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Finally purchased my first ever BF-109, still got some stuff coming from Eagle Editions for it. Cheer's, Jeff.

Top shelf work all round Kent! That is beautifully done. Cheer's, Jeff.

That seat is stunning! Cheer's, Jeff.

Thank you!...the paint on the gear legs is Alclad Aluminium sprayed over Tamiya Grey Primer from the rattlecan. Cheer's, Jeff.

Thanks a lot Troy! Cheer's, Jeff.

I've also been working on some bits and pieces like the Landing Gear etc, I try to get as much of these assemblies done so I can concentrate on the main airframe once I start painting it, theres nothing worse than having the bulk of it done, but you've lost interest to finish off all the extras. Anyway here's some pics of what I have done so far... Wheels are from Barracuda Studio's. Thanks for looking, Cheer's, Jeff.

I missed this one first time around, ...outstanding work Duke!,...both the cockpit and engine look fantastic, but I really like the work you have done on the cockpit. Cheer’s, Jeff.

Thats right, if you were only ever going to do one major Helo build in your life, fair enough, but if you want to do a few builds, like Pete, you'd go insane! Cheer's, Jeff.

Well, back into working on this project, and already made more work for myself through stupidity. I have some brass gun barrels to use for this build, but stupidly glued the wing halves together before setting something up inside as stops for the barrels, so I thought, no problem, I'll just set them in the panel piece and glue them in there before installation. While test fitting them in the holes of the wing, two of them fell into the inside of the wing, and being impossible to get them out, I had to bite the bullet and cut out a panel section to remove them.After doing this, I then installed the gun barrels at the instructed length's, and cut some plastic strip and glued it at the end of each barrel as extra precaution they dont dislodge and fall back into the wing.I then painted the plastic strip black, so as not to be noticeable through the shell ejection ports....I then glued some angle plastic strip around the edge of the opening to hold the panel in place for glueing back in. After all this, I thought I'd better do the other wing guns the same incase sometime down the track, they dislodge and fall back into the wing.The gun barrels will get another coat of Alclad paint too, to fix up the chipped paint on them from all this mucking around. Talk about making things ten times harder than they should be! Here are the progress pics of the rework. Now just need to re-scribe and re-rivet. Cheer's, Jeff.

Outstanding Kent! Looking superb. Cheer's, Jeff.

Excellent work Matt! Cheer's, Jeff.

Looking good Gaz! Cheer's, Jeff.

Superb work!....those seats look outstanding. Cheer's, Jeff.

Late in the clip when the shadow gets small Pete, it looks like the shape of an A or C model Hornet to me.... Cheer's, Jeff.

In that second pic, she looks as though she's checking out the route on her mobile phone!...

Thanks a lot for the confirmation Juggernut! Cheer's, Jeff.

Hello all, From the research I have done, it looks as though the P-47D could carry two 1000lb bombs under the wings, one each wing pylon, but I would just like to get it confirmed before I modify my kit, and prepare to install two Eduard 1000 pounders that I have. If any P-47 experts can confirm that for me would be much appreciated! Cheer's, Jeff.

What a shame, it looked good Scott! Cheer's, Jeff.

Same here John!...glad I wasn't the only one.. Beautiful work Brian!...this is really kicking on.. Cheer's, Jeff.

Outstanding 109 Miloslav! Top shelf work there. Cheer's Jeff.

Superb work! Beautifully done all round. Cheer's, Jeff.

Beautiful work Peter! Absolutely flawless. Cheer's, Jeff.

Yep, that photo of the two Jets side by side is the most realistic shot of any model I have ever seen!....I too thought it was a pic of the real subjects before I got to the model ones. Amazing work and photography David! Cheer's, Jeff.

Good work on the fix Chris!...that Hawkeye is beautifully done! Cheer's, Jeff.

Great work on both Chris! I really like the C-47, ....and dont worry, you aren't the first one to make that mistake on the Hawkeye, and I don't think you'll be the last!..LOL! Cheer's, Jeff.