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Very nice work Martin. HaHa! Vienna Flapper is a good one!

Thank you Jim! The lighting at my bench is far to harsh for good photos making things like the pilot look overexposed and far too one deminsional. Ernest

You are a brave man Karl. I will follow this conversion with interest as it will be a pleasure to see how you master this challenge. Ernest

Superb work on mating the conversion parts, which is not easy to do in many cases. Mach weiter so! Ernest

Stunningly excellent paint and marking work Spyros! The fading and weathering of the surface and the airbrush work on the marking is top shelf! Ernest

That engine and spandau are small works of art Jim - superb craftsmanship brother! The wood and exhaust effects that your friend did on the Mark IV also look darned good. Ernest

The engine is mostly finished, all that remains is to add a red band to the front cylinder and weather it. The following photos show the engine dry fit prior to blowing any remaining dust off from the final clean up of the parts. You can still see some tiny nubs on the bottom of the long pipe leading to the bottom rear of the engine. This part is very fragile and as the nubs are on the bottom where the will never be seen, in fact the pipe won't be seen once the engine cowling is closed up, I decided to let "sleeping dogs lie with this part". One of the thing that is both an advantage and a disadvantage with 3D printed parts is that things like spark plug wires can be very nicely printed in situ resulting in an excellent replication of the actual thing. The disadvantage is ease of painting all that excellent printing. On injection molded parts I construction sub-assemblies, paint those seperately, and then do final assembly. Of course with 3D printed parts, much of that is already assembled so to speak, which does add to the complexity of painting. Some of the detail painting on this engine took a very steady hand, and I had to retouch a few things before I was satisfied with the end result. The kit instructions has the modeler painting the red bands around the cylinders. My thoughts, "Good luck painting those without damaging either the beautiful spark plugs or their wire, the blast rails, or any other areas." Given the proximity to several of those fragile parts, and the very small area to work with, I am going to see if I have any left over WNW red band decals for that little job. If not, I will claim that this is one of the high compression engines that did not have red bands painted and call it good. I tried to take some good macros that highlight the superb quality of the components parts that make up this little gem. The cockpit is next up. Ernest

I agree that the parts are beautifully printed Gilles. Ernest

Glad to have a modeler of your caliber along for the build Mal. Ernest

Thank you Ray! As always it is an honor to have my work posted on LSP. Ernest

Superb work Denis and really eye-catching result! Base painting and weathering look great! Ernest

The spitfire is looking good Jim. I have never been able to multi-task builds and have a lot of respect for people who can, while build to very high standards. Ernest

Have great fun on your trip Mal! Ernest

I am very happy to hear the results of your blood work came back with good news Gilles. I wish you the utmost for future good results in this battle, which you are fighting as brilliantly as you build models. Continuez à avancer pour vaincre ce fléau, comme l'a fait la vieille garde de Napoléon contre ceux qui ont eu le courage de lui résister sur le champ de bataille! The Macchi 202 looks fantastic! You are a master craftsman at the absolute top ranks of our hobby my friend. Ernest

I was away for a while Jeroen and have just caught up with your build. Your work is top shelf as always and is resulting in a really beautiful aircraft. Ernest