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Some swearwords to make the rods of the compensators. It is very small and the pieces are inclined to clear off B) : And now, rest. :blink: Bye. :D

The moving parts of the empennage have been increased to put them at the good dimension:

The engraving of the empennage was filled with putty because this piece is practically smooth. I also represented the chaff-flares dispensers.

Thanks Su-34 and Matt. B) the tail is finished. The vertical stabiliser was fairly modified.

Thanks again. Several gauges : 0.23, 0.32, 0.5mm. Thank you. I’ll try to remenber it. Bye

Thank you, Moritz

Thanks everybody. First, I spray the colour then I apply a thin coat of clear varnish. When it’s dry, I do a Sépia wash in the hollows and I drybrush the highlights. To simulate the dirty grease in the well, I apply some thin dots of “burn sienna†oil in the rivets and I blend it with a small brush. The base material is a plastic card . I heat it above a candle. When the plastic warps, I press it on the part that I want to reproduce: I use Evergreen profiles to make the patterns: An exemple with the reproduction of a BF-109 canopy: Sorry for my poor English. :) I h

Addition of the bulkhead : There are still puttying and sanding to do, to obtain a good shape. Bye

and I remade it with plastic card. Upper surface : Lower surface :

I cut the junction :

Due to the modification of the tail, the two parts don’t install correctly :

Same job for the exhaust :

Too much work to represent correctly the air intake, so I decided to make covers. They are thermoformed directly on the original part :

The central part is installed and mask many details :

After weathering :

Then, painting et addition of tubing :

The well for the wheel (in blue) has been thermoformed :

Hello, thanks for your comments The main landing gear bay is finished.

Wow !!! Impressive work. :P

Thanks everybody for yours comments. :P It seems ok with this kit. Maybe, a little bit of putty but it’s normal with an old kit. Thanks for your offer, Sebastijan For the moment, I have enough documentation but if I need some particular pics, I’ll think to you. No, it’s the same blade for all materials. In fact, I don’t try to cut completely the metal. I just pass the blade to make a mark and I bend the piece to cut it. For the holes, I use a punch and die set. Bye

To finish with this part, the electronic boxes are in place : Next step, main landing gear bay. Bye

I remade some metal sheet with aluminium tape :

The canon is in place :

Test fit with the two bays. Some adjustments are necessary :

The canon bay's finished, without the gun :