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@gblair, Your Stormovik came out wonderful. A lot of effort put into this one, but it surely paid off. Great pictures on the headlines. I was aware of the existance of those strengthen ribs from Quinta, they look amazing but a bit too pricey, however, I made good use of their pictures to scratch build mine.
Congratulations, my friend @gblair! Top job on this challenging kit! It was a pleasure to build together!
@gblair despite the difficulties at the end, it turned out great! Looking forward to the headline article! I guess I'll have to step up building mine, now 😀
Thanks, John (@johnb), Spiros (@fiveten), and Sebastijan (@inflames). I wasn't sure I would like doing a group build like this, but it has been a real pleasure working with you all. I has also been a great learning experience as we all tackled similar problems in our kits, regardless of the manufacturer. Cheers.
@gblair, the pleasure was all from our side to have you aboard, George. I did learn a lot from your build.
Indeed, a pure pleasure to build together, my friend @gblair!
I guess it's up to me now, to carry the Il-2 torch forward 😀
Before assembling the wings together, so I could continue riveting the bottom of them, I had to assemble the landing gear boxes. Weathered a bit with different brown washes to give them a little bit of depth.
Very nicely done, Sebastijan @inflames You will soon be ahead of my progress 😉
Looking great, my friend @inflames!
thanks guys! @johnb John, heck I was under the impression you've finished yours as well... Mea culpa!
@inflames, with the upcoming holidays my progress will even be close to zero for the next two weeks.
@johnb hehe I'll be away for some holidays next week as well so... 😀 But I just hope I'll be able to prepare her for primer by then. But with my daughter's birthday coming up and preparation for the party, I'll be pretty much tied up, I'm affraid.
@inflames, congratulations, Sebastijan. Preparing your daughter's birthday has priority over all other acitivities.
After another round of filling and grinding, the results look acceptable to me and a last layer of primer was added. Next I pre-shaded the panel lines.
Looking super, my friend @johnb! A second layer will tone the panel lines exactly right.
