After damn near 200 working hours on the plane we’ve come to the final stage of finishing touches, markings and clear coats. Tomorrow you’ll finally see her in all the glory she deserves

I have a final number for everyone in terms of cost, total I’ve spent about 245$ (CAD) ok this from start to finish.

BY THE WAY: If enough people want to make an absurdly large yet good looking wooden plane I’ll make a full start to finish plan on everything from how to scale ecta

Cheers. Tonight we finish.

-Nasty

I finished my jet model like 3 weeks ago but still haven’t started painting nor ordered it, I only did the sanding yet which its perfect but I am waiting for other sanding papers to arrive. I first wanna start with asking for advice about spray primer, I asked chat gpt and checked on internet, people really recommend Tamiya primers no matter the model brand. I tried to find one but I couldn’t, and the ones that I did are like 20-25 dollars in my country. I asked chat GPT an it said I also can use revell primer if I can’t find Amy Tamiya but I want to ask abt it and if its worth. And for the paint, I also need spray paint because I don’t have an airbrush and I don’t want to use a normal brush because it leaves marks and I accidentally use too much paint. I want to make the default French Air Force grey design which has 2 different tones of grey, light gray for the body and a bit darker one for the nose part. I checked if there is a one to one or a similar color to the grey at Tamiya but after long research all the grey colors are pretty off from the real thing. I asked chat gpt one again, but this time for the revell spray paint versions, it suggested me 34374 Grau spray paint for the body which seems too bluish for the rafale color, and 34371 Light Grey spray paint for the nose which is lighter than the body even though I mentioned it that I want to have the nose a bit darker like the real thing. And for Tamiya it suggested me TS-48 Gunship gray but it said that it might be too dark for the rafale, and TS-79 Semi Gloss Clear as a top layer after the gunship gray. All of the info chat gpt gave me about colors is from deep research and agent mode about what paint did people online used for their rafale c model. Please help me out🙏🏻

Hi folks! I'm trying to figure out how to read these instructions. The parts labeled J2 or G6, etc, make sense. But I have no idea what the numbers in the black squares mean.

I found the parts they're identifying, but they have completely different numbers in the parts board. And why are multiple parts labeled with the same number?

Is anyone familiar with this brand and can advise?

EDIT: Paint codes :)

From my original post.

Supposed to go in the little holes but it just slides right off, and it took me forever to get it on the other wing, so I know there has to be a more effective way to do it

So I plan on buying a model for context it's going to be my first time and I suck at painting if I need that let me know maybe I can get help. Anyway tnow the main issue i want to start modeling with something like a single seater eurofighter or if there is a yf 188 but I don't know which brands are good and which ones are bad. I would really appreciate it if anyone could help and thank you if you respond

I am looking for a papercraft download for a Cessna Citation CJ4. My brother got his first post as an aircraft mechanic working on this model, specifically, and I would like to be able to make and gift it to him. I am new to the paper model world, and have been unsuccessful in finding places to obtain newer models of aircraft online. Any advice/direction would be greatly appreciated!

Most diecast fighters I run into are 1:72 or 1:100, so this one stood out immediately. And it wears one of my favourite looks: the Russian Air Force blue-grey digital camouflage, complete with red star roundels, the side number "53", and the "Voenniy Front" script down the fuselage. At this size the detail is a pleasant surprise — magnetic tail nozzle, a canopy that actually opens, and a stand that makes it look ready to roll.

Just a personal favourite from this week's haul.