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For those who might not have seen, the tours were announced and can be registered for. The Monitor or the Wisconsin or the Military Air Museum as I mentioned above.

I've got my hotel and convention reservations all made. So, the wife and I will be there. 2026 is supposed to be in Fort Wayne, IN. If you're going and have extra time, the Military Aviation Museum, Pungo, VA is a great place to visit. It's not on the convention tours. I was there ~3 years ago. Several of the docents were retired Naval Aviation folks. Impressed the heck out of my retired Navy Chief friend.

First it received a coat of MRP Primer Grey, then this....... Then this........ I've never done this sort of painting. I'm thinking about starting with RLM66 and then adding some Nato Black. Onward!

Thanks, guys!

All the big pieces are attached now. A few small pieces and small areas for putty.

Time to start putting the big pieces together. Might be interesting painting this one.

Thanks, it's about a 20" wingspan.

Some progress. The wings and tail are not attached. Some filling and sanding are still needed. I hope it fits on my shelf.

Close-ups after everything is glued.

Slowly. There are pieces included in the Eduard set that won't be seen or hardly seen only because I know they're there and look for them.

Cool!!!

Just about ready to close this up, just needs a bit of dirt yet.

Seat belts are done. Now to start putting some of these things together. See whether both of the shoulder belts will go through the hole in the seat, or I'll have to enlarge it a bit.

Stillllllll grinding away on the PE.

Continuing on with more PE parts.

Jeroen, I don't remember if I've asked, what resin are you using? Basic Anycubic resin or something else? Thanks

All the PE bits are on the IP and radio rack. Now to look through photos and add some tiny bits of paint.

Thanks, I have Jerry Crandell’s book.

Started, some paint and PE underway. The Eduard cockpit set includes separate instrument pieces. In most cases the PE is attached on top of the molded in instruments which adds more depth. There are some locations which require some of the detail work to be removed. PE work is reserved for the evenings when the caffeine from the morning coffee has worn off.

Well, this one fell by the wayside while I was working on other models. It's time to get back to it. The first thing to do is decide on some of the AM. I have some AM which is a duplicate function. The next will be what "black" to use that isn't really black.

I'm going to call this one done. You'll note that the aircrew is not installed. I can't get them without risking something inside the cockpit. There are hands that I can't get inside the cockpit sills and I'm not sure exactly where the feet are going. The overhead ejection handles are a risk too. The kit assembly instructions have you install the seats after quite a bit is closed up. Next one I'll put the seats in and the aircrew in place before closing up the fuselage.

Cool, John! I built the Kitty Hawk kit (I think it was the Kitty Hawk kit) right after we moved in 2019. It definitely looks different.

OKay, this part of the project is finally done. I finally got the flag rigged. And all of the aircraft for Nimitz are built. One of the 'fun' things is that the aircraft all have their wings extended, except for the F-14s, so, I had to cut off wing sections to make them folded. The next step for them is to paint them. The F-14s are half are extended, and half are swept which means that I won't use all of them in the final version. Another fun thing will be that not all aircraft in the photos in the cruise book are gray. Some are still in the light gull gray over white. Onward!

Anyone else watch the announcement on Squadron TV? It seems that Squadron has acquired Scale Colors. Jeff Herne was there for the announcement too.

Not a whole lot of progress, with Christmas, New Years, and having Grandsons for several days. I was working on those tiny clear airplanes for another project, but I needed to clean up my workspace in case one of the boys wanted to work on something. So, back to this, I decided that I need to get this finished. I made a mess of the clear blue on the windscreen. Oh well. I'm not sure where the problem is, but the clear piece of the HUD interferes with the windscreen piece. I need to get some canopy glue under some of the windscreen so I can then paint it the dark gray to hide the gap. This is the kit landing gear leg, not the oval shaped indent. There is a similar raised section on the gear door which helps greatly in properly positioning the gear door. The indent was not on the AM landing gear leg, therefore, I had to use a small chisel tool to remove the raised section on the gear door and had to eyeball the gear door position. Also, it's about time that I start painting the aircrew. First time using oils.