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  1. Looking really good Janman -can't wait to see this all done. Like the bomb-bay work. I wish the gear on my build was a good as yours -they have come out really well.
  2. Absolutely fantastic work on your Hind, Alex. I have Trumpys 1/35 version, and I doubt I'll get close to your detail!
  3. That's lovely build there -I have this kit and your great work is making me want to get on with my kit.
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  5. I heard on other forums that there is trouble currently with the Canadian postal service? I have heard that some UK and Eu companies are ATM reluctant to send stuff without insurance due to massive delays to postal items -might this be the actual problem? Having dealt with Hannants many times (I live in UK) I have always found them helpful.
  6. Tripio -I found the link to the engine rear in the Ukraine; http://armory.in.ua/product_info.php?products_id=32320 I wish I'd found this when I was building the kit! (although I cannot make sense of the price). Looks quite good I think. I can still alter my kit, but I'll think long and hard about it another time! I will get round to taking completion pics as soon as I can.
  7. And the final parts -the Kh-22 missiles. Each missile has about 70 decals on it -I don't think I have built many AC with that number on TBH! Now, I just have to take a few finished build piccies and post them; I'll do that when I find a nice backdrop to use, and wait for a dry day to take them outside to get good lighting (that could take some time looking at the current UK weather!!!).
  8. I actually made this kit as part of a group-build elsewhere, and because time got tight I decided to 'finish' it to get it into the competition and then return to complete it after. The pics below show the additions once the GB was over. I have some 'first build' shots but none yet of the final result now it's done. I will get some taken as soon as I can do so, and post them soon after. A real missile launch receiver viewed through rear cockpit; Above; no rear MLR provided. Below real one;
  9. If I did another of these, I would do most things the same way -but hopefully avoid the mistakes I made actually doing it! I made the biggest mistakes aligning all the fuselage parts -they weren't far off, but as I dry fitted it before hand, it all looked as if there would be virtually no gaps. That proved to be wrong!
  10. Now the wing under-sides are dry I did the uppers. Then joined the fuselage rear top to bottom and when dry added the tail. Today I'm filling sanding this part and when done the forward section will be joined along with the engine nascelles etc. Here's most of today's work; joining the main sections together has been the main job and filling and sanding -of course... Wings have been painted with the following (as have all other parts of the AC) Alclad grey primer, followed with a 50/50 Tamiya white X-2 coat, some pre-shade and then another coat of X-2. Then used Alclad gloss coat, th
  11. Here, we see the front fuselage coming together; the forward part was good as there wasn't enough plastic to glue together somehow. I hot-glued the rear of the forwrd section, let it dry and then worked upon the forward bit later. Worked OK. As I've driven myself nuts thinking about how I'll assemble and paint it, I've gone with a paint and assemble in modular fashion to (hopefully) make the more difficult areas easier to do with my (still new) air-brush 'skills'. Had to strip several parts where I've got it wrong, but, hopefully, I've got the important lessons drilled-home now! Big
  12. Shots of various parts paint and construction. I've never built a kit in so many 'modules' before -idea is to make painting easier, although it didn't always work well! BTW I got the bomb-bay colours wrong, I studied photo after photo, and still got it wrong... :whistle:/> :bandhead2:/> Lower fuselage front;
  13. Not tried pre-shading before, had some mixed-results... White surfaces went well but the greay one's didn't show too well. Need to learn more! Scratch-building going OK and most enjoyable part of build for most part. Trying to lighten Trumpy-recommended MyHobby H335 grey for upper surface -as is it's too dark and I'm adjusting with Tamiya white.
  14. I'm correcting the main-gear and adding a little extra bits here and there. As you will see in the photo below, this is how the 22m's main gear is supposed to be attached to its retraction-strut; see how it's just one strut and... Not this strange realisation somebody at Trumpeter thinks it should be; So, having thought about it, it seems an easy-ish fix will correct it -cut the 'triangular' bit up, extend it and we have something that'll do nicely; Here it is dry-fitted; And below you can see added strut-joints, plus my answer to how I'm going to attempt to air-brush the wheel-we
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