Thanks, guys, for the encouraging comments.

@gkittinger: I'm using Alclad Klear for this project. I've also started to evaluate Mr. P clear products for the Ducati project and I think I like them even more.

@naviatik, @georgelj: Jep. I too like my models as glossy as possible but flat enough to hide all carrier films. The point is: you never know before you've tried.

@dirtylittlefokker: David, the model stand is available at a Czech company named JH models (http://www.jhmodels.eu/). I can recommend it wholeheartedly, it works great.

Very good, Monsieur Gerl! What material did you use for the wires? I used to use copper wire, but found it rather difficult to bend it exactly the way I wanted. Have switched to lead wire since.

Friends,

after two months of hesitation I could finally convince myself to put a clear coat on the Su. The concept was to maintain as much sheen as possible, but on the other hand to have it as flat as necessary to just hide the edges of the decal carrier films. To get there I eventually used a mix of 2/3 of Alclad Semi-Matte and 1/3 Alclad Matte. A small number of impertinent decals received a treatment with a local application of Alclad Matte and the resulting transition area was sanded.

I’m not completely unhappy with the result.

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Thank you, Greg.
Since eventually this clear coat is on, smaller works are proceeding nicely.
@cchs1052 has recently mentioned a technique to use Flat Base to represent dried salt on his Catalina. I took this idea to represent the whiteish veil that you can sometimes see on the inside of exhausts nozzles.

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You are doing amazing job! :-O Nozzles look as real as it gets...

Here's another "Great Job" comment for your MIG. As others said, the landing gear are most excellent as are the nozzles.

Bravo!

Big thanks for the feedbacks!
This morning I’ve installed the landing gears. The front one is attached with pins in holes, needless to say that this won’t work once the landing gear bay is installed in the fuselage. I designed a bolt using plastic rod to solve the problem.
The main gears won’t go on without hassle either. The design isn’t great, it just doesn’t work as intended to align all parts. With some improvising it succeeds at last.

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fantastic - what a great looking model this is!