Ian Shumsky

Many thanks for the quick reply. The quality of the prints is amazing -- I can't see any indication of layering lines at all. I'll drop you a PM on the printing service!

These are amazing, and the prints look to be very smooth. Can you please let us know what printer you are using for these (I'm thinking a FormLabs Form 1+)?

Really nice detailed work there -- really like the IP!

The Pavla Models’ K-37 seats turned up yesterday and they look excellent: So with some spare bench time I started looking at what needs to be done to the tubs. So here is what you get (Dragon in their usual grey, Italeri in dark green): And dry fitted with some PVA glue (K-37 for comparison): Closely examining Berkut’s superb link it actually looks like the Dragon offering is closer to what is needed. The shape of the main instrument panel is closer to the actual one and the seat is somewhat recessed between the side panels and nestled against the bulkhead, where as th

Very inspiring build which such attention to detail. Thanks for taking so much time to share the build :) Cheers, Ian

Michel, Berkut, welcome along, and thanks for the links -- all very useful indeed. Cheers, Ian

Hello all! I’ve been lurking around here, on and off, for a few years now, but I finally signed up yesterday. I predominantly build 1/35 scale modern armour, though I have a real soft spot for 1/72 scale helicopters. By way of introduction, I’ll be blogging a double build of the Dragon and Italeri 1/72 scale offerings of the Kamov Ka-50 "Hokum" attack helo. Initially I was just going to build these OOB, but after looking at the kits I really think they will benefit greatly from updates here and there. Both tubs will be updated as they are not great (in fact the Dragon one is