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Ridiculously short update: Canopy has been sprayed black, undercart sprayed steel. Next aluminium coat (probably over the weekend) Next update will have pics hopefully. Cees

Peter, What this all means is that you have that Sea Fury finished as fast as lightning and get on with the Sea Hornet. Cees

Looking great Doug. Florin, Welcome to LSM. Cheers Cees

Looking great Peter, Cees

Well it's just a worldfamous beer distiller haha. But you could use any can as long as it's natural aluminium insided (Coca Cola?). Really pleased how the intakes turned out, they really give a authentic sheen when looking inside with a glimpse of the rivetting lines. Cees

Fabeltastic Tom, The painting stage is getting closer. Really love this. Cees

Longish picloaded update I want this build to be a quick one. This build is almost completely out of the box. Apart from the Intakes that is. Fisher has an intake correction set out as Ben Summerfield is using on his build. I wanted to do an experiment using beercan aluminium. Well Grolsch didn't work as the inside Colour was green. Back to good old Heineken, after emptying the contents in the old fashion way ( hic). The interior colour was what I was looking for. Sometimes sacrifices have to be made... First I made a paper template, after that the can aluminium was cut to the same dimension. Making use of the existing curve. Using Rosie the Rivetter tool I added a representation of rivets. With tape I kept the shape. I am very pleased with the result, the aluminium gives just the right Sheen when the whole lot is cemented in place. Great stuff this aluminium. Never used it before But I certainly will more often in the future. The undercart has been assembled as well, with some tricky masking. Hope it works. Cheers Cees

very nice model John, Thanks for posting. Cees

Dutch Decal, it's been out a few days. We will review them here soon. Cees

Short picless update The undercart has been assembled. Bit tricky as the wheels are difficult to mask as the structure alsmost completely surrounds it. Canopy has been masked too. Only the intakes to do and then it's airbrush time. Cees

Same here, but it looks like your port throttle levers have a tendency to list to starboard. Can they be adjusted slightly? Or is it a photographic distortion. Cees

Nice butchery, What did you use for the seatcushion? Cees

What models were involved, you have the dirty details? Congratulations Rick. Cees

Ben, I noticed in the pic of the real aircraft you posted that the intake rims have chipped edges. Great reference. The rims were made from laminated mahogany, yes wood. I will chip mine too. Cees

Erikkkkk!

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz.... Cees

Hmm that gunbay..... Cees

So far the trailing edges of the wings need some sanding te get them flat. No problem really. Everything fits beautifully. Cees

James, These pics were taken by Erik during our visiti after Telford. Cees

Time to send this great collection of detail pics to Neil. What thinketh yej? Cees

Same here. Cees

Update time Spending more building than posting updates. This kit is really fun. And big, the unavoidable beercan photo is included. Cockpit with Eduard belts. I replaced the plastic reflector glass with a Piece of clear acetate. Speed is what I need. Cees

Does anyone know if the AM industry is working on goodies for the HK Models Meteor? So far Fisher has brought out resin intakes. Eduard exhausted themselves on the B 25 's. Would be nice to see cockpit sets for the Meteor Too. What do you think? Cees

Kais, Yes, I just did LOL. Hadn't realised it was a complete walkaround. A very good set of pics. The scale modeller datafile has some Faint details. These pics will clarify things. Cees

Thanks Kais, That's a good start. Welcome by the way. Cheers Cees