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  1. The black Slipstream edition is the kit that I built... Black and silver are my least favorite plastic colors to deal with but like I said, the effort is worthwhile...
  2. It wasn't an easy build for me but the kit can yield a very nice result. There is no other WW2 fighter quite like the Tank and a 1/32 representation really highlights that amazing wing span. I've got an H-0 kit on the shelf and am planning to convert it to an H-1 since I did the opposite last time.
  3. Thank you Richard! Appreciate the comments! Thank you sir! T-bird is such an iconic warbird... had to make at least one of these! Thank you and sorry for the late reply! I'm being pulled away from modeling for the time being and have not been regularly active here at LSP. Hopefully, after I get some things done and out of the way, I'll be able to settle back into the modeling room and resume my projects.
  4. Wow! That's great! Thank you! Thanks again, Ernest! The Ki-61 is such an elegant airframe and I was really taken by these markings when I saw it depicted on a 1/48 Hasegawa Ki-61 box cover. Wasn't sure the masked tail markings would work out but I'm happy with how it turned out.
  5. Thank you Jay! I was very surprised at the quality of the kit, especially the fit... very Tamiya-like, dare I say. Thank you so much! Appreciate the check-in and comments! Thank you Ernest! Appreciate your comments, as always!
  6. Thank you so much Nikola! I appreciate the generous comments! I can't remember the particular gauge of wire that I used for each application but I use spools of lead wire originally intended for fly fishing. They can be bought individually or in small sets. For 1/32 aircraft, I am usually utilizing the 0.010, 0.015 and 0.020 sizes (in inches).
  7. It's been a while but I think I can get back onto this build. After starting this build, I've learned that the XIVe cockpit differs in some ways from the XVIe and I wanted to attempt to address some of those differences. The most significant is a big control panel that resides on the port sidewall. A rectangular box can be a relatively simple thing to scratchbuild but I personally have trouble getting square corners on boxes. When I saw that Mathieu at Laminar Flow Design was developing a set of XIV-specific cockpit details including the control panel, I decided to wait for it to save me some work. It took a while but I finally got it... Like his other 3D-printed products, Mathieu incorporates a protective crate around the printed parts. He graciously include an entire spare set and I found that the spare set was definitely needed. Here are the parts still attached to the base but with the protective walls removed. Many of these parts are super tiny and lots of patience and care needs to be taken when removing the parts for use. I tried to be careful but I still managed to lose and/or break a few parts. Mathieu includes two copies of the especially small or fragile parts in each set so sometimes I had four copies to work with. I needed all four removal attempts to get a complete throttle lever detached without breaking! After the parts were freed completely from their printed supports, I glued together the sub-assemblies. These included the pilot door and crowbar, throttle quadrant, landing gear control quadrant, cylinder priming pump. The control panel, waffle-style foot guards, canopy crank and a small trim wheel are stand alone items. The parts were given a light coat of primer (Mr Primer Surfacer 1000). I've got a lot of Spitfire cockpit stuff from Barracuda as well so I'll to sort out which bits I'll be using. One of these is a resin seat with the backrest cushion, which looks to be a nice upgrade from the kit parts.
  8. Thank you Gaz! The build ended on a bit of a whimper instead of a bang but I was just trying to get past the finish line so I could move on to other projects. It is 1/35 but my fingers are so used to typing 1/32 that I made the mistake while posting. It's corrected now! Thank you so much! And yes, it on to the next airframe, which is the Spitfire XIVe that I'll be jumping back onto shortly! Thank you Quang! The Border kit is surprisingly good and I really enjoyed working on it as the fit on almost all of the parts was excellent. Typically, I would have glued the gun/engine panels into place but Border's engineering allowed me to keep them removable. Thanks John! Not sure what is after the XIVe but there might be something quite different on the horizon for me. It flies but it is not a plane! More on that later... Thank you! A good kit makes things easy and Border definitely produced a good one. Thank you! ABL... Always Be Learning! That's my motto! Thank you Rod! Thanks, I really like this scheme for some reason! Thanks Mike! Thank you, John! Thank you Nikola! Thanks very much! Yes, Thomas! It's a great scheme! Thanks Martin! Thanks and get cracking on the Border 190.... it's a great kit!
  9. Whoa... you're so far along, Tom! Paint looks wonderful. I finally got what I needed to start up my XIVe build again.
  10. Looks awesome, Andy! I love these late war Luftwaffe camos!
  11. Wow, Jay... that nose assembly looks so convincing! The weathering is spot on. I'm glad I was able to provide an assist via the masks and decals. I can print and send the larger masks when you need them!
  12. Thank you Tom! It's a very good kit and I enjoyed the build very much! Thanks Troy! Appreciate the feedback! Thanks Matt! Yes, an Anton was on my bucket list since I've done so many Doras so its good to have that checked off! Thank you very much! Thanks, John! Thank you! After this long break, hopefully I can get back on track and start building again!
  13. Ok... wheels are on and the masks are off! I'm calling this one done! Photos of the completed model have been posted on the RFI board:
  14. Here is my finished Border 1/35 Fw 190A-6 painted in the markings of Walter Nowotny's Double Chevron. It was built mostly out-of-the-box since I couldn't find much in the way aftermarket for this kit at the time. Major markings were painted using custom cut masks. The kit was slightly modified to depict the inner landing gear door configuration. I left the upper gun cowling and two engine cowlings unglued so that the gun compartment and some of the engine can be viewed but the trade-off is that the joints aren't as tight as they could be if they were glued. The complete build log can be found at the following link:
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