Cuajete
The new mold... Following!
How does it fit?

Andrea Brenco Autore
Welcome! Fit is nearly perfect but it requires great attention, no room for mistake! I will write more soon!

Andrea Brenco Autore
Added some comments in the pictures

Cuajete
Thanks, Andrea 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
Interesting to follow this build! Curious to your findings.

Andrea Brenco Autore
Thanks Patrick and Cuajete!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following Andrea 👍

Łukasz Gliński
That's great mottling, wish I could do it so well

Moreno Baruffini
I totally agree with Lukasz... Vorrei avere anche solo la metà delle tue capacità caro Andrea!

Cuajete
I also agree with mates... Nice mottling!

Andrea Brenco Autore
Thank you mates, I appreciate your comments!!!
I just need to find a better feeling with Gunze Mr. Hobby when airbrushing small spots and lines, I prefer Tamiya for this but Gunze has a better color choice.

Sebastian Meyner
Following 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
I love those Gunze paints! Highly diluted and with low pressure wonderful results can be achieved.

Fritz01
You gave already a lot of very useful hints concerning the built. Waiting for more. Following.

Andrea Brenco Autore
Thanks guys!!! Decaling is approaching the finish line now...

Alec K
Looking great Andrea 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
Marvelous! The sanding really blended in those decals. They look like they've been panted on now. 👍

Andrea Brenco Autore
Thank you Alek and Patrick, glad you notice it!

Jv
Amazing

Andrea Brenco Autore
Thanks, Jv

Cuajete
Very nice job. Congrats!

Fritz01
Superb finish!

Guy Rump
Beautiful job Andrea. 👍

Andrea Brenco Autore
Cuajete, Fritz and Guy, really appreciate! Thank you very much

Neuling
A masterpiece.

Alec K
Beautifully done 👍

Andrea Brenco Autore
Thanks Alec and Neuling, you are too kind!

Spanjaard
wow. when i saw pic 36 i thought it was a reference picture. excellent

Guillaume Blanchet
Very impressive. Good work!

Sebastian Meyner
Very impressive mate 👍

Andrea Brenco Autore
thank you Guillaume and Spanjaard, every now and then it happens that I take a better picture than the other, but still I have to figure how!!!

gorby
Fantastic photography. They look like authentic period photos!

Andrea Brenco Autore
Thanks Gorby, I like that photos too!!!

Neil Patrick
Brilliant Andrea! Sorry I am late to the show, but its good to be able to see the start to finish in a single sitting. Fantastic craftsmanship as usual. Love it.

Andrea Brenco Autore
Thank you very much, Neil! Never too late, I appreciate your comment!

Stephen Lesley
Wow, that is amazing. When I first looked at the pictures I thought it was in 1/48 scale. It's only looking at your project photos that I saw it's 1/72! Brilliant.

Andrea Brenco Autore
Stephen, thanks a lot!!!

Guy Rump
Beautiful build Andrea. 👍

Bernd Grün
Outstanding result and perfect photography, Andrea. I'm looking to buy this kit. How was the building progress?

Andrea Brenco Autore
Please forgive me Guy and Bernd if it takes me so much to thank you, sometimes I didn't notice the notification at first sight and then they slip to far!
Bernd, I hope you find the text in the pictures self explanatory, but if you need more info please let me know.
Ciao
Andrea

Pietro De Angelis
Beautiful job!

Andy Ball
Late to the party, but I've brought a bottle to toast the build! Fantastic!

Olivier
Thanks for the step by step tuto.
The result is really impressive.

Andrea Brenco Autore
Cheers Andy!!! Many thanks!
And thank you Olivier and Pietro too!
Ciao!
Andrea
P.s. Pietro, nice bike...

Stefan Schacht
very nice model 👍

Andrea Brenco Autore
Thank you very much, Stefan!

Neil Patrick
Just glorious Andrea! Thank you for sharing all your experiences and tips for this kit.

Andrea Brenco Autore
thanks again for your comment, Neil! My pleasure!

Rui S
Great work 👍

Andrea Brenco Autore
Thank you very much Ruy and Trez!
@Trez Mackenzie : could you be more precise about that inaccuracy regarding the D-11? I gave a quick check at my references ( Japo part I and Crandall vol II) but in both books I found the same bottom wings with one ejection chute for the motor cannon that was never mounted, and some prototype using a spinner with the cannon hole, but production had normal spinner.
Maybe the problem is that the instruction show the wrong spinner, but there is the right one on the same sprue.

Andrea Brenco Autore
You are right Trez, I checked the D-11 boxing and in the instruction there is the same mistake.
Let's see the bright side of this: the plastic parts are correct and all the needed one on the sprues, it is only a problem due probably of a "copy and paste" done by the graphic guys...
But I am very happy you pointed it out because I will probably not notice in the building process, thank you very much!

Transall NG
@ Trez Mackenzie
You are right on every points !
A Ta-152 would be a bestseller without any doubt !
Sadly, their website isn't running perfectly, at least for me, and Kaspersky doesn't like it at all !! 🙁