Andy Ball
Graceful lines captured Łukasz, now to build Comet I alongside the Frenchman? Yours from KühlBritannia...

Łukasz Gliński
Much appreciated Mr.A However while working on the nose and the windshield it's hard to find the true Caravelle shape there
I have to disappoint you though, next will be DC-9 (or couple of them, not sure yet)
Not sure about the Comet in 144 as 72nd BAe Nimrod is waiting on the top of my shelves (too big to fit inside )
So, I decided to leave the kit shape as it is, the nose painting will be my licencia poetica and I'm not going to correct the decals. Added the engines today, lovely British Putty is stepping into action again

Adam Gudynowski
Turned out really nice

Maciej Bellos
Whoa! That was one difficult kit... Turned out quite good Łukasz! Well done mate!

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks, still there are couple of details to complete
@Thomas: Bear in mind this kit is actually an unlicensed (most probably) copy of the old Airfix, copied in the Polish Peoples Republic era. So nobody took too much care and smoking stuff was really hard to get here

Thomas Kolb
For some reason my comment got deleted, not sure why... This kit looks like nightmare fuel but you certainly managed to bring out the best of it. You deserve a medal for persistance!

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Łukasz ..... really tough work on that dog of a kit !!!!! Chapeau !!!!!!

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks a lot for your support, it's really needed
In the meantime I attached the engines, need to repaint the pylons once more (the fit was horrible) and I started adding details - wheels, gear details, door and so forth.

Łukasz Gliński
Mission accomplished! Waiting for the sunlight to take better pics.

Laurent "HELLER-forever"
great

Daniel Klink
Just love it! Very well done Lukasz!

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks you both Gents. Enjoy the rainy (morning) and sunny (afternoon) pics of the Duck attached to its stand.

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Good work ... Congratulations ... done in record time .....

Thomas Kolb
Lovely - just the right amount of weathering and tarnish to look used but not wrecked! And what a quick build!

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks y'all. Yup that escalated quickly indeed, such a nice quick build increases the motivation to continue on the Mr.Crap and Amodel stuff

Alec K
Nice sprint Lukasz

Spanjaard
pity about the decals. but yes, a what-if would be nicer than nothing...

Maciej Bellos
I cound't find a good capture from Jane's ATF or Fighters Anthology but here is an idea from another game (I think):

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Rene Scheiblich
Holy cow!
Is the tamiya stuff that strong? Got the same kit and am wondering now about using microsol or mr mark setter/softer on the decals are hasegawa decals very sensitive generally?
The game footage looks interesting, could provide a nice save.

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks for your input folks, I didn't expect so much interest
I'm not a fan of whifs, but I will think about it, currently the most probable option is a Tiger-like agressor camo.
@Maciej: Cool pic, one of my fav games, efcharisto!
@Rene: The ones I found in X-29 boxing are quite strong, but they have a lot of glue added and they are very sticky and really hard to move around after applying. The solution is to cut them in small pieces, then they work, but I had to be very careful about the alignment. And apply only a bit of softener, cause in such case they like to move when drying. So, watch out, you have been warned

Rene Scheiblich
Well... Thanks for the warning they sound like loads of fun. Too bad masking and spraying the stripes isn't really an option with the DARPA inside the stripes
But other than the decals the kit seems to have given you little trouble aside from the intakes

Łukasz Gliński
Indeed, it's quite simple and good fitting except for decals and inlets. Pity nobody makes masks for X-29.

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Pitty about the decals ..... Long time ago I made this kit and I don't remember having trouble with the decals .... I used Microscale liquids though ....

Łukasz Gliński
Me too. I'm going to build another one anyway, maybe this winter or next year, not sure yet.

Łukasz Gliński
Ekhm, turboprop actually

playtime 222
Jet with a prop on the front

Adam Gudynowski
It says JETstream

Thomas Kolb
Oh, you are not afraid of challenges, are you? A-model - slightly better than MisterCraft. Just slightly.... Will be checking out this one!

Łukasz Gliński
@Thomas: But there's a one, yuuuge difference. While you can find the alternative to most of the MrCrap kits, you can't expect it in case of Amodel
Btw. the masks have arrived from Ukraine last week, so I have no more excuses to keep it on hold.

Thomas Kolb
Now, that is true, Amodel are never afraid of tackling esotheric, unusual or rare vehicles.

Erik De Smet
Is that the same plane in Norwegian and Polish markings ?

Łukasz Gliński
It is, my assumption is the Jet-Air (PL) bought it once the Coast Air [N] went bankrupt. Even the plane's name was kept under the windscreen.
Later on they removed the tail logo and the name.
https://jetphotos.com/photo/6623933

Łukasz Gliński
It turned out I masked the wrong Hurri scheme, so had to wash it. Sprayed the green again, however the left tailside requires more spraying. To be continued...
PS. Airone Hobby canopy frame should be somewhere on the way to my workbench, fingers crossed for Česká pošta

Andy Ball
Canopy looks a good investment

Łukasz Gliński
Resprayed and wondering: did they paint black stencils on black wing?

Andy Ball
No. White. I have decals from Spitfires that concur.

Łukasz Gliński
Hmmmm, Techmod provided only the black ones. I have to find a solution then, maybe in my sparebox...

Stefan Schacht
nice start, count me in.

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome Stefan, I already started decalling today
@Andy: looks like all AH Hurricanes have black stencils only...
I think I found a solution:
Hawker Hurricane Stencils (Techmod 72071AT, 1:72)

Adam Gudynowski