Belgian Alpha Jets KP/ ASK

The ASK kit with the decals, those of SYHART are more complete. The sprues are from KP 

The second ASK kit with its decals. 

The wings need some sanding and putty filling 

The tail too needs clean up and sanding, no location pins, careful matching is required 

The undercarriage bay with my replacement 3D printed legs 

There is an ugly gap at the cockpit bay. To be filled with plastic card 

Carefull trimming is required to match upper and lower fuselage 

cockpit installed with PJ ejection seats (MB mk10) and extra details. Put some weight below the cockpit floor to avoid a tail sitter. Canopy added 

Second attempt : pink/magenta primer as undercoat for yellow. This time I will paint the wings and fuselage before the final assembly  

This is what it should be 

or this... 

The yellow seems OK (Lifecolor UA140) 

masking for the black parts 

some damage when removing the masks  

damage repaired and red areas painted, nose strikes in PE 

frontview 

top 

side 

bottom 

next decoration : AT-05 7sqn 50 years 

I got this bottom view through the Beauvechain museum : 1winghistoricalcentre.be/  

wings and fuselage painted separately 

my "home made" decals 

"gold" lines applied 

The decals need some corrections. I will have to reprint and them and redo it 

bottom view : still some corrections needed 

AT-03 or AT-25 in 1994-1996 special colours 

decal preparation 

partly assembled and white coat applied 

painting and decalling progress 

model almost finished, some corrections needed for the decals ( to reprint 

the next one : AT31 special livery for 45 years 7 sqn 

masking made for red on white : first use of Abteilung 502 Liquid mask , apparently much easier to use than Maskol 

Red and white applied 

cockpit detail with 3d parts 

decal with lines 

top view 

3 special Ajets at Plastic & Steel 2022 exhibition 

AT-31 in 1995 special livery 45 years 7 sqn, right side 

AT-31 in 1995 special livery, left side 

and bottom view 

teh next one = AT18 in 1999 livery 20 years service in 11 sqn 

final result , difficult build, I can't do better 

"gold" paint is not a succes 

top view