Villiers de Vos
A very unusual subject.

Moreno Baruffini
Super super interesting story! Eager to follow your build!

Tony Tonov
Hi Jivko, I'm taking a seat.
Go ahead, no worries the model is good. I've built it couple of years ago.
My advice - Make a dry fitting first just in case. And don't put too much efforts in detailing the cockpit (unless you leave it open), almost nothing can be seen through the "glass"
"Разшивка" - panel lines 🙂

Guy Rump
Looking good, watching. 👍

Alex K
Joining...

Живко Джаков
Guys, thanks for your support!
Tony, dry collecting was a very good idea indeed. It is already waiting for paint, but it will be delayed. Tu-2 lags behind.

Moreno Baruffini
Wow! Super fast assembly! Well done 👍🏻

Живко Джаков
Friends, I'm slow, but I have an excuse. I'm trying to make nice masks for the model. I had to draw everything on the computer, cut it with a big machine and then test.

Moreno Baruffini
Dear Jivko, you are not slow, you are super! I'm really interested in your approach. I can't help you, I'm sorry 😅

Ventsislav Gramatski
Great to see another build of the Swallow! I recently built the same model. My advice would be similar to Tony Tonov's - don't bother too much about the cockpit detailing. The canopy is very small and rather thick so even though it is clear, the distortions prevent seeing much inside (so much for my effort with the included PE set in the kit and scratchbuild details).

The other problem point I had was the main undercarriage - there are no peg holes and neither strut would fit. I had already prepainted everything so ot was quite a fiddly and difficult assembly.

Villiers de Vos
Nice progress.