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Thanks Dave

Thank you Gentlemen, with better weather I will try to do some outdoor pics. Cheers Rob

Hi Free, nice and convincing weathering. This bird looks well used. One question on the way. the underside of the wing seems to have received some dust colored stains/panel lines and there seems to be none of it on the upper side. Is that proposed or just an effect of light and photography? Cheers Rob

Some superlatives about that build and I mean not only the size. Cheers Rob

Another masterpiece on it's way Cheers Rob

Very nice looking Nieuport. Love the scheme and weathering. For a WW1 plane it seems easy to rig, I haven't noticed that until now. Who produces the decals? Cheers Rob

Hola Senhores, Dottie is done. Today I added the prop, the canopy, the guns and antennas and the gunsight. I hope you enjoyed the build like I did. It was a trouble free experience. The kit is great and the Eduard extras are as well. I will try to get some decent photos for the 'finished-section'. I want to thank everybody for support and comments Cheers Rob

Tremendous work on the Hip. The riveted surfaces will look great under some flaking paint. Can't wait to see how your project turns out. Cheers Rob

You sure do some magic here. I love the internal wiring and the Lozenge effects. For my to build Fokker D.VII, I planned something similar, with the use of Aviattics Fokker figure, but without the stripped D.VII. Cheers Rob

Thank you Peter, I like the look too, it looks definitely more metal than other colors and application methods I've tried, but there is still room for improvement. There is a 1/48 P-38 in my stash….. Cheers Rob

Thanks Rich, I'm trying hard to get at least decent photos of my builds. Being an almost lifelong landscape and travel photographer, adopting macro photos with artificial light isn't my comfort zone and it's a steep learning curve. Cheers Rob

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