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  1. Sturmovik
    The airframe has been painted. These took a bit of time because I had to paint the RVD band. I used RLM 21 and 24 (Revell 05 Matt White and 56 Matt Blue). After that, I painted the wings first and then the fuselage. The undersides were painted RLM 76 first and then I applied the metallic paint. @flounder_al what are those legs made of?
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    Hobby Boss looks to be in a production fever. Hopefully their next kit will be a Ta 152H in 1:48. And also a 1:48 early Skyhawk. Sorry for hijacking your thread @Homebee
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    More progress has been made on the Erla. I've glued the control surfaces into place. The slats fit nicely into position. You have room to play with the flaps position, either fully closed, radiator flaps open and main flaps down, or radiator flaps extended down with the main flaps down. I'm leaving the plane for today, tomorrow will be painting day. I plan on painting the JG300 RVD band myself.
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    The legs are a bit concerning. One of them was partially damaged, but it was fixed when I glued the legs together. The main issue though are the attachment of the legs. Too much room for error, something Hasegawa solved on their 109s with the squared type peg and hole.
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    Wings have been added. Next will be the control surfaces.
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    More progress on Erla. I've glued the fuselage together and added the wingroots. I'm still not really sold on how Revell decided to mold the main gear. I test fitted them, and one fits tightly, while the other one is really loose. Guess I'll epoxy both of them when it's time to add them.
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    Good luck with this one. The fit is terrible on the wing/fuselage area and on the cowling, which is too long and needs cutting.
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    Now that I finished my build for the Fw 190 group build, I thought it'd be time to start the single remaining kit in my stash, Revell's 1:32 Bf 109G-10 Erla. Colour scheme will be of Yellow 7 from JG300 at the end of the war in Europe. I'll be following Eduard's painting instructions for this aircraft. Boxart: Eduard's painting instructions. Photo of the real aircraft. Cockpit and propeller done. I managed to break the clear fuel pipe that goes into the cockpit, but that was fixed with a but of glue. More progress tomorrow!
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    With the canopy glued, it's time to call this build finished! Here are some photos of the finished model:
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    Thanks @jean! The build wasn't as smooth though, one stabilizer got loose and had to be removed and reglued. But I got there in the end. Now I'm debating on either buying a 1:48 Tamiya 190 for the groupbuild, or getting their P-47D in 1:48. Thanks!
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    On the final lap with this 190. Propeller done, clear parts painted, landing gear glued, and gear doors ready to be glued.
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    Decals have been applied. They're of typical Cartograf quality, very good. The E on the left cowling almost folded over itself, but I was able to save it.
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    I added 160 grammes of lead in total, 50 on the radarist's seat, 50 on the space behind the cockpit, and 60 between the two nacelles.
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    Hello all, Sorry to not have answered before, I was busy with the Ta 154. With flash on inconvenient places, such as on the pilot's headrest I tried making some progress these days. I built the airframe and propeller. The prop's nosecone was painted white, masked and then painted yellow. Once the paint had cured, I maskrd the white and paint the black spiral. That was yesterday's progress. Today I painted the entire plane. The only drawback was that the right stabilizer somehow got loose. I had to reglue it with Contacta and CA. Decals will be applied tomorrow.
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    It wasn't that difficult to build tbh, it just needed some sanding on the seams. It'll sit nicely next to the Revell Ta 154. Thanks!
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    Finished! Link to the RFI below:
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    Hello guys, I present you the finished Ta 154A-2 day fighter and single seater. The only modifications I did to the base kit were to eliminate the radarist's seat and to paint the rear part of the clear parts. Other than that, it was the box kit. The aircraft was painted to represent a single seater day fighter of JG300 during the Battle of Germany in 1946. By that time, the Bf 109G had been retired, together with the Bf 110 in both nightfighter and heavy fighter roles. Here are the photos.
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    Decals have been applied. It remains to add the props and clear parts.
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    Hello guys, This is my entry for the grouptbuild. A bit of nostalgia from my younger years, having built at least three versions of the earlier boxings of this kit. This one os the 2018 reboxing of the 1996 kit. As such, it has quite a bit of flash on the parts, but nothing a sharp blade can't solve. The cooling fan will be complicated to remove without damaging, because the three contact points are connected to the blades themselves. I'm picturing myself breaking them so I don't end up disappointed 🙃 Here's the box. And here's today's progress, some painted parts on the sprues. Not pictured are the clear parts, which are on the box.
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    Wasn't expecting to see Moix Models on BM! I really enjoyed your Pucará video.
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    I got a little carried away and painted and glossed the entire kit. The nose weight is enough to tilt the aircraft and have it back on the ground without effort.
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    If you have an Eduard (or the Revell rebox) 1:48 Fw 190D-9, you can use the canopies that come in those kits. Eduard provides closed and opened options. They also give you both blown and squared canopies.
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    I put together the airframe to check if the nose was heavy enough, and it was! Now the aircraft is finally taking shape, and I can start painting it.
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    That's an interesting take on late war Luftwaffe night camouflage. Do you have a source so I can confuse myself even more on late war Luftwaffe colpur schemes?
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    Those are LOTS of flaws on a brand new kit. Happy to see you persevered and solved them, and to know it must have been a one off episode from a batch of thousands of Vulcans.
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