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,

Today's progress, Cockpit detailed and finished, Clear canopy trimmed, and glued (epoxied) , done on a 2nd try, (thanx Planet Models for two clear vacuformed canopies), Canopy masked, fuselage primed, Drilled holes for the steel wire wing-fuse joint, its weak spot of this kit, so i prefer to make modification, Completed airframe, primed with MrSurfacer, will rest and dry till tomorrow , painting & decaling day. Hope will finish this build on time, Feb 28th , and post photos of finished Blanik sailplane.

So, weekend and two more days gone, and lot of work was done, All the parts removed from casting blocks, sanded and cleaned, steel wire inserted in tailplane parts , for stronger bond, Cockpit painted, ready for fuselage assembly, Instro panels ready for assembly, tinny details added to cockpit walls, Scribed missing panel lines on tailplane tips , Wings and tail parts wet sanded and polished, and applied thin coat of MrSurfacer, Kit provides tail wheel parts, but "My Blanik" had tailskid , so, i scratch one from styrene 1mm sheet. And completed fuselage assembly, leaving Mr Surfacer applied on fuselage halves joint line to dry overnight, before final sanding, polishing and priming, prior the gloss black coat sprayed, Four days to go, Cheers,

Better late than never... Ready for a quick build, simple glider, great resin cast, hope will be completed on time, ... 9 days to go. Yesterday i got 2nd shot of Pfizer vaccine and have nothing better to do in next 10 days , raising antiboddies and gluing model kits ... Will be my first bird, from august 1982. L-13 Blanik YU-5326. Let's modeling begin.

KWIK FLY MK III , original Graupner kit, 1988. , with gold head OS MAX 60, later with MDS 10 RU. flown with Graupner E8 27 MHz SSM/AM CH14 radio ,my first one, bought in 1984. [img]https://i.imgur.com/Hfzi7gq.jpg[/img]

Aeromodelling since 1976. Control line (F2b) and Free Flight (F1A) . Switched to RC in 1983 , all the kind of flying, from glider to helicopters. past 15 years, electrics mostly, and love to do aerial shots ... Graupner Chico , electric version, scratchbuilt from the plans. Graupner BETA sailplane , electric version, scratchbuilt from the plans. Electric control line re-built soviet CL model kit from 1978. My current RC fleet, summer 2020. RGDS Nenad

Sukhoi SU-7 1/48 OEZ - Restoring old model, built at the end of past century, as India AF Thunderbirds display team, survived few movings and shelf fallouts, now restored and completed as " Chosŏn inmin'gun hangkong mit banhangkonggun" - The Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force Su-7s (Su-7BMK) based at Sunchon . 20+ were delivered from SSSR in late 1970's. Kit parts before rebuild started. Only five photos/movie screenshots found, And quick restoring build results,

Or fly, 37 years ago... those were the days.

Soko J-22 ORAO 1/48 AEROPOXY resin 238. Fighter/Bomber squadron, Cerklje ob Krki , late 1980's Lift Here decals

Soko G-4 Super Galeb 1/48 AEROPOXY resin , another COVID19 build. Yugoslav AF pilots academy, ZADAR, 1980's. Lift Here decals [Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/H1fuumw.jpg)

UTVA 75 1/48 AEROPOXY resin , built durring COVID19 times. Yugoslav AF pilots academy, ZADAR, 1980's. Lift Here decals