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Such a cool looking beast, please continue. Cheers Rob

Thank you Mark, I don't have the Tamiya wax, but will try to buy some. Even when the actual polished surface seems to be very durable, I use gloves to handle it. Cheers Rob

Some motivational pics, I took in Chino California some years ago. It's a restored Yak-3U. Cheers Rob

Very nice and comprehensive step by step with your MIG. I like the chosen scheme and how you painted and weathered it. I have two Eduard Mig-21 waiting for me to build them and it's not the first time, I feel the urge to start. Cheers Rob

Some years ago, I took some pictures of a 109 in Chino California. It is a E-1 which was later converted to E-7 and crash landed on a frozen lake, where it sank later and was salvaged in 2003. I'd say, there is a very slight curved back and also a very slight bulge sideways. Cheers Rob

Thank you Gentlemen, The Tamiya LP-9 Lacquer clear is great. I thinned it with almost 2/3 of thinner. It dries shiny and sprays very controllable, from protective misting with a slight grain first and then semi wet, which is enough for a gloss surface, without the risk of running noses. Cheers Rob

Gracias Hombres, after taking my sunglasses off, I hope, will not spoil everything with spilled glue, when assembling the car . Cheers Rob

That reminds me, that I have a paper model of the Graf Zeppelin in 1/200 scale somewhere, where I already cut most of the parts. Cheers Rob

Amigos, I'm absolutely thrilled today, after 24h of drying time for the gloss coat, I couldn't wait any longer and polished the body with the three different coarsed Tamiya polishing compounds and bang, that's how it looked afterwards. I can tell you, that it's hard to capture it on pictures and it looks showroom mirroring to my real eye . No more words, I'm flashed . Cheers Rob

I wouldn't mind some raunchy ads for cheap lacquer paints, that would fire me up more than Viagra . Cheers Rob

Thanks Kevin, The Gulf Porsche 917 is always a treat and yes the real Ford GT is far more iconic than it's new derivate, but it's a sufficient test dummy for different techniques and looks great in the display cabinet among some armor . Thanks Gaz, I've used the chrome pens only a few times and I like them, when it comes to painting separated parts. For details on a body, there is always the risk of bleeding and therefore, I wouldn't use them for that. Cheers Rob

That's indeed a lot of masking. First, I was asking myself, why you glued the weapon pylons in place, but then I realized, that they get painted in the tringle colors too on the pic of the real thing. Cheers Rob

Well, I wasn't so far with my build, to put the fuselage halves together and have a precise look for the dimensions. To my excuse, I have to say, that I took the general shape for granted, with several E-types still existing. How could they get it so wrong? You're absolutely right, the marked area looks like a camelback. I've to check later and then decide, what to do with it. I've all the AM galore, so binning is not the first option. Cheers Rob

I like them both, nice work, I never built any ships except for a wooden one, but I like to see, if my eyesight is sufficient for PE-orgies in 1/350 scale, that's why I have a destroyer kit and the Queen Elisabeth in stash and if that fails, I can always switch to the 1/35 Italeri Vosper . Keep the ships coming, I 'd like to see more ship-WIP's here, to learn, how it's done. Cheers Rob

Wow, with that camo you couldn't disguise the plane in the midst of Studio 54 in the mid 70's, it would have stood out. Great job with this bright bird Gus, love it. Cheers Rob

More Russian scrap metal, presented the most entertaining way, spiced with great scratch building, what can go wrong? Cheers Rob

Very nice plastic surgery with the slats. The result rectifies the effort, they look way better now. Cheers Rob

Muchas gracias Kai, interestingly the chrome is brighter on the side, were I painted with the Molotow pen. The glass side looks for not explainable reason more coarse, but only a little On position lights, I used that technique too, sometimes. A lot of airplanes have clear covers over colored bulbs. If that's the case, I drill the clear part from the inside, where the bulb should be with a micro drill and fill the drilled hole with clear red, green or blue. The refraction in the clear plastic looks very realistic and if you paint the inner sides of the clear plastic silver, it is even brighter. Thanks Carl, sometimes good old silver is the better way to back the clears, especially with car classics. silver let the clear colors shine more even, where chrome is brighter. Cheers Rob

The Ford GT got gloss coated today, after I had the feeling, the rather thick decal stripes will not settle any better, even if I dunk the body into a decal softener bath. I think the thickness is necessary for opaqueness, but if I had known that before, I would have cut them in places where gaps are. The Tamiya Clear LP9 seemed to lay down great, but I inspect that closely later, after drying. I first sprayed a very thin coat of the heavy thinned clear for achieving a fast drying time on the decals, because I wanted to reduce the reaction time between aggressive chemicals and decals. Then I sprayed two heavier coats after waiting for 15 minutes each time. Tamiya chose a clever way, to not supply PE-parts for the meshes. Instead, the used clear parts for six different openings in the body, which receive a net-decal each. The transparent lights got colored with Tamiya clear orange and clear red. The clear orange got backed with Molotows chrome pen from the backside for better brightness. Cheers Rob

Is the Eduard one really so bad. I started the kit some years ago and now it's a sleeper. As I bought some figures for it lately, there is some urge to continue the 109E soon. What I have seen from the kit so far is looking 109ish to me, but I'm far from being an expert. Favorite plane, that's a good one, made me thinking. I don't think I have ONE favorite plane and the usual suspects, I see are there for different reasons. Some planes I like, because of their technical advancement, some for esthetics and some for whatever reason, I can't put a finger on. That absolutely means not, that I'm after building only favorites as models. Some planes, I build, because I want to achieve a certain goal, like a special scheme or to learn new techniques. The actual Ford GT is one of those, not attracting me as a real thing, but a perfect canvas for trying new stuff. It's a project I really like, despite that, but if I fail, it's easier to bin it. Ok, Butter bei die Fische, which means in northern German slang, Butter to the Fishes and translates to 'To put something substancial into it' WWI: Fokker DR. VIII and Maybe DR.VII WWII: Arado 234, P-38 Lightning, P-47D Thunderbolt, PBY Catalina Cold War: F4-Phantom, EE Lightning, Lockheed SR-71, Boeing 707 Modern: MIG-31, all the planes I fly in, because I hope they are proper designed and safe. Cheers Rob

I wish you a fast recovery from the flu Gaz, but it seems not to slow you down seriously. Good to see, that the pit is fitting well, but bummer with these weird looking control surfaces. I have some metal cast Brassin struts for my FW-190 and my Mig-21 and they are rigid and very detailed, but these from Ordnance work look the part too and you have the olio finished the right way. I have only an Eduard 109E in 1/32 with lots of Brassin extras and a Royal box of the 1/48 109G, which is sufficient for me, as I 'm not an overly great fan of the plane. Sometimes though, I cast my eyes on the HGW boxing of the Dragon -E. It's a tempting package. Cheers Rob

I hope for the best, hairless underarms will be one result for sure, given the size of the boat. Cheers Rob

Thanks Gaz, but some baking powder on the dash, resembling some lines of coke are far more possible with the likely suspects, who own such a car . I have two flaws built in, like always, connected to decals my worst enemies . Cheers Rob

Absolutely top notch, the figure shows how tiny this plane is. It has an interesting design with the spinner and Aluminum cowling, which is a nice focal point. Cheers Rob

Great progress with the detailing. Like Kai said, the gunsight looks especially good. Cheers Rob