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Spanjaard
looking really good so far!

Alberto
Very promising start, I'm in

Jan Peters
Following this 👀

Christoph Kunz
Will take a seat in the back.

Scot R
I've gotten a couple items from Rise144 now. They are great in both product and service.

Spanjaard
that ia very good news!

BetterTimes-Henry
Great start. Watching.

Rui S
Nice work 👍

Sebastian Meyner
Fantastic work....especially in this scale 👍

Thomas K.
Stark 👍

Rui S
Nice work 👍

VERY BAD CHIPPING
Definitely!

Rui S
I Like it 👍

Sarah-Jane
Hello, I'd say look at the Tamiya F1 cars from the 90's, they fit better than the early ones and don't have all the aero pieces of later cars, the Leyton House for example as really nice to build and aftermarket decals can be sourced if need be.
I do actually like that Mclaren as it is 🙂

Andrzej Rygiel Auteur
Thank you, Sarah-Jane! I'll check them out.

Guy Rump
Looks great, congrats! 👍

Mr D
Looks great, nice all-round job.
👍👍

Neuling
A agree with Villiers.

Ben M
What a great result!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work. I like the weathering.

Neuling
Same as Viliers!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Dash Rendar
Great work! Looking really good.

J35J
Great work & detailing!

Andrzej Rygiel Auteur
Thanks J35J! I just finished this project, adding couple of quick phone camera photos here. I'll add a proper gallery later on.

Villiers de Vos
A nice build with restrained weathering. Very nice work.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

gorby
Lovely job!

Mr D
Nice 👍 Nice..... really like it, great looking bird the 190 and formidable appointment by all accounts 👌 good stuff 👍👍

Villiers de Vos
Beautiful finish.

Torsten
Follow 👀

Villiers de Vos
Fantastic work.

Sergej I
Beauty! 👍

Andrzej Rygiel Auteur
I got this kit as a Christmas gift when I came back to the modelling hobby. At first, I felt enthusiasm and nostalgia, the original Su-25K 1/48 kit from OEZ was one the best ones I had the pleasure to build as a teenager loooong time ago. But then the reality hit - the SMER release is nowhere near as good as I remember the original OEZ kit, it looks like they changed the original moulding a bit and definitely weren't keeping it maintained properly. The amount of flash is astounding and on some of the elements it was almost indistinguishable where the actual part ends and what is the flash you need to remove. The white plastic feels "weird", it's very soft, you can shape it easily but I have some doubts if the Tamiya extra thin cement wouldn't have some longer-term effect on it... The general fit is not great, feels a lot like a short run kit. It's definitely not for the heart fainted...

Anyway, I didn't want to let my original gift-giver down and took the challenge head-on! The Eduard's PE sets add a lot of details that are otherwise poorly represented or missing completely. I'm not going to open the canopy so the original equipment + the interior PE set will do just fine here. I am also going to purchase the FOD covers and RBF sets from Quickboost, as it would take an inadequate time for me (not mentioning my lack of the skill required to do that 😄) to model the engines and other details, they will be covered.

I'm pretty sure once (and IF) I finish this fella I'll be so happy to come back to my Eduard or Tamiya stash items (someone called models like that one very good for keeping your "Tamiya appreciation factor" high, I cannot agree more 🙂 ).

Cristian A
Great progress so far. Coming back to the hobby feels really good, taking a seat on the Frogfoot build 👍