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I was thinking whether to enter with Ukrainian subject, Urkarinian kit or Ukrainian kit of Ukrainian subject. I almost picked An-26 when I saw an old box with nostalgic logo of East German "VEB Plasticart". An-14 was one of those kits that I wanted to build when I was a kid but never could find. So the choice is made, Пчёлка (Little Bee) it is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-14 Despite its age the kit is reasonably detailed and quite accurate, I use plans from Ukrainian "Aviation and Time" magazine, May 2016 issue. The fit is quite good I also have vacformed cockpit transparencies from "Bring It" There are several quite detailed walkarounds, e.g. https://igor113.livejournal.com/1824785.html

Bizerte or Latecoere 523 flying boats maybe ....

If you dealing with Airfix/Heller abomination then the cabin windows are about 6 times larger than they should have been. I would suggest to fill them up with putty, sand down, use 1/144 decals

https://www.hpmhobbies.com/ Not sure how alive it is

This is not a major manufacturer, more like a garage industry. I don't think they offer replacement parts

Wow. Just out of curiosity, how much did these pieces of memorabilia cost?

CA is the way to go, just don't over apply. It seems like you have not just "overapplied" but "overapplied big time". CA is known to get hot when cured but in order to melt styrene there must be some colossal amount of CA. PS: let me guess, you used activator, right?

Sometimes I give up on a model rather than finish it. It does not mean that I put it to a bin, it means that I'm saying to myself "enough, it is not worth continuing" and just put it to the farthest corner of a display cabinet. This is the case, I am not happy with the outcome but I do not have intention to have the known issues fixed - it will take too much effort. The biggest mistake was to leave the windows masked. Masks stayed for 7 or 8 years. I should have removed the masks, clear the windows from glue, sand, polish, remask, repaint. Instead I took off the masks with the decals and many smaller details already on. I simply don't have steam to redo. Neither I am not happy with the blue strips, same thing - no steam to fix. So yeah, this is finished / abandoned For the scale

TV series are certainly allowed

Seems like I should start counting ....

Applying blue ribbons. Masking and painting rather than decaling. Don't rally like how the the rib over the windows turned out. Rudder was missing. Built a new one Most of small parts are hugely overscaled. Scratch built the mast, although it is looking better than the stock one it is still too large for the scale Applying decals. It is going to be Raketa-185 mid 80-ies. It is never a good idea to leave masks for many years. In this case it left a lot of glue residue that was quite hard to get rid of

Dammit, I thought it was an original idea:)

Any subject that played significant part in a movie. Examples - F-14 from Top Gun - RMS Titanic - Any Star Wars kit - Oscar EW-5894 Phallus A.K.A Folland Gnat - red 1973 Chevrolet Caprice Convertible The model must reflect actual appearance of a film, including colour, livery, markings etc. What do you say? 9 so far: @Pin @5huggy @Corsairfoxfouruncle @Black Knight @Mjwomack @Stephen @Marklo @stevehnz @flyboy2610

Aerovac Esoteric Meaning that I am interested

Totally agree, but to me it is not 30-ies but 60-ies, Space Age vibe reflected in the name, "Ракета" means "Rocket". Alhough I was not yet born and by 2024 we were supposed to colonize Solar System .....