Łukasz Gliński Masked the canopy finally, I know it's not perfect, but I'm happy with it. Now it's the time to blend it into the fuselage, so few days of sanding ahead of me

Łukasz Gliński Managed to blend the canopy into the fuselage (moreless), currently trying to scribe some convincing panel lines. As it's a vacuformed kit, I spent last two weekends scribing, filling with CA and sanding (in repeated turns of course). No idea when she's gonna be ready for painting

Alexander G. Yeah, vacu kits are for true men (or masochists ) but for some aircraft types you have no choice...had the pleasure once myself with a Yak-11 from Waku. Turned out surprisingly well. Never heared of your aircraft type before. Looks great so far!

Łukasz Gliński Thanx Alex. Luckily there are other Yak-11s available - one can be seen among my completed works Well, I-22 was an interesting story, but w/o a happy-end unfortunately...

Łukasz Gliński Just for those who want to know what I'm doing - I keep on scribing and sanding (in turns)

Bart Goesaert Enjoy

Łukasz Gliński Oh thanks This is the least enjoyable part for me unfortunately. I can hardly wait to start painting...

Bart Goesaert I can imagine, but afterwards, it can be satisfying...

Dave Norman Hi Łukasz. It might be worth posting this in Feature Requests using the button on the right. That way Tim will see it and if there's a problem he can fix it. It it's supposed to be that way he can offer an explanation.

Łukasz Gliński Did the preshading few evenings ago. Then sprayed what I think should be yellow - I decided to spray the engine cover yellow as well, as it seems very bright on the pic I have (see the pic 14). Then I opened freshly bought Revell Enamel 49, mixed it, sprayed it few times and it looks horrible - as can be seen on pics 15 & 16... Any idea what did I do wrong? With Humbrol enamels and old yellow Revell Airbrush Enamels I don't have such issues...

Alec K Ouch! I am so sorry. If I were to venture a guess, I would say the paint was too thick, the standoff was too large, or both.

Łukasz Gliński Thanks Alec, looks like Revell enamels differ a lot from Humbrol ones - I sprayed both using the same settings.
I read somewhere to add the Yellow Gunze levelling thinner and sprayed a thin mist once more, didn't help much.
So I got desperate and sprayed thin layer of Wamod acrylic cleaner, helped a bit, but few panels around gondola will need repainting... probably will do it using a brush...
Of course preshading is gone, hopefully I'll recreate it using Tamiya smoke afterwards (like I did on my An-14).

Cuajete Hello Łukasz. Maybe the paint needs to be mixed with retardant? It seems that it arrives dry from the airbrush to the plastic, although surely there is someone much more expert than me that can help you. I hope you can resolve this problem.

Łukasz Gliński Thanks for your input Cuajete, I thought of it too. But I'm confused as revell.de says it's enamel paint needing minimum 24hrs to dry...

Alec K Yeah, not sure if retarder or leveler is a solution for enamels - these products were developed for acrylics, which dry and cure much faster than enamels.

I think this is a thinning, standoff, or possibly air pressure problem. The sprayable paint should be thin (like fat free milk). After that, experiment with the standoff distance and air pressure to make sure that the paint goes on wet. I generally keep a scrap wing to experiment on before trying "for real" on a project.

One other possible culprit could be the thinner, and its compatibility with the paint. You mentioned adding Gunze leveling thinner: I don't think it's compatible with enamel-based paints.

Regarding pre-shading: you can always redo it once you fix the surface and apply the new paint.

Anyway, sorry to flood you with commentary. I am sure you will figure it out. I found that "sleeping on it" is the best way to figure out and overcome these setbacks. Keep us posted

Mihailescu Alex-Ovidiu Following with great interest!
Łukasz , romanian Karases had only the undersides of wing tips yellow and rear fuselage band also yellow. Here is a link with a good build of a Karas
cartula.ro/forum/topic/14153-pzl-23-karas-arr
cartula.ro/forum/topic/1265-pzl-p-23b-karas-nr13-arr/

Łukasz Gliński @Alec: I don't mind commentary flooding, all constructive comments are very welcome I read MrColor Levelling Thinner is like cheese - good with anything And it seems to work.
Currently my strongest suspicion is the surfacer - I will check today the Humbrol 116 on the topside over the same surfacer.

@Alex-Ovidiu: Thank You for the links. I know the most of them were painted the way You wrote, but one of the pics on that Romanian forum shows also a yellow engine cover: cartula.ro/forum/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=3344
I have to rethink that idea once again...

Maciej Bellos Following!

Łukasz Gliński I knew it Maciej

Ekki I'm in as well.

Łukasz Gliński And now I have a real dilemma:
TS-11 Iskra BR 200 (Arma Hobby 70010, 1:72)
Have your say folks

Maciej Bellos Definitely the Arma Hobby kit. It should be a walk in the park compared to the mastercraft kit.

Łukasz Gliński Sad news: Iskra 200BR has been cancelled by the AH team:
"Wojtek Bułhak napisał(a) 11/10/2017 o 21:32:
Novax już bardzo szybko. Wersja BR – rezygnujemy."
Source: armahobbynews.pl/blog/2017/10/11/duza-zmiana-w-arma-hobby/

Thomas Hopfensperger hello Łukasz,
i like your project! I made one some years ago, when you get the zts kit with decals you can make a conversion with the new one. you can see it in my project. I spent a long time with researching the camo. i will post more to show the pattern

Łukasz Gliński Wow, you BR200 looks lovely, especially taking into account the quality of the ZTS sprues. Regarding the camo - I have a very nice article in one Polish magazine, but looking forward to seeing your research too. The most popular idea of BR200 camo (sand, brown & green) is tempting, but I'd also like to follow the original pattern. Could you also provide the information what did you modify regarding the shape of Your Iskra?

Maciej Bellos It might seem an overkill, but... you can use the parts that cover the second seat of the mastercraft kit in the Arma Hobby kit. A bit of kit bashing. And the decals. Moreover I can send you my leftover decals from my BR turned Team Iskry kit.

Łukasz Gliński Thanks for the offer Maciej. I think I'll combine both kits somehow, but let me finish Iryda first

Es-haq Khosravi Great job!

Guido Haesevoets nice work on a mediocre kit! I like the effort and outcome!

Łukasz Gliński Decals from Ukraine have arrived, but they differ to what was presented on the webpage (see the green rectangles on the last pic). I'm currently thinking whether to paint the lines completely or try to use as much of the decal sheet as possible and modify the red decal to make the turn.

Łukasz Gliński Well, to my astonishment I found replacement decals today in my post box. I wrote to them that the previous ones were wrong, but didn't get any feedback, so didn't expect much.
But great respect to the folkes from BSmodelle for such level of customer support !!!

Maciej Bellos Following!

scalemates fixed

Łukasz Gliński thx

Łukasz Gliński Thanks, it's not the level of Valiant/Stratojets you know
I saw the idea for making corrugated steel out of alu foil on some Polish modelling forums and I find it v.useful and easy (you need only the foil and a toothpick). However the product is very delicate and handling must be done with great care.

Alec K Looking great

Stephan Ryll Nice progress

Thomas Bischoff really nice work you do here!

Łukasz Gliński Thank you gentlemen I had to stabilise the stabiliser as you can see
Currently working on the wings - I try to thin down the trailing edge, but I have already done some damage during cutting the wings, so I have to fix the corrugated surface later on (that's gonna be a real challenge). Btw. - I'm not gonna fix the shape issues (the wings are bit too wide and the rear fuselage section is too high).

Łukasz Gliński Dryfitted fuselage and wings today (after completing last engines) - few gaps require filling and reverse engineering of the corrugated surface (still didn't decide between alu foil or the thinnest evergreen plate). Also I had to rebuild three hinges on the wings (white dots).

David Thor That looks like you had alot of work to do! Looks like it's on a really good way!

Łukasz Gliński Thanks, currently trying to fill the part of the wing damaged during sanding using the alu foil

Valters Orlovskis Very nice! I have this kit finished but now it is in "Ressurection" stage too

Łukasz Gliński Thanks a lot for the doping Fortunetaly I have only a couple of the begun-not-finished kits and decided to do some cleanup before starting something new (cleaning the stash wile take years too )

Guus Ludmilla ! YES! Not a train buff but I always fancied one of these.

Paulo Valado Love it! Yeah If I can get one... I'm in! Meanwhile just sit and watch

Łukasz Gliński Spraying finished, couple of minor corrections are still needed however

Łukasz Gliński It turns out the original Revell decals don't really fit to each other - all 4 corners look like that

Łukasz Gliński The project is suspended till I find the DR decals eaten by the carpet monster...

David Thor Shame! I know that feeling when a good looking project is on hold because of decals.

Alec K Is this boxing based on the Hasegawa plastic?

Łukasz Gliński My tiny knowledge of čeština tells me it's Hasegawa's rebox:
Beaufighter 1/72, přebal Hasegawy, bude na trh uveden v druhé polovině října. Každá krabice obsahuje kompletní výlisek pro verze Mk.I, Mk.VI, Mk.21. Výfuky dodal Quickboost, masku na kabinu AZ/KP, obtisky BOA.
V Mk.I a Mk.VI jsou i obtisky na stroje používané československými piloty, Australské Beau postihují všechny tři verze.
(via: 72news.eu/2017/09/mpm-3x-bristol-beaufighter-mk-i-mk-vi.html)

Alec K Thanks for the info Lukasz

John Dunbar That's indeed very interesting! Thank you for sharing!

Łukasz Gliński Just came across an interesting BBC footage recorded using Iraqi Havoc:
Youtube Video

jeje Some videos of iraqi mi28 for you

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Scott Dutton Now in 48th someone please