Sturmovik

Does anyone know if the kit comes with the exhaust used in the MIIICJs of the Fuerza Aérea Argentina?

I like the way Tamiya engineered the landing gear as a single piece, no chance of messing up the alignment that way.

Nice. Jokes aside, it looks like it'll be a really neat kit. Do they build well?

I'd say you get the Hobby Boss kit. They made the entire family of the 262 in 48th, and they must be cheaper than the Tamiya kit. Hobby Boss's decals are also thinner than the Tamiya ones. You can get lots of aftetmarket decals for it too (may have been designed for the Tamiya kit, but I don't spot any difference when I put the HB and the Tamiya kit next to each other). The only downside of the HB kit is the placement of the sprue nubs, which go into the surface instead of being in the edge of them as other companies do.

One of Revell's Luft 46 finest. I have one in an African scheme.

Not only that, but there could be 2 versions, the B (P/Q) and the C with the longer nose.

Hopefully. I for one, will be buying another Pulqui 2 to give the manufacturer some support (and the decal maker). After I get a 32nd Me 262. Now I need either the Tamiya or Bronco Mig 15 to complete the early Ta 183 inspired jet triad.

@Andy Dyck it still has a long way to go. For starters, I hope in the future 3D printers will be able to avoid producing the rough texture present in current 3D models.

Hello guys, I was able to finish the Pulqui 2 last weekend. Here it is with the mainstream Academy Ta 183. Both are in 1:48.

And it's been finished! Go to the RFI section for the photos of the finished model.

From the three, the Airfix one looks more real.

It's not very known outside Argentina. Maybe not known at all outside of the most fanantic of aircraft modellers. Only 5 prototypes were built, with 4 destroyed in different instances and the 5th prototype being restored and put in an exhibition at the Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica in Buenos Aires. There's a vacuform 1:72 kit from a company called 1982 models (they also produce glue and decal softeners), but I'm not that interested in building vacuform kits.

The aircraft has been decalled. Looks pretty good to me. Now I'll let them set overnight before applying the matt varnish.

Since the aircraft doesn't have any cockpit detail (and I don't have the tools to make any), I decided to paint the wheel wells and wheels. Cockpit canopy, a vacuform, was paintef blue with the frames paintef in the camouflage colours. The aircraft was painted in a camouflage of RLM 81/82/76. The red nose was painted afterwards. More progress soon!

The Pulqui 2, an aircraft designed by Kurt Tank based on the plans for the Ta 183, was planned at the end of 1947 for the projected Argentinian fighter designated I.A.e 33. Tank and Argentinian engineer Norberto Morchio competed to present the designs to the Fuerza Aèrea Argentina. Once both plans were finished, it was decided that both designers should work together for the project. The Pulqui 2 first flew in 1950, with 5 prototypes being produced before the coup d'etat that removed Peròn from power. After the coup, the Pulqui 2 project was left without supporters, with Tank abandoning Argentina and heading to India. 5 Pulqui 2s were manufactured, with only one surviving to this day. The aircraft is preserved at the MNA in Buenos Aires. Kosmosur 3D is a manufacturer of 3D models from Argentina. The owner, Eduardo, has produced several models in 72nd and 48th scale. Among these, is the Pulqui 2. The model features the typical texture of 3D printed models, which I'm not a fan of. I read you coule remove that texture with nail polishet without acetone, but I had no luck when trying that. The plane is divided in 10 parts: Rear and forward fuselage, three wheel wells, three wheels, a vacuform canopy and a pilot. The pilot wasn't glued to the floor of the cockpit, so I removed him and added some weight to avoid the aircraft being a tail sitter. The first thing I did was to glue the fuselage together, which I did by using epoxy glue instead of the more fragile CA. The landing gear comes molded with the wheel wells. The vacuformed canopy, my first ever canopy in this material, was carefully removed from the cockpit opening and placed inside a bag with the other small pieces. The kit came with decals from Calcas del Sur with options for three prototypes and a single what if with the scheme of the Sabre F-40. I don't have much modelling time since I've started university this March, so progress will be slow.

Taking painting and gluing plastic a bit too far, don't you think?

I think the Gold Series have revised sprues with refined detail/fit.

I want one. Too bad it'll arrive to Argentina overpriced.

And they're. I built the A-4M in 48th. I think the comment touches on the availability part. Hasegawa has only released consitently the A-4M and the E/F. The earlier marks haven't been seen from them in a long time. And when they do appear, they quickly go out of stock.

I was checking Google regarding Me 262 Black L, and came across several profiles mentioning the 262 was painted in RLM 81/82, not in the single colour of the instructions. Apart from that, it's another nice option with the Mustang included.

Those are available on both the Tamiya 1:48 Storch and the Tristar/Hobby Boss 1:35 Storch. Not widely used, but present nevertheless.

I hope the new kit is a 1:48 early Skyhawk. Rooting for an A-4B/C.

Thanks guys! Much appreaciated!

Hello guys, here are the photos of my most recently completed model, Revell's 1:32 Bf 109G-6 in 1:32. The kit used was the 1:32, 2014 tooling, Revell Bf 109G-6 Late/Early. So far, this my third boxing of the Revell 109G I've built. Parts had some flash, especially in the exhaust area and the armoured headrest. The aircraft shown is the Bf 109G-6 when Erich Hartmann was Kommandeur of I/JG53 in Veszprèm, Hungary, February 1945.

Good newa guys, I've finished the plane! RFI photos to come now.