Zero77

Hello guys ! I just write you a few words to give you some news. I can believe it's been so long since my last post... The truth is that at the moment (and it's been so for more than a year !) i dont have any time to build models... Not even enough time to buy all the great kits i just saw they were released since last year. So many things happened ! I sadly saw that Paul Fisher lost his house and all his work... Very bad news... I dont see Gary (GT Resin) anymore, did he leave the forum? Some of you kindy sent me PM, thanks a lot guys

Lol, that's funny you ask... Some Aires sets fit nicely, others are aweful. The F-104 cockpit is certainly one of the worst fit ever. Mine took me almost as long to fit than to build the whole model. I talked about this in the WIP, iirc... However the casting and details are so beautiful that it's "almost" forgiven.

Amazing paint job ! I love the many little touch-ups, that's very realistic. Was it the Tamiya kit?

Bob, did you get only the canopy or also the windscreen? Did you mentioned the sprue letter in the form?

Wow ! That's amazing ! Glad i have not glued the windscreen yet on mine ! Do they request any proof of purchase or something? I have two kits in the stash, bought at the same time.

EZ Line is called the right name. It's actually very easy. Just make sure to untwist the EZ line before gluing it. You can just let it fall and thread it slightly through fine tweezers. With Prim elastic line a twist is even more noticeable, though it's also easier to untwist. With a bit of care you can get no twist at all.

Probably !

The build looks amazing. However, i'm very sorry to say that, but i'm not able to read anything more than a few lines of text and a few pictures on a screen. Even a very long review is often too much for me. I'm an old paper kind of guy.

Indeed that resin is incredible ! Very nice original subject, cant wait to see it progressing !

Thank you guys ! Here a some more pictures, now it's finished with the PAK-1 gunsight from North Star Models. It's a very nice resin + PE set, but it's so tiny and delicate that you have to hold your breath when you build it. (The piece of masking tape on the paint jar is 6mm width) And the cute little plane with outdoor light :

Wow, that plumbing job is just impressive !

I have two sets of the Eduard/brassin exhausts. Perfect casting as usual, but they are VERY skinny. Definitely too skinny, i can even say anemic. I then drilled the kit exhaust, and they look nice, too, but lack the detail of the resin, and are also pretty skinny compared to what i see on the pictures. So yesterday i ordered two of these 3D printed exhaust. They look better in proportion.