JohnB

Thanks Peter. I had to do a mix to get the right shade of orange yellow. Testor's Yellow right out of the bottle is too light so I added a bit of red to get the shade I wanted. Looks about right to me.

Just chuggin' right along Peter.

Got all the masking in place so now I'll re-spray flat white base over the black and green overspray areas in preparation for the 1st coat of gloss yellow.

Thanks Phil. I think I'll leave it at two at least for the foreseeable future. 😄

I'm glad you are liking it Kevin. I'm sure it had to be a lot of fun to watch 'em come and go. (When I'm done with this "B" I intend to do a red/white "C".)

I look forward to see it Peter!

Thank you Peter. Since I posted that photo I've added the Willow Green wing and fuselage stripes, the anti glare panel on the nose, and the black exhaust areas on the sides of the fuselage. I think I'll let it sit over night to be sure all that is dry, etc and then start masking off those areas in readiness for the overall yellow.

Looks to be coming along really well. Nice work so far! (Stay safe!)

That is a cool looking airplane Peter. I'm sure your model will do it justice!!!

Looking mighty good! Very nice!!!

All primed with flat white and ready for some paint!

Yes it did Peter. Aires ought to put some effort into molding their parts for some semblance of FIT.

Nice work Gaz! Looks good.

I'm glad you like them Kevin, thanks.

Thanks Gaz! Now I think I'll give any F-80 builds a rest. 😉

Just for grins I just thought I'd post these shots of my two SH/Czech Master F-80's. Same squadron. The Evil Eye Fleagle decals were made using my laser printer which was before they issued the kit with those decals. LOL I could have waited!

Thanks Fran!!!

LOL Standing by to send appropriate cuss words. 😄

Love that Alclad Peter!

Thanks Peter! I'm glad you like this one. I certainly did have it's moments! LOL

Thank you Peter. I really like how this one turned out. Too bad the real a/c was lost along with the pilot due to AA fire. ☹️

Thank you Peter! Yes indeed, those Aires sets are a real iffy proposition. As they say, yo pays yo money and yo takes yo chances! LOL As you can see from earlier posts this one took a lot of cutting and test fitting. Hopefully I'm over the hump now.

Cockpit tub cemented in place. Now to test fit the fuselage and cowlings. So far so good.

Aires cockpit tub done. I made the rear cockpit hood from lead wire and a Kleenex. Necessary since this a/c was part of the instrument training squadron at Corpus Christie in 1954.

I know y'all are happy!!!