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  1. This is an open lie. Everybody could check the net and find there photos of several complete kits. And on ALL of them the wing dihedral is zero. And, what is more, here http://scalemodels.ru/modules/forum/viewtopic_p_911432.html#911432 everybody interested could find comment of some user called Уокер, and this man wrote this: "Да не было там никакой чаечности. Верхнее крыло с поперечным V=0. Видимый на фото сбоку эффект от консолей имеющих стреловидность и съемки с точки значительно ниже и ближе чем снята модель. На других фото самолета ни спереди ни сзади не видно никакой чаечности. Верхнее крыло совершенно ровное". date: 10.09.2013, several months after the work on NV-6 kit was finished and first casts went on sale. Was he some other Уокер? Those who want could easily check this and find the proof that scalemodels' Уокер and Уокер who writes here is the same person. The next Уокер's post here tells even more about that nice, good-natured and admirable man, but this is not about models, sure. Let's forget this. But the third post is of much interest for modellers. On this photo you can clearly see the ABSENCE of the fifth exhaust pipe in the upper cut-out on the motor cowling and aft of it there are three slots of the ventilation "gill". Excellent photo that proves me right, thanks. Unfortunately, it is unlikely we will see some more. Even more unfortunate is that Уокер, who is no one other but Musa Zekoreev himself, now could be justly considered as a proven liar. May be I was not very gentle with him, but he acts definitely not like a gentleman. So enough on him, but if somebody has something to say about the kit - welcome.
  2. Igor, thanks Starter's hub on the propeller was painted dark metal shortly after the photos were taken. Accentuated panel lines and washing would have looked nice, but unfortunately this model is not with me anymore - I've given it to another person. But next time - why not?
  3. When the kit is on the wheels the wheel cowls doesn't touch the ground and aft bottom line of the cowl is parallel to the ground like on the real thing, or close to that
  4. I fully understand why I write here in English - and this have nothing in common with any politics. And reaction to my texts in Russian clearly shows me I do the right thing. Problems of Google translation are problems of Google, not mine. Sorry that it is a problem for somebody to understand what i write in English - but they seem not to get what is written in Russian too. :) So I will use English only until it is not prohibited by forum rules, please excuse me for that. As of Su - I'm invincible :) Now it is on the "shelf of doom" as one our Australian colleague called it, but one day it will be back, sure. To throw kit, however bad it is, into a waste bin is a sacrilege :) And Nakotne's one is... May be not good, but not a disappointing one ether.
  5. Good morning gentlemen! It’s so nice to see such a lot of interest to my humble person and even some - to the model I’ve built. Negative amount of interest in discussing model kit sets and their producers on the modelling site is a bit perplexing though; yet I found your comments quite deep and very encouraging. They tell so much about you all I have no words to praise your honesty enough. Thank you, thank you gentlemen, I’m touched. Enjoying your warm company and Sincerely yours, Snorry A. Tokay
  6. I was told Prop&Jet kits are perfect: high quality castings, excellent fit, total accuracy. Or something like that. So when a chance to build one arose I grabbed it – both the chance and a model. The latter one was Nikitin NV-6. I had known nothing about this aircraft before I started the kit – or went on with it, as some parts were already glued together by previous builder. The plan was to upgrade kit with some details I hoped to find on photos of the prototype and have fun with a nice-looking, small and apparently easy model. Then dreams were shattered by reality in the form of just 3 (three!) photos. I quickly realized that it was nearly impossible to correct all the flaws of the kit! I mean accuracy, as even if I found the fit not so perfect, the kit is easy to built as is. But to correct its shape… If you want an accurate representation of NV-6, you have to replace or modify almost all the parts, and this is resin, you know… So I had surrendered idea to improve the kit and proceeded with building “out of the box”. The only parts I made myself were the rudder (for original one was ruined by my predecessor and had quite unsatisfactory surface details) and cabane struts (for I was unable to install pre-painted resin ones and it was easier to put plastic ones instead – they do not need priming!). Also I attempted to correct the shape of the fuselage’s tail section, but not much prevailed. The result is still quite good-looking, but I can’t recommend this kit to those who think that model kits should be something more than just toys - an accurate representations of the prototype, for a change. Really I suspect that all Prop&Jet kits of obscure Soviet aircraft are of the same – and very low - degree of accuracy, so beware! Full – and very long - story of this build together with complete list of kit’s problems you can find here (in Russian).
  7. Recent updates. Im fighting for the Union (of fuselage, wings and jet nozzles), and rebellious steps, although standing bravely, are no match for 280 sandpaper and nailfiles and will be defeated soon. A lot of work still has to be done...
  8. May be this cause is a noble one, but I dont feel like to use another canopy on that. And bwana Novokits had offered me canopy from his Su-35 and I refused too. Thank you both, but this kit will have the canopy with which it was born and which it deserves. And by now I can see something through it, so it is declared transparent and will be more so with Glanzer or Future. I used plain cloth, and yes, tamiya polishing pastes and GOI cant do much here.
  9. Im working with this exactly because there is no other, Im enjoying the process and still think that it is possible to get a passable result
  10. May be I should try polishing with some smooth synthetic fabric? Previously I was dealing with Zvezda's canopy for FW-190 and everything went fine...
  11. Canopy is almost a disaster. I've tried polishing it, results are not encouraging. Well, I've rode of some scratches and fingerprints on outside surfaces, but there is a scratch inside and plastic is of very soft variety and not going transparent enough despite all my efforts. May be dipping in acrylic varnish would help? Folded wings? I've said... no, written in plain Ru... no, English, that And it will. So no canards, tail hook and folding wings, I have plenty of troubles already Current state is on the photo, I attached nose cone and made new, more pointed tip of the tail one. Wings sanding is in process.
  12. There is no beauty to see through the canopy but yes, it definitely would be polished. I cant do anything with the yellowish tint but it would shine. Like a fancy diamond
  13. Oh, spirit of scalemodels is alive and well But the same could be said about my Sukhoi. It finally has got the hen house aka cockpit. Not the best one, but now there is no yawning gap at the back and something looking more like a instrument panel at the front. Anyway, not a lot would be seen under the canopy even when it 'd be polished. Fuselage was glued together and now is drying and Im trying to do something with missiles.
  14. Not much. Here are some photos. First is a glimpse of how it was - intakes, interior and airbrake. Airbrake was stiffened and then glued into place - see second photo. Also on that you can see a small plug near fuselage's tail cone. It was done to make easy assembling halves of fuselage - upper was shorter than lower, now they're equal. Third photo - main landing gear before and after the Mole and disassembling. I hope tomorrow I'm finishing assembling of the interior. By the way, what colour it is? Some shade of light blue, I suppose.
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