LSP_Kevin

Great stuff, John! Kev

Pilot looks great! Kev

Nice work, Håkan! Kev

Elegant solution, Andy! Kev

Not a member here that I'm aware of. He works for AMMO/MIG/WHATEVERTHEY'RECALLEDTODAY, mostly as a modeller and writer. Some years ago he penned a 5-volume aircraft modelling encyclopaedia for them, which I reviewed here back in the day. This is Volume 3: https://www.largescaleplanes.com/reviews/review.php?rid=1610 Kev

That's an awesome paint job! Kev

Looks good, Mike! Kev

Very nicely done, Kriss! Kev

Forgot to plug my review here: https://www.largescaleplanes.com/reviews/review.php?rid=2559 Kev

Nice progress, Max. Kev

Yeah, I'm not buying this one. Well, if they get released, I'll buy them! But I'm not buying the rumour. Kev

Excellent work! That prop spinner looks great. Kev

So, with the Minicraft build out of the way, it's full steam ahead on this one. I tried rescribing the panel lines and flying surfaces in the wings, but made a complete hash of it, and filled it all in with a CA/talc mix and moved on. Given that the goals of this build are to hone my skills with regard to vacform kits, and produce a companion Ed Force One aircraft for the display cabinet, spending days on rescribing the wings and/or fuselage was getting a bit off track. My scribing skills are as rusty as my scribing tools, and the ancient plastic on this kit is not amenable to either. Maybe next time! So with that out of the way, I decided to head straight into the painting stage: Well, technically, it's still the priming stage, as it's had a rather heavy coat of Mr. Base White 1000. The mistake I've made on my recent crop of airliner builds has been to go straight to my favoured SMS White, but it takes too many layers to build up to full opacity. I'd forgotten the days when I used to use Tamiya Pure White decanted from a rattle can, and would build the opacity up with a white primer first, and just use the Tamiya paint as a finishing coat. I'm a slow learner at the best of times, but having to learn something twice is just embarrassing! Anyway, it all came back to me while painting the Minicraft kit, so this time I'll be building up the opacity of the white with the Gunze primer, which should take far fewer coats, and allow me to still attend to flaws along the way. I'll give the whole thing a rub down between coats, and I'm hoping not to have to do more than two. The wings might already be good, since they're going to be light grey anyway. More soon! Kev

I’m pleased to announce that our very first Build Guide, Building the Wingnut Wings AEG G.IV Late in 1/32 Scale, has just been updated to v1.5. And to celebrate, for the next 7 days, we’ve reduced the price to a mere 12 Australian dollars! For the curious, this update includes a few typographical tweaks, some minor layout improvements, and a couple of upgraded images. This a free update for all existing purchasers, and of course new purchasers will always receive the latest version of any of our books. In order to obtain your free update, simply re-download the book using either the original download link in your Order Confirmation email, or log in to your KLP account and download it from the Downloads section of your profile. If you don’t have either, please contact me and we’ll sort it out. Kev

Fantastic collection, Marcin! Kev