Hardcore

Progress! Not your mama's dropship for sure. It is not visible from this angle but there are oversprays and paint bleed that I need fix before continuing. That done i will varnish the beast so that i don't need to worry about rubbing off paint.

I will have to solve this problem with a varnish.

It will be white-red with a black stripe

Do you like colourful?

I have made a mistake, but it is not clear if there will be any consequences. After priming I decided my colourful white-red-black scheme needed a better base. So I bought a can of generic white hobby paint and covered the whole model. It wasn't until I painted the floor hatch I understood that the solvent is quite aggressive!I it made the red primer runny but I don't know if the grey primer was affected. They are both tamiya brand so there was reason to worry. https://www.flickr.com/photos/198123981@N04/52927111394 Keeping cool I figured it would be alright if I just let the paint dry. Now there is a new worry: it said on the can the paint was "flat" but it's rather semi gloss. I have no idea of if Mission Models paint will stick to it...

Despite it's size the scale is 28mm (1/64).

A commission build you could say. Prodos Cheyenne dropship in resin. Tamiya red primer followed by light grey primer. I wasn't sure I had enough light gray so starting with red was an insurance. I had a vague idea of using the red in the weathering process. Landing gear and floor elevator are magnetised so that my customer can use it as a prop in war gaming scenarios.

Ain't it true; one learn something new every day

I suppose lacquer is too hard, impermeable, to use chipping fluid.

What now? Too big.? 1/24 scale

If we are looking for kits that would be popular and sell well (in the UK especially ) then I think strong candidates would be: Hawker Hunter Phantom II Eurofighter Typhoon

I recall the name "Mal" (sp?).

I am reminded again and again what crap Facebook and twitter is, but it occurred to me now that this forum is a social platform too. Very calm and friendly place. Especially considering there are only men here. (Or grown boys some as call us.) I think I can live with a change to make it better: "Large Scale Planes, and Cats." (!) No dogs, they are expert model wreckers with their tail wagging.

Meteor mk1 I rarely see you folks ask for meteors. Why?

Will they be visible to any meaningful degree?

Can you provide a source or reference that the wing root fairing is made of wood?"

Steady hands too, I assume?

The Bf109 was not built at the factory but more precisely assembled from parts manufactured by sub-contractors. All parts were delivered painted and thus the color of the wing says nothing about the colour of the land gear, or doors. https://flic.kr/p/2otqyHa

Thanks, I knew I had seen him somewhere!

I much like the retrofuturism things, and approve of this a lot!

Amazon says one is expected January 1st, next year, and the title is "Messerschmitt Bf 109". 300 pages for 50$. Lynn already covered all versions in his previous books so I wonder what he will write about now.

Tamiya paints haven around forever, and I wonder if they ever updated the colours

I am going to make a white-orange-black SAR scheme. Should i get that PINK tamiya primer for the job?

Are we sure it's not AI?

Hm, nvm. I stumbled on an illustration that shows it all.