Walter

What an amazing build, thank you for posting will come as a great resource for my current project. Cheers.

Bravo, complimenti

fantastic build

Very nice clean work👍

Hello everyone I've recently finished 2 builds 1 by Pioneer2 the other by Revell both in 1/72. These 2 kits couldn't more different. The Pioneer2 kit is very rudimentary and isn't labelled as any particular model type, however I'm going to presume it's the V2 based on the undercarriage. I will note that if it is the V2 it's not in correct scale. The Revell kit is type IX. Quite a nicely detailed kit which lends itself to additional work. I'm actually going to do a little more work on the wings at a later date. The intention is to build a workshop diorama for this plane. Here is the Pioneer2 kit fully assembled and painted. And the Revell kit, partly left in wood finish unpainted. scratch built workshop stands.

Very nice, is this there own tooling?

Nice work

Haha so true Duncan, it's all about expectations isn't it and knowing what your getting into. It won't be my next build that's for sure! ....and Gianpiero makes it look so easy🤔

Thank you you all. The issues listed are all publicly available after a little research. If you like this plane please give it a try. My comments aren't in anyway listed as negatives, it's actually quite a quick build. Half the build time was devoted to putting in panel lines and rivets. As long as you plan the solutions it will work out very nicely.

Excellent work I'll have to look this up as a reference when I build one.

My issues were, Undercarriage doesn't have a base to sit on you need to put one in on the lower wing before attaching the wings. Be careful with the alignment of undercarriage legs also. The end of the engine nacelles doesn't fit well so lots of sanding. Rear horizontal stabiliser doesn't fit well so needs work and filling. You will need a lot of weight in the front, dry test fitting is a must to see if it's enough before glueing the fuselage together. I think I'm going to try replacing the cockpit floor entirely with one made of lead. It's pretty basic so should work. Finally the antenna masts need care placement and alignment the mounting points are not very good.

Thanks Duncan, you definitely need to have a few tricks up your sleeve for this kit.

Here's my latest build completed for a group build on another site.

Lovely work

Very nice