DocRob

Wish you luck with the move. Don't overdo the weathering on your new men cave, it might look like an ugly frog prince . Seriously, let your talent flow into your new place and start with new spirit Cheers Rob

Looking good, did you use burnishing fluid for the barrels? That's my usual weapon of choice, no details lost, due to paint thickness and nice matte blackbrown finish. Cheers Rob

Bueno Mike, the pit is looking great. Cheers Rob

Watch your air pressure and don't feed the carpet monster with blown away parts. Cheers Rob

Noice , This IV looks mighty good. Love the weathering and the exhaust. Cheers Rob

How about your eyes mate , everything still in operational mode? These guns look great, specially the tiny AA guns. I remembered now, what turns me a little down on ships, it's redundancy ,too many repeating tasks, like the wheels of tanks, but one of theses days, ... Keep it coming Cheers Rob

Good evening Gentlemen, while still being occupied with a project in the garden, which is about 100m of concrete pathes through the jungle, with some lamps to be set and connected, I managed some steps with Dottie. I burnished the Master metal barrels and decided against building them into the pre drilled holes for now and continued with the wheels and landing gear. The tires received my usual treatment of Tamiya Nato black first, then a bluish black shade for the flanks of the tire and the diamond area receives a brown-green-black shade, all from the great Lifecolour Black-Set. Afterwards some pale grey Mig pigments and because Dottie is a show bird the Goodyear stencils where finely treated with pastel. The landing light received some Chrome pigments from Uschi, which are great in shininess and mirroring effect. Some treatment for the formation lights, added with translucent Colours of AK.

Looking great Peter, after all these obstacles she's coming together finely. The blue has a nice shine and with some contrasting decals will be marvelous. Fingers crossed for the spar thing Cheers Rob

Fuselage and engine looking great. Nice job with the fine wiring of the engine. Cheers Rob

Hi Gus, that blotted underlayer looks like it will lead to an interesting surface with a thin layer of grey. Cheers Rob

I'm not so much a ship builder but will follow with interest, as I have a 1/350 scale Queen Elisabeth with lots of metal and wooden goodies in my stash. A good chance to sneak some how to's and good ideas out of your build, mate. Some minutes ago I recieved the AK newsletter for February and there was that, which might be of interest for you: https://ak-interactive.com/product/modelling-full-ahead-3-bismark-tirpitz/?utm_source=AK+Newsletter&utm_campaign=0f3e669057-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_02_08_12_36&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f616cf204e-0f3e669057-144389585&goal=0_f616cf204e-0f3e669057-144389585&mc_cid=0f3e669057&mc_eid=adfdb29a3d Cheers Rob

Looking bueno Ernie. What is the weight of a digital picture? Cheers Rob

Looking great, do you still need the manual? Cheers Rob

Only because painting armor tends to be easier, there can be real challenges in the building process, like one of my future projects which is a Halbkette with seemingly more metal than plastic . Cheers Rob

Nice looking Corsair Larry, welcome to the place for the large scale addicts. Your Daphne 'C' is a beauty in every aspect. I did one myself some years ago and it was a pure pleasure build. Cheers Rob

Nice build, great painting, love the result with al the stunning details. The big lettering gives her something special. Cheers Rob

Never tried these, but have a pack in my stash. http://www.brengun.cz/e-shop/1-32-accessories-31/turnbuckles-wwi-933 You might add some volume with CA or white glue. Cheers Rob

Nice double Dottie Danny. Love the presentation in the snow. It's a beautiful plane, specially with that scheme and supports the look of the lightly clothed dame well. You made her shine and it's a nice idea to depict the cover. I'm thinking about something similar with my Lulu Belle (P-40N), where a corresponding resin Lulu exists. Cheers Rob

Brave man, I was thinking of getting me the reissue, but decided against it after looking at the rigging chart. I have a FE.2b in my stash with a lot of goodies, that has to be enough. I will follow with great interest, how you tackle that flying fishnet . Cheers Rob

The surgery did the trick, nice. Cheers Rob

Thanks Gentlemen, Hi Danny, I tried to let her really shine newish, because I wanted to depict the restored Dottie and failed during the process and the bright shine vanished a little. So to call she is 'as new' . Am I right, that your Dottie represents the status of the manual (I think it was 1944 somewhere in France), as you have the black markings on the tail? What about a simultaneous rollout ? Just joking. Cheers Rob

Thank you Phil, generally spoken, these AK Xtreme metal colors are a little bit more forgiving than Alclads. Specially with masking and clear coating they are durable, but I had some problems with panel lining. Cheers Rob

This little thing is looking great and will be a nice eyecatcher in a small dio. There are some 1/16 Marines out there. I found these two, but didn't find the corresponding company site: https://www.dersockelshop.de/figuren-buesten/usmc-soldier-wwii-1-16_miniature-alliance_ma9903.html https://www.dersockelshop.de/figuren-buesten/us-marine-pacific-islands-wwii-w-base-1-16_miniature-alliance_ma2014.html and also this one by DEF Model https://www.dersockelshop.de/figuren-buesten/u.s.-army-tank-commander-in-sahara-1942-1-16_def.model_df16002.html

Nice painting and weathering. These pale blue Birdcage Corsairs are made for that. The light Colours support the effects and they were used in harsh conditions anyway. Cheers Rob

Looking great Ernie, shouldn't be your last jet. Sometimes you just have to stay with the oob approach. Trough a build the small errors and tiny 'I should have make it different ' add up naturally and it's easy to lose yourself, getting everything perfect. Finishing a project is also very satisfactory Cheers Rob