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Hello fellow modellers, does anyone have a good close-up pictures of the Wellington exhausts? I'm after any type they had. Any helps is much appreciated! Cheers Libor

Flying café-bar...

Z-37A confirmed today by Vladimir Sulc, available next year either at ModelBrno or Eday.

I’m afraid this is only annoucement of their e-shop, probably a discount action or a clear out. Obviously they used that picture by chance, so stay calm

Thanks again, mates! Hobo: many thanks for kind words, I'm glad you like the builds from our VW book! To answer your questions: - I use the Tamiya retarder only in a very small volume, I put only a small drop in the airbrush pot. The paint is normally thinned with corresponding thinner, for Gunze H I use my own mix of denaturated alcohol, distilled water and aceton. - micro-valve is a feature of some Iwata airbrushes, it is a small pressure regulating valve mounted in the airbrush's body, so you can fine tune the pressure in the nozzle. Cheers Libor

Daniel, there are some internal issues between these companies and this is the consequence. Cheers Libor

Thanks for kind feedback chaps! Arnobiz: basically yes; over-thinned paint, using the paint retarder (Tamiya), removed needle cap and pressure controlled with micro-valve plus spraying the paint from the other side of painted area and of course countless number of corrections. Cheers Libor

Hi folks, this is latest addition to my IAF collection. Started a couple of years ago and then put aside, but with the great GWH kit being now available I thought I had to quickly finish it, otherwise I will never find motivation to do so... I used partly the Eduard etched for the F-15E, Skunkmodels IDF weapon set (4 x RAFEAL SPICE bombs), Eduard's AIM-9L and HGW Hebrew RBF set. The inlet FOD's were scratch built from Milliput. Painted with Gunze Aqueous freehand trying to make as tight demarcations as my Iwata was able to work out. I kept the airframe dirty as visible on some pictures in the IsraDecals book, e.g. page 22 or 36. Cheers Libor

Dave, the other variants are done and their time will come as per SH schedule.

Hello Hobo, thanks, glad you like the GB! I have a couple of new techniques and ideas, so let’s see if an update of my book or a completely new one will materialize in near future. Cheers Libor

Hello Hobo, I drilled out holes for the wires in the upper wing and put them through; the painting/decaling of the upper wing surface need to be finalized afterwards. Here I used E-Z line, but I like also other elastic materials like Uschi. The turnbuckles were heat-stretched from a cotton bud stick and painted steel colour. The wood grain was normally airbrushed using dark and light brown and masked with thin strips of masking tape. These kits won't be published, but if you are interested in my rigging techniques in detail, check HERE. Thanks everyone for comments! Cheers Libor

Hi Roman, a rare bird indeed in handsome colors, and very nicely done! Congrats! Cheers Libor

Hello fellow modellers, since we commemorate this year 100 years of establishing the Czechoslovak Air Force, I will be posting more frequently the major types serving with our air force. Recently I finished the early series Avia B.534's built from Eduard Dual Combo box. The kit is really a pleasure to build and if you can get over those heavy ribs on the wing, you can't be disappointed. The kits represent 1st and 2nd production variant which mainly differed in armament (the latter having 4 mg's in the fuselage which became standard till 4th series) and markings are for later 1930's fighter regiments based in Olomouc (1st series, G4) and Hradec Kralove (2nd series, P6), respectively. Cheers Libor

Can you please state your references, thanks.

Cheers mates! Libor

Thanks everyone for kind comments! Hi Roman, just a matter of coincidence Anyway, keeping my rules for quick building allows me to finish two kits per month. In fact, I hate photographing, but if you want to publish you need to go slightly deeply in it. Basically, what you need is a photo boot with good set of lights, fix lens on the camera and some software for basis operations like image cropping, balancing of white and sharping. Yes, airbrushed freehand. Cheers Libor

Hi folks, this is the brand new SBS Model kit I picked up at the Moson show and built it over past couple of weeks. It's resin kit with etched and white metal parts, all done to high quality we have come to expect from this company. It was pretty much straightforward affair except few joints here and there to be addressed with little putty, but nothing really excessive for a resin kit. I replaced the markings for O.Tuominen machine (1/LeLV46, autumn 1941) and followed the coloured profile and pictures from Finnish Fighter Colours book by MMP. Maybe not every scratch or paint touch-up is correct, but I'm quite happy with it. The paint chipping was done using "hair-spray" technique, using a medium-strong hair spray from my wife's stock. Cheers Libor

I agree Andrew. Despite I'm big fan of rivets on scale models, I believe without them the kit would come out better. They are too prominent, non-consistent and not placed correctly for late IX's (e.g. filled leading edge up to 30% of profile depth). I believe I could make them more subtle on my own. It's Special Hobby kit. Cheers! Libor

Many thanks for all comments chaps! The fuel tank on the PR XIX was part of Armycast resin set.

Hi folks, the Eduard kit been for a while here, but just recently I got to my plan for getting it stripped a bit. Actually, it was built for the upcoming Valiant Wings Supermarine Spitfire Part 1 book. Built with some of the Brassin range accessories plus Master Model brass turned barrels. The last shot shows part of my scrap yard, I guess I need to add some of the earlier marks as well Cheers Libor

Let's hope for it, Do 217 would definitely deserve a new tooling! Cheers Libor

Right Jerzy, with 486.50 flying hours the most active machine amongst Finnish Dorniers. I agree Mike, the nacelles seem to be little bit over engineered with an odd assembly sequence . Anyway, I would rate this kit higher than the Airfix kit also for variety of available versions. Good luck with 215B-4! I follow the SBS sheets too, they are of fantastic quality and makes really good job on covering the Finnish subjects. Cheers Libor

Thanks for comments mates! Have to correct that roundel, it somehow slipped under my radar, got a set of spare roundels. cheers Libor

Hi fellow Britmodellers, this latest addition to my World War 2 Finnish AF collection and since the fighter force is almost completed (having the G.50 and H.75 in the paint shop), I focused my attention to the bombers. The ICM kit is well detailed and went together fairly quickly without major troubles. I used OWL conversion to Z-3 version, which featured the extended ("potty") camera cover and decal sheet for DN-64 from LeLv 46 from around January 1943. Photos show the card emblem being painted on both side of the nose, so I had to source the second one from my spares as it was omitted on the decal sheet. Painted freehand with Gunze Aqueous and kept the weathering to minimum as she looks on period pictures in almost pristine condition. Cheers Libor

It is Hasegawa plastic.