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I'm a bit jealous, I loved to fly to Lisbon, get a car to Ericeira had some Doradas in the Adega Tipico there and a great surf the next day powered by pasteis de nata, surfers Duracell. Cheers Rob

I have a weak spot for er- be…, no amphibious and water planes and have some other pictures to share. This one is from Chino And this was taken in Pensacola

Nice, next question will be for pigments, tons of PE and a resin dust mask . To say with Dr. Frankenstein; 'It's aaaalllliiiivvveeee Cheers Rob

Like I said, it's hard to tell from the pictures, but it seems to me that the contrast between the white fuselage and the blueish fins of the missiles is a little bit to harsh, but I'm maybe wrong about that (photos and Colour rendition, sigh). The picture of the real thing made me believe, that there is a metallic shine on the fins, that's why I mentioned metal pigments to rub in. BTW these missiles look huge, like you could place a cockpit in and man it , almost as long as a cola can, wow, never noticed that before. Cheers Rob

My idea would look a little bit more vivid . Cheers Rob

Looking good Gaz. With some weathering the contrast between the grey fuselage and red decals will be reduced to a scale correct look. It's hard to tell from the pic, but I would apply some steel pigments, maybe even mixed with a tiny little bit of copper pigments onto the wings of the missiles, the contrast looks a bit harsh to m eye . Cheers Rob

Great build and nice paintjob and weathering. The work on the engine and the flaps are doing some magic on your build. Nice . Cheers Rob

Great review and interesting subject. I have something in my mind using a Scammell artillery truck with a civilian circus like paintjob, some evil looking musicians with 15th century costumes and maybe the above mentioned caravan. Sounds weird? I hope so . I have that plan sans the caravan in my mind since a long time. Thanks for pointing me to it. Cheers Rob

Thanx Forum , the last spark needed for getting me this big bad MIG-31 in 1/48 was inspired by Gaz and his great build of a MIG-25. I was thinking about the 31 since some years, 'it's 1/48 (thanks god), thousand stencils, just grey,...', but it's pure badass design and that finally did it to me. It is the limited edition from AMK with die cast wheel struts, clear and tinted canopies and completed PE and decals. I browsed through the kit and I have to say, it's one of the finest kits out of the box. Well packed with thoughtful layout of sprues and decals, seemingly well engineered. This might be a complete OOB build, a first since some Airfix stuff when I was a kid. The only thing I'm not decided about are the wheels, which I may substitute with resin stuff and masks for the canopies. Cheers Rob

Hi Peter, I'm in for your build. Speaking of masks, I got a great set from Maketar for mine, including canopy, roundels, wheel masks and lettering. They are Kabuki style and great to work with. Cheers Rob

Good to have you back Peter and you chose a big and bold bird for your return. I can't wait to see you work your magic with the Tiffy and what a time to clear some space in the shelf with the big Airfix Hellcat looming. Cheers Rob

Now that's a cool tiny clinic about rigging. Thanks Gaz, seems I have to order some brass from Bob. BTW, which brass tube length do you chose for the German birds? Cheers Rob

Nice Cruiser and fine weathering and painting. It has the everything fits look enhanced by the great base. Cheers Rob

And I thought you are a Tamiya only guy . Nice choice though with the P-39. I will fasten my seatbelts, as I have received my Special Hobby one two weeks ago. Can't wait for you to do your magic on this one. Cheers Rob

In the second volume of 'Air Modeller's Guide to Wingnut Wings' there is a Pfalz build by David Parker. He used Misterkit GC17 German Pfalz Silbergrau and misted a coat of pale Aluminium over this. I never heard of the Colour before and I don't have it, so I will perform some tryouts to achieve the effect otherwise. Parkers result though is looking very convincing. Cheers Rob

The black basing looks a little psychedelic at first, but I can see how this will work out. Nice job on the worn Colours. Cheers Rob

I'm in for that one. I started that same kit some years ago and had it out of the shelf twice last week. Maybe I continue with you along, although I'm not sure about the scheme I will depict. Thought about Lozenge too, but might choose the silvery white one from the kit. Cheers Rob

There is some serious scratching and creative solution finding involved in your project. I enjoy to follow how you tackle it and try to learn something out of it. Cheers Rob

Once again John, outstanding build and nice job with the printed decals. Cheers Rob

Nice, you can feel the surrounding dryness, viewing your painting and weathering. Cheers Rob

Nice and comfy, I have to second Gaz, these seats look great, hopefully you can see enough of that fine work through the doors and windows. The seats seem to be very narrow, but the legroom looks greater than in a Ryanair bird. Cheers Rob

Looking great Martin, at firs I couldn't believe that the blob in front of the copter would convert to an elegant nose and voila, nose nicely done. Nice job of scratching with the back door as well. Cheers Rob

I know, that's why I bought the special edition five minutes ago . Since yesterday I had it in the shopping cart for the umpteenth time. Thanks Gaz for inflicting the stenciling pain to me . Cheers Rob

Outstanding, love the engine with all the added detail and the very convincing framework. Great skills as ever. Cheers Rob

After some of their famous beers you be able to read it for sure . Cheers Rob