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Awesome weathering Michal! Hat's off!

Stunning Alain, simply stunning! Beautiful result.

Mike, that looks awesome!

OMG....Fury....I watched that shaking my head in disbelief at the level of stupidity in that movie. I found it utter crap. As a remedy to this MOTA disappointment I've watched Hulu's Catch-22. I had not heard of it before (it's from 2019), and by the title I was expecting some absurdism. Honestly a great series! Characters and CGI miles and miles ahead of MOTA.

I think it's safe to say Band of Brothers will never be surpassed or even equalled. I enjoy MOTA, but it lacks....personality. It at times feels like a narrated documentary. German vocabulary seems to be limited to "Los! Schnell!" That Stalag officer, is that Richard Gibson's son? I wanted to love it, but don't. Expectations were high due to BoB, and I recognize that clouds my opninion.

I would anticipate this to become a really good kit. ICM is top notch stuff. Maybe I should sell my stash and 'upgrade' it to 1/35 with all te new kits coming out.

Exactly my sentiment, life is too short especially at my age and with my stash. I started on an AARGHH Revell F-14A today. Only because it's my favorite, the Tomcat. I do not like the looks of the Trumpeter one.

Looks like 1/35 is here to stay, https://www.themodellingnews.com/2024/01/aska-studio-designing-new-135th-scale-b.html#more

I made a dumb mistake with the scheme and I would have to strip it, for which I no longer have the stomache. It's gone. Sorry guys!

I can only agree. Gripping story line and the CGI did not distract at all. So far, so good!

Wow that looks gorgious! Well done!

Now THAT is modelling, excellent work and very inspiring.

Thank you sir!

Richard, thank you, but given the company here I consider myself to be in the lower-end here. Nothing wrong with self-awareness as far as I'm concerned. And it wasn't you, it's the kit. Maybe if I didn't get carried away with making progress so easily sometimes it would have been better. Let's cut Revell some slack. After a round of MRP blak primer comes a new round of repair and sand. I even did a bit of rescribing (beginner level and result). I didn't get those tool to collect dust. A black pony: Edit: the paint came off the exhuast when I was masking them, so that's why they're black now too

Great result Richard! I hope mine will turn out as lovely as yours did.

Thank you. And you made the right choice. I had the Tamiya but sold it, thinking the Revell would be good enough. This amount of bad takes a lot of the fun out of a build for me. While model building literally feels like therapy for me, this does not. I am nearly there now so I'll continue.

I hope you're right John but I wonder..While the interior was designed beautifully and fit quite well, the outer contruction is another league altogether. Almost nothing fits. I was going to close the cockpit to preserve the beautiful lines of the Mustang. Well, I guess not.. I can See below this photo. Edit: after pressing it down real hard the canopy sat reasonable, so I glued it. The lower lip on the front was a almost full mm off. The fit of the panel under the engine was abysmal for such a simple part. I will be glad when this one is done. No more in-house designed Revell for me (except for what's already in my stash: F-14A, F-15B, Tornado). Cheers!

Take care Mike. The Thunderbolt can wait. Hope for a speedy recovery.

Fantastic job you are doing Tony! I really admire this.

They don't look bad to me! Looks very nice indeed.

Stunning!

Fantastic job on a rare subject Kev! Well done.

Thanks Richard, and you are right. A complete PITA. I wonder if I can get a remotely smooth NMF on this one with the all elbow gears I have to throw at it. Strethed sprue and preliminary sanding have improved things somewhat, but putty and more sanding are my future here (and rescribing YIKES!). She is starting to put up a fight. The windscreen is too narrow. More so on the left than on the right. I have glued tiny plasticard shims against the sides of the IP. They sit slanted so now the IP becomes a wedge, spreading the base of the windscreen. Now it fits near-perfect. These strips will be pretty deep under the IP coaming, and invisible once I paint them black. The front edge sits slightly raised, but I can easily push it down and all is fine. The drilled out holes came out only so-so. The decal broke and came off while drilling. It will have to do, after cleanup and sanding. I left out the navigation light under the wing as they were not exactly cleanly molded. I glued in a piece of plasticard, and the light will be poured with a drop of appropriately colored resin. Cheers!

Thanks for sharing this. These stories become more and more forgotten.

Thanks for the heads-up, but....excuse me, what? $ 215 ON SALE??? My god...that is double what it costs here, @ regular price.