Łukasz Gliński Well, maybe the fuselage fit is acceptable, but the wing and its struts made many promising young modellers abandon their further attempts forever
This kit is legendarily infamous where I live

Guy Rump Progress has been a bit slow. The fuselage and wings are together and painted so far with Hataka Dark khaki from the WW2 Polish Air Force set.

Łukasz Gliński Not sure whether the dark or the light one (from this set) should be used - will have a look in the internets tomorrow.

Guy Rump Thanks Lukasz

Łukasz Gliński Personally I'd go for the light khaki from that set, basing on this article:
https://modelpaint.pl/2017/06/24/tajemnice-polskiego-khaki/
But it's not so clear - on one hand this is not a metal plane (hence light khaki), on the other there's no specific info on colours used by Czapla's producer - LWS. On the 3rd RWD-14s were produced quite late before the war, when the dark khaki was used.

Guy Rump Thanks for the link Lukasz, it is an interesting article (which I will use as a reference point in the future) . As you say, there doesn't appear to be a definitive answer fir the RWD-14. I think I am going to go with your 3rd point and continue with the dark khaki as the RWD-14s were produced and allocated to Regiments just before the War. I will be using the Light blue gray for the underneath of the aircraft. Thanks again.

Łukasz Gliński Looking forward to seeing it completed

Gordon Sørensen Nice looking little plane, Guy! Too many struts for my liking though...

Guy Rump This P-40N or Curtiss Kittyhawk Mark IV will be an RAAF model from 1945. I have started the body and so far it is fitting together well. The cockpit is very basic as you would expect from a Hasegawa model of this age.

Guy Rump This model is Cleopatra III and was flown between 3 Feb and 16 Jun 1945 by Wing Commander Geoff C Atherton DFC & Bar MID RAAF. He was temporary commander of 78 wing of which 80 Sqn RAAF was a part at Hollandia New Guinea. He commanded 80 Sqn between July and September 1944.

Guy Rump Top of fuselage painted Vallejo Model Air Curtiss Green 71294.

Dave Flitton Watching

Guy Rump Welcome Dave, thanks for having a look.

Guy Rump Main body together and airbrushed in primer gray. Coat of Vallejo Model Air 71.016 Olive Drab applied to upper body.

Guy Rump Thanks Roland

Łukasz Gliński Following. What's the fit?

Guy Rump Lukasz, the fit is not bad although I had to do some work on the fit of the wings to the fuselage, didn't come out brilliantly but hopefully it won't detract too much from the eventual finish

Łukasz Gliński Thx, I have to start mine in RAF camo one day.

Guy Rump Finally completed the Hasegawa 1/72 Ki-84 Frank. The canopy masking was difficult to remove and caused a few issues. The decals by and large were good with minor difficulties positioning (due to folding over etc. but these faults were mine. The Hasegawa decals provided take a lot of soaking in water before they slide off the decal paper.
This aircraft is modelled on 51st Flight Regiment, Shimodate Airfield, Feb 1945 flown by Captain Tadao Ikeda.

Guy Rump Vielen dank Roland

Guy Rump A few firsts for me, this one being my first Russian WW2 aeroplane. The version I intend to portray is an aircraft from the French Normandie-Niemen Group which flew in 1945. The model as can be seen from the photos is white plastic which is quite soft and malleable.
The Yakovlev Yak-3 (Russian: Яковлев Як-3) was a single-engine single-seat World War II Soviet front line fighter aircraft. Robust and easy to maintain, it was much liked by pilots and ground crew alike.[2] It was one of the smallest and lightest major combat fighters fielded by any combatant during the war. Its high power-to-weight ratio gave it excellent performance.[3] It proved a formidable dogfighter. Marcel Albert, World War II French ace, who flew the Yak-3 in USSR with the Normandie-Niémen Group, considered it a superior aircraft when compared to the P-51D Mustang and the Supermarine Spitfire.

Maciej Bellos !!!

Guy Rump Thanks Roland

Mark Norfolk Looks good Guy. Very crisp. I like it.

Guy Rump Many thanks Mark, I appreciate your comment.

Guy Rump that's why I'm following yours Roland! I have tried the Vallejo IJN medium grey as a main colour. Not certain yet if it's worked....

Guy Rump That is great advice Roland, many thanks

Guy Rump Thank you Roland

Andy Ball Beaut!

Guy Rump Thanks Andy

Mark Norfolk Looks good Guy. Particularly impressed with that cockpit glass: those curved corners have come out really well. How did you mask it off for painting?

Guy Rump Thanks Mark, the cockpit was masked with a cockpit mask from PK, I sprayed it separately to the main fuselage and put it on at the end of the build.

Mark Norfolk It really does look good Guy. Cockpit glass is proving one of my main challenges so far so I'll definitely bear your product and method in mind. For such a small part...!

Guy Rump Thanks Mark, one of the tricks I learnt from this site is to dip the cockpit in Klear which seems to remove small scratches and blemishes before masking and painting.

Irving González nice 1/72

Gordon Sørensen Nice looking Spit, Guy! Going to do any weathering?

Guy Rump Thanks Gordon Weathering? I haven't been brave enough yet to try that but hope to with future projects.

William Rump nice model well executed, except the last picture shows colour bleed. Have you addressed this in the other pictures?

Guy Rump There was a little colour bleed at the front of the aircraft as I couldn't get the masking tape to sit properly. The lines on the wings and the tail plane are transfers (decals). Thanks for your comments though

William Rump I stand corrected. Strange to see this effect. Please ignore my last criticism.

Guy Rump Thanks Roland

William Rump Like it a lot. The cockpit detail through the canopy is great. Nice

Guy Rump Many thanks