Zlin Z-226 MS Trener - completed
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36 27 December 2022, 17:10

After a long break I reactivated the project; unfortunately I lost during construction the cowling face and had to wait replacement of Eduard (thank you Eduard for the excellent customer support🙂🙂🙂🙂) Now the plane is ready for the first coat of paint.
27 December 2022, 17:22

Your canopies always turn out so well, Bernhard.
Do you dip them or prepare them in some way?
30 December 2022, 04:49

Good morning Lochsa. Thx for your praise. As usual I don't use fluids like Future. Eduards clear parts are perfectly done, thin, distortions free so I used them without adds or extras. Applied Eduards masks, airbrushed first coat in light grey (semimatt = important), second coat with off white and at last yellow (both semimatt).
30 December 2022, 06:08

Very precise indeed.
There is quite a big gap at the horizontal stabilizer between the fixed part and the control surfaces. Is it intended that way?
30 December 2022, 09:07

Moin Michael. Es war nur für die Dauer der Lackierung: damit die Farbe (besser) an die Kante kommt. Der Spalt ist inzwischen weg. 🙂
30 December 2022, 09:28

Thank you Michael, Stefan and Alec. By the way: this kit contains also decals with removable carrier film. I recommend to wait with this task about 12 hours until the "decal paint - coat" hase settled. It's a bit tricky to lift off an edge of the carrier film but I used an old scalpel with a round tip (old = blunt = sanded with 1500 grit SP).
2 January 2023, 13:43

Ahh beautiful overall look, the usual high-end paintjob, these great decals look like they've been painted, together they make a very realistic looking
surface- texture. 👍
2 January 2023, 14:07

Der Bausatz macht es einfach so ein schickes Modell auf die Räder zu stellen. Bernhard kann das mit links. Der Spiegel auf dem Cockpitdach, den machts Du auch noch? 👍
9 January 2023, 20:22

A Beauty - excellent build. Einfach toll wenn man durch das Album blättert....👍
10 January 2023, 06:58

a very clean and precise build. Even makro proof. But maybe there is a bit of room for optical improvement at the exhaust stack.
10 January 2023, 11:49

Thanks for the nice comments.
By the way: this is the advantage if you all sit in the front row: you see everything much better🙂!
I forgot the mirror and I had no desire at the exhaust. I'll do tomorrow, I promise🙂
10 January 2023, 16:43

As "promised" I added the forgotten mirror and a little bit grain on the exhaust tube. 🙂
12 January 2023, 16:58