Salamanders

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February 20, 2023
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February 20, 2023
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February 20, 2023
FROG's dark green color is difficult to photograph
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February 23, 2023
Left is Lindberg's figure, right one is FROG.
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February 20, 2023
Just two figures
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February 20, 2023
Planet Models and Hobby Boss both had almost ready fuselage block.
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February 20, 2023
Resin is laborious
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February 20, 2023
Some bubble filling with plastic rods and CA-glue
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February 23, 2023
Checking the fit of upper cockpit and canopy for Planet Models.
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February 20, 2023
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February 23, 2023
Wings for Hobby Boss
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February 23, 2023
Black primer. Also checked the wing assembly for Planet Models.
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February 20, 2023
Short-run kit needs a lot of work... Reminds me from Bell X-2 with similar cockpit construction
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February 20, 2023
Parts need lots of fitting
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February 20, 2023
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February 20, 2023
Fuselage needs lots of cleansing
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February 20, 2023
Landing gear had to be checked.
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February 20, 2023
More assembly and fitting before painting and putting fuselage parts together.
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February 23, 2023
Made all four AZ models' instrument panels because they were using decals.
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February 23, 2023
Parts for three remaining AZ models Salamanders' interior.
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February 23, 2023
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February 23, 2023
First AZ model Salamander (becoming A-2 variant) ready for closing fuselage.
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February 23, 2023
Planet Models and Hobby Boss cockpits painted. Hobby Boss doesn't shine with details.
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February 23, 2023
Lots of fixing is needed for the bad fit.
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February 23, 2023
AZ model cockpit is acceptable but not perfect.
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February 24, 2023
Pilots for Revell/FROG and Lindberg ready!
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February 24, 2023
SH kit fuselage fits exactly the best available drawing by MBI Publications (c) Michal Bratáč 2003
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February 24, 2023
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February 24, 2023
FROG fuselage fits well to the shape of older He-162 drawing.
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February 24, 2023
Raised panel lines are a big minus.
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February 24, 2023
Dragon kit's fuselage doesn't fit well on anything. It is closer to the older drawing.
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February 24, 2023
Panel lines follow the older drawing exactly.
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February 24, 2023
Lindberg's fuselage seems to have the length right and most proportions, but it is higher than should be.
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February 24, 2023
Many panel lines seems to be improvised +the raised rivets!
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February 24, 2023
AZ Model kit seems to have the worst shape.
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February 24, 2023
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February 24, 2023
SH and AZ
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February 24, 2023
SH and AZ
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February 24, 2023
SH and FROG
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February 24, 2023
SH and FROG. Notice the curved main landing gear bay hole!
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February 24, 2023
SH and Lindberg
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February 24, 2023
SH and Lindberg
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February 24, 2023
SH and Dragon
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February 24, 2023
SH and Dragon
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February 24, 2023
SH and Dragon
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February 24, 2023
FROG's engine inlet being smoothed before gluing.
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February 24, 2023
FROG kit is lacking the compressor of the engine, so I casted a new one from an AZ kit part. Mold made using Blue Stuff.
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February 25, 2023
Planet models' cockpit is so good but lacking gunsight, so I scratched that quickly. Also it should be sanded smooth now.
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February 25, 2023
Lindberg and FROG are gettin color inside. Also lead weights added.
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February 25, 2023
Lindberg fuselage and wings joined.
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February 25, 2023
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February 25, 2023
FROG fuselage halves joined
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February 25, 2023
Dragon kit's cockpit started. Nice details, but the plastic is very soft.
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February 26, 2023
Planet models got its canopy installled.
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February 26, 2023
I had to make main landing gear bay comparison. AZ kit has identical (probably copied) parts from Dragon kit.
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February 26, 2023
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February 26, 2023
Dragon's landing gears are tricky.
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February 26, 2023
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March 19, 2023
AZ-model's left inner "gun barrel" is not lined well with outside muzzle hole.
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March 19, 2023
Three other AZ-models (versions A-9, C and D) progressing simultaneously.
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March 19, 2023
fixing nozzle seam line.
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March 19, 2023
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March 19, 2023
AZ-kits need a lot of putty.
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March 19, 2023
The landing gear bay of Dragon kit is too narrow for the fuselage
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March 19, 2023
Fit in SH-kit is pretty good.
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March 19, 2023
Dragon kit cockpit was lacking side panels, so I scratched them. Forgot to take the picture before painting...
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March 19, 2023
Special Hobby and Dragon kits' interiors painted and varnished.
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March 22, 2023
I suddenly remembered that the gun barrels need to be improved.
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March 22, 2023
Dragon got the Master's brass barrels. For the SH-kit I used injection needles.
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March 22, 2023
Dragon got Eduard's photo-etched pre-painted belts while SH got its own decal belts. SH-kit didn't have nose gear window so I drilled a hole for it and filled it with Micro Kristal Klear.
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March 23, 2023
Dragon fuselage halves finally joined.
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March 23, 2023
Special Hobby fuselage halves finally joined.
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March 26, 2023
Some cockpits are not completed yet, but at least all are taking shape with joined fuselages.
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April 4, 2023
After smoothing the seams the panel lines needs to be scribed again on AZ model kits.
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April 4, 2023
Dragon's model will have an open canopy. The clear part is a bit too wide, or I squeezed the fuselage too narrow.
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April 4, 2023
SH got Eduard's masks while AZ model's mask is self-made.
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April 4, 2023
Planet models' Jumo 004 -jet.
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April 4, 2023
Pretty bad fit. Lots of thin black CA glue.
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April 4, 2023
HobbyBoss' BMW 003 -jet
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April 4, 2023
Dragon got this lower part that imitates cartridge ejecting holes.
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April 4, 2023
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April 5, 2023
Hobbyboss' jet intake needs some black CA-glue to fill gaps.
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April 5, 2023
Now all AZ models have a canopy.
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April 11, 2023
HobbyBoss' Salamander got its jet
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April 11, 2023
Dragon's engine parts on the left and SH's on the right. SH's parts are more accurate.
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April 11, 2023
These two cooling air intake scoops looked bad due the molding restrictions...
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April 11, 2023
... so I made new ones from a styrene sheet.
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April 11, 2023
Dragon's BMW 003 will be visible (open cowling) while SH's engine is basic closed. I figured to add wires for exhaust temperature sensors from 0,2mm lead wire.
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April 11, 2023
FROG's wings coming up. Two-piece wings needed lots of putty.
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April 11, 2023
AZ-model's A-2 got its wings, but the trailing edge has a huge gap.
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April 11, 2023
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April 11, 2023
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April 12, 2023
Engines take some time so I started to add wings.
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April 16, 2023
Dragon's BMW got its exhaust nozzle...
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April 16, 2023
...that had huge gaps between the nozzle and the engine frame. It is fixed now with 0,2mm styrene sheet.
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April 16, 2023
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April 16, 2023
AZ's C-variant's wings don't have excellent fit.
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April 16, 2023
AZ's D-variant has good enough fit , but aligning of the wings is mediocore.
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April 16, 2023
Just realized that wings should be added before engine. Fortunately the SH-kit has so good fit that I could add the engine lastly.
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April 16, 2023
Everyone has wings
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April 23, 2023
Dragon's elevator's span is too wide so I got an idea of using AZ Model kit's elevator, that is almost direct copy but has correct span.
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April 23, 2023
AZ Model's A-2 got also its H-tail. It was very laborious.
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April 23, 2023
C-model got the first V-tail.
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April 23, 2023
Special Hobby's H-tail was the easiest and the most accurate. 5/5. No need for any putty.
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April 23, 2023
Tail comparison.
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May 1, 2023
Plastic strips added to the AZ kits.
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May 1, 2023
Simple cardboard stands for every model.
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May 1, 2023
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May 19, 2023
Lindberg
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May 19, 2023
Dragon
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May 19, 2023
FROG/Revell
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May 19, 2023
HobbyBoss
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May 19, 2023
Planet Models A-8
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May 19, 2023
Special Hobby
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May 19, 2023
AZ model A-2
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May 19, 2023
AZ model A-9
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May 19, 2023
AZ model C-version
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May 19, 2023
AZ model D-version
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May 19, 2023
HobbyBoss will be painted first as a practice. Here pre-shading.
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May 19, 2023
I'm painting it French and testing AK's 3rd gen paint. Putting some dark yellow on "wooden" parts was a mistake.
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May 19, 2023
4 layers of blue and brush-painted black on the engine.
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May 20, 2023
Few details painted, first protective varnish layer and decals.
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May 20, 2023
I made a small mistake with Print scale decal sheet No. 72-247. It has French decals but only for the gray/bare metal No.1. The blue Salamander that I wanted to paint was No. 3. As a solution I printed myself these rudder text.
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May 20, 2023
Lindberg got black primer. For FROG I wanted to test gray primer, that I made mixing black and white. I'm using Vallejo's Acrylic-Polyurethane primers.
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May 26, 2023
Adding fuel dumping nozzle on Dragon.
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May 26, 2023
Adding fuel dumping nozzle on SH kit.
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May 26, 2023
Lindberg getting color.
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May 26, 2023
Splitter camo.
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May 26, 2023
Masks off
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May 27, 2023
FROG is being painted with A.MIG🤔 paints...
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May 27, 2023
Literal violet brown.
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June 11, 2023
Stall strips added on Dragon kit. SH-kit already has them.
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June 11, 2023
RLM76 under the AZ model A-2
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June 11, 2023
Masking upside and painting.
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June 11, 2023
AZ Models's A-2 painted with AK's acrylics. Maybe best RLM81 compared to Vallejo and especially A.mig.
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June 17, 2023
Dragon's BMW 003 engine needed more details and I wanted to be careful with the pipes. I took a picture of the model part, compared to the real engine and drew missing parts.
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June 17, 2023
Some small plastic parts added and some metal ones.
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June 17, 2023
1/3 of the wiring done.
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July 6, 2023
I wanted some heavy weathering with a dot filter. I'm using white, yellow and green.
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July 6, 2023
Landing gears in their places.
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July 6, 2023
Removing masks were not so simple as it usually is, because my liquid mask got stuck like a contact glue. After some quick research I tried to remove it with blue tack and it worked! No need for any solvents.
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July 6, 2023
Just when I thought the model would be ready it turned out to be tail heavy... My "quick" fix was to add tungsten balls into front wheel bay and the cockpit. The total weight of the balls was approx 2,5 grams.
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July 6, 2023
Canopy back in place and the Hobby Boss Volksjäger is ready!
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July 6, 2023
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July 6, 2023
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July 14, 2023
Lindberg is ready soon! Decals applied from Printscale sheet.
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July 14, 2023
I'm pushing this forward by weathering the landing gear after they have been glued in place.
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July 15, 2023
This model already had some lead weights in the nose, but it wasn't enough! >🙁 I had to add two tungsten balls into the nose gear bay.
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July 15, 2023
Lindberg Volksjäger is ready!
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July 15, 2023
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July 15, 2023
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July 18, 2023
Frog got decals from Printscale ark.
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July 18, 2023
I forgot that Frog's own decal sheet was decent with stencils so I added them,
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July 18, 2023
AZ model A-2 variant got its own decals.
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August 7, 2023
Similarly to Lindberg I just added black panel liner, then matt varnish and lastly removed masks.
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August 7, 2023
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August 7, 2023
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August 25, 2023
AZ-model's landing gear coming up. The main landing gear struts were removed from the sprue, smoothed and then glued into a sprue for easier painting.
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August 25, 2023
Planet models is getting more paint. Aluminium surfaces were masked with tape and Revell's liquid mask.
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August 25, 2023
I took a gamble and painted the AZ model A-9 with new AK's acrylic primer. It seems to be mask proof but it easily scratches.
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August 25, 2023
Added Vallejo's primers and preshading.
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August 26, 2023
AZ model's landing gears are very tricky.
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August 26, 2023
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August 26, 2023
Blue tack supporting the glueing of the landing gear doors.
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August 26, 2023
AZ Model A-9 is getting wild colors.
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August 26, 2023
Some yellow in A-9.
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August 26, 2023
Planet model's A-8 got its main colors and the masks were removed (not from canopy ofcourse).
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August 26, 2023
"Seam line putty" added with brush onto A-8.
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August 28, 2023
AZ model A-2 is completed!
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August 28, 2023
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August 28, 2023
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August 27, 2023
This Whiffie He 162 A-9 will have box-art look like it belonged to JV44.
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August 28, 2023
1mm tapes placed using blue tape as a gauge.
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August 28, 2023
Masks off after airbrushing red.
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August 28, 2023
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August 29, 2023
Planet Models' landing gear is a straight copy from Dragon's kit.
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August 29, 2023
A-8 and A-9 both got decals. In the background the AZ model's C-model had black primer and aluminium paint. It will be a bit similar to A-8.
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September 9, 2023
Now I noticed that the landing gear doors of AZ model don't fit in their place.
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September 9, 2023
As a resin kit Planet Models' A-8 is very tail heavy even though I added some lead weight into the nose gear bay...
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September 9, 2023
C-type progressing and I'm planning some templates for plywood decals.
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September 9, 2023
AZ model C-type getting a lot of masking for a reason.
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September 9, 2023
Most mask off for C-type.
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September 10, 2023
Planet Models' A-8 is ready!
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September 10, 2023
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September 10, 2023
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September 12, 2023
AZ model D-type got grey primer that was a mix of Vallejo's black and white primer.
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September 12, 2023
C-type was painted, then gloss varnish and then experimental plywood decals.
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September 12, 2023
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September 12, 2023
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September 12, 2023
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September 17, 2023
All plywood decals in place. Fit wasn't always perfect.
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September 17, 2023
AZ model D-type being masked.
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September 17, 2023
Some experimental pre-shading.
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September 17, 2023
C-type got its decals and D-type is getting more colors.
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September 17, 2023
A-9 getting its under carriage.
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September 17, 2023
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September 18, 2023
D-type mostly painted and masks removed.
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September 18, 2023
I messed up with C-type. I had applied "filter" on top of plywood decals and then I put masking tape on them for some minor fix. Decals are intack but the "filter" got peeled off.
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September 20, 2023
AZ model A-9 is ready!
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September 20, 2023
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September 20, 2023
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September 23, 2023
AZ model C- and D-type getting their landing gears. Hopefully these will be finished tomorrow.
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September 24, 2023
AZ model C- and D-type are completed!
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September 24, 2023
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September 24, 2023
All AZ model's Salamanders in the same picture.
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September 24, 2023
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October 19, 2023
SH and Dragon got Mr.Surfacer 1000 sanded and then some preshading.
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October 19, 2023
RLM76 underside
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October 19, 2023
Masking with tape and Revell's liquid mask.
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October 19, 2023
Dragon got Vallejo's RLM82, and SH got AK's RLM81 V2
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October 20, 2023
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October 20, 2023
Masking SH kit
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October 20, 2023
I was suspicious towards the idea of using decals for the nose stripes, so I painted them. I sacrificed one Printscale's stripe decal for mask making.
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October 25, 2023
More misuse of decals as masks 😄
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October 25, 2023
Most decals added. Stencils are mostly missing. Decals are mix of SH's, Dragon's and Printscale decals.
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October 25, 2023
Awful and strange disaster happened, when Humbrol Decalfix stripped some paint. It is fixed now.
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October 28, 2023
BMW 003 for Dragon kit has progressed.
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October 30, 2023
Left is Dragon kit's front landing gear, right one is Special Hobby's.
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October 30, 2023
Weathering ongoing and SH's model is getting landing gears. They fit nicely.
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October 30, 2023
Brake cable is added lead wire.
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November 3, 2023
Again the model was too backweighted, but luckily I could add some tungsten weights from the engine hole..
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November 3, 2023
Dragon's model also needed more nose weight. I could add some tungsten weights inside to the nose before adding the nose gear.
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November 3, 2023
On top there is the landing gear door from Dragon's kit and below the SH's one.
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November 3, 2023
Landing gears are in place
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November 3, 2023
Landing gears are in place, weathering is done and also matt varnish applied. So it is time for engine installation.
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November 3, 2023
Dragon's canopy masking worked well.
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November 3, 2023
Canopy support rod was stolen from SH kit because the Dragon's PE-part was too flimsy.
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November 3, 2023
Special Hobby's and Dragon's Volksjägers are completed!
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November 3, 2023
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November 6, 2023
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November 6, 2023
All together

Comments

130 20 February 2023, 21:06

Thomas Espe
👀

20 February 2023, 21:50

Robin (WhiteGlint)
👀 I'm in.

23 February 2023, 07:44

Łukasz Gliński
Wow, what a project! 👍

23 February 2023, 09:24

Alec K
Indeed. Taking a seat 👍

23 February 2023, 11:38

Carlos Martin
Really interesting, I'm in.

23 February 2023, 11:39

Jan Peters
Great to see this comparison, thanks for that 👍🏻
I have the dragon kit in my stash, which was criticized for having faults if I recall correctly.
Following this 👀

23 February 2023, 11:43

B. M.
Very interesting! I think nothing will come close to the one from Special Hobby.
I've built two of these and they went smooth. Nice details.
But who knows…I didn't check out the other kits in detail.
We will see here 🙂

23 February 2023, 13:18

Jan Peters
The SH kit is the newest tooling, and most their (newest) kits are really nice 👍🏻

23 February 2023, 13:36

Robert Podkoński
Interesting and ambitious. Joining the party!

23 February 2023, 14:35

S M
Thank you and welcome, gentlemen! I will try to remember to list all the faults the kits have in some point. This far it seems that the SH kit is the best in detail and shape, but this is partly because other kits are older and had bad references.

23 February 2023, 15:57

Cuajete
Interesting...
I recently scrapped the Dragon kit and bought the Special Hobby one. I hope i got it right.

23 February 2023, 21:24

Nikola
Thanks for sharing this interesting project with us 👍

24 February 2023, 10:35

Skyhiker
All 4 AZ models? How many kits are you making? I thought you were doing 7 different kits at the same time. So I'm confused. Are you doing 4AZ kits and 6 other kits as well?

24 February 2023, 10:44

Curatorm
Thanks for this work 🙂

I would just say that Salamander is not the name of the He 162 : it's Spatz, like on the Special Hobby boxart. Salamander is the name of the manufactury construction operation to build the Volksjäger and Volksjäger is the aircraft program that the Spatz won. Very simple indeed when you know it ^_^

24 February 2023, 14:43

Finn
Cool idea!

24 February 2023, 15:55

S M
@Skywalker yes I'm going to build all 7 different kits and also 3 other AZ kits (as variants A-9, C and D) so total of 10 models.

24 February 2023, 16:21

Jan Peters
That's some dedication to the type 👍🏻

24 February 2023, 18:31

Skyhiker
Good luck! I look forward to watching.

26 February 2023, 00:50

Pierre Pierre
following

26 February 2023, 04:53

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Following

26 February 2023, 07:30

Torsten
👀

26 February 2023, 14:17

S M
Welcome aboard, mates! 🙂 I finally got to start the Dragon's and the SH kit's cockpit and other interior parts. This far it seems that HobbyBoss, Planet Models and AZ Model have copied partly the Dragon kit.

26 February 2023, 20:44

Patryk S.
Following!

26 February 2023, 21:03

Cuajete
Thanks for the information S M. Good start! 👍

27 February 2023, 10:49

KollHBM
Following

19 March 2023, 22:11

S M
I have been very busy lately, but atleast one milestone milestone achieved as all models are at this state with (almost) completed cockpits and fuselages.

26 March 2023, 20:43

Robert Podkoński
Reminds this famous photo from underground factory... 😉 That's quite a challenge not to mix the respective parts, I suppose.

27 March 2023, 05:29

John Ballman
Wow.
Thats a lot of Salamanders.
JB

27 March 2023, 08:14

Carlos Martin
S M, I couldn't resit anymore, I bought a He 162 yesterday. Thanks for that. I went for the Special Hobby one, is it a good option? I know I should have waited a bit more, but I couldn't.

27 March 2023, 13:41

S M
Thanks, mates!
@podkon that photo from Seegrotte was my inspiration ;D
@Carlos Good choise! This far I could say that Special Hobby kit is the best. Not much details need to be added.

27 March 2023, 14:42

Alexander Grivonev
That is one way to do a groupbuild 😄 👍

27 March 2023, 15:15

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Oh dang, so many aircraft 👍 👀

28 March 2023, 20:10

Bernd Grün
Very interesting project. I'm looking for the final result. 👀

29 March 2023, 12:21

Nils G
Super interesting to see, definitely followed!
Makes me want to do something similar with a different Aircraft haha

4 April 2023, 23:01

S M
Thanks, Nils! 😄 I got this idea originally from another modeler who built simultaneously five different 1/72 Bf-109s kits.

5 April 2023, 08:45

Carlo
Great idea to use different kits of the same plane, following with interest.

5 April 2023, 14:29

Mirko Römer
Holy...!! Good luck!

5 April 2023, 17:45

Pietro De Angelis
Mamma mia what an assembly line!
Good work!😅

5 April 2023, 18:44

Lothar Linke
I will be attentive to your progress! this is going to be the JG

5 April 2023, 18:54

S M
Welcome, gentlemen! 😎

5 April 2023, 20:39

Cuajete
Good progress 👍

12 April 2023, 18:52

S M
Thanks, Cuajete! I had a lot of free time during easter 🙂

12 April 2023, 20:40

S M
Finish line is closing in. Every model has wings.

16 April 2023, 20:30

Jan Peters
Impressive lineup!

17 April 2023, 03:42

Robin (WhiteGlint)
So many jets! 👍

17 April 2023, 06:41

Cuajete
Wow

17 April 2023, 20:09

Robert
this is dedication.... 👍

1 May 2023, 18:30

S M
At last some new pictures. I have been very busy lately, but now I had some time to airbrush HobbyBoss model.

19 May 2023, 19:53

Łukasz Gliński
That blue looks amazing! 👍

19 May 2023, 20:49

S M
Thanks, Lukasz! It just got decals.

20 May 2023, 18:57

Robert Podkoński
This French livery looks really cool!

20 May 2023, 19:50

Cuajete
I agree with Łukasz and Robert 👍

21 May 2023, 18:42

Fritz01
Wow, great presentation. Thanks for sharing!

11 June 2023, 20:16

Sergej I
LOL at Mig RLM81 😄
Good progress on these Salamanders 👍

11 June 2023, 20:28

S M
Thanks, Fritz and Sergej! Well my mig paints are almost two years old so some of the pigments are stuck in the bottle.

12 June 2023, 04:43

Marius
I've been looking at your project since the start. That's a lot of work so far and it's looking really good!

17 June 2023, 21:11

S M
Thanks, Marius! This really is a lot of work and lately I haven't had enough free time to work with this. Fortunately it is mainly just painting and decals left for the models (except this Dragon's engine and landing gears...)

17 June 2023, 21:21

S M
After a long pause finally some progress images! I got the HobbyBoss Volksjäger ready! Only one workday left and then my vacation starts!

6 July 2023, 17:20

Jan Peters
Still following this monster project, love the french connection 👍🏻

6 July 2023, 17:49

Calvin Gifford
👍

7 July 2023, 00:54

Villiers de Vos
Nice progress.

7 July 2023, 03:27

S M
Thanks mates! Monster project is progressing as Lindberg Volksjäger is ready!

15 July 2023, 09:19

Jan Peters
Those rivets look awful, I guess it was acceptable in the 60ies 🙂
Still nice to see one this old being built, it turned out great 👍🏻

15 July 2023, 09:47

Matthew A
This is great

15 July 2023, 15:32

S M
I agree with the rivets. I didn't bother to remove them all neither fix some that got removed when sanding seam lines.

15 July 2023, 15:57

Jan Peters
I actually like the fact you didn't remove the rivets, gives it that vintage look 🙂

15 July 2023, 17:54

B. M.
I agree with Jan.
Plus it shows you the "raw" kit, since you're building to compare them.
So no enhancement. 😎

15 July 2023, 18:04

S M
Revell/FROG's Volksjäger is now finished. Similar treatment as with Lindberg's one.

7 August 2023, 11:49

Calvin Gifford
👍

8 August 2023, 17:35

Łukasz Gliński
Nice job on the "putty", reminds me of my Schwalbe 👍

28 August 2023, 12:36

S M
Thanks, Lukasz! It was indeed inspired by Schwalbe (atleast the color of the putty) and by late He 162s like W.Nr. 120231 "White 6" that was hurriedly assembled.

28 August 2023, 15:34

Jan Peters
White 6 is one on my to do list, 🙂
Great job again, I'm looking forward to more 😀

28 August 2023, 16:51

S M
AZ model's A-2 Volksjäger is now finished!

28 August 2023, 18:15

Robert Podkoński
Impressive paintjob on this "Papageistaffel" version, S M!

28 August 2023, 19:00

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

28 August 2023, 19:17

S M
Thanks! "Papagei Staffel" was new interesting information for me 😄

29 August 2023, 20:58

S M
Planet Models' A-8 Volksjäger is completed! It was so tail heavy that I had to glue it onto a pad. Now half of the He 162s are completed!

10 September 2023, 09:02

Jan Peters
Excellent 👌🏻
Can't get enough of these!

10 September 2023, 17:42

Calvin Gifford
👍

11 September 2023, 20:12

Łukasz Gliński
That PM one looks really grand 👍

11 September 2023, 20:12

Robin (WhiteGlint)
👀 👍

16 September 2023, 21:55

S M
AZ model's A-9 "Papageistaffel" Salamander is completed!

20 September 2023, 18:20

Robert Podkoński
Great job!

20 September 2023, 18:55

S M
Thanks, Podkon!

20 September 2023, 20:36

S M
Now all AZ model's Volksjägers (A-2, A-9, C and D) are completed! Only two kits left.

24 September 2023, 12:13

Marius
Congratulations for the great result so far and perseverence!

24 September 2023, 12:33

Rui S
Very nice collection 👍

24 September 2023, 12:44

S M
Thanks, Marius and Rui!

24 September 2023, 16:14

Jan Peters
It keeps on coming 👍🏻👍🏻

24 September 2023, 16:26

Łukasz Gliński
They look cool with these pointed beaks 😄

21 October 2023, 19:09

S M
Decals are almost done

25 October 2023, 21:10

S M
Gentlemen! I declare my Salamander project is finished. I completed my last SH and Dragon kits today. Better photos will come during weekend.

3 November 2023, 20:57

Robert Podkoński
Great job! I admire your perseverance too 🙂 (There is some funny effect on the open part of the canopy on photo #228 😄 )

3 November 2023, 22:01

S M
Thanks, Podkon! (Afterwards I'm wondering if I should had taken vacuformed canopy from Planet Models kit to get Nervenklau extra pretty...)

4 November 2023, 22:31

Łukasz Gliński
Ugh, now it's really hard to say which one is nicer 😄 Impressive collection 👍

7 November 2023, 14:43

Villiers de Vos
A beautiful line-up.

7 November 2023, 15:39

Simon Nagorsnik
Extensive... and excellent! 👍👍

20 December 2023, 18:30

Jan Peters
A labour of love 👍🏻

21 December 2023, 05:45

WAHO LEU
Great Job. I loving it.

21 December 2023, 06:09

S M
Thanks, mates! 😄

21 December 2023, 06:34

Patryk S.
Impressive result! Congratulations!

22 December 2023, 19:18

Cuajete
Very nice colored formation. Great job.
Congrats!

7 January, 19:49

Lost_Erik
Wonderful!

8 January, 01:36

Lochsa River
What a modeling journey

8 January, 02:09

Skyhiker
Dang, that's a lot of salamanders. Great job!

18 January, 13:35

Robert Podkoński
"Family values" photo looks great 😉

18 January, 13:55

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Great collection! Working on so many kits must have been quite exhausting.

22 January, 14:11

S M
Thank you all! It took about 9 months and the most boring thing was making the landing gears, but otherwise it was fun. I even got some new what-if ideas that I hope to get build soon.

22 January, 18:04

Marius
Congratulations mate for the perseverence, endurance and great collection! I like the "red 1" the most.

22 January, 19:33