The fastest man alive
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64 7 December 2023, 08:47
Patryk S.Following! Have this one in my plans so watching with great interrest!
8 December 2023, 10:45
Robert PodkońskiYou're warmly welcomed Patryk! Keep in mind, nevertheless, that I am building her in the in-flight configuration (not that I am too lazy to construct the interior and undercarriage... I just do not like the awkward look of X-2 on ground... and still I am a bit lazy 😉 )
8 December 2023, 10:57
S MYou threatened to take this onto your bench and I'm glad you fulfilled it. Comparing your model's current state to my old pictures makes me wonder if I'm overusing putty xD
8 December 2023, 16:05
Robert PodkońskiWelcome, S M! Now I am working on wing roots...and a lot of putty is needed there 😉 In fact it was you who inspired me to tackle this kit - your model is fabulous. I am going for less 'used' look nevertheless... (I am not so well skilled to make a convincing weathering, to be sincere...)
8 December 2023, 20:03
Robert PodkońskiFeel warmly welcomed, Mates! @Łukasz - simply because I omitted fitting the interior pieces 😉
11 December 2023, 21:33
John HughesSo you're following the Lotus school of thought. To go faster, eliminate weight!
11 December 2023, 22:39
Robert PodkońskiFeel welcomed, Mirko. I will slow it down, for sure, when I will begin my work on the details...
12 December 2023, 18:35
Robert PodkońskiThanks SM! Vallejo Spray onto Mr.Hobby finishing surfacer. Did you encounter any problems with decals? I have almost completed coloured areas of the main airframe and will be starting decalling it.
16 December 2023, 18:50
Roland SachsenhoferInteresting project, valuable info and great progress- I am in, for sure!
16 December 2023, 18:57
S MThe decals were pretty good I think. I just made a mistake of not using my usual Humbrol decal fix solution, but experimented with other liquids. I had trouble to get them set into panel lines.
17 December 2023, 22:07
Robert PodkońskiThanks for your kind words, Patryk 🙂 Next step: details (landing skids, rocket engine "bells", etc...)
22 December 2023, 20:31
S MNicely moving forward 👍 strange that "star and bars" decal detached. Never happened to me with such big decal.
9 January, 22:17
Robert PodkońskiThanks for your kind words, S M 🙂 Actually, it was only quite a substantial fragment of the decal. Removing the rest was necessary, nevertheless. BTW, I have consulted your album and noticed another fairing on the other side of the plane - do you still have access to a photo of the real thing?
10 January, 06:45
Robert PodkońskiI am declaring the model finished. When starting the assembly I had no idea that there were so many things to be changed or reconstructed... Still, an enjoyable build (perhaps due to the fact I omitted the assembly of the interior and of the undercarriage 😄 )
15 January, 08:55
S MWell finished and fun in flight stance!😎 Sorry I forgot to look reference pictures about the other fairing.
15 January, 16:37
Robert PodkońskiThank you, S M, for your kind words 🙂 No worries - I have consulted some photos and it looks like these fairings and pipes were added or removed from flight to flight... I was going for something like desktop model, frankly speaking 😉
15 January, 17:38
Roland SachsenhoferGreat outcome! Inspiring - you will be my reference for my own attempt. Congratulations on this dynamically presented and really successful result!
15 January, 17:41
Marcin DudekI missed this one somehow. Well done! Very ingeresting object, as always 👏
23 January, 15:03
Robert PodkońskiThank you Ben, thank you, Marcin 🙂 Fortunately 'stars-and-bars' can be easily substituted 🙂
23 January, 15:08
Hanno KleineckeVery nice build and great choice of subject, beautiful result Robert !
23 January, 18:46
Patryk S.Congratulations on a great result! Good to see the kit done and fitting as I have this one also in my plans.
27 January, 19:22
Robert PodkońskiThank you again, Patryk 🙂 I did not install the interior and front wheel, so there is still room for experiments...
27 January, 22:03
bughunterNicely done, especially in this small scale!
Only an idea: Have you thought about a very light gray wash? Not because of dirt, just to create some light/shadows e.g. around the lids.
31 January, 09:33
Robert PodkońskiThank you, Frank, much appreciated 🙂 You're the second person suggesting the wash - perhaps I should try it 😉 (when she will come back home - now she resides on display at my LHS ...)
31 January, 10:27
Ludvík KružíkRobert, as always interesting model and nicely built model. 👍
I also join bughunter. A light grey wash would help the model to look even better. It's a simple method, but if you've never done it, I'd recommend trying it on a practice part first.
15 February, 09:15
Robert PodkońskiI will give her some light grey wash, I promise, Mates, as soon as she will get back home 😉
15 February, 10:32
Ludvík KružíkWhen it comes to highlighting panel lines, some modelers tend to highlight the lines with too much contrast. This makes the model look unnatural.
You have managed to find the right balance. The light grey wash makes the lines more visible, but does not look distracting. Well done! 👍
21 February, 15:57
Robert PodkońskiThanks for your kind words, Ludviku, much appreciated! In fact I was afraid that too dark panel lines would look distracting, but Tamiya Light Gray panelliner seems to work well in such cases 😉
21 February, 16:13
Robert PodkońskiThanks for your suggestions, Mates 🙂 I am really glad you like it.
21 February, 17:49
Jennifer FranklinAs everyone is saying, Robert, the wash looks amazing; great job!
22 February, 03:21
Album info
This is my second attempt to build a Bell X-2 "Starbuster" replica. The first involved the notorious Mach 2 model kit... impossible to build, at least for me. Since X-2 on ground had this awkward, tail-up, stance, I decided to build it "in-flight".
