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  1. Kendzior
    Excellent, pure pleasure to look at such a fantastic paint-job. Must say, that I fully understand your approach and respect you've shown to such an old kit. Would be very hard to correct all - or even most of - the shape or detail issues in this kit, but the gorgeous paintwork has fully covered all those defects. Very, very well done, congratulations! Best regards Hubert
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    Simply amazing! Best regards Hubert
  3. Kendzior
    Italian 109's were always my favorite, fantastic build! Excellent paint-job, the mottling, worn and faded look, all very natural. Like it a lot, thanks for sharing Best regards Hubert
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    Non-compliance with the actual subject is not a defect of the kits produced by Trumpeter. It is their integral feature, which can be fancy or not, but unfortunately you have to live with it and deal with it. On the other hand, such things are also a part of this hobby, a challenge. On the other hand, HB, Trumpeter and other Chinese companies are so productive, that I'm able to forgive them such a slightly disrespectful approach to compliance with the original. However, it may also be a matter of a wrong set of plans used in the design stage or relying on the restored or rebuilt museum subjects or even replicas (I think we all remember the Tamiya's 1:48th scale Fw-190 D with its A series wing and wheel wells). The test fitting looks perfect, great job! Best regards Hubert
  5. Kendzior
    Wow, that looks just great! Thanks for sharing the photos and the idea - very inspiring . Best regards Hubert
  6. Kendzior
    Hope the epoxy putty will work without a risk of damage to the canopy, when you remove it after it is fully dry and that the putty will not crumble when you split the fuselage halves. I'd probably go with the inserts made of HIPS. Watching with great interest and keep my fingers crossed Best regards Hubert
  7. Kendzior
    OK, it's been a busy month, but Gee Bee didn't get as much attention, as I wanted. First of all, I have made a bad mistake with regard to the work planning. The internal ribbing was made of wood and not painted (except the clear cote), but the fuselage walls from the inside were painted white ... really should have done all the paint works first, before gluing the ribs to the fuselage. Now, trying to paint all these ribs a wood-like color in a convincing way turned out to be beyond my skills and patience. Therefore I took an easy way, by spraying the interior red-brown, then white, and then I sanded the frames with sandpaper, revealing the brown color. How does it look like? Please don't ask, decided not to take any interior photos... Secondly, the pilot's seat. Well, purchased the set of walk-around photos of the R2 replica and decided to install some similar seat (hope Granville brothers forgive me this). So, that's my Gee Bee with the fuselage closed and the wings installed. All the joints filled with CA, Gunze's dissolved putty and strips of stretched sprue and sanded almost smooth. And the engine under way: Undercarriage before sanding and the propeller after some corrections. Anyway, she starts to look as a plane. Still a lot of sanding ahead, as well as rescribing the panel lines and riveting. The dashboard will be made using the Airscale decals and photo etched bezels. Hope you like it, stay tuned Best regards Hubert
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    Hubert, Have just came back from holidays and... wow, what a fantastic work! I'm stuck on painting the cockpit, to the point that I began to regret that I had not decided to glue the already a'la wood painted ribbing. Anyway, the level of detail in your Gee Bees is a completely different story, hats off! Keep it up Best regards Hubert
  9. Kendzior
    Indeed, this kit is a mixed bag. Seems like the fuselage was made by someone else, not only the panel lines are more delicate, but also the surface is much smoother. Hope to get the things look better after the Surfacer 1000, which is already drying. Thinking also about riveting the airframe - this might also reduce the impression that panel lines are out of scale, turning attention away from them Will see. Thanks for watching, best regards Hubert
  10. Kendzior
    Installed the remaining clear parts. Except for the ventral rear gunner's position, the fit of clear parts is good. Then I sprayed the frames with the dark khaki colour from Hataka (Orange line) - must say excellen paint, almost odorless and very easy in application. This revealed some places that probably still need some attention, but overall I'm quite happy with how it looks like. Now I'm going to spray the primer on and will be ready to start painting. Best regards Hubert
  11. Kendzior
    I have a soft spot for Ki-61 (between 2016/2017 have made 4 of them, however 3 were in 1:48th scale...), always nice to see another one - especially done so well. Best regards Hubert
  12. Kendzior
    Haven't noticed earlier, that there may be such a doubt, interesting indeed. Giving the inscription a bit closer look, I think however, that it is rather "RACOON" than "RACCON": Maybe dirt, maybe chipped paint makes that O look a bit like C? But I think, that the most important is the width of the letter: C seems to be wider than the first O, which seems also to be more "closed" on the right side, than the C, and that's why I will keep with RACOON. Thanks for comment, best regards Hubert
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    Sure, Brady - will send you a copy when it's done. Hope to find some time for that within next few days... Best regards Hubert
  14. Kendzior
    Thanks, Kev Best regards Hubert
  15. Kendzior
    What a magnificent kit! Keep my fingers crossed, as it seems to me (after looking at a build log) that this is not a shake'n'bake job. Best regards Hubert
  16. Kendzior
    Exactly, first will have to remove the blue background, but this should be rather easy. Have already some experience with printing decals, so I'm quite optimistic Thanks again, best regards Hubert
  17. Kendzior
    Many thanks, Brady! That's exactly what I needed, just perfect . And thanks for all comments Mates, highly appreciated. Best regards Hubert
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    Thanks for watching and comments, Gents Still a lot to be done in the cockpit, the rear gunner's seat, backrests of gunner and observer's seats, magazines for the machine guns, few other small details here and there, delicate wash and some dirt - hope this all will be easily visible through the canopy. Must say, that these Aber and Eduard's etched pieces are essential in this case. Best regards Hubert
  19. Kendzior
    Beautiful! What a great idea to make her without any camo, it shows the fantastic workmanship of the men who have built her, a real tribute to this marvelous airplane. Best regards Hubert
  20. Kendzior
    Hi, Brady. Yes, a high resolution scan of this inscription would be great. Captured planes, especially German and Japanese, are one of my favorite subjects. Thanks and best regards Hubert
  21. Kendzior
    Two months since my last update here - but the progress is rather slow. Fitted the engine and its cowling - now on can really see, that Hayabusa is a beautiful fighter airplane, with its clean and delicate lines. Lovely. The next thing to be decided is the painting scheme... can't find any good photo or drawing with the "Racoon special" inscription... there are some decals in 1:48th, but no way to get a good resolution photo of the sheet in the net. Any help would be highly appreciated Best regards Hubert
  22. Kendzior
    Hi, All Small progress, but slowly approaching the painting stage ... Now working on the etched details (Eduard's set for PZL.23B) and transparent parts, there are many small windows, especially on the underside of the plane. The engine cowling still needs some attention, wasn't easy to fit the engine inside (the fit is very tight) resulting with a small gap between the cowling parts. Best regards Hubert
  23. Kendzior
    The engine has just arrived, beautiful . Best regards Hubert
  24. Kendzior
    Sure I have seen it, Hubert - marvelous job. Definitely will be using it as a reference, as the first cuts have already been made. This Lindberg's kit is a dog indeed. 1/26, 1/28... well, who cares , it'is still LSP compatible Marcin, This is my second ever approach to more serious scratchbuilding, so it's far far away from what I'd like to get, especially compared to your works. Would be really great to see your Gee Bee. Thanks for watching and for comments, Mates Best regards Hubert
  25. Kendzior
    Thanks for comments, Mates . Slowly going forward with the Gee Bee. Filled the "trenches" which were supposed to be panel lines according to WB's idea. Well, just could not accept, that these panel lines could look like they were 3 cm wide. Therefore, new panel lines will be scribed, as well as the rivets added, where appropriate. To fill these lines stretched sprue from the Lindberg's Laird Turner Meteor has been used - the kit arrived It's white, so hope to be able to retain the shape of panels, which should make the scribing new lines a lot easier. Best regards Hubert
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