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Nice engine Peter, very clean and subtle work. On my Corsair built I used liquid mask for the exhausts and removed it after painting the fuselage. Cheers Rob

For sure I will build the D.VII or a started Pfalz) before I start my FE.2b, which is a rigging nightmare, constructed like a fishermen net . Cheers Rob

Google gave me this, have never heard of the shop before, good luck mate http://www.flashie.nl/T/DC/DC227628.HTM Cheers Rob

Not totally sure if it is a kit fault or if it is just me being clumsy. There are enough pictures of finished builds pointing to the latter. Anyhow, the kit is very detailed on the inside and has about a thousand (felt) fuselage parts and cowlings to get aligned. I did a lot of test fitting but in the end there was the GAP . Like in the old days, just me and the Komet, twenty yards between us, but what about the guns. Browns Komet didn't had any and I have only my Harder & Steenbeck . Cheers Rob

One of the coolest looking jets, brute power and it doesn't let you forget that, by viewing it, will follow definitely. The SAC stuff is casted out of very soft white metal for a heavy kit, just as Hubert said, you might get a natural suspension, but in a unwanted way . Cheers Rob

Hi Jeff, the Hasegawa one is still available, but I will finish this one or nothing .

Sweet, and a nice display shelf. Cheers Rob

Thanks for your supportive words Gentlemen. The GAP looks a little worse, than it is in reality. The side you cannot see is adjusted correctly with tape and the upper fuselage part, where the GAP is as wide as an Alp Valley, is a little bendable. With lots of glue and force it might be solvable, but I have to teak a break from that built. It's not so much about closing the GAP, it's more about the frustration doing zillion of things to avoid that, without success. Cheers Rob

Then I have two more shots . Cheers Rob

Hey, why only US citizens, loved my turkey (sandwiches ) and enjoyed seeing the Cowboys win yesterday, which let arise a thin smile on my face, the first in a long time, since there was not a lot to cheer as a Cowboys fan. Cheers Rob

Hola Companeros, what is it you hear on a tube platform in London? "Mind the gap". On that occasion here bespoken gap is maybe about to stall the Komet build. The last days I spend dry fitting, adjusting, pre assembling, loosening the parts again, cut here, rasping there, grinding, swearing and in the end there is the GAP. While doing the forementioned things, I nearly broke everything, I built before and had to fix it again. It might be possible to fix the gap with some bending, putty and scribing, but if I will go through that painful process, I don't know at the moment. I don't like to surrender, but at least I need a little break from the pocket rocket. Thanks to everybody being helpful here, I learned a lot about that special captured Me-163 through to your support. I started a Dottie Mae yesterday and had fun with it, wiring a cockpit with lead wire, a first for me. Cheers Rob

A beauty, can't wait to see how the Aviattic CDL's work, because I chose them for my FE.2b. Cheers Rob

This bird is looking so lifelike, it might have popped of of a movie. Cheers Rob

Before the oil treatment the Zim looked a bit shallow to me, but the oils did their job and now it looks great and uneven in a positive way. Cheers Rob

Oh my, Danny, that's worst case. Have I understood right that you used a flat coat after decaling and it happened nevertheless, that's weird. Once I read about a method of carefully masking, using water dampened paper, but I never tried it. Hope you will get substitutes. There was a member here building the Wooooooooooo-version recently. Maybe you should ask him for a Dottie Mae. Cheers Rob

Great looking couple, can't wait to see the figure for the shrinked one. When I see the mix of kits on your bench, I wonder how you manage not to mix up the parts , a Sherman with wings, …. Some time ago I did a not so serious review about another little fellow, The deformed Meng KV-2 and had a lot of fun building it and writing the review. https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/5406-and-now-to-something-completely-different-meng-kv-2/ Cheers Rob

Strategic kit building, I love it . Nice looking Fokker and I understand why you chose it, my fingers start to itch, when they are near my DVII box. Cheers Rob

There is an old saying in German, which is kind of a motto for me and I don't know, if the translation does it justice "the more wrong the direction, the more senseless the tempo" . Seriously (more or less), where is the benefit of fastness, I enjoy the building and painting process most, it's what gives me satisfaction. After finalization of a project I loose interest in the thing, take some photos and would not display my kits. As you can see, speed is of no importance to me, as it drives me to the point of choosing a new subject even faster. You are right, building kits some decades ago was a real speedy process of a day or two, but what if you do a quick build now, with no backup information, just oob and present it here. You will get a zillion responses, where the small errors are hidden for your subject, flown by a certain pilot on a special occasion, with fading daylight . Just my 2 Cents Cheers Rob

Sorry for the delay, I knew I had pictures, but couldn't find them the first time, because I searched in my Pensacola folder and didn't remember that there was a SBD in Yanks. Cheers Rob

Thanx Martin, for helping me opening my purse and buying me a Trumpy SBD-3, yeah the dreadful clear edition, but the price was right . Because of that purchase, I searched my picture archives again and found some pics of a SBD-4 from Yanks Air Museum in Chino California. https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/5907-sbd-4-dauntless-yanks-air-museum/?tab=comments#comment-76582 Cheers Rob

Hola friends of the Dauntless, I just bought a Trumpy SBD-3 (with only a little inducement of a fellow member here (Martin)) , and found these pictures on my computer dating back some years. There are only a few, but I hope they might help. I left the black and white ones in despite being redundant, because they enhance the view on the rivets. Cheers Rob

The beast looks like a tractor and you did everything to support that look. Nice peace of used metal though. I like your worn leather technique for the headrest. Cheers Rob

Wow, nice job, I hope everything will be all right fitting the nice interior into the fuselage and closing it up. Cheers Rob

Clap hands and welcome to the world of the large scale nuts . Your Meteor is eye candy, the pit looks like a well used work place and the metal finish seems real. Cheers Rob

That's what I thought too and your build is not obsolete as well. It's always something special to have created it on your own, you know the Frankenstein thing, it's aliiiiive . Cheers Rob