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The surgery came out pretty neat, with a bit of sanding and scribing it should look perfect. When I cut plastic, I use Dyno Tape as a guide, which is a bit stronger than Kabuki tape. Cheers Rob

I like the result Kriss, even if the camo is a bit overscale. You could try Gundam Markers for this type of camo. I never used them, but did a delicate paintjob on an Italian Lancia's camo with normal markers. The result was ok, albeit the Marker was a bit oily and shiny, but with a matte coat, that was gone. I tried another technique before, which completely failed, airbrushing first the squiggle color, black in my case and used masking markers and masking fluid applied with a brush for masking the squiggles. The plan was to apply the base color after that and then rub off the liquid mask. The results were terrible with five different masking fluids. Cheers Rob

I'm rarely ever hearing background music, when it's time for music, I fire up my amps, start the turntable and feed the beast with some vinyl and listen to music of all kinds, well, all kinds I like. There are a few exceptions from my analogue playground and this is one of them. Roisin Murphy, maybe the last pop goddess, released a video some days ago, covering a whole - hmm - let's say concert without audience. This was produced during lockdown as she did with lots of videos from her living room or on Ibiza. What I like about the project, Roisin made a new album in these times of restriction with an optimistic and hedonistic retro disco sound, never being performed in front of an audience, instead released in this video. She remixed older songs of herself, fitting to the sound and cumulated in a beautiful version of a Moloko classic, 'Familiar Feelings in an acoustic march off. Yeah, I'm biased, I'm not often helplessly in love, but Roisin is the last true goddess and she is since decades. Don't hear it on your tiny phone, use a true amp and hifi speakers and party until the police comes, like in old times Or recent times . Cheers Rob

This peace of junk should transform into the superstructure . What have I done to be tormented with that kind of plastic. My sins must have been infinite, I hope I enjoyed them . After hacking and slaying, sawing and grinding, cursing and chiseling, I removed what is only partly shown on the pic. There was more debris than usable plastic left, but it took a while to get there, mainly because I pre bent some of the then to add PE-parts, to cut everything to shape. All red in the manual has to go and it's a lot. Cheers Rob

Yup, option D would be a great plot, but I had liked the toughness, the Bengals showed against the Bills in hostile surroundings. Never cared much for them, but it was a great game. Cheers rob

Yup, correct, there is no team out there creating more drama and fan heart attacks than the Cowboys. There are bad teams, mediocre teams and there are great teams, but the Cowboys are often all three together. I started watching football, when the Cowboys were 5-11 an underdog making the Hershel Walker (what an idiot now) deal and built up the Triplets, Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin. When I was about 18, I started to play football in West Berlin as a tight end and running back, and had real quality hands, but opted for baseball which I played for 25 years in German leagues, because I felt, I started football to late, to be really successful and only occasional put on my helmet again. I ever loved the tactics and the x's and o's in football and always appreciate a good game. I loved what the Giants did to the Vikings, an overrated team this year and was astonished, how easy they fell to Eagles. The Bills, they have a long post season history with the Cowboys and with the Allen led offense are quite entertaining to watch. Let's hope for some great games next weekend and for an entertaining Superbowl. Cheers Rob

I never said, the parts where glued in the right spot when the bond is seemingly infinite. I decorated tweezers, fingers and whatever you can think off permanently with tiny etched parts . Cheers Rob

Same with me, but my team exited Sunday. For the feeling only, the team played great all around and fought, not always the case with them, with only one exception and that was the QB, who is very hit OR miss. Cheers Rob

It's not so much about the bending Kevin, it's more that I try to achieve a bit of robustness with my builds. I hate parts cluttering around and these ladders are very exposed during painting and weathering. Cheers Rob

Thank you Scott, I had some PE items folded up for my 1/144 build of the Nautilus, like the chair and the railings. Until today, they are in place. I'm sometimes astonished about the bonding capabilities of CA, given the tiny gluing areas. Cheers Rob

Looks good with the distinctive hull shape Gary, You can clearly see, that Lürssen was building yachts before and used that as a template for the E-boats. Cheers Rob

Great result on both kits. The detailing through the open canopy and hatches adds a lot of interest. The Citroen looks beautiful and the shine of the black looks perfectly convincing scale wise. If I may offer some word of critique, for my liking the base is a bit to crammed. I liked your pics in the glass box with some more space between the kits. Cheers Rob

Muchas gracias, it was fun to experiment with the painting and weathering and try out new techniques, that equals out the boring building stage of this near perfect kit. Cheers Rob

Thank you for pointing out, that I glued the ladder flat onto the turret, except bending it properly Gary . It's 1/350 and nobody except you will ever see it and I will burn my macro lens. Cheers Rob

Thanks Kevin and yes, it's called plastic surgery . The good thing, there is no loss of blood other than bad blood, when I fail. Cheers Rob

Thank you Peter, I haven't done this kind of PE work either. First, I considered soldering, but I fear, some parts will become too weak through the necessary heat. My whole bench is cluttered with tools and I use two different types of CA, one liquid, fast- and one gel like slow curing. Can't wait to see your yellow wing Kingfisher, mine will be blue, as I build the late USS Arizona. Cheers Rob

There is no verdict on this build until now. Your choice isn't too abstract at all, Hubert . Cheers Rob

Great pit Gus, the detail painting is amazing. The rave about these Tamiya kits is only part of the thing. There is no margin for fail with these kits, as they are so beautifully engineered and nope, I don't want to put any pressure on you Gus . Cheers Rob

The dust off really payed, Ernie. Congratulations to your epic Helldiver. Love the result and there is a lot of detail to catch the eye. That's what I like about these huge two / three seaters in navy livery. It's made for a purpose and you can't oversee it, as your model shows exactly these qualities. Cheers Rob

Thank you Phil, I continued with the PE and as far as it works, it has a relaxing component, but I fear, there will be issues later. I hope, I do not blow away half of the detail with the airbrush later. I finalized the first catapult today, where a ton of parts went in. This is mounted on turret #three and is luckily the more complicated of the two catapults, which sent the Kingfishers skywards. Cheers Rob

Your pile of hyperspace junk, called Falcon looks absolutely stunning, Carl. I love how you apply the fading and weathering effects, errr, wait, is there weather out there ? They could take your model and finally make a decent movie with it. Cheers Rob

Do your magic on the Friedrichshafen Ernie, what a great plane with the wood and cloth finish to replicate. I'm waiting my last wanted kit from WNW to materialize, the Albatros B.II, with a vague similar appearance sans floats. Cheers Rob

Not necessarily Gary. I used monofilament line threaded through brass tube, then looped through the eyelet and back through the tube. It's a close fit and holds alone through friction, when pulled taught. A final drop of CA and everything is fixed and is a strengthening part of the assembly. Cheers Rob

Great work Sasha, the twins look good, I really like the way you built and painted the wheel wells. Cheers Rob

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