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Nicely done Brewer!! I love the 190's. Super looking aircraft with wonderful lines!

Thanks Guy. Big day at LSM!

Yea I had Helomania there for a while, lol!!! Still have a few to build!

Here are pictures of my recent 1/48 MiL-24D Hind (Revell) build. Arno talked me through my first panel opening and engine wiring on this one! Plus first freehand airbrush camo job!! Oh and interior seatbelts made from Tamiya Masking Tape!!

I'm very excited to be able to post my 1/48 builds to LSM!! Here's my 1/48 AH-1F Cobra Gunship (Revell) finished a few weeks ago.

Fantastic effort Ben but the third rivet from the left on the tail trim tab looks over sized!!! Are you sure that's correct, lol??? I'm sorry I couldn't help myself. lol!! Love the chipping around the engine inlets. I just bought Vallejo Chipping Medium so hope to practice this weekend with it!

Installed the rocket hard points last night before going to bed! Installed the two Napalm drop tanks this evening and finished priming. Due to the humidity in Atlanta I'll have to wait a few days before pre-shading the panel lines! Also started to build the engine assembly! That's all for today. Night all!!

I think you're spot on so far Arno!! Fantastic workmanship!!

I agree Arno 1/35th would be the way to go. You could raise the cockpit slightly with earth to compensate for the height difference I suppose?

Finally after almost a solid week of seam work the A-1A made it down to the paint ship for a coat of primer!

Let me be the first to say congrats and thank you for such an insightful review.\ As you said, " The sheer level of detail here seemed to have not only raised the bar significantly, but also put Airfix back into a newly realised and significant position as a premier injection moulded model manufacturer" and I agree! It's a wonderfully done kit and one I should consider building in the future. Thanks again Jim!

I've never seen an aluminized aircraft looks so real!! Hats of to you Jeroen on an incredible build!!

Very easy project Erick. Took me about an hours to build.

Another vintage kit and a favorite of mine! Matchbox 1/32 Lysander Mk 1-111. Decals or trash but the rest of the kit is new condition. Looking forward to building this kit!

Continued today with cleaning up the seams and changing out the cheesy plastic 22MM gun barrels with brass barrels. Also worked a bit on the cockpit. Should be ready for primer this week! New brass 20MM gun barrels! Detailing the bare cockpit!

Try "I bought it on sale" or "It was half price on Ebay", lol!!!

Thanks for the informative review review Jeroen!!

Possibly so Paulster. I hadn't researched it before posting and only assumed they were 50s but 20MM makes more sense!

Looks great Lyle. We're pretty close as I live in Woodstock, GA! I build upstairs in what use to be my home office when I was a working stiff, retired in 2013!! And I display in the basement, lol!! Hopefully finishing he drywall install, apply the mud, sand and paint in September and then false ceiling in October!!

Yay my Vallejo Pigments arrived today. Still waiting for my Vallejo Chipping Medium and Acrylic Pigment Glaze Medium to arrive. Then I can make plastic coke caps rust like Arno, lol!!!

Yea these vintage kits are challenging to some degree but loads of fun to breath life into!

Good Lord I just slowly scrolled through the three pages of your build. I'm absolutely speechless. Your craftsmanship is in a word beautiful!!

Big bench day for the A-1A Skyraider. First I removed both the cheesy plastic 50 caliber machine gun barrels and replaced them with brass tubing barrels! Second I updated the equally chessy cockpit using leftover kit parts installing a seat cushion, seatbelts and instrument panel decals. Next I drybrushed the interior with Tamiya XF-16 Flat Aluninum, weathered with Vallejo Brown Oil Wash and finally dull coated with Revell Dull Coat to seal my efforts. And then through the magic of Tamiya Extra Thin this happened and no it's not a jet as suggested on the FB group, lol!! As you can see lots of seam work ahaed of me :-(

Funny that you mentioned that Ben as I was just thinking today that an updated kit with all these movable surfaces would be very atractive in todays market! So far it's been a fun build. Just starting to upgrade the cockpit with a few leftover items from other builds. Going to make Tamiya tape seatbelts and enhance the instrument panel. I may even try detailing the pilot! The stock engine is nice but screems for some love, lol!! Glad you enjoyed the chopper builds on the FB group. They were great fun and I look forward to building the remaining three kits!