komoras Hi Mike, would it be possible to upload pictures of this kit? It looks really good! I would like to use it as a reference to my build. I remember that you uploaded it on the Airfix forum for the 24h group build, but the photobucket pics aren't visible anymore. Thank you.

Łukasz Gliński Yes, we definitely need more of them

komoras Found it on your blog with working pics

migrantswanderings.blogspot.com/2015/08/blitzbau-yak.html

Mike Grant Thanks a lot guys!
@Soeren I made a decal for the wood texture.

Holger Kranich Hi Mike,

not the scale we normally see from you but great! The repaired wing gives some drama to it and i´m just a B-17G nerd Love that plane and your work on it!

Marcel Klemmer Mike, very impressiv!!!

Micky Congratulations for this masterpiece Mike....Outstanding Work!!

Lochsa_River Stunning work, Mike

Alex Rodionov
Great job.

Jos Jansen Iam a jet builder....but what a great model, superb!

Neuling Impressive build!

Ben M Great!

Alex Rodionov Excelent for 1/144.

Erik Leijdens Excellent result with those tiny Brewsters Mike . Colourful liveries too, I like them!

Diego DH nice little gems

Roberto Rocat Tiny and beautiful. Bravo!

Mike Grant Thanks guys!

Dave Flitton excellent!!

Lochsa_River Beautiful work, Mike....amazing at this scale.

bughunter The overall impression is fantastic, especially in your small scale! The wooden finish support that

R VG Bloody Hell! When I saw this photo going by when scrolling, my immediate reaction was this is 1/48 for sure! But it isn't! I would be so glad to get this result in 1/48 scale.
I suppose you use Tamiya acrylic paint? Now my question is do you use their alcoholic thinner with it or their laquer thinner? It seems you can use both with their acrylic paint. I still use Humbrol and Revell enamel paint mainly, and I would like to try out Tamiya acrilics for once, so I'm trying to get info on them.
It is all more complicated then just using enamels it seems.
But again outstanding model of a very tiny plane in 1/72 scale!

Clifford Keesler I have kind of fallen in love with Tamiya paints, I still use Model Master Acrylics also. I thin my Tamiya paints with their X-20A thinner when I can get it, I have also thinned them with alacohol with success, and I thinned the silver X-11 I believe it is that I used on my Meteor with Laquer thinner.

Mirko Römer Congratulations! What an incredible finish!!

KollHBM An outstanding model out of such a old kit - congratulation

Mike Grant Thanks for your comments guys, and to Slavo for resurrecting this older thread

@R VG I use Tamiya paints and Gunze Mr Color lacquers (when I can get them). Both are thinned with Gunze self-leveling thinner, but Tamiya's own-brand lacquer thinner also works great with Tamiya paints. It goes on smooth and dries quickly, but I'd recommend a primer first. Tamiya White Fine Surface Primer, decanted from the aerosol can and airbrushed, works really well.

R VG Thanks everybody for all the valuable information on painting. I'm surely going to try out Tamiya on a future project and see what kind of results I can achieve with it. But I will need a gas mask because I'm asthmatic and strangely, the fumes of White Spirit don't effect me as much as other fumes do. But I will try it out in a well ventilated place.

Mike Daniels Have found a list of UK suppliers;
https://uschivdr.com/where-else-to-buy/

David Andrs

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench Eyecatcher....Top

Stephan Ryll Stunning result Mike top work

Clifford Keesler Excellent job.

Jan Bissinger Wow, great build and finish ????

Pierre Vauthier Amazing job ! May i ask what size of Uschi Van Der Rosten do you use for 1/72 ?

Mike Grant @Pierre Thanks for the comment. This is an older build and was rigged using fishing line, but now I use the UVDR elasticated thread. For rigging 1/72 biplanes I use the 'Fine' weight.

gorbygould Looks beautiful Mike. Very impressive.

Julian Herrero aka Yuri Very Nice !!! Congrats !!!

Stephan Ryll Really nice result

Ekki Excellent!

Benoit Mathier Top Notch Mike!

Arash Zakeri Very nice

Stuart Fowle Fantasic build and finish

Neuling Top work with beautiful colours!

Eelco Gregoire Very good!
Sold my kit a few months ago, regret it now.

Erik Leijdens Wow very impressive Mike

Bill Davis The weathering is outstanding.

Kees Kleijwegt Awesome build Mike!

Mike Grant Thanks guys

Kars Jans

ForestFan Looks great, very impressed again!

Robert Espenschied very nice build...

Chris Greathouse Nice and clean mate!

Laurent "HELLER-forever" Fabulous

Alec K Gorgeous. I would one day like to do the same with my Hasegawa Neptune (I.e. nice relaxing OOB Build...).

Ingmar Stöhr Another beautiful build!

Andy Ball like your subtle weathering!, is the kit a good one, (it's been out a few years now?)

Palo M Gorgeous. Have the same piece on my desk, but not even close. Well done!

Mike Grant Thanks again guys! @Andy, the kit is a good one. Fit of parts was amazing especially considering its age. Cockpit would have benefited from some more detail, I just replaced the seats with resin ones. Panel lines are raised, so those were re-scribed.

Christian Bruer Very nice and sharp work. Bravo-Zulu

Ferenc Sarka Awesome!!

Pierre-Christian Baudru Great job Mike !

Stephan Ryll You created a very nice gem Mike

Mats Bengtsson I can only concur with all the previous comments; a masterpiece

John Ballman Well done thanks for sharing this.

Richmond Superb

Spanjaard excellent, as usual Mike style. i love it.

Mike Grant Thanks a lot guys This is quite an oldie now.

Spanjaard i did not realized it was from a couple of years ago... still pretty good