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Great attention to detail John You're doing a grand job Keep it up.

This photo from a thread on Britmodeller seems to show more of a blue/grey shade. I don't know if it's genuine WWII vintage or colourised though. There is another quite a familiar photo online here that supports it.

I like that. Beautiful box art. Reminiscent of John Young's work. Thanks for the heads up chaps

Good gravy! I mean, how? Are you sure this isn't 1/16th scale? That is some mighty splendid work Pete

Huge

You see, now you're confusing us Jay. Is that not simply another close up pic of your model? I can't tell.

Here's a thought. Use the masks the opposite way round. Let's take a roundel as an example. Paint your white base. Add red over a larger area than is needed. Place the central dot of masking in the correct position on the red. Spray the blue but again, larger than necessary. Finally add the blue area mask, seal the border between the two red and blue masks with masking fluid or masking tape and then finish off around the marking with the black or cammo colour coat. Would that alleviate the white borders?

Cripes a'mighty!! What an absolutely magnificent achievement Jay. She's a beaut and you should indeed be rightfully proud of your accomplishment. Bravo that man Before you get started on your next epic adventure I would dearly love to see some photos taken outdoors in the sunshine with a suitably uncluttered backdrop if at all possible. I'll wager your model will be utterly indistinguishable from the full sized aircraft.

Cor! I really wish I'd spotted this build before I began working on the seat for my own Hunter. Excellent work Sean and great for those of us searching for references. I shall be cribbing your ideas to spruce my kit's seat up if you don't mind? Cheers, Guy

Hi @Rockie Yarwood, how are things with you? Sorry for the thread revival but I was guided here from a thread that Sean (@Madmax) created. Neat work on your cockpit. Did this one ever make it to RFI? Hope you're doing ok. Cheers, Guy

TigerMoth....two for the price of one. Chipmunk (if we ever get a mainstream kit) Gnat (again, little likely hood) Jaguar. (C'mon Airfix, 1/24th it!) Mosquito.

Hi Thierry. You pose an excellent question that probably has many answers. Erwin has already mentioned cost. The 3D printed SR-71 family is going to be rather large when assembled. That obviously takes quite alot of printing and equally, quite alot of material. Anyone wanting one is likely to have to stump up quite alot of cash. How large is the market segment for such a model? A handful of well off modellers globally? Selling the files might actually be a better business model in that instance? The Mirage F-1 may have fallen foul of Dassault's copywrite policies? Certainly one 3D manufacturer with big plans was stymied by that before they even got the ball rolling. There may also be technical issues to overcome. One designer at least is struggling with the transparent parts and getting consistent results with vacu-forming the glazing for their multi-scale, multi-media helicopter offering. For others it may be overcoming inherent resolution results and the ever present spectre of layer lines. Certainly at least one company has been vilified for the layer lines on some of their 3D printed releases. So those may offer some explanations as to why it's less easy to produce than design and why we see so few 3D models make it to market. Thankfully it is possible and Airscale Pro is paving the way, albeit beyond the budget of some. However, we know Peter is working on ways to make his designs more accessible to more modellers and I'm confident that he'll succeed. Hopefully his success will spur on others to follow in his footsteps. Cheers, Guy

Many happy returne Steve. Have a great day

Wait....... Airscale make prop blade stencil decals? Now you tell me! Neat looking propeller

There is a grainy b+w image at the bottom of this thread but I'm not sure if it's even a P-51 . Could be a -A? Quite a few Mustang pics in this collection

Patient and skilled work.

Jay, scroll to the bottom of this build Is that the kind of mirror you mean? Or, the rectangular one ? Another pic here. Scroll down a bit.

A valiant effort Chuck. The cockpit looked marvellous so congrats for that. I can very much relate to what you went through. I built Infinity's Vampire last year and the experience mirrored what you have detailed here. There were some very nice parts like some elements of the landing gear for example but the overall fit was woeful. I salute you for having the courage to recognize when things are no longer fun and applaud you for your brave decision to move on. Sorry it didn't work out but life's too short. What's next in the queue? Cheers, Guy

I wish you guys luck on your campaign but I would encourage you not to hold your breath.....

That looks superb John. Great scheme and great start to the weathering

She's taking shape Dave. Was the fit good?

Thanks for keeping everyone in the loop Peter. In the distance I have a teeny, tiny alarm bell sounding. It's faint but it is there. Having just unenjoyed building a short run IM kit I can't help feeling a certain amount of trepidation. Is this now a one way street or is there an opportunity to return to fully 3D printed kit should the need arise? I am confident (although it may not sound like it) that you have done your research and talked at length with your IM partner so I'm optimistic that my concerns are unfounded. However, it doesn't hurt to have a contingency plan if you're expending all of this effort. Cheers, Guy

Tremendous work Mike. It's easy to forget how small this assembly is when gazing at these macro images.

Well done. Excellent save