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Sorry, my name is Tom Bautch..

Thank you very much, by all means publish them! Tom B.

This is the old Hasegawa kit, actually pretty nice for its age. I rescribed it, used Quickboost exhausts, MDC radiator and oil cooler. Scratch built some added cockpit details (sorry I didn't take in progress pics), seatbelts made from lead foil and wire, door details sratch built. I used Archer transfers for the stencils, they are very nice, and Aeromaster decals for the balance. Colors are Gunze acrylics and Testors dullcoat. Hope you enjoy! Tom B.

Pretty easy to work with being that it is I think stainless steel and not brass. I approximate the length needed with a drafting divider and cut with a Dremel cutoff wheel then remove material as needed to get the right length. I attach with a drop of CA into holes that I have drilled out on one end only so the wires stay straight and wil have some flex if I accidently bump one. I will be experimenting on painting them to see if I can take a bit of the brightness away to get more of an aluminum look to them for future models. Thanks, Tom B.

Yes and no. On large mostly flat surfaces it goes very easily and quickly. When you get to the nooks and crannies its pretty fiddly. BTW, when I said "newbie" in my post, I was just refering to my posting here. I've been building plastic models for about 10 years, before that I was into RC scale modeling and flying. That's where the scratch building techniques were developed. Tom B.

I actually started this a year ago, now that snow is on the ground again I thought I'd get back to it and push to finish.

Thanks all, polishing the future is done as follows. After applying decals spray on a couple of thinned coats of future. Then I lightly sand out any imperfections using 3600 grit and or a worn (ie. not a fresh sanding stick) Squadron tri-grit, the black portion. Then another coat of future, then start polishing with Tamiya fine polishing compound with an old tee shirt cut into about 12' suares. Careful withe polish to not go through the future coats. Here's a pic of a 1/48 Fury where I first tried this method.

The old Hasegawa kit. Yellow mixed from Gunze lacquers, blue Tamiya acrylics mix, all coated with future and polished with Tamiya fine polishing compound. Scratch built most of the interior, Yellow Wings decals for stenciling and insignias. RB productions flat rigging wires used. Hope you enjoy. I'm currently trying to finish up the Hasegawa F4B4 that I will post of the WIP forum. Tom Bautch