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I think your next build should just be 1/1 scale. Pretty sure you can build a functioning plane out of PE and plastic Matt

Umm, Tom Cruise has been in Lemoore all week filming the movie. So they're not pushing it back for the F-35. The F-18 is already painted up and ready down there Matt

I think there's a tutorial on their website. It gets applied like a normal decal, and then after it dries for a couple of hours, the transfer film gets peeled off. So you get decals with no carrier film Matt

Hope you can get back to it. Since I don't think that conversion has ever been released, you'd have one of the only Tornado F3 builds out there Matt

Hey Eric, Did this build ever get finished? The big Tornado was looking great, but can't find any completed photos Matt

Thanks so much Anthony! Everything is now sealed up in the fuselage and getting smoothed out. Little bit of undulation along the centerline, but it'll smooth out fine. It is a WnW kit after all Matt

Not worthy. This build is better than a real Tomcat. Love the texturing work on the tires Matt

Aren't the decals their wet transfer system? So it's not a carrier film as much as a transfer film that you'll peel away after application Matt

I've gotten more work done on the fuselage. The interior framework is now done and ready to be encased in the fuselage. I can already tell it will be a very precise challenge, especially with the PE rudder linkage having to slot through the sides of the fuselage. But the rigging is done, the seats are installed, the camera is in, the engine bearers and bulkheads are in, so it's time. This is actually Tamiya Ocean Grey on the metal portion, then Vallejo BlueGrey on the fabric fuel tank at the top. They're different colors in real life, I swear Roy Sutherland's beautiful resin wicker seat, just like the Dolphin. Painted, and given just an easy wash to highlight the detail Oil tank and engine bearers looking smart Instrument panel in place and wired, although it looks like the wires will be invisible once it's installed. Eh, not too big of a deal HGW seatbelts as usual. They're just so much better looking than PE for this stuff Next post will have the fuselage closed up and cleaned up, then we're on to the painting stages. I think. Probably. We'll see if any disasters occur Matt

Looks fantastic! Great airbrushing to make the paint work look alive Matt

Now the question is, where does one buy Aerotech kits? They seem to be harder to find than a dodo riding a unicorn. Matt

Ooh, shiny. Looks great Matt

Looks about 800% better than the Trumpeter parts. Love seeing the work, and will definitely improve both the look and sit of the Tomcat when you're done Matt

And this is why the vendor tables at shows are stocked with old Matchbox and Heller kits going for $2 a throw Matt

Looks like it's going a million sitting there on the cradle. I'm assuming it'll be very shiny when it's done? Matt