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Cuajete
Bad news for those of us who want to build this kit.
Good job! 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Finally, the main highlight of the show 😄

Patryk S.
@Cuajete: the kit is overall bad news but I am now stuck with 5 more ?, the subject is what keeps me going. I hope that Clear Prop! will issue the P-36 ASAP as they have the hawk 75 in the works. @Łukasz: I hope that the climax didn't dissapoint?

Patryk S.
Added the cut off lower part of the cowling. Another sanding orgy awaits?

Patryk S.
Sanded the cowling smooth and rescribed it. Added the exhausts. The instructions are vague on the locations of them so did have to check references in order to locate them as correct as possible. The panel lines are also incorrect on the lower cowling so another filling ans sanding session awaits.

Patryk S.
Thank you very much Mark!

Guy Rump
Very impressive modelling Patryk 👍

Patryk S.
Thank you very much Guy!

Es-haq Khosravi
Very nice job! So cute!

Patryk S.
Thank you very much Es-haq! Thank you for your likes Mates!

Patryk S.
Off we go! A simple kit but with a good level of detail. From the 8 paint options only 4 can be made as the other 4 require other upper fuselage parts which are not in the kit, which is actually strange.

Łukasz Gliński
Following. It's a nice kit, built it few years back.

Skywalker
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Patryk S.
Welcome Mates! Thanks for following!

Patryk S.
Cut out the main components today, assembled the FLIR/Optics module and filled the wing cutouts for the RQ-1 model wit Pattex Gel sos glue. Minor flash on the parts but test fitting shows a good fit overall.

Patryk S.
Mounted the FLIR turret into the lower fuselage and cut out parts intended for primer and subassembly today.

Patryk S.
Attached an antenae to the lower fuselage and put some weight to the front in order to awoid tail sitting.

Patryk S.
Glued the wings and the upper wing blade antennae to the upper fuselage. The main parts have inconsistent texture so had to sand them from 1200 to 2000 grit in order to smooth them down.

Patryk S.
Lower fuselage attached, no filler required. Now its time for cleanup.

Patryk S.
Corrections made and the first layer of tamiya silver has been applied. I wanted the riveting to stand out more as it begun to dissapear after a few coats of primer. I did so with the mr hobby rescribig tool which is also good for riveting only to find out after more research that it was not too much visible on the missile but decided to leave it as it is. Actually the one I am kitting now (Beijing museum piece) is propably an mockup as it only resembles the SS-2 in outline lacking many distinctive details - a thing that I noticed after more research.

Patryk S.
Decals applied with the help of micro sol and set. Lost the pitot during painting so needed to exchange it for some spare I had left over. As I am doing the museum example which is in pristine condition no weathering or washes will be applied. The letters on the missile mean Dongfeng-1.

Patryk S.
Calling it done. Satisfied by the result although did some mistakes. Basically the kit is no Dongfeng-1, at least not the museum example, but I would be the opinion that the museum example is a mock up. For sure it is an SS-2 SIBLING (R-2) missile which the Dongfeng-1 was based on.

Łukasz Gliński
Nice finish. The rocket itself looks like a very basic kit (maybe a subtle wash would help?), but I like the stand colour and drybrushing the most 👍

Patryk S.
Thank you Łukasz. I didnt do a wash as the example from the museum is in pristine condition and it would make the riveting stand even more out. - the kit one is overdone and my reconstruction after sanding didnt help it either. I would remove the riveting completely next time if I would do this kit one more time only leaving it partially on the fins. The rocket consisted of around 10 parts on the other side the stand was over 30 parts so pretty basic but i don't think there are many other ways to do it as the V-2 from Special Armour has not many more parts than this one.