Mikester

Plugging away slowly, I've shifted my focus to repairing three models that were damaged during the move. Once I get those sorted out and put back together I'll get going on the P-40 again. Got the BarracudaCast resin wheels and the camo masks in last week so I'm good to go on the parts and stuff.

Excellent work, Rick!

Beautiful build!

That came out nice, Rob! Mottling is an art form in itself, took me many years of trial and error to get to the point I was happy with my results and could do it with any consistency.

Nice work on that PE my friend. more patience than I could ever muster!

I use a Grex airbrush with a .2 mm needle. I get good results mottling with Mr. Color (acrylic lacquer) thinned down with Mr. Leveling Thinner, enamels and other paints not so much. Smaller needles really require good quality paint with fine pigment that won't foul the tip. If I have to use something other than Mr. Color, Tamiya is my back up brand,

Very cool your Royal Baldness! Any info on when the B-6 night fighter will hit the streets?

Excellent work, Dave! And glad you're feeling better

Very nice!

Jut trying to simulate the paint wear sometimes observed on the tips of the propeller blades:

OK, I replaced the original pics with indoor pics with softer light which should show off the river detail a little more. Here's a few overhead shots:

I'm terrible about WIP shots but I'm going to try to get get better, got a Ju 88C-2 coming up that I'll do a full build report on.

Already matched my build total for last year! Fw 190A-5 of 3./JG 54, "Yellow 8" flown by Robert "Bazi" Weiss. 1/32 Hasegawa Fw 190A-5 with a few add-ons and mods (truthfully the kit doesn't need much): Quickboost exhausts and guns Montex wheels and belly pan Eduard STEEL seatbelts Scratch-built pitot tube Riveted with Radu B riveting wheel Montex mask for markings CMK resin seat Corrected dashboard coaming Added headrest armor brace wires Typical Hasegawa 190, shake n' bake, no drama. I elected to go with the locally mixed greens theory for JG 54. I used Tamiya Deep Green and Black Green. I wish I would have got a little more contrast but in reality the colors probably would have blended/faded to low contrast anyway (i.e. RLM 70/71). Weathered with AK weathering enamels and Windsor and Newton Raw Umber for the panel line wash. Enjoyable build, was never able to find a pic of the real aircraft so hopefully I came somewhat close!

Probably done for a visit by a flag officer for an inspection. We did these all the time, called a "dog and pony show" in AF lingo.

Used these on a couple of my 109s, nicest pre-painted IP's available IMHO.

Excellent, Rick! I had no idea anyone made resin exhausts for the B model. Too late now for mine, oh well.

Time to start saving the sheckles!

Impressive, great review Jimbo!

Wow! Great to see some progress on this one again, you're doing some very cool stuff!

Looking good, Rob. I've heard this one can be a challenging build and your effort seems to confirm it. Maybe some of the poor engineering stems from the fact that this was their first kit ever, I think their later efforts are better.

Outstanding!

Beautiful!

Excellent!

Gorgeous!

Beautiful, looks great in those colors!