hadzi Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Today I finished my Potez XXV project, this are my 42 and 43 model built this year. It is a conversion from Azur Potez XXVA2 in to a Polish XXV B2, Azur/Special Hobby can did the struts for baldahim better - like Matchbox in his Fury or Gladiator kit it did, to set the geometrie in easy way, this ist my bigest critict point for this kit. My struts are broken few times be glueing the wing. Diference betwen French and Polish B2 were the bomb racks, in Polish planes they looks like Michelin at Br.XIVB2. Many of Polish Potez had not installed navigations lights. In the future I will installed machine guns of the observer from Gaspatch - Vickers. The pilot MG are replaced by Eduard Vickers from Fokker D.VII kit. First is the plane from 55th Squadron of the 5th Air Regiment in Lida (today in Belarus ) the squadron sign based of the emblem of Br.66 which come to Poland with the "Blue Army" from Gen. Jozef Haller, the army was organised in France in 1918. Second is a plane of 35th Squadron of the 3th Air Regiment based in Poznan-Lawica. This plane have a personal emblem from a unknown pilot. I take the pictures this evening, so excuse the quality of picture and of course of models as well 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alxzinbox Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 (edited) Is the 1/72 a typo? You surely meant 1/32 right? That rigging is phenomenal. Edited December 22, 2020 by alxzinbox 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Hello This is a very nice kit you made here. I suppose Lida was a town lost in 1939 and never come back? Patrick 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Great result! This kit is very special when you look in the box, how was in build? From what was leaked out from producer there is a chance for Polish variant of "XXV" with Bristol Jupiter Townend ring and aerodynamic fairing behind. They were in three color schemes in September 1939... - like that one http://www.cs-letectvi.cz/obrazky/potez-25/potez-25-3.jpg I am sure many of us will go on with it as well. Regards J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehed Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 Very impressive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbob12 Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 What a lovely build! Thank you for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadzi Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 11 hours ago, VG 33 said: Hello This is a very nice kit you made here. I suppose Lida was a town lost in 1939 and never come back? Patrick Yes, Soviets took it over in 1939 and again 1944, like Wilno, Lwów, Brześć, Grodno, Pińsk (where was based the Polish Navy river flotilla) and many others. Thank you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Duvalier Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Wow. And you say you've built 42 other models this year? I'm hard pressed to get three over the line before the bell. I'm very impressed, Jerzy. Any hints as to how you attain that build rate at this level of quality? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Beautiful build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadzi Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 5 hours ago, Jackson Duvalier said: Wow. And you say you've built 42 other models this year? I'm hard pressed to get three over the line before the bell. I'm very impressed, Jerzy. Any hints as to how you attain that build rate at this level of quality? Thank you, but unfortunately I don't know what to advise you. Maybe it's to choose fairly easy-to-build models and use acrylic paints? Of course, I was only successful because of COVID business constraints, fewer business trips and less projects, it allowed me to spend more time than usual on building models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Outstanding work, Jerzy. The rigging must have taken a long time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Duvalier Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 3 hours ago, hadzi said: Of course, I was only successful because of COVID business constraints, fewer business trips and less projects, it allowed me to spend more time than usual on building models. I presumed this year's special circumstances may have played a part. Or maybe a midnight trip to the crossroads with a model kit instead of a guitar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djos Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 Extremely good work Very sharp build, nice colors and great rigging. Regards Djordje 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Lovely build. Highly detailed for such tiny aircraft. Serkan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Hayward Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Beautiful! There's nothing that gives away the fact that it is a 1/72 model. May I ask what paint you used? I need a good source for Polish khaki. Would also like to know what you rigged it with, it is very impressive. -Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadzi Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Dan Hayward said: Beautiful! There's nothing that gives away the fact that it is a 1/72 model. May I ask what paint you used? I need a good source for Polish khaki. Would also like to know what you rigged it with, it is very impressive. -Dan Thank you. To answer you question, I used for this project HATAKA dark Polish khaki C010. For rigging I used "Unsichtbarer Nähgarn" - Polyamide sewing thread, translucent black - Ackermann Transfil 70 Made in Germany. Diameter is 0,1mm, on the roll is 200m. I drilled holes with a dental drill for root canal treatment, it is conical and has a max. 0.2mm diameter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Hayward Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 20 hours ago, hadzi said: Thank you. To answer you question, I used for this project HATAKA dark Polish khaki C010. For rigging I used "Unsichtbarer Nähgarn" - Polyamide sewing thread, translucent black - Ackermann Transfil 70 Made in Germany. Diameter is 0,1mm, on the roll is 200m. I drilled holes with a dental drill for root canal treatment, it is conical and has a max. 0.2mm diameter. Thanks for the info. I've been meaning to try the Hataka paints so this will be a good color to start with. Your thread sounds a lot like the smoke colored mono-poly invisible thread that I use from time to time. -Dan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadzi Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Dan Hayward said: Thanks for the info. I've been meaning to try the Hataka paints so this will be a good color to start with. Your thread sounds a lot like the smoke colored mono-poly invisible thread that I use from time to time. -Dan Yes, it is monopoly invisible tread! Hataka paints series C you can be diluted with Gunze dark blue Mr.Color Thinner, it warks very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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