DocRob

Very nice start Peter, I will follow your build, as I never build a Spit and have only two 1/48 ones in stash. When I'm grown up, maybe I will purchase a Tamiya Spitfire. Two questions remain, is the Mk. IX IP identical and do you plan to lower the loop of the seatbelts a bit, they look a bit strange in the side view, the way, they are draped over the upper bar. Cheers Rob

Quite some bending involved with these sneaking exhausts. The whole engine section looks great, with a nice 'feel' for the materials. Cheers Rob

Nice and smooth Phil, time for some colors . Cheers Rob

No problem Martin, humor is an individual thing and I'm sometimes on the not completely political correct side either. If I'm overboard in one way or another, I value it, if someone tells me, that he's offended. It's always best to talk about sensitivities and not dismiss the humor for all the correctness. . Cheers Rob

Sorry Martin, not so funny this time, as there are thousands of refugees drowning near my island every year. Of course, you can't know that, just to let you know. Cheers Rob

Thanks Phil, but no place for a Houdini rigging , I will somehow pull through, but it may take a while. Cheers Rob

Very sorry to hear about your loss. They are a part of the family and will be missed. Can't imagine to loose my dog. I hope she had a wonderful live. Cheers Rob

Positively trashy, I might add , I like the worn look of your Mig Martin. I know the feeling, I only wear my glasses on night drives in the car. Would I wear them permanently, I would feel like half death, It's a too hard decline to get used to. Luckily my eyes are better now, than some years ago. Doing a lot of outdoor activities with wide views and not only staring on tiny plastic parts through magnifiers and onto computer screens helps a lot. I also know the feeling to not get the right ambition for some builds, without having an obvious reason, but good to see that you pulled through. It happens, but then there are builds, where it's hard to stop and that's the good news. Cheers Rob

What a wonderful looking car Mark. Pity you dropped it, but good to hear, that all is fixable. I'm with Peter, as I try to paint car bodies and motorbikes in one go, but I think you have painted all the red parts in one instance and only polishing and clear coat at different times.

Fantastic looking plane, the detailing of the engine and wheel covers please the eye Sasha. Cheers Rob

Wonderful PE work Bill, sometimes it's funny to see the contrast between highly detailed PE details and coarse molded plastic surrounding it, but primer and paint will heal that. Cheers Rob

I'm very cautious with paint fumes and mostly sanding dust too. I use my booth and a respirator mask when spraying since years. When I'm spraying hot paints, I leave the room after application and let the air clean through draft. Luckily my cave is a workshop and is the complete basement of the house, so no stink in the living areas. I'm using airbrushes since my twens, but then mostly on paper for illustrations and on motorcycle helmets. By the time, I had a small flat, where I brushed without a mask and booth. Sometimes, I could detect, where a glass stood on my desktop by the circular non residues, where it stood. Oh my, poor old lungs and by this time I was smoking on top. Cheers Rob

Very nice Gary, I'm getting goose pimples by the freezing look. I tried washes only to the same effect like you on some figures once and like you decided for a mixed approach. I have no idea, how working with washes only should work, as there is not enough coverage. Your helping hand will come - err - handy. I received mine a week ago, a similar construction, I plan to use for rigging tasks and soldering of course. Cheers Rob

I guess, you have to switch the 'View Signature' button to enable your sig, Peter. It's above the field where you entered your signature. Cheers Rob

My last idea is, that maybe something is cached there by your browser. I would try to delete cached data and restart the computer and try again. Cheers Rob

You don't see that in your signature settings screen? Then it's up to the Admins I think. @Peterpools You have to open the menu under your username in the upper right corner of the screen, chose 'Account Settings' and then on the next screen chose 'Signature' on the left sided menu, to edit yours. Cheers Rob

Thank you @HubertB, @Martinnfb, @GazzaS, @Peterpools. For me the all blue oars looked wrong, not while painting them, but in the boat on deck, they were like a magnet to the eye, where the deck as whole should be eye catching with various detail assemblies on it. Therefore, I was relived to have it redone. Cheers Rob

Sweet Peter, but I would have liked the purple 'Silk Cut' livery even more, but then you would have to go AM for the decals. Cheers Rob

The beauty and the beast, Peter your GT represents both in great fashion. The painting and decaling came out perfect in that most beautiful livery for the GT40. You could build a MKII and set it beside for a laugh. A great model too, but design wise, well, it's modern . I wonder what's next on your agenda, now you have trotten the glossy finish path for a while. Cheers Rob

Great build and painting, but the subtle shading and weathering makes the Heinkel stand out. Cheers Rob

I tried them on several occasions, but was always disappointed by the results. To my eye, there is nothing, they do better than a good sable brush. Especially their paint holding capacity is next to none. I thought, I could use them for very fine details, but again, no advantage to either a good paint brush or, if the detail is too small, a toothpick. The last I have are only used for pigment application as an addition to cotton swabs, which are better, but not useful in tiny hidden spots. Cheers Rob

Some tools arrived last week, luckily in short time, as they will come in handy with my Duchess of Kingston build. A tiny three jaw chuck for my Proxxon mini lathe. The originally provided covets are made from plastic, are very bad produced, having burr and plastic residues all over. I also added the drill chuck for the tailstock. Drilling cylindrical parts centered will be no daunting task anymore. Some extra hands are always welcome for rigging task and soldering. The magnifying glass has integrated LED lighting with adjustable color temperature and brightness Cheers Rob

I didn't like the look of my blue PE oars and I had to do something about them, as they were too prominent on deck of the DoK. I de-charred the also supplied ones from pear wood, rounded them cautiously with sanding paper and files and gave them a cot of Wipe on Poly, followed by blue for the blades and gold for the handles. Now I like the look and it was well worth the extra effort to tear off the PE oars, rip of the seat planks, clean them from CA and repaint them. The supports were glued to the deck, but the boat will be removed, as it may is in the way, while rigging. Next is cleaning of the bench and then, it's rigging time . Cheers Rob

Great work on the UC and the intakes look great too, it payed off to go through all the masking pain. Cheers Rob

I became a member of Model Ship World two weeks ago. It's a very resourceful and helpful place for ship modelling. I was considering membership for a long time, since I prefer to be a contributing member in one forum only, that's why I ended up in the open world of LSM, but I have the feel, that I will need some more expertise in the next weeks. Cheers Rob