Building.

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August 30, 2015
Bare tube with cut off plastic details. Some metal parts on the oute electronics though.
2
August 30, 2015
Left side - not really much details go here.
3
September 9, 2015
By all means the cockpit is too small and a little out of scale. But it looks quite nice.
4
September 9, 2015
Pilot's side consoles.
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September 9, 2015
Cockpit tub. I was worried it will be too "flat" but coloured parts look reasonably busy.
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September 9, 2015
After closing it up and painting - it'll make a good impression of the pilot's workspace. Though still - Revell didn't nail it.
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September 9, 2015
Side view. Coloured parts are a nice touch, though it's a little tricky to blend it all together.
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September 9, 2015
Ejection seat with PE applied.
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August 30, 2015
Wheel wells glued in. They look busy enough.
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August 30, 2015
Angled inside view ith some PE plates.
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August 30, 2015
Front wheel well similar to Italeri one. But a great + for perfect fit to both fuselage halves.
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August 30, 2015
Main wells. As it can be seen - kit parts are somewhat bare.
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August 30, 2015
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August 30, 2015
To be honest - there's really not much visible apart from the PE parts...
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December 26, 2015
Pylons undersides also with PE parts.
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December 26, 2015
PE rails added to the wing tips.
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December 26, 2015
Upper wings added along with the nose tip. Some last sandings required and then - rescribing panel lines.
18
December 13, 2015
All gaps were filled with CA glue - it now only needs some minor polishing and then upper wings will go.
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December 13, 2015
Main modules are ready - front and rear fuselage + bottom with wings. Although a new tool I find the Revell's fitting far from good.
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December 13, 2015
Slowly getting the main shape done.
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November 29, 2016
Wheels and main gear struts. Those bigger are the supplied, those smaller are Eduard's Brassin. Again a quick, simple upgrade which adds to the model. Also - notice the ugly dent on the kit's wheel.
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November 29, 2016
Main gear covers with some etching.
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November 29, 2016
So far so good. All antennas and Pitots are in place.
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November 29, 2016
But the main tube was a challenge indeed.
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November 29, 2016
Tail tube was tricky, but sits nicely.
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November 29, 2016
I'm just waiting for the Aires engine to arrive, so I can glue the engine's ring and it's ready to be primed.
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November 29, 2016
I wanted to use the kit's AIM-9L, the looked OK on a sprue, but it turned out that the fit is poor and well... Just look at the Eduard's resin ones.
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November 29, 2016
Great details, easy assembly - those AIMs will save me a lot of time.

Comments

30 August 2015, 16:17

Dave Flitton
I want to watch this

10 September 2015, 00:33

Ekki
And me!

14 December 2015, 17:47

Clifford Keesler
I'm in. Stunning so far.

14 December 2015, 22:43

Bart Goesaert
Nice build so far...

15 December 2015, 10:18

Wojciech Kucza
Thanks a lot to everyone so far! 🙂

Although it is indeed surprising to find what fits and what doesn't, there are no flaws that requres major conversions, so it only needs some filling and sanding.

I hope in a couple of days I will have the fuselage all ready for adding rest of the detaila 🙂

15 December 2015, 19:13

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Nice !!!!! I've got this kit too ... Good progress !!!!

26 December 2015, 16:46

Spanjaard
looks good. in am in.

30 November 2016, 19:19

Harry Eder
Nice so far! Watching!

30 November 2016, 20:06

Łukasz Gliński
Following too

1 December 2016, 14:08

Wojciech Kucza
Thanks so far 🙂 Mail arrived today, so in a couple of days I should post another update 🙂

1 December 2016, 18:53

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As the kit is quite convienently divided into three sections (nose, tail and mid/wings) I can concentrate on smallr areas one at a time.

So far it's all quite good, though I have serious doubts about the inner measurements...

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