I know that one is not supposed to ask about such things, but you haven't by any chance made any progress on the '154? :-) Would love to see what you have done so far, if you have had the time and motivation.
I retrieved my own kit from the stash a few weeks ago, and now that I have received some beautiful looking Revaro decals ("classic" Aeroflot livery), and found the compressor, there is no turning back, I suppose. I'm going to keep the windows, but the panel "lines" (fences?) must go. I can't say that I'm looking forward to all that rescribing, but it will obviously be worth it in the end.
A question to you experts on Soviet flying machines: If you could help me find the correct shade of grey used by Aeroflot back in the days, I would be very grateful. I feel that the nuance needs to be a pretty exact representation of the real thing if the finished model is going to look right.
Brgds,
Kristian