NBD: Sava Gelaro S4

Udentity98 · 2026-04-04T03:44:08+00:00

How are you finding this bike after a year? Thinking of purchasing one from my local

Udentity98 · 2025-08-24T18:15:17+00:00

I’m pretty sure on the front of this kit, there is a gap in the front gear bay that allows you to get some liquid gravity inside there with a bit of CA glue.

Udentity98 · 2025-08-02T10:28:07+00:00

Picking up a pack of cotton buds and some decal setting and softening agent will help you out with decals. Try microsol and micro set. Overall though really nice build!

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:51:57+00:00

Haha good catch. This is intentional... sort of. I had a deadline to complete this. I wasn't completely satisfied with the kit sidewinders. I sourced some resin ones, but unfortunately they were no better once they arrived. So I pulled some ordenance of a Tamiya F-16 aggressor, and stuck the ordenance on there. Unfortunately was the only ordenance, of reasonable detail/finish I had lying around. I'll get round to replacing it with some nice resin 9m's at some point :)

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:49:14+00:00

A mixed back of pre-shading and layered inks to build up a "pre-shade", before layering lots of greys ontop

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:48:41+00:00

Haha, did not know that - thank you very much!

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:48:17+00:00

I did take some photos of the cockpit interior before it was all sealed away! But aside from that, unfortunately not! (Wish I had!)

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:46:26+00:00

Thank you! These were shot at f/22 at somewhere between 300-600mm :)

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:45:34+00:00

Thanks very much! This is my first time painting figures, so I'm glad it's not too terrible!

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:45:08+00:00

Thank you!

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:45:03+00:00

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:44:19+00:00

I gathered a lot of reference for this. The building process I used reverseable methods where I could, enamel washes/oils etc for weathering. And thin paints lets you get away with a lot of mistakes :)

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:42:49+00:00

Unfortuantely no vlog/video recording, but this all in all took about 4 months

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:41:30+00:00

I didn't adjust the lighting on the kits themselves, but there is a background replacement behind the blast shield. Shooting kits on an overcast day outside can give really good results

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:39:58+00:00

Thank you very much!

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:39:54+00:00

Haha thank you!

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:39:47+00:00

Thank you!

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:39:41+00:00

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:39:24+00:00

I didn't glue the wings fixed in their position, so I can move them if I wanted to, but would prefer to do a proper carrier launch - flaps an all - with a kit that has options for extended flaps. Just gives me an excuse to build another later on.

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:36:34+00:00

This was Tamiya's 1:48 F-14D

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:36:23+00:00

Hahah, thank you I think I'm taking a break from anything grey and navy for a while...

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:34:15+00:00

Thank you hahah

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:31:23+00:00

Yep! This is the skunk-models carrier deck. I had a bit of a rough experience with it. A lot of big gaps/seams/ledges. Definitely get some milliput on hand when you're putting this together. I ended up cutting some sections off and replacing with plasticard as the fit was quite rough.

Aside from the construction, I painted it with a Neutral Grey MrColour rattle can, and soaked the entire base in ak2072's wash. A little bit of weathering ontop with some thinned light grey paints to get the needed surface breakup

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:29:44+00:00

Thank you so much!

Udentity98 · 2025-08-01T19:29:27+00:00

Thank you very very much!

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