - it gave very nice look as decal matched raised details of instruments. Fuselage assembling is next on the schedule... Cheers, S.

Thanks for the support mates! I've done with few more details - Aden cannons were added and I've drilled barel holes, and pylons were attached to the wings. Canopy and windshield are masked with Tamiya tape, and ready for installment, but I have to modify instrument panel cover as windshield can't fit at the moment, so some sanding is on the schedule for tomorrow. Also, I have to make HUD holders as I broke them while manipulating the kit during sanding phase... Hopefully soon we're in primer stage! Cheers, S.

Yeah, I know about this set, but I'm not quite yet sure whether I would make other birds from that set - F-104 I plan to do as Italian or German and Japanese, Saab 35 will be probably Austrian, while Hunter is not in my posession, and I don't have such a desire to have it (for now at least). But thanks for the proposal for sure, I appreciate it! Cheers, S.

Radome, intakes and horizontal stabilizers are now glued, and all panel lines repaired, and re-engraved. I have to remake HUD as I broke that part during assembling of other parts Cheers, S.

Cockpit is... well... assembled as well as wings I've only did some repair work in bomb bay, underneath the cockpit, as there were 3 nasty ejection pinmarks very visible. I've filled them with styrene 0.2mm circles, and now I only have to sand down a bit that area, and re-engrave lost "panel lines". Primering and painting phase is not so far away! Cheers, S.