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Thanks guys for the encouraging words. It is indeed my first model. I think it helped the fact i know the model very well as it was the first airplane i've ever got into and my father jumped off it a load of times. It's a sort of a sentimental model so i wanted to get it as right as possible.

Not really. Been thinking about getting into the hobby for a couple years but actually this was the very first time i built one. Bought it along with an airbrush and a compressor during the first UK lockdown to fill spare time. Actually I did so many mistakes on this model and i was actually thinking about giving up (see below for a few): https://imgur.com/a/KEc3bjm

One year and half later just finished my very first model. Lot's of mistakes and techniques to improve, but to be honest i am relatively happy how it turned out given the fact it was my very first build, first time using airbrush, painting, masking, weathering etc. and had a lot of accidents during the process. Decided to risk it and not go to the special tail art comes with the model and try to recreate the original one myself. Here's the photos i've used as reference: https://imgur.com/a/qiLrelR Feel free to critique. 🙂

I've heard we should gloss coat the model before applying decals in order to avoid silvering/wrinkling of the decals. Does that apply to really small 1/72 decals aswell?

Will give it a try. Many thanks on you both.

Somehow the paint decided to flow under the masking tape. Any ideas on how to solve this mess? This is my first ever model, so might have made a mistake while masking it.

Hi all, My name's Goncalo and i decided to join the britmodeller community as i've visiting the forum for a couple years. I've done a couple of models and now i want to take it more serious. As i am an airplanes enthusiastic (special military) i am planning to put my next goal around either: CASA C-212 Aviocar C-130 UH-60 MV-22 Allouette III I look forward to keep learning with you all and i am all open for advice. Regards