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Paint is on! (Gunze C136) I'll wait few days for paint to cure, and then I'll apply gloss coat as a preparation for decals. UM decals are generally pretty tricky - they are "brittle", so they tend to break over panel lines or sharp edges, so I'll see what will happen when I try to apply them... if it doesn't work I may leave vehicle as it is - without decals... So far I am satisfied as it went, having on my mind I made a really long break from hobby.... Cheers, S.

As I promised... back in black (surfacer) Few days of rest, while I choose definite shade of Green for camo, and then paintshop again... Cheers, S.

All parts are finally assembled and glued, so next step is finally primering! Headlights were drilled a bit in order to give them some depth - they will be painted into chrome silver in the end, and glass will be made from Kristal Klear Cabin machine gun broke in two pieces when detaching from sprue, and unfortunately rear (more complex) part pinged away in unknown direction, so I had to scratchbuild it from stretched sprue and some thin styrene sheet - not great but not terrible either.... PE side stairs are waaaaay too thinner than ones from the box, so looking much more realistic... Rear stairs are also PE part, and much much better looking than one from the box... Exhaust pipe is also drilled out (it can be seen in second photo). I am pretty satisfied with how it turned out with all these PE bits, so hopefully won't break them during painting and weathering phase... Cheers, and see you soon with new photos ("back in black") S.

Thanks mates, I'll do my best. @Dazzio I will probably paint cockpit per instructions (Grey shade) + I'll apply provided decals for instrument panels, but I presume not much of it will be visible after clear part covers it. I did dry fit of fuselage and wings just to see how big it turns out, and yeah, it's not "just another 1/144 kit" - it is like some smaller 1/72 During dry fit one part is not very clear to me how it fits - the triangular part with arrestor hook fits to fuselage in somehow strange and not so "snappy" manner, I'll figure out exact position when I consult some reference photos too... Next stage is Mr. Surfacer, in order to start painting of cockpit and wheelbays...

Most of the PE parts are now glued on their place, there are few of them left, but I will first glue rest of the kit parts (parts of suspension, exhaust and some small bits). Hopefully primer stage is not so far away now! Cheers, S.

First steps are done - some of subassemblies are finished, and now we are ready for primer Cheers, S.

Good evening mates, I apply for the GB with Revell's braillescale Hawkeye I plan to do the older US NAVY paint scheme - Light Gull Grey on upper and White on lower surfaces - it looks more attractive to me than overall grey one... See you soon on the workbench, Srđan

You're right Jeroen, doors actually are given as plastic parts, but way too "empty" in comparison with these PE ones. I'm slowly adding PE parts, they're so tiny so I am going step by step - few parts per day only. I'll make photo update when I add most of the parts to the vehicle body, hopefully for the weekend. Cheers, S.

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.