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Thankyou mate

Sharp work! They look great!

Thankyou very much guys!! 🥳 Another lap around the sun completed, much to my pleasant suprise Plan A for the day was an early rise and a flight out for breakfast, but the weather didnt cooperate so plan B was a ride on the historic train down to the Forth Worth Stockyards (I'd never been). The Mrs and i had a wander around down there, before stopping for dinner on the way home. A day well spent! Denzil

Last year I posted this 1/48 B25 from Texas to Wisconsin with UPS. It got there completely unscathed. Even when I got the package back, and managed to drop it, the model was still all in one piece. The pink is insulation foam, found in the insulation aisle at Home Depot, hot glued together. The removable sections are held in with tooth picks. Denzil

It is! Not yet ripe though, still a bit tough to bite into

Definitely can attest, they fly beautifully, though I was suprised at how quickly they fall out of the air with full flaps out I'll be in for at least 3 kits, whoever puts one out in 1/32!

Oooh I'll settle in to watch this one Chuck! Go, man, GO!

That particular kit does indeed have rather beautiful surface detail! I can't help but think that offering the main parts in IM plastic will be positive to sales, taking away the unknowns associated with building with 3d printed parts, that some folks are certainly feeling. Now it's just an injection molded kit with 3d printed detail parts 🤣 I will be first in line for a Tiffy, and I look forward to handing over my money for this one! Denzil

Holy-moly!!! THIS will be sublime

Thankyou very much mate!

A 1/32 Overstrand? Be still my beating heart!!

I agree, a hot rodded Spit! I had hoped to have an update here, but my air compressor bit the bullet over the weekend, so no paint was slung. Sad times!

Thankyou very much! It is quite a nice kit, all those ProModellers were pretty good!

Thankyou mate!

Dang it mate, that's the most convincing justification I've heard for shelling out $400USD on a model kit

Wow, what a stunner! I hope it sells out!

Little progress update, the canopy is masked. Doesn't seem like much but because of how curvaceous it is, I was a little worried. Turned out all concern was unwarranted, the kit supplied masks went on perfectly. Also the guns are in permanently, now for some primer!

Thankyou mate, I guessed you must have gotten through a few of these! Thanks very much guys!

Thanks very much guys! A fulmar in 1/32 would be HUGE!

Thanks mate! I appreciate it.

Thankyou very much mate! Thanks Kev!

Thankyou mate! Yessir! Since reboxed by Eduard and Special Hobby.

Another evicted from the shelf of doom! This one had only been up there for a year or so, so it didn't take TOO much prying to get it into the cabinet. This one is MPMs kit, reboxed by Eduard with their printed Etched sheet thrown in. I used a Montex masking set for the canopies and some resin exhausts (meant for a hurricane). It was a straight forward build I used it as a test bed for trying different painting methods, the aircraft modelled was part of a training unit so I aimed for a worn out finish. Construction was plain-jane. Everything fit well into the cockpit. There were the usual fill/sand/scribe sessions. This one did get riveted all over to give some visual interest, also thr real thing is COVERED in them so it wasn't entirely un-prototypical. Paint started on the underside, MRP paints being the flavour over the day. Panel lines were picked out with a sharp pencil. I probably went overboard with this, but I was experimenting. Top sides: Once was that was done, weathering began, starting with super watered-down brown/black mix applied in places that looked like it wanted it. Exhaust stains and leaks I couldn't be bothered doing anything with Tidying up the gun ports, so I used strips of leftover fin flash decals to imitate the fabric coverings over the ports. After that it was down to the fiddly bits. Gear wells Wheels The kit decals were used, though the codes exploded upon contact with the model, so I made masks and painted them on I tried using paint to introduce "texture" to otherwise featureless panels, in This case the inner gear doors. I should have just primed it and drawn rivet lines on to it. Live and learn. Various lumps, bumps and panels that were obliterated during the filling/sanding process were re-made and installed. And with that, she was ready to be fired into the cabinet! Thanks for checking in! Denzil

Thankyou guys! She's a 6-footer for sure, but adds a splash of colour to the cabinet!

The nose gear was beefed up. Lately, I've been trying to improve the weathering on my wheels. This time around I used oils A super high-tech jig was used to align the main wheels Standing on her own feet for the first time! The -3P seemed to have a bunch of antennas, so these were added using a home made mast, wire loops and EZ-line Apparently the props in the kit are molded with the blades reversed, the leading edge being to the rear and vice versa. I'm not at all a Tigercat expertologist, nor had the enthusiasm to correct the issue, the thr kit props were used as is. More @airscale prop logos were added. And with that, the fancy cat was finished! One day I'll spend the time to learn to photograph these properly. For now, potato cam will suffice. Cheers, Denzil