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Masks removed after painting with the last camouflage colour, that's how it came out for me.

For painting I used a kit from "HATAKA" dedicated to the 1939 Polish Air Force, HTK-CS01 from the orange line. The underside and top are already in colours and I am trying to do the camouflage that IBG proposes. For easier painting the model is in parts. Masking done and I only have the green camouflage colour left to apply.

These PE strips are reinforcements for the hull. And for painting I'll use HATAKA paints dedicated to Polish aviation, but in case I need to I'll write in the post what I'm using at my place that all the planes from the 1939 defensive war are in the plans first and the others too. I have a few P.24s but I will show them soon too.

"Kobuz" prepared for painting is already there. I know the photo is a bit blurry but I think you can see everything. It's just the way it is with me that I take a photo and don't always check how it came out and I keep building the model.

Thanks for the info, I have a variety of materials and this is also where I was looking for information. I already have a few models on the shelf and I recommend IBG, their models are very bespoke. There are also a lot of interesting extras for them from different manufacturers. I have more chequerboard models planned to build, I will post reports here.

Fuselage glued together and sheet metal from Yahu models taped.

While doing some cleaning, I came across another model started years ago. There are still quite a few of them in my closet and the studio is also swamped with them and it's high time to finish them too. That's just for the record. Coming back to the model, I have a model of the Polish fighter plane PZL P.11g "Kobuz" in 1:72 from the IBG Models offer (cat. no. 72523). This is the last version of the P.11 and was built in one copy. The outbreak of war prevented further work on it. There are no photos or plans of what it looked like, so a model will be built based on what IBG Models offers in its kit. This will be such a hypothetical (what-if) version. The kit comes with a choice of two engine covers as well as two undercarriage options, wheels alone or in covers like the PZL P.24. There are two types of propellers on the frames too, two-blade and three-blade. In the manual, IBG included three paint schemes, two of which are the typical gray/haki/blue and the third is camouflage, and these are the ones I chose. On the PZL P.11g "Kobuz" Lt. pilot Henryk Szczęsny scored two air victories on September 14 and 15, 1939. Returning to the model I had the interior ready, but the fuselage not yet closed. Of the extras, I used products from Yahu Models, which I thank for providing them. And they are these kits: YMA7212 Instrument panel YSM7227 Accessoriess

I will be watching your progress. I have it planned in 72, 48 and 32 but for now I'm trying on the G version "Kobuz" in 72 from IBG. There was only one copy of the G version and it has 2 shoot downs to its credit. But back to your 11c, if you need anything, go ahead, I have some materials. As far as HATAKA paints are concerned, I have not had a chance to test them and I can say that the orange series is great for airbrushing. The red series is also suitable for airbrushing, but I cannot paint with it. The blue one is for airbrushing. Just ask if you need anything.

Macchi C.202 "Folgore" in 1:48 completed in Commander 153o Gruppo camouflage. Model straight out of the box and camouflage painted freehand.

This is the last entry from the construction of the model. Macchi C.202 "Folgore" in 1:48 completed in Commander 153o Gruppo camouflage. The rest of the photos in the gallery.

Decals overlaid so the end is near.

There are tracing papers for the smoke rings in the ITALERI kit but they are very thick, you can see them on the model. I had the opportunity to test them and they fall off with me. EDUARD also has a set of smoke rings decals and they are super thin and can be applied to the model. There is only one small problem with their colour they are too green.

The camouflage is finished, although I am not satisfied with the result myself until the end. On the next Italian I will try another technique for painting the smoke clouds. So now it's time to put it on the chassis and apply the decals.

I paint with various paints, but not with acrylics, as I cannot paint with them. Here I painted with BILMODEL paints, which are made by a Polish manufacturer. There is no need to dilute them, just straight from the bottle. I have also painted with GUNZE paints and they are fine. But these need to be diluted to the consistency of milk. The pressure is about 1.2 - 1.5 bar. I paint with a Harder&Steenbeck INFINITY airbrush and have an fPc valve connected, the nozzle is 0.2 or 0.15. That's it in a nutshell, you have to practice. Apart from practising, it is a matter of experimenting to choose the paint dilution and pressure. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. I am waiting for the Folgore in 32 from ITALERI.

It took a while but the painting is finished. I know the smoke clouds came out a bit too big but I think I have a way to paint them. The next time I paint it like this I will test it. For now I need to see if I need to do any touch-ups etc.

And now the best fun that can be, which is painting the smoke clouds. After painting them with masks, I'm back to painting them free-hand.

There was a fight against the pettiness and this is the result.

The red stripe is already painted and masked. The underside is also already in colour. Before I start painting the top in camouflage I will have some fun with the rest of the parts.

Masking continues.

Primer laid as well as the white belt too. The thing with LEGO bricks at my place is that I have some of them ground down, adapted. So that they fit to capture the geometry.

What can I write other than playing with LEGO bricks to catch geometry.

Questions as well as comments are always welcome. I try my best to achieve the best possible realism. I look through the available documentation and forums. And I still make mistakes.

Slowly moving forward, we are already seeing some results. Everywhere I have looked for material it is always the black and white photos that show the seat very bright. In the instructions they also give it in aluminium colour, but the instructions are not an oracle that it has to be like that. But I have nothing better concerning the painting of the seats.

I even had the idea of repainting it, but in the end decided to leave it as it is and build myself another one, the MC.202 "Folgore".

The plans did not quite work out as I had envisaged. But a recap of the past 2022 came out so that I still have a few models in the workshop. The completed ones are below: