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Me too!

Absolutely fantastic Gilles! a great level of detailing is showing to us here! Lutz

Very superb painting work on that seat and belts! Great work!! Also the plywood. Lutz

I really like your weathering and shading! Looks very impressive! Great work! Lutz

Fantastic models! Great!

Really fantastic! Lutz

Good to see one build! And a very beautiful one! Very nice Val! Lutz

Really great looking model! Like the weathering and how the preshading comes out! You managed to bring a difficult color to life in terms of weathering. Hat's off for that! Lutz

Looking good, what's wrong with the kit?

If it would be my model, I would leave it this way. I don't know how intensive you will go on with additionel weathering but this will darken this anyway. But I guess you are aware of this! By the way, very impressive work! Cherrs! Lutz

I definitely want one!

Hello! You're right, the struts are a bit thicker than they should be in scale! But that is due to the stability, I tried it with thinner round rods in 0.3 and 0.4mm, it was too wobbly and unstable. So I used 0.7mm material. Eduard's photo-etched kit was not available and I definitely didn't want to use the kit etched parts (for good reason) Last steps are done! Masking the edges of each propeller blade. Painting the edges And some chipping... Cheers Lutz

Hi everybody! Thank you all so much guy's! So almost done with my Swordfish! A few small details were painted and a few minor touch-ups here and there but nothing major. Last but not least is the propeller. For this I would like to use the salt technique that Thunnus has shown us many times. I wanted to try it out, so here we go! First I painted the propeller completely black matt. I used AK's Flat Black which turns out to be not really flat but more like a satin finish. So painted over with Tamiya's Flat Black given a little Flat Base X-21 and...we had a real dead flat surface we need! Then wet the surface with water and spread the Salt over it. I used medium and fine grained Salt. After the water dries, the salt sticks to the surface. Now I painted over everything with a lighter color, heavily diluted Nato Black and let everything dry. After this you can rub of the salt and this it turns out. Not perfect but I can life with it! Next will be painting the yellow edges and some weathering. Pictures are not the best, I know.. This is really a great technique for aging propellers and is easy to do. Really pleased with it! Thanks to Thunnus for sharing this with us!! That's all for now! Cheers Lutz

Hi everybody! Thanks Guys!! Haven't posted anything for a long time, vacation, family and normal everyday life intervened. But I still managed to spend an hour or two at the workbench. After I had attached the bracing, there are still a few details to be taken care of. One of them is the rear machine gun, a Vickers "K" I got from Gaspatch! Gaspatch's stuff isn't really cheap, but it's definitely worth the money. A difference like day and night! Above the machine gun from GASPATCH, below that from the kit, that's all there is to say! Now it's time for the torpedo. A primer coat of black, then painted with AK's "Steel". This was followed by a wash with Van Dyk Brown and Paines Gray oil paints to finish things off. The machine gun takes its place! There were still a few smaller details to be painted, such as position lights, etc. I haven't documented that further, I don't want to bore anyone with it! So, close to the finish line, next and last is the propeller. Let's see what's going to happen! Cheers Guys! Lutz

Hi everybody! I managed to make some progress. I was now able to apply matt clear coat and joined the wings to the fuselage. Now it was time for the wing struts, Trumpeter puts them in the form of photo-etched parts, which I didn't want to and couldn't use. They are too flat and very tight in terms of length. In addition, they have the unpleasant property of bending, although they are very stiff. So I replace them with plastic rods of the appropriate thickness. In comparison with the original struts, this is not entirely correct either, as these are slightly oval! But this solution still seemed better to me than the PE parts. The control cables for the rudder system are made of stretched sprue. And this is the resault: Finally I mounted the torpedo sight and the small sight in front of the cockpit window and the last two struts from the fuselage to the upper wing. Now I only have to paint it all..... That's all for now guys! Cheers! Lutz

I remember watching the Macross anime on TV as a kid, back in the eightees! Really loved the series! Those fighters always remembered me on F-14 Tomcats. Good to see on of those build. Go ahead artoor! Follow with interest!

Beautyful done! Really great painting and weathering. Love that finish and it's not often seen in this markings! Lutz

It's a usual thing on almost all Trumpeter/Hobbyboss kits in 1/32! No exception to the rule this time But they are not alone, Tamiya did it, GWH.... And quangs effort looks really good to me... But I have to agree with you, personally I prefer resin wheels. Honestly!!

Absolutely convincing model, paint and finish are really perfect and consistent. With the background I thought it was the original! Really great! Lutz

A real beauty Mike! Very well done! Lutz

Thank you guy's! Really appreciate it! Next stage is paint chipping. Done it with Tamiya Enamel Paint X11 chrome silver, toned down a bit with brown oil paint to break the brightness. Carefull not to overdo it. Also weathered the Townend Ring with different hues of brown, purple, blue and brass. Hope I get it right this way... ...and get the engine together! Cheers! Lutz

Good idea, looks great! Lutz

Beautiful work! Painting and weathering absolutely convincing! She looks really good. Lutz

Hi Peter! I will follow your build with much interest! Lutz