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My group would be probably very small, but how could I not buy it? pre-war stock from HongKong

I can see in my case a intervention is warranted.......... Perhaps even medication🤔

That's a nice kitty! I placed an order with Plaza last week and that kit was in the basket but it would have made my shipping too high so I went with fewer items. I think that's got to be about the nicest Tom cat out there from what I hear. Can't wait to see your build!

Just can’t help yourself, can you Carl? I think we need to form an intervention group for some of us here. I could be a member of F-16’s anonymous. And F-4 anonymous, and P-40 anonymous, and ………

Seeing the great service that @belugawhaleman gets from Plaza Japan, I decided to give them a try. More importantly they actually had the Tamiya 1/48 F-14A in stock and at a very reasonable price. So one more kitty to add to the stash.

I see lots of progress compared to the pics you showed me earlier. But yeah, sometimes it feels like you're not getting anywhere.

I'm 0 for 3 on building an M60 family of tank kits. This try #4 so hopefully I make it to the end.

I spent at least six hours over this beast and it feels like nothing changed

That looks really promising.

Thank you Kevin and Chris. I noticed, there is still no RFI-section for cars or bikes, only armor and planes, not really fitting The doors were besides the bonnet, the most problematic areas of the build. I spent many hours to get it right, even added magnets to help. There are so many parts involved, which had to fit perfectly, it was a nightmare. I may be able to better the situation a bit, but the hinges are not in reach anymore. It looks worse on the pictures than on the model. Due to my handling the doors might have opened a little and I haven´t seen it. For some reason, the body color is very vulnerable, despite cleaning the resin body with alcohol, proper priming and airbrushing. The adhesion is sub-optimal and it is very easy to have paint lifts. For my next MFH build, I will slightly sand the body parts. But hey, it´s done and this is what counts, besides the lots of fun, I had during the build. It was challenging, but only some of the last parts of the build were frustrating. I should have chosen a bit simpler kit, but when I look at the Cobra Coupe, sitting on the shelf, I´m a little bit proud as well. Cheers Rob

With a bit of time on my hands I am catching up. This is how all the parts came out prepared for assembly.

A tiny bit of work on the Magach. I glued the return rollers and some other random stray parts on after having watched them float around my spray booth for the last while. At least this way I won't lose them.

Nice sculpting Carl.

I forgot to post the RFI thread which is here. Now I just have to figure out the next build...

Rob, Sorry, been off for a bit but catching up quickly. LOVELY!! The culmination of your efforts are striking. You've often referenced where you know things are off a bit, but what I see is a fantastic build that could easily be mistaken for a photo of the actual car. I see wear marks that would appear on the actual car but that body work you did is amazing. I'm not as worried about the gaps - the car looks right. I remain in awe at your skills.

Really happy i can have the masks lasercut for the ‘Bellows Uruguay’ beneath the canopy,

Excellent Rob in my book the passenger door was the only thing that looked a tad off other wise splendid I would be happy with the results.

Outstanding work Rob!

NICE !

Yesterday, I airbrushed the fairing, gas tank and rear. For the parts, I used Tamiya´s LP bright red with Mr. Color pink primer as a base. Today, I started decaling, which worked well. The Tamiya decals were easy to use and the carrier film is nearly invisible. The tiny rivets on the seat proved to be difficult to apply. I used a flat cut toothpick with low tack double sided adhesive tape, which helped a bit Cheers Rob

Hi all, I've not posted for a few days as I've been adding more display shelving. Now I have empty shelves to show a few more models in the future. I then carried on with the Pfalz build, but forgot to take photographs of the work. So I'm now at the stage of the build with the cockpit and lower wing fitted. The details of the build so far will be in my build log PDF once the model is complete, Mike

Thank you Gus, I´m happy, that the Cobra Coupe is done. I learned a lot through the build and it was mostly fun. The hanging doors are witness of my failures. They look worse in the pics than they are, but I may try to fix them. Yesterday, I opened the hood to add a missing piece, by removing my tiny bolts, which held the bonnet in place and it didn´t felt as bad as seeing the doors gaps. Anyway, I´m up for the next challenging build, but it will be one with less doors and hatches . Cheers Rob

Not to my knowledge, there is only a manual pointer indicating the max rpm, clamped where the dial shows 18000 . Cheers Rob

Thank you guys, I can´t believe it´s only ten days into this build, it seemingly ends to fast. That´s mainly because it´s so much fun working on the Honda, where, typical Tamiya, you can concentrate on paintjob and finish, because it builds up mostly by itself, except the wheels of course. Cheers Rob

Someone’s ready to cruise the mall!