Wings of the red star-- 1/72 Tupolev ANT 25

[yak face]

final coat of klear is on , venturi tubes and mudguards fixed . Last few jobs now are fix the exhausts , rigging on the tailplanes and aerial and glazing the side windows with Kristal Klear then its done at last. cheers tony

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[Gern]

First class recovery on those decals Tony. I'm well impressed!

Gern

[The Migrant]

Great gloss finish, Tony. Do you brush or spray the Klear?

[InFlames]

the finish line is in sight! Great job! I don't think I have ever seen a model of ANT-25 before...

[Dave W]

Looks fantastic Tony.Surprising what you can hide under a good coat of paint!.The undercarriage looks too delicate for this kit company.Did you have to scratch build some of it?.

[yak face]

Thanks guys , @ mike , I always brush the Klear , it had a good glossy base from the Halfords aerosol so that helped with the finish. @ Dave , yes the undercarriage is all original , there are some very fine details in this kit , once youve separated them from the flash !!!! cheers tony

[yak face]

Well its finally finished!! I cracked on tonight and got the exhausts on , windows glazed , rigging done and the position lights added on the wings. I'm calling it done, its far from perfect but its good enough for me and its got to be worth the £3 . I paid for it! Heres a couple of pics to round off this thread , hopefully I can get some more over the next few days (light and rain permitting) and put them on a 'completed' thread , thanks to everyone whos been following , Cheers tony

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[tr1ckey66]

Hi Tony

I was beginning to think that this was one helluva glider!!! Now the spinny thing is on the front it all makes sense!

Well done mate you came, you swore, you conquered. You've got real perseverance, a lot of this build would have tested a saint's patience and I salute you sir!

It's a fantastic finish to a very, very unusual aircraft. The paint work is superb and it was such a shame about the decals, but then you saved that disaster.

Top stuff.

Paul

[flyjoe180]

Super stuff, off to find the completed thread when you post it to see this beast in it's glory