AEROPOXY

Aichi D3A1 VAL 1/32 Infinity Models , finished https://i.imgur.com/VqYWxg6.jpg https://i.imgur.com/br7uriU.jpg Thanx for watching.

One big, Japanese , exotic plane. Mixed type kit , wings , tailplanes and fuselage are short run injected while small parts are 3d generated and made i suppose in HQT type molds/tools. Less than two months of work, with start and pause work , build photo story. [img]https://i.imgur.com/9ceE1Hq.jpg[/img] Ignore HPH Helldiver flaps set, it was bonus on this photo Started at 27.7 evening, and continued till end of september, with 3 weeks pause due the problems with my PC , stupidly, by mistake, formated external HDD and spent three+ weeks recovering with DeepDrill app and later sotrting 1TB of data. 95% recovered, so, back to modelling. Wing-Fuse joint, not ptomising, but solved with heavy tools and epoxy glue. Roundells does not wand to cooperate , too thick and brittle, so replaced with airbrush masks. Thanx for watching

Mig 21 M vs Road Sign , 1975. Yugoslavia.

Thanx Dutik for the comments, Regarding IK-3 / IK-2 colours, despite looks close to Czech range of three colour schemes , they are different, in fact, even IK-2 colours differ from IK-3 colours. Ikarus factory ( IK-2) use british paints in their manufacture process while Rogožarski (IK-3) use localy produced paints from Reichhold Flugger & Boecking Belgrade factory. I build Avia B-35 Legato kit long time ago and remember that i used different shades , not the ones i use for IK-3. For this AVIA B-35.1 build i find FS595a paint numbers in great MBI book Avia B-35 B-135 by Bily/Bernad/Kučera ISBN 80-86524-03-5 Ochre FS 16160 Green FS 34097 Brown FS 30040 Gray FS 16376 I do not remember exactly what colours i used in this build, but they was from Humbrol, Revell and Model Master range, i commonly use. Hope with these FS you will find adequate model paints for your builds. RGDS Nenad EDIT. Just find this topic on Czech forum, great source for Czech paints, https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=97554&p=1791052&hilit=avia+b35+barvy#p1791052

Well, IK-3 is still available, and few projects i produce (YAK-3) , develop or consider, were kitted in meantime, in plastic or resin. Investment in RTV and resin, not mentioning research and master parts producing are now significant and i chose not to gamble with big numbers. But still have some 1/32 projects researching , maybe Ikarus IK-2 will be the one, to pair with IK-3. RGDS and all the best in 2022.

Aeropoxy resin kits Short guide and chronology 1993-2022 and counting... Some LSP stuff listed, too...

https://www.shapeways.com/product/XQN8239SV/48-h0042-jet-blast-deflector-for-modern-carrier-1

Well, my sample was bought from a friend, year ago, for a 30 bucks. And this kit is still in production, priced less than 20 EUR, by REIFRA, Germany https://www.reifra.de/detail/index/sArticle/8450

Yeah, The Right Stuff, https://youtu.be/rYco0UsWhLc?t=3

WIP here:

VOSTOK 1 / Vostok-3KA #3 Гагарин Юрий Алексеевич 1:25 VEB PLasticart-Master Modell spaceship Within a month , april 12th , it will be a full 60 years since the first manned space flight, so i decide to commemorate this effort with my quick build. Old , good ($@&%@)Veb Plasticart, 1990s in Master Modell boxing, started few months ago, was on hold, but finished in less than week. This is my third VEB Plasticart VOSTOK build. The first was in the late seventies, the second in 1985, the third in the year of COVID 19. The model is basic, with many problems , during the research for story, details and color scheme on obscure Russian sites and forums, I learned that both Revell 1/24 and VEB Plasticart 1/25 were made according to the display model of VOSTOK 1 from the Paris, 1966. show . That full scale Vostok model was exhibited with a third stage segment in white, with a spherical capsule polished to a high gloss aluminium and with all its equipment of military and technological significance removed. In reality, the third stage of the carrier rocket was gray, and the spherical capsule of Vostok 3K # 3 was covered with hexagonal segments of asbestos plates 3-18 cm thick, covered with a thin aluminum sheet. Many other small details were added, service openings on the third stage were printed decals, hexagonal segments were vinyl foil cut on cutter, plastic antennas were replaced by steel wire ones , everything is shown in the following pictures. Original VEB Plasticart box, and Master Modell box, Kit parts and instructions, And work started... And finished model, gallery here:

Thanx, Few better (but not good enough) photos for gallery, 9 days build officially completed. Regards,

Work on this Blanik model, just finished, Decals printed (Corel draw, home laser printer and clear decal paper) and applied, And few photos while decals still drying, just to meet deadline for this group build... More photos tomorrow, when set the photo background . Cheers

Yesterday's (night) work, Fuselage details, winch start hook and radio antenna base made, Fuselage core halves are joined externally , with riveted , 10-15mm wide strips, so i use 0.3 mm styrene rod to simulate this , Top and bottom, Yesterday evening, airbrushing begins and was done this morning, painting rudders , flaps and ailerons, they are metal frames, fabric covered and are gloss silver painted, Need to mask and spray fuselage red and black cheatlines and apply decals, hope will do this till midnight . Stay tuned...

Black base coat, for NMF, just applied, drying for a few hours , Alu/Chrome/Silver will follow,