F-84 FAF 1-AG

Alex K
I would be tempted by the Yugoslav example... but of course it's your model! Taking a seat...

Łukasz Gliński
I am too 🙂 Having better decals, Heller kit and plans to buy HB set one day as well.

Thomas Espe
Taking a seat as well, having the Heller kit in my stash.

Cuajete
Łukasz, your fondness for old and difficult molds amazes me... Weren't there any Academy or Tamiya kits available? I'am a fan of you 😄
Following! (one more time 😛 )

Łukasz Gliński
Glad to read your comments Thomas & Cuajete. Unfortunately I have bad news - I inspected the kit and the canopy is missing 🙁
Wondering what to do now:
- use the Inplast set with recessed panel lines and sacrifice the Heller boxing, by stealing the canopy;
- use the Heller set with raised panel lines and leave the Inplast set for the Archive X.

Daniel Klink
Oldietime...iam in!

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome Daniel 👍 Well, I decided to steal the canopy from Heller set and stick to Inplast sprues for their recessed lines (and sentiment!). Need to find a reasonable driver too.

Cuajete
Will Heller's canopy fit well into Inplast's?

Łukasz Gliński
You made me check it Señor 😄 Yes, it does indeed. Turns out it's a pirate copy, but a good one 😄

Cuajete
😄 😄 😄 👍

Maciej Bellos
Having built one with my daughter, I say you are a hero to tackle this.

Watching!

Łukasz Gliński
Good choice my friend, the kit is really good for it's age and origin 🙂

Skyhiker
You could have cast a new canopy from the other kit by making a mold and using clear two part epoxy.

Łukasz Gliński
Indeed, but that would require a lot of effort. And I decided I won't build the Heller thingy with the raised lines.

Rui
I have that Heller kit planned a Portuguese Airforce livery so I'm watching with great interest.

Jan Peters
This is an exercise in masochism Lukasz... But good to see you refuse to give up on it.

Łukasz Gliński
Thank you both. Well, this particular set seems to come from two different series, as the kit is not symmetrical indeed. However the previous one was much better and I built it twice actually 😄
F-84G by Inplast | Album by Woody (1:72)

Cuajete
3 Inplast kits??
Łukasz you are definitely the master of hard and vintage kits... having cheap Academy, Hobby Boss and Tamiya 😄

Łukasz Gliński
Surprise my friend, here the Tamiya and Academy are really hard to find 😛 Italeri seems to be most limited of them all.
Kits were actually 2, but I restored the US one few years ago.

Robert Podkoński
You're a hero Łukasz. I remember building this kit and it is one of the most horrific monsters ever...;) Keep it up, really good work so far!

Łukasz Gliński
Wait Robert till I go for the Czapla 😉

Patryk S.
Looking good! Love your vintage builds!

Robert Podkoński
Czapla is much much better IMHO, Łukasz - the only worse kit I know is this one:
PZL-23A Karaś (RUCH , 1:72).

Maciej Bellos
Robert, there is also that PZL P-50... 😉

Łukasz Gliński
Robert, Czapla is bad, it discouraged hundreds of beginners in this country 😄
Maciej, I built it too, ages ago, looks and feels like a soap, not styrene 😄 And dat glass, oh man! 😄
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Robert Podkoński
Come on, Mates, I've build both (and with respect to Czapla, many times 😉 in my youth)... of course I do not say that these models resembled something finally 😄

Łukasz Gliński
As far as my memory reaches I don't think I completed it. Perhaps I should give it a try? 😛

Andy Ball
Oh my…., respect for the task you've set yourself!!

Robert Podkoński
@Łukasz: I am not sure if I managed to keep the symmetry on my Czaplas then 😉 All in all, it is quite a complex machine to assemple with its parasol wing and multi-strut fixed undercarriage... Maybe we should launch the Czapla Build Group here one day? 😄

Łukasz Gliński
@Andy: Thank you and godd to see you here 🙂
@Robert: Hmmm, tempting indeed. I think I need second kit, one might be not enough to build a single plane out of it 😄

Robert Podkoński
At least they are cheap and easily available 😉

Cuajete
Łukasz, good job with P-50. I have that kit and I can confirm that the canopy is the worst I have ever seen. I hope that one day I will be able to get a vacum copy because I don't know if I will be able to sand and polish that plastic chunk, 😄

I'm sorry that it is not easy to get Academy or Tamiya in Poland :/

Łukasz Gliński
As far as I recall I tried to use the transparent plastic as a replacement, as its canopy is not round at all (at least that was the knowledge I had while building it). That's a bit of OT, isn't it? 😄

Robert Podkoński
@Cuajete: generally Tamiya and Academy kits are available in Poland, yet they are relatively pricey here and new offerings arrive a bit later than in other EU countries (the same is with respect to Airfix kits - I am still waiting for a HP 42 to arrive to my LHS...and I live in a big city...)

Cuajete
Thanks, Łukasz and Robert 👍

Bruce Huxtable
How on Earth did they get the wings soo wrong? Respect to you, for taking on the correction 👍

Mirko Römer
A tough project needs a tough man! Looking great so far!

Łukasz Gliński
Thank you mates. My guess is the sprues come from different molds or production series. Still, it's a sentimental build, not the best in class 😉

Robert Podkoński
You're a wizard, Łukasz!

Łukasz Gliński
Thx, that might be due to my love for the old kits 😉

Cuajete
I agree with Robert 😉

Bruce Huxtable
Looking spectacular already, Lukasz 👍🙂

Thomas Kolb
Starting to look really good!

Łukasz Gliński
Thank you and welcome. Finished the main painting today, the "Italian" red looks outstanding, doesn't it?

Thomas Kolb
I see, you are seriously improving your airbrushing skills. The finish (both the metal and the red) looks really neat!

Jan Peters
I agree, nice and tidy paintwork

Skyhiker
Some rough orange peeling going on there.

Łukasz Gliński
A bit indeed Hawkeye 😉 Still, it's gonna be weathered and at least semi matt in the end, so I keep cracking on.

Cuajete
Cellulite is easier to solve on plastic than on human skin 😉
Nice painting job, Łukasz!

Łukasz Gliński
Gracias amigo 🙂
Bummer! The Heller decals turned out to be simply out of register 🙁 That means it won't be a quick build, I need to source them from somewhere.
The Inplast set doesn't help (see pic #1) 😄
Anybody having spare Italeri kit maybe? 😉

Patryk S.
I have one in the stash, I can give you the french decals from the kit, as I plan to do an USAF plane. Let me know if You want them. Great build so far!

Łukasz Gliński
I'd gladly hug them 🙂 (preferably together with the Italian set)

Patryk S.
No problem. Pm me please.

Thomas Kolb
Oh, that's some cool and super friendly model builder cooperation there! Nice!

Patryk S.
It would break my heart not to see this model finished Thomas 😀.

Łukasz Gliński
Reinforcements have arrived 🙂 Hope to use them "asap as possible" 😉

Alec K
This is turning out awesome 👍

Guy Rump
Looking good 👍

Thomas Kolb
Those are some colorful decals! Can't wait to see it finished!

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks y'all.
The decals are on, thanks to quick shipment from Patryk. Currently drying after being covered with Micro Sol 🙂
Thomas, the most colourful ones belong to the Italian version, but I asked Patryk for them too not without a plan 🙂

Jan Peters
The reinforcements are looking good against the bmf Lukasz 👍🏻

Cuajete
Looking so good, Łukasz 👍

Cuajete
Very nice, Łukasz 👍
This one can shade Tamiya's 😛
Congrats!

Robert Podkoński
It is unbelievable what you have done on a basis of this kit, Łukasz... It must have been around 1989 when I first got it in my hands and still remember it well... Chapeau bas!

Patryk S.
Congratulations! Great outcome as always!

Neuling
I agree with Patryk!

S M
Good job with this old kit👍

Łukasz Gliński
Many thanks for your kind response 🙂 My memory used to tell me it's not a bad kit, but this one was a tad asymmetrical to say the least 😉

Jan Peters
Excellent result from this oldie Lukasz 👍🏻

Alec K
It's a vintage beauty 👍

Thomas Kolb
Those decals sure turned out great! What a nice aircraft! Clean and appealing end result from this old kit!

Skyhiker
Very nice.

Łukasz Gliński
Really glad to read all your comments, thanks once again 👍

Gordon Sørensen
Great looking Thunderjet, Lucasz! I have a couple of older Heller boxings in the stash too.

Andy Ball
Thunderstruck!
Boom!!

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks, it's all that nice thanks to Patryk's support 👍.
Heller kit is way better detailed with two notable exceptions: raised panel lines and decals out of register here and there.

Łukasz Gliński
Caught a glimpse of the winter sun today, so you can enjoy the usual hangar pics. Really hard to take pics on these shortest days of the year.

Djordje Nikolic
Great looking Thunderjet!

Guy Rump
Great result 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Thx, I like it too 🙂

Alec K
Lovely pics Lukasz. Have a great holidays mate 👍

Maciej Bellos
Great result Łukasz!

Happy Holidays!

Cuajete
Beautiful sun-pics, Łukasz!
Happy Christmas to all mates! Enjoy it, but careful with massive infections.

Łukasz Gliński
Thank you mates. Fingers crossed they won't lock the Spain down I plan to go there soon.

Cuajete
You're welcome, but take care. Omicron's incidence curve has started out strong here, despite high levels of vaccination (here we are in the sixth wave). I hope that when you come, the infections curve has dropped to pre-Omicron levels in Spain. No drastic measures no strong restrictions are being taken to avoid contagions, so these will rise long after the holidays.

Łukasz Gliński
Planning to spend just few days around the Three Kings in the south, fingers crossed.
Sorry for OT 🙂

Cuajete
I hope you enjoy those days. You can take the opportunity to take photos in your hangar with the southern sun 😄 😛

Łukasz Gliński
Nah, the hangar stays home 😉

Cuajete
Then you can get spanish sand for the possible future Dreaming of Barra's display base 😛