Sepp

Thank you! :)

I know very little about later Spitfire marks.. I'd like to attempt a low-back, eliptical tip XIV (poss NH799/ZK-XIV or RM784) when this conversion set hits the shelves - I'd be grateful if someone could point me at the best base kit/mk to start with?

The extra work was definitely worth it! Lovely job :)

No idea how I missed this build, Brian! It's simply awesome - and an education, as always!

A Bf110-F2. If the ramp was full of them, I'd hope it would magically tranform into a Ki-45 KAIa.

Pardon the profanity, but - bloody 'ell, that's good!

Simply gorgeous!

Simply beautiful work!

That is.... nope, I have no words to accurately describe how good it is. I may have to take up knitting

Oooh! Missed this one, somehow... welcome aboard And - veeery nice work, there - following, for sure!

Thanks muchly! I hope you have a good one, as well

Wow! Thank you, it's really kind of you to say so... although I fear you may have been standing a bit close to the sherry trifle, lol!

Thanks for the links/info I will read and digest... Sepp

Seasons greetings, all! Not so so much an 'on your marks' post, more a letter of intent or possibly even a memorandum of understanding... the next thing I'm going to try to not completely ruin is Eduard's Adlerangriff edition Bf109e. I haven't yet decided what the scheme will be - much will depend on what aftermarket markings are available - but I do know I'd like it to have the 'clean' blue fuselage with no mottling etc. and at least some yellow and/or white bits... not necessarily an entirely yellow nose. Possible candidates are currently: E3, 7/JG26, Lt. Josef Bürschgens, white 7 + I or E4, 8/JG54, Oblt. Erwin Leykauf, black 3 + E?, 5/JG26, pilot unknown (to me), black 2 + is also in the frame, but I'll need to ascertain what mark I should build it as. If I can't find or knock up suitable markings for any of the above, it'll be E4, 9/JG3, Oblt. Egon Troha, yellow 5 + I (one of the provided schemes). Any thoughts/suggestions gratefully received! Back soon(ish), Sepp.

The awesomeness continues... Love it.

Good to see the Cat is back, Brian! I agree, it's a beautiful aeroplane - I wonder why none of the main stream makers have taken it up? I'd love to see what ZM or Tamiya could do with it :)

Thanks, all! @Mozart: yes, I agree, the undercarriage is challenging. I doff my cap to the Machiavellian mind that designed the Hunter's gear door arrangement.... and I thumb my nose at the person who decided that a "stick it in a trough" fit was a good idea for [a] getting the geometry right and [b] supporting the weight on the model. Also, it looks very odd, with the trunnions not being supported at all

Aaaand.... done! Admittedly, it wasn't until after I'd taken the first few pix that I noticed it wasn't quite done, and quickly added the tail nav light and pitot tube. Usual crappy pictures, apologies. The myriad dust motes tell me I need to do the housework! and finally, with said added pitot tube: I'll have to tidy the hole up later, but I've had enough of this one, now. It's fought me from end to end... I'm not superstitious, but I just noticed that both the serial number and a/c ID number add up to 13. Learned a lot on this one - mainly how not to do stuff. Things I'm happy with? The cockpit and the shark's teeth. The latter were a swine to get on without creasing, folding up or rolling into a ball, but look OK. Things I'm not happy with? Everything else, lol. I ended up not using most of the Revell decals. The ones I did use have silvered up badly. The home made ones went on AOK. Thanks for all the support, and for looking in. Sepp, out.

Me again. Very quick post, mainly just to show I'm still here and this one hasn't (completely) stalled. It's very nearly there, as you'll see, just the horizontal stab and a few aerials to go on, and a few cock-ups to sort out... Underside: You can see one of said cock-ups by the underwing roundel this side; and of course, it's the side you'll see when it's on the shelf and top: At least it's not a tail-sitter. Well, at the moment anyway! Also, the dark green sorted itself out; the shiny edges disappeared once the satin coat went on. All for now - should be done by Wednesday, hopefully Cheers! Sepp

Me again. Thanks again for the kind words, I'm not sure "flawless" is an entirely accurate description of the paint, but I'll take it... the damned thing is fighting all the way and I need the encouragement! Some progress... definitely two steps forward, one back. White bits on: The sharp eyed will notice that when I masked the whole lot off, I forgot the gap between the fuselage roundel and number masks (middle pic), so a bit of touching up had to be done. Apparently my stencil plan worked, because the black and white portions line up AOK Black bits on, along with the yellow numbers: The whole thing has had a coat of gloss, and I've started on the decals... I'm soooo glad there's such a tiny gap between the gear bay edge and the inner gun troughs. It's going to be no problem at all to sit the decals over the muzzle blast tubes without them folding up into a ball. That's all for now, but at least it's moving along. Cheers! Sepp

Well, after Maru's kind words, I suppose I'd better get my lazy arse moving and post an update. Those of a nervous disposition look away now... First the pale brown: Then the pale green: Dark brown: Oh. Oh my. Oh my dear Lord. First three colours went on with no major dramas, bit of paint lifting, but that doesn't matter because there's more to go on and I just needed to lightly feather the edges... The dark green? Well, that went down like I'd used whipped cream and a four-inch house brush. Hopefully you can see (if you can't, get thee to an optician!, lol) the difference between the brown and dark green above. It's not pretty ... and guess which clot forgot to feather the dark brown edge back on the left wing? If you stand in a different room with the door closed, the extra panel line is not so obvious Bum. It seemed to over AND underspray, all at the same time. Huge spatters; my bench looked like I'd thrown a bucket of paint over it. What really galled me is after the "oh, crap" moment, I put a coat on the mule, and it went on good as gold. Oh well. So, after a visit to the pub to drown my sorrows, and a few days to let it go off, I had at the green with sand paper to try to knock the surface back. The intention being: either it works, and a top coat will bring it back, or it doesn't and I bite the bullet and strip the lot off. Well, I'm pleased to report that the second go is a lot better. The pic is blurred, but the texture is a lot closer to what I've come to expect from these paints. It's not perfect, but it is acceptable. You can see I really need to pluck up courage and take the new dark green coat a bit closer to the edges, but given how this particular bottle has behaved so far, I'm disinclined to tempt it. The colour is actually no different, it's just the underlying sanded layer has a sheen to it. I do wonder if that would fade a bit under the gloss and satin top coats? If I place the model on the shelf where it's going to live, the difference disappears. In the pic, it's under two bright lights. Anyhoo. Next up is the white portions of the markings. As for adjusting the green, as my dear old dad would say "we'll see". Cheers, all - wish me luck! Sepp

Right, I'm back on this now work has kindly got out of the way... Quick update: Oerlikon rockets all built up They're definitely going to look better than bare rails! Having fun and games with trial fit of masks on the mule - I had a brilliant plan for aligning them, but it's been so long, I've forgotten what it was ... anyhoo, I've found a way that works. Some slight adjustments to be made but nothing show stopping. If the wing roundels look a bit small, it's because [a] they are (I used underside masks by mistake but the square is the same size, so no matter) and [b] they're for the white portion only - the black outline will be a bit wider still. I'm going to have to separate the fuselage numbers from the roundel, as the fuselage taper is sufficient to stop the masks sitting properly. Again, no biggie. Please excuse the big brown box - it's protecting the model under it from dust getting in the underside paint, which is currently curing. Hopefully tomorrow I can start on the upper surfaces and I can then post some more interesting pics. Sepp

Alpha Jet also has pylons that are normal to the horizontal, rather than the wing. As can be seen here.

Done - BUT - admin needs to be compartmentalised by using different PW for each admin function; also rename admin folder so it can't be searched. Yes, even by admins - require a full url type for access, and limit access to known IP addresses. Frankly, should be a full board s/ware delete/restart not just a reload of content as all sorts of, shall we say, add ons can have been inserted.

Nice job!