Fanes

Just a short list: - ideally a complete Hawker Hunter cockpit - at least the MB Mk. 2 ejection seat

Been a little absent from the bench and the forumns (mostly lurking and the occasional "thumbs up"), but I had a newsletter in my inbox on Black Friday. I just couldn't resist getting the ZM Fw 190 for 70€ and the kit arrived the next day - however that worked out...

Wow, loving the Mustang in RAF colours!

Little tiny bit more off topic: We seem to be neck to neck - I'm little bit above 5500 km this year. Spent the last week in Croatia with beuatiful weather (quite windy, but warm) and managed to make three rides. The upcoming week looks quite promising - at least in southern Bavaria 😉 Until then and afterwards: more time for us at the modelling bench!

Do I recognize a Pilatus PC-7 in the background?

Wonderful start Ernest - I'll be watching and taking notes, since the Revell A-8 is in my stash as well. Regarding the Kabuki tape for the cable straps: I tried that as well (on my Wildcat build, I guess) and it came loose after some time. Had to fix all strips with a dot of CA... On my recent Bf 108 build the straps were fabricated from adhesive aluminium tape (the floor insulation kind) and it's holding up well! Cheers Joachim

Before this thread inevitably turns into another wishlist: My Fouga Magister kit arrived today, after getting a shipping notification from Danny just yesterday evening. You can imagine my big smile, when the mail man had a white box with a Daco sticker on it 😁

Looking mighty fine! If you're already detialing the engine, you may add another hose to the oil breather (the dome thingy) on top of the crankcase.

Nice and clean work, Ernest. I especially like the scratches/chipped paint on the left cockpit wall!

I've seen it on pre-order with a release date in October. Shouldn't be too far off?

Haven't tried it myself, but Denis (Furie) has an interesting technique for his paper masks. For a rather soft demarcation: and for a rather hard edge:

Wow - fantastic work on that instrument panel, especially with all the small details painted and decaled. I guess, I need one of Mathieu's IPs as well

Maybe you haven't seen it before, but there's an injection moulded kit of the Miles Magister from MikroMir

I can only speak about the Nakajima colour which should be - according to Nick Millman - close to FS 34097 or a tad darker than Tamiya XF-71. My set was signidficantly lighter than the XF-71 and didn't match the AK real color either. Mr. Color C127 was quite close, but not a perfect match either. Had a similar issue with Quinta's interpretation of RLM02 as well...

Mighty fine work on the cockpit - the Barracuda bits seem to be a much better fit, than the stuff from eduard I used. Your clean work with re rivetting the wings has created an itch to finally dig out my Spitfire again Looking forward to more progress on your recon Spit!