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Thank you

And here is what it looks like when I use it. Dirt bag Spitfire. 1/48 Eduard MKII. Nice kit, nothing to report other than ridiculously dark codes. Idk what they were thinking. And it seems all their early Spit kits are afflicted, so next one I will have to use other decals or paint for them. 1/72 Bandai B-wing. Special SDCC version, hence no meatballs. Scratch/kit bashed base for above. And a tiny one. Really tiny. 1/144 Sweet A6M3.

I want to like it. I kinda do, but I don't like the dark blue. It should have stuck with the Italian colors, as the old scheme but broken up differently. And for sure, very different top to bottom so it's obvious what the planes attitude is.

Fair point. And I never use it for brush painting. I have Vallejo for that. As for colors, I don't believe in matching to color chips. Assuming they are even correct. I'm going to adjust to my eye. Then it's going to get faded and shaded and messed with. And I love that I can thin and clean my airbrush with rubbing alcohol. Even in today's economy, rubbing alcohol is cheap. To each their own, I just don't see a need to switch.

Pretty much all I use are Tamiya acrylics. I don't find them limiting at all, so I am curious where you are?

LMAO

My understanding is they modified parts as they went along. Updating items found to be lacking, or simplifying them as and when they could. Limited resources towards the end of the war dictated this to a large degree. I.E. Panzer IV's going from four return rollers to three. Parts were simplified to facilitate manufacture. Also, and this is especially notable on aircraft paint directives, the German's, despite being very technically sophisticated, seemed to deviate widely from a given set of instructions. See Tadpole tail 262's as an example. There are many others. Parts were also changed or deviated from earlier versions as a materials savings. Again, Panzer IV's and derivatives with metal rimmed road wheels meant to save rubber. The germans also used a system of adding newer/redesigned parts as they became available, rather than at a fixed date. Off the top of my head I haven't an example, one must always check references as a given vehicle may not have the parts associated with a documented production date. You will have encountered this if you have ever worked on an old Type 1 Volkswagen. The listed date a part was modified/added rarely coincides with the actual VIN number.

You have to do the F4B. That is so cool

Who cares? How many Michael Wittmann Tigers are out there. Or any Mustang you care to name. Just do it. It looks cool. And lots of opportunity to scratch build stuff.

The one behind it looks like it was sprayed? Very fine squiggle? If these are in collection point they could be from different units.

It could be mud. I know they did this with tanks in a pinch. And fine desert sand really sticks when it's been put on with water. I know this from cleaning up dirt bikes. It looks like a mop was used for application.

I like this idea.

Yawn. When are we going to get a real B-26 in 32 scale?? Meaning, a Marauder.

I think both. It's both. And god help you if the engine decides to hiccup when the rocket's done. But it is a cool display item.

ebay has a pretty good selection, but the prices are all over the map. Andy's Hobby Headquarters still has a few kits at original retail prices, but the selection is limited.

Either of these. I have a bunch of car kit's, race or otherwise. And I do Love a tropical Nazi airplane. Of course, not saying I will actually join. Group builds have always been death for me 💀 Lmao.🤣

I built one of these years ago, when it was new, and I don't remember any of these things being an issue. You certainly did a fine job with it.

Nice. Martha Stewart would not approve, so what? Looks good an heavy, which is what you want. 👍

I never pre-wash styrene. I've never seen excessive mold release, but more importantly, I'm going to cover the model with oily finger prints before it's finished. Then I to give the model a through wash down with isopropyl before primer/paint

I run into that problem as well. Usually, I use a little bit of tape to make a flag on the cocktail stick with the part number. or, if it's the bigger bamboo stick, I just write the number on the stick. And then just don't paint over the number.

My first was using 123 blocks, which is fine with a small number of parts. I made one out of Gatorboard, but it was too light, and the sticks would catch sometimes, which lifted the whole board. That was annoying and caused dropped parts. These are heavy, and sturdy. I would have to actively try to knock one over.

I remove everything, clean it, fix seams etc, then attach it to a cocktail stick, or a bamboo skewer for painting. I can't remember last time I painted something on the sprue.

I'll post a link to the page. https://www.spotmodel.com/product_info.php?products_id=57412 The parts in the photos look kinda meh. I took a bit of a leap with this, as I have never bought anything from KMP before. I have to say though, the parts look gorgeous in person.

I just bought another Abarth so I can use it with this conversion kit. Both arrived today. Giant (width) tires give it a go-kart stance.

The paint is drying in the air. Likely you need to thin it, it's probably lost some of it's original thinner over time to evaporation.