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Great review you made here and presented pretty good. The historical background is very welcomed. Cheers Rob

Thanx Mike Cheers Rob

He he , de nada, Señor, I was just joking. Cheers Rob

But you have been here for quite some time, but forgot about it Cheers Rob

Nice scratching of the radar pod. Always a great moment, when everything is prepared for the painting stage. I will follow closely, because the TBM had always been on my mind, but not in my shelf , maybe that's about to Change. Cheers Rob

No progress due to summer laziness , the weather is just to good to close the door of the mancave. I have to get my new mountainbike (not to easy on my Island) and planned a surf trip. Maybe on the Weekend there will be some work done. Cheers Rob

Hehe, my one got only treated wit a hot tweezer and some Pigments , but it is build like it was hit the way you mentioned.

Thanks Barry, I'm sure you will tackle the TA, having seen your quality builds and I will follow for sure. Beeing a German and beeing connected in different ways to german history, I'm a bit sensitive about using swastikas and other in Germany forbidden signs. It's not about that they are forbidden, but there is a lot of present problems connected to Neo Nazis and other facist groups around my old hometown of Berlin, so it's more a personal Statement. Cheers Rob

Yeah nice, Peter. I like the colourful pattern as a contrast to the all-grey Harrier. There is no error free build out there, why should yours be the first . Cheers Rob

Thank you Martin, the worst about the kit was not the difficulties in the built, but the different expectations I had before starting . Cheers Rob

Hi Rich, Looking great, keep continuing, whatever the components are, you add . I might call you ScratchO in near future . @harv, on my laptop evereything looks fine. Cheers Rob

Not exactly Soviet, but definitely T-55 and holes are in as well . https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/5256-take-a-brake-leak-t-55-enigma-mb-220/?tab=comments#comment-66669 Cheers Rob

Thank you Phil, it was my first ZM kit and it developed somewhat surprising to me. In the beginning everything looked great, from the plastic to the presentation. But don't be fooled, it's not an easy kit to build, but there is nothing which can't be solved. If you go for it, do yourself a favor and choose the H-0 Version, The H-1 Version features strangly multi colored plastic (grey, black, silver), The H-0 is plain gray. In my build log and the verdict in this one, you get an idea about the pros and cons. I hope the best for my other ZM kits, as I have a Mustang, the Horten and the UHU in my stash. Would I build her again? With a Little time passing to heal the little wounds to my pride for permanently changing my plans with that build, yeah definitely. Cheers Rob

Thanks MARU, in the end she came out at least ok, but I learned a lot through that built. Cheers Rob

You got yourself into quite some Project here, Martin . I love the not often replicated subject and I stay connected through all your fun and troubles while building the MIG. There is a lot to learn about resin handling, patience and comittment. Cheers Rob

Thanks Peter, yesterday I primed These components and next will be painting and PE-ing , of the Cockpit. Cheers Rob

You are right Martin, I put it a little simple about the NKFD, I didn't want to go to deep into history with that little post, but I like the appearance of the F8 in NKFD outfit. I think I will add more history while I build the FW-190. Cheers Rob

Yes Grunhertz, it is so far, instructions are ok, but not pefect, but that seems typical for MENG kits. You often have to build a section and don't get Information about where to mount all the tiny bits with some other subassemblies. Not hard to deal with, but a little annoying, because I noticed it on other more complex MENG kits too. The colour callouts are only Vallejo codes in black and White, so pageflipping is necessary. Historical inaccuracies are also included like the mentioning of the rocket engine and 30mm cannons for the captured British Version. The quality of the plastic parts is really good and detail is very sharp. The fit is above average til now. Decals are from Cartograph and also look very good. A first Verdict would be great plastic and soso manual. Cheers Rob

Many thanks for the detail photo, Kent, the cockpit is looking great. I wouldn`t have the courage to scratch almost everything during a build, so mine will be a plain nightfighter. I didn't like the look of the decals provided by FLY, but printing them myself is out of question for me, but maybe tin foil with some added bolt detail might be a solution. The clear parts look a little, like there are some distortions, did you polish them or did you use Future to make them appear better? The kit parts don't look bad, but far from perfect for such a glasshouse. I can only raise my hat to your skills, thanks for sharing Cheers Rob

After some "Outings" lately concerning building other scales than 1/32 or 1/35 I took all my pride aside and confess, I do 1/48 Jets sometimes , I even built a tiny 1/72 Mig-17 and had fun . To me the most hindering reason Building 1/48 Jets is not the scale or the lack of interesting subjects, it's about STENCILING. Some years ago I built a F-15 and lots of time were put into stenceling and the follow-up problems, like silvering, not setting perfectly, you name it. I have one of the Eduard 1/48 "Good Morning Da Nang" F-4 Phantoms in my stash, which is in fact an Academy kit and some resin- and pe-am-stuff. Decals are designed by Furball and are printed by Cartograph and looking great, BUT the sheer number of stencils made me shiver, there are hundereds of them. Two weeks ago I noticed that the Chech Company HGW not only provided Phantom stencils (No. 248020), but that theese are GROUPED wet transfers. That reduces the amount of transfers enormously. How they fit and if they are good to work with has to be tested. What I did notice is that there are lots of differences between the Cartograph stencils and the HGW ones, sizewise and in clarity and Colour. Even the words (yeah you can read them) are different sometimes. I didn't go deeper into research yet about who is right and who is wrong, but I was at least surprised by the fact. Compared on the contact paper the Cartograph stencils look clearly sharper. If I recommend the HGW Stencils remains open till further research is done. If they are not too wrong I will use them, if only to reduce the stress factor of stenceling. Cheers Rob Sheet No. 1 Sheet No. 2 In the Manual you can see the groups of stencils (blue areas) Number 619 (Cartograph) should be the same like Number 29 (HGW) Again the same stencil, left is HGW and Right is Cartograph

Back to building, after loading up my brain with so much kindly provided Information. As it is a modern well designed kit I will document the building process loosely and concentrate on painting and weathering. The substructures are ready for priming or for a trip in the spare box (rocket engine and cannons, which where installed before I read otherwise) The Barracuda wheels need only seconds to clean up and fit perfect on the axle. Cheers Rob

Wow Kent, you built a beauty here. Looks like a lot of scratchbuilding to convert the FLY base-kit. The figures look nice and give a scale for the dimensions, as the Arado always seems to be bigger than she is, at least to me. I have the nightfighter version in my shelf and therefore like to know, if you used the provided decals for the canopy struts? A close-up of the cockpit detail would be welcome, if that's not too much to ask. Cheers Rob

The combination of building/painting- and photographic skills leeds to a great results. Love the slightly sepia toned bw-shots. I have two of the Revell made F8's in my stash, one will be heavily pimped with Brassin engine, guns and pit in a paintjob of the "Nationalkommitee Freies Deutschland", German POW in Russia, who decieded to fly against the Germans. Cheers Rob

Great setting for the Old Crow, love the metal finish. Nice shots, bring 'em on Peter. Cheers Rob

Great D, well built and painted. The air intake for the turbocharger would look perfect on the hood of an old Trans-Am . Cheers Rob