Redboost Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Hi folks, this is the RS Models kit built in the colors of Finnish Air Force. The DR-196 served till 31.3.1944 when she had to land after the engine failure on the open sea, but the crew was rescued by Tursas steamer. On 23rd June, 1942 this plane also scored a hit on soviet sub SC-406, which eventually escaped damaged. The kit is pretty good and spot on, but all stands and falls with the proper alignment of the struts system. Unfortunately, some struts had not the correct lenghts or attachement points, but eventually I was able to fix them all (somehow:-). During the build the kit has dropped twice on my workbench causing complete disintegrating of the struts and it was very close to be binned, so I'm quite happly I finished it. The markings were airbrushed using custom made masks as I did not like the kit's decals. Painted with Gunze Aqueous, Thanks to Kari Stenman for great help with references! Cheers Libor 49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Very nice build. I like this. This is model you seldom see. Long time ago I was trying build DO-22 from vacu kit, that stalled badly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_Ukraine Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Very neat work Libor! Perfect as usual! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Very good result. That is really nice looking model! Regards J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 HI Libor She is wonderful as usual I should say and I have the same waiting in my stash. Cheers. Patrick 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dov Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Nice! I did the 48 Planet monster! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dov Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Different aproach to the same aircraft! I think 20+ years ago is this built actually! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Cracking build.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Your models are always excellent and the photography every bit as good. Another gorgeous result. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyGair Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Fantastic. I'm doing one over on the 'MTO GB' and the struts I am just starting to tackle. They got the fuselage frames the wrong way round I'm sure in the instructions, the front ones are the back ones and vice versa. Davey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Very nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Doesnt get better than this! Nice work! TT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Very nice work, Libor. The scheme really sets it off compared with the usual olive/black 'warpaint' 👍. I can see what you mean about the struts. They could be make or break if misaligned so well done with those. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobo Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Glad you didn't throw it away Libor! It came out great, as usual. Float planes always build into impressive models. Is the machine gun aftermarket? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc72 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Looks gorgeous! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redboost Posted December 25, 2020 Author Share Posted December 25, 2020 9 hours ago, Hobo said: Is the machine gun aftermarket? It is of the box with few improvements. Cheers Libor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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