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The engine looks good Mike and thank you for the historical info. I have built a few of the Eduard and Wing Tech 109s and they have the same fit issues if you construct the entire engine. Ernest

Nice work modifiying the kit parts to fit the GP machinegun Mike. Ernest

This build is a real stunner Paolo, superb work my friend! Ernest

Welcome to the GB Tim, glad to have you! Ernest

Very Nice man! Ernest

Man, the cockpit is a real work of art Mike! Ernest

Very nice work Tim! I'll have to try the primer coat technique that you learned from John. Ernest

Very nice Jim! It must have been a good time with your son's. My two late teen boys have zero interest in their dad's hobby. Ernest

Nice progress John. I think both IP's look pretty good and like Woody I have chosen to go with Eduard's stuff over Yahu's from time to time. Ernest

Nice and clean work Damian! Ernest

Made some progress on the build, though it is a lot of fairly mundane filling and sanding/surface prep. I put a very thin shim under the cannon covers to insure the sat flush on the wing. As you can see there are gaps that I will need to fill' not unexpected and pretty easily dealt with. You can also see where I filled in a short row of rivets and a seam; this was called for in the instructions. I expect everything to look ok once I am finished filling and smoothing here. The tail plane joins were pretty good and only needed a very small amount of putty. I'll smooth all this out and see how it looks above and below, but I don't expect any issues in this area. The joins between the upper and lower wing leading edges where it meets the fuselage show that some work will be required to get a good fit in this area, especially the port wing. The white square is where I filled a spot that was called for by the instructions for the version of the aircraft that I am building. Test fitting the wings show the bottom join on both sides is pretty good. Only a small amount of pressure will be required to get a nice fit. The upper side of the starboard wing also looks like it will fit pretty well; slight pressure showed the joint to look good, perhaps a very small amount of putty will be required in the middle area. However, the port wing had some significant fit issues that needed to be taken care of. After some shaving and sanding of inner surfaces the fit is much better. Once I have completed cleaning up all the seams and surfaces I'll post how it all turned out. My goal is to a good enough job that I won't have to do a lot of additional sanding/polishing once I have sprayed the primer coat. Ernest

Thank you much for the info Gary. I am currently doing some triming and filling and a lot of plastic polishing. Ernest

Superior quality build Mike. I hope to get this kit when it becomes avaliable in Germany and will plan to use your build log for reference when I build it. Ernest

A true work of art, the underside of the aircraft is a beauty! Ernest

What an eye catcher! Excellent job on the paint scheme. Ernest

Very attractive build! Ernest

Welcome aboard Chuck. You picked a very nice kit to build, I'll enjoy watching you progress, which looks like it will be fast! Ernest

Brilliant weathering Paolo! This build is excellent in every way. Ernest

Continued nice work John. Thanks for the tip on working with brass. Ernest

Your health come first Damian, everything else is secondary. Ernest

Very sad news, blue skies to her for eternity I hope. Ernest

Hopefully Modelbau König here in Germany will follow a similar procedure that Sprue Brothers did; there are a couple of kits I would like to pickup. Ernest

Cool another cycilist in our midst! I am a fairly dedicated roadie Jay and enjoy riding quite a bit. The only downside is how much it cuts into modeling Apr-Oct as I try to get in circa 700 kms per month. Ride on man! Ernest

You certainly are turning the kit into something stellar, that is for sure. Have fun on your ride Tom. I spent an hour on the trainer earlier today, a Wahoo Kickr V5 that has my road bike set up on it. Weather has been too bad with very poor visibility for me to chance riding on the roads for the past couple of weeks. Ernest

Very nice work Jim! Ernest