DocRob

You are on a run now Peter, the kit needs a bit of extra work and your solutions seem to work out perfectly. For drilling out cannons, I use the tip of a triangular scalpel blade and turn it, after hitting the middle to have a mark for the drill bit. Cheers Rob

Would be cool to see that one as a kit, but mainly your pic gave me the idea to replicate wet tarmac for an airplane dio as an experiment. I will store that in my mind for ruture use. Cheers Rob

I like your dio a lot Gus, nice color rendition and modulation on the positively cluttered tank. The base could have been a tad smaller for my liking, to concentrate more on figures and Comet, but as Martins pictures show, the setting is perfectly believable. Cheers Rob

Texan interior is looking great Scott. I'm buckled in for your WIP, as I have one of these in stash along with an Eduard big set. I will build mine as a Portuguese bird with decals from Zotz. Good to learn of the merits and shortcomings of the kit through your build. Cheers Rob

I do Gary, what a fine display. The foiling looks very realistic and there is the very slight ribbing in the foil, which makes the Mig look even more metallic. Foiling one, painting nil . The figures and Gaz fit like a glove. Cheers Rob

Indeed, like Harv said, very cool. Cheers Rob

I hope for something like this Carl, if I my plan for the camo works out. It's a WW1 Italian Lancia, used in the Spanish civil war. The kit is from Copper State and it's a little gem. Cheers Rob

Holy grail kits, oh yes there are some which mean more to me than the others, some built, some on and off the bench and some still in the box. Built: 1/32 Mir Fokker D.VIII with all the goodies. It was so much fun to build this mediocre base kit into something special with soldering struts, ... 1/144 Nautilus submarine from Pegasus, where I had so much fun, working with a lighting kit and replicating the different non ferrous metals. 1/32 WNW Hansa Brandenburg W.29, where I went all in with weathering and satisfied my desire for replicating different materials, wood, metal, cloth... On and off: 1/32 Fly Arado 234, simply because it's the most interesting and advanced plane for it's time. 1/64 Duchess of Kingston wooden sailing ship from Vanguard Models. It was so rewarding digging through all the wood, PE and resin. 1/20 Hasegawa Ammoknight, which took me to some of the most interesting paint experiments and needs the figure (s?) to be painted Shelfies: 1/64 HMS Sphinx from Vanguard Models. The quality of these kits is simply amazing and it's a post ship, means, I feel like a true captain after the build 1/32 WNW AEG G.IV in night lozenge camo 1/24 Ebbro Citroen DS 21, because it's my favorite car Cheers Rob

Finally I found some time and hit the bench with an in between build. The Duchess of Kingston will be continued in late autumn with more time at hand to start the rigging, which I will do fully concentrated. An now to something really strange... Sorry for the bad pics. Cheers Rob

You'll love the egg Carl. Bought one last year and use it a lot for meat, fish and pizza and baking bread. Yes it's perfectly suited for pizza with dry heat, best I had home made. Today we will have some solomillo, that's beef fillet along with baked potatoes and home made sour cream and with the dying heat, I smoke some salmon, while adding chips of beech tree for the aroma. Sometimes, I add a little dried fig wood to enhance the taste of beef with it's aromatic smoke. Well, I'm getting hungry, I have to feed my egg, to feed me . Cheers Rob

Your cruising now Peter, You mastered some obstacles and what shows is a Whirlwind. It will be a stunner for sure with your tamiyaesque talents . Cheers Rob

Happy birthday Bill, I have this kit in stash since years and I'm eager to build it soon. I had it on the bench sometimes but got away through other projects. I skipped the first two questions, but I still have a wood / metal or museum version in my mind. Decisions, decisions... Cheers Rob

That ties it together Gary, the wipers look great. There can't be an effect without a reason . The pilot is very well depicted, your constant work with figure painting sure pays off, he looks extremely good in 48 scale. Cheers Rob

I have to admit, I've never done a winter camo, but have lots of kits which I will paint in winter outfit. The method of application was different, either by brush or airbrush, but mostly after the rollout, I guess. I would try hairspray / chipping technique. Finish the underlying camo, apply chipping fluid / hairspray, than different shades of white, dense mottled on with the airbrush and then remove some of the whit paint with different abrasive tools on the dampened surface. Another option is the salt technique and there are washable colors available from AK for example. I have some of these, but never tried them. BTW. Nice looking Stuart, Paul. Cheers Rob

Wow, beautifully done Fran. Nice detailing painting and weathering, I like builds like yours, where everything clicks in the end for a great result. Cheers Rob

Nice grimey GAZ, Gaz , I like the wiped areas on the windshield, but where are the wipers? Cheers Rob

The cockpit looks beautiful and the details will pop under the domed canopy. Pity with the decals. My last Cartographs worked well over the ZM-Kai Phantom IP's and there was a lot of 3D to cover. Maybe a hairdryer would help a bit. There is a vinyl IP available from Kits World. Cheers Rob

Congratulations Gary to your new enterprise. I wish you (and the new owner) luck with the transport. Tha packing should do the job. Are you sure, somebody is paying for 'love', I can't imagine. Cheers Rob

Get rid of equalizers Kevin, they don't do any good for the sound of a solid hifi equipment. To much bad influences through the potentiometers. My amps don't even have a bass or treble setting and I don't miss it (not entirely true, my latest amp has the possibility of adjusting the sound, but I never used it). Tool is a band a bit off the trotten path, post prog rock / metal style. Cheers Rob

I love it, when the recording fits to the music, which is definitely the case with Fear Inoculum. There are so many great albums out there, which suffer only by the subpar production of the music. With Tool, everything clicks, powerful and detailed sound which even in the heaviest passages remains cristal clear. You are absolutely right about the drumming. It's great to hear drummers, who not only define themselves as a rhythm section, but an indispensable part of musical creativity. What happened to The Who without the driving force of Keith Moon or would The Police would have been the same without Stewart Copeland? Cheers Rob

I have only bad ones Peter, by the time I still had a big mistrust into digital photographing (which is not completely gone by now) and was mostly taking slides. The Corsair was my first model reentering the hobby and I wanted to do it right. I added a Brassin cockpit and engine along with the wheels. I wanted to make the cowls removable, as I wired the engine to show all the detail, but failed with that. I tried three different set of cowlings, the thinned kit ones, the resin ones from Brassin and some made of soldered brass parts, but it didn't work as I liked. In the end, I had to glue the cowlings in place. The markings were sprayed, using the great Maketar masks. It was quite a project for the first kit after a pause of maybe thirty years, but I loved it and the result was ok to my eyes. When I left Berlin, I gave the Corsair to a very good friend as a present. Cheers Rob

The new cartridge is only some grams, but the turntable has 25 kg onto a 15 kg slate base. I love big vintage amps, so I can feel your pain. I once had one set up for quadro sound, with a joystick for balancing the four channels, pretty cool. It had wooden sides and all the classic looks. Loved it, but the capacitors of amps are prone to ageing, sadly. Your turntable tweak doesn't sound hifi to me . Hopefully your dime isn't inflation ridden . Cheers Rob

Nice Kevin, is there a lifeboat on the first pic? Cheers Rob

What a beauty Peter, you mastered the kit with your usual perfection and great presentation, chapeau. I'd like to call your building style tamiyaesque. Cheers Rob

Nice catch Peter, I have built the birdcage as my first model, reentering the hobby, when it came out. I loved the kit and just today bought the -1A variant along with some goodies. I would have preferred the -D, as I never did a GSB paintjob, but there was a mixup with the dealer and now it's tritone -1A time. My favorite though is the birdcage with the early colors and only stars no bars, but I rarely do builds, I've already done. I hope for one of your magic WIP's on the gullwing. Cheers Rob