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    Well, I do like making models...

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  1. I shall watch this with interest! I picked up this kit but life means I won't be getting an opportunity to do much modelling if any over the next few months...
  2. That's frustrating. The only acceptable solution I could find for the antennae was to drill 0.5mm holes and then use stretched sprue for the antennae themselves.
  3. Hello folks! Given that you are in this forum, doing this group build and reading this thread, I would guess there is a reasonable chance that you might be interested in joining a Ukrainian Manufacturers Special Interest Group (SIG) within IPMS (UK). The intention is to create a group to celebrate and promote the manufactures from one of the most vibrant scale model producing countries in the world. I intend to submit paperwork to become a SIG before end of November 2024. With the first newsletter coming out before the end of the year. I hope this leads to you asking the following questions: What will it be like? - It will be free (I thought this was the case with all SIGs but I was told by a friend that is isn't...) as a result, you have nothing to lose. - You will receive a quarterly emailed newsletter which will contain new release news, reviews, featured models and feature articles about manufacturers (initially graphic design will be by me so it will probably not be especially pretty). - Free 3D print files. I will include a link to a 3D file for an accessory designed for a Ukrainian produced kit with each newsletter. Normally this will just be a pitot tube or basic correction parts but occasionally it will be something more interesting like the cockpit below. - Once we are set up and stable, it would be great to attend shows including Telford but I do not anticipate this being until 2026 at the earliest. What do you need to do to help this happen? -Contact me via the SIG email [email protected], with your name and IPMS membership number. -Let me know what you want out of the SIG. E.g. do you fancy attending shows as a SIG, do you hate the way I do newsletters etc. -If you have any content you want to share e.g. kit reviews or a build feature etc. As we all like to shop, information about new releases would be very welcome. Note, this is predominantly being done through IPMS(UK) but if you are not a member and want to get the newsletter or be involved in any other way, please still email me I hope this is of interest to a number of you! Joel
  4. Thank you so much! I used Fusion360 and it was printed on an Anycubic M5. Is yours the 4k photon? If so I think your resolution would be as good or maybe even better than mine. I am in the process of getting together a Ukrainian Manufacturers SIG within IPMS UK and will be including downloads of an accessory for a Ukrainian made kit with each newsletter (normally something dull like a pitot tube but as it will all be free, dull seems fine value). 😁 This cockpit will be one of the earlier shared files 😊 Thank you @David H it really is, I think this is my favourite scheme and there was a fairly late LOT scheme that I quite like. Some of the derivative Aeroflot style schemes with the heavy grey underside and the dark blue stripe look fine but remarkably old fashioned by comparison. Now I have the VC-10ski done I probably need to do a VC-10 for real, so I will probably experience the delights in the not too distant future 😄
  5. Hello folks, When I noticed the Made in Ukraine group build, I knew exactly the kit I wanted to make for it. PXL_20240915_182957773 by OutcastJoel, on Flickr I had never made an airliner before but the as a well as fitting the brief perfectly kit was the first produced by my friend Ruslan Shylov (Rush Model Kits). It uses ICM plastic with some superb new decals designed by him and printed by Decograph (I will admit to being biased but I think they are more or less the equal of Cartograph). For some insane reason, when I opened the box back in mid September rather than just diving into a lovely out of the box build, I decided that the cockpit would be too visible through the absolutely minute windows for me to be happy leaving it empty so I designed and printed a cockpit which sucked in several times the number of hours that the rest of kit received! PXL_20240923_195017972.MP by OutcastJoel, on Flickr PXL_20240925_182935978 by OutcastJoel, on Flickr PXL_20241003_181730358 by OutcastJoel, on Flickr markup_1000022684 by OutcastJoel[/ url], on Flickr markup_1000022694 by OutcastJoel, on Flickr markup_1000022693 by OutcastJoel, on Flickr
  6. Thank you very much! I am looking forward to seeing yours finished, are you doing the blue stripe scheme which looks a little like the old BOAC schemes or the more modern flag inspired design?
  7. Very nice! I had this kit and it was quite high up the build queue but when I offered a selection of kits to a friend's child this was the one he chose so I shall have to live vicariously through following your build 🙂
  8. I built the Rush Model Kits IL-62, which has decent plastic and superb decals. I have really enjoyed it to such an extent that I have ordered a few more airliners. I don't expect to get enough time between now and the end of the GB to make another kit but I will keep my fingers crossed 😊 PXL_20241010_204101493 by OutcastJoel, on Flickr markup_1000022693 by OutcastJoel, on Flickr markup_1000022694 by OutcastJoel, on Flickr markup_1000022684 by OutcastJoel, on Flickr
  9. And with that, the model was done! Its first outing was to my model club's Ukraine themed night. PXL_20241010_204101493 by OutcastJoel, on Flickr I have really enjoyed it to such an extent that I have ordered a few more airliners. I don't expect to get enough time between now and the end of the GB to make another kit but I will keep my fingers crossed 😊 markup_1000022693 by OutcastJoel, on Flickr markup_1000022694 by OutcastJoel, on Flickr markup_1000022684 by OutcastJoel, on Flickr
  10. @JOCKNEY thank you! I am in the process of setting up a Ukrainian manufacturers SIG and will be making all of my designs which are specifically for Ukrainian kits (mostly just pitot tubes at the moment) available to SIG members for free 🙂
  11. Looks like a nice little kit, I shall follow along with interest.
  12. I fairly quickly discovered I actually rather like the way white looks over a black base. PXL_20241009_184021496.MP by OutcastJoel, on Flickr I used the new Arcus acrylics with retarder from Mr Hobby and Vallejo thinner (the Arcus acrylic thinner isn't out yet) which ended up with a really satisfying gloss finish. I have never done a white model before so it isn't very clear to me if the finish got extra depth from the dark base or if it would have been just as nice over light primer. PXL_20241009_191242564 by OutcastJoel, on Flickr The downside of white over a dark base is that I used up all of my supplies of white paint so it is lucky that I have an order in the post from Arcus Hobby Color 🙂 With this model the whole point is really about the decals so it is very fortunate that they are seriously nice. Great design by Rush models and beautiful printing by Decograph. One thing is worth noting; they go down beautifully with Microset/Microsol or UMP mild decal solution, however in the past with a different set decals I hit them with the UMP extra strong decal solution and found that it made them go brittle before they settled in. So if you find yourself reaching for a hot decal solution, put it back on the shelf and if needed, just apply another round of Microsol. PXL_20241009_204001105 by OutcastJoel, on Flickr PXL_20241010_170645403.MP by OutcastJoel, on Flickr PXL_20241009_211359042.MP by OutcastJoel, on Flickr
  13. With the masking on painting was done in a bit of a rush (see what I did there 😉) to get the kit done in time for my club night (which was actually last week, I have been very slow at getting this typed up). PXL_20241006_192547193 by OutcastJoel, on Flickr PXL_20241006_192943789 by OutcastJoel, on Flickr Priming in black was possibly not the right choice for the white but it did work nicely for the aluminium 😁 PXL_20241008_203659820 by OutcastJoel, on Flickr
  14. That would be me 😁 I snapped the pitot tube on my second model so had no other option. You can find the file here for free: https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/game/1-72-fairey-delta-fd-2-replacement-nose-pitot-tube If anyone in the UK has trouble accessing a printer I can try to post you one.
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