Łukasz Gliński Very cool (ice-cold actually) Nice to see I'm not the only one into Aerosans How bad was the fit?

Benoit Mathier Thanks Lukasz. How bad was the fit? Bad
Basically I added plastic to the filler
Well, the "fuselage" wasn't too bad, but all rods, bits n pieces are useless. Better make everything from scratch. Only the shovel and the props were ok.
The biggest challenge was to attach the engine to the fuselage. And as we all know, superglue will glue everything (especially fingers) within seconds, but not the parts that you desperately want to do so.

And yours? I guess not much different...

Łukasz Gliński Thx for your review Mine is not much better, the interior required sanding to fit inside. The rods are yet to come. But the biggest issues were to match the floor with the rest and the front parts, due to their curvy shapes. Thank god I have the Perfect Putty, it made my life bit easier. Of course the transparencies are hopeless, but flat. So I'm going to make my own ones

Stefan Schacht Well done

Alec K Awesome . Sounds like it was a chore...

Benoit Mathier Thanks Alec.
Yes indeed...that wasn't a fun project. Actually very much the opposite of the Yak, which is a wonderful kit.
A friend of mine came up with that Aerosan idea...I guess he owes me a beer (or two) know.
Well, now just waiting for some snow, to finish that little project.

I added a few WIP pics, so it gives you an idea of how the original parts looked like.

Olivier Très chouette ce Yak !

Łukasz Gliński Very cool build

Pierre-Christian Baudru Great job !!!

Matthew Stec Nice job!!

Benoit Mathier Thank you guys

Cuajete Nice painting job. Congrats!

Benoit Mathier Thank you chaps.
The figurine is from Reedoak. (reedoak.com)

@ ForestFan: The build was rather disappointing and not without troubles...after all, I find it worse than the Airfix!
It actually looks like an updated Airfix kit, with recessed panel lines and a few details in the cockpit. The canopy is as bad as the one from Airfix, unfortunately.

The Airfix kit has a better fit in general.
On the AZ Model I had to retouch the wing root (even more), build up part of the empennage section and canopy/fuselage fit needed extra attention too.
Well...we do not have many options for a Chipmunk in 72nd. It's either or, and both are not up to date with standards you can find nowadays.
Cheers

b.

Juergen Klinglhuber Very nice work !

Bernhard Pethe Nice, small model, I like it very much. Benoit, who is the young Woman?

Benoit Mathier Thanks Jürgen und Bernhard.

As for the woman, some say it's the owners wife.. :-P
In fact this was my first commission build. The trade off is a flight in the original... looking forward to it

Łukasz Gliński Wow, lucky you, such a trade off

Mirko Römer Ms. Reedoak Beautiful models, indeed!

Steve Desarzens Super présentation Benoît !

Benoit Mathier Merci Steve. Certainement a voir a Montreux
A+

Es-haq Khosravi 1:72?!!! How is it possible! Great job!

Hanno Kleinecke Purely excellent, wonderful Mustang !

Juergen Klinglhuber Super. Well done Mustang!

Neuling I agree with everyone above.

William O. Wowie dude, you nailed it! In 72nd too boot, kudos to ya.

Andrea Brenco Nice clean one! really like it!

Benoit Mathier Thank you chaps!

Steve Desarzens chouette déco !!!

Dave Flitton Excellent build, Tamiya "Stangs are a fall together build!

Benoit Mathier Merci Steve
Thanks Dave. I absolutely agree with you, that was a very pleasant build and one that needed ZERO filler. This doesn't happen quite often...