JohnB

I hope all goes well today Peter. Fingers crossed.

Thanks Peter!!! It had it's moments!

I too am so used to 1/32 I now find it difficult to see things in 1/48. Especially the little fiddly bits! I started the new Eduard 1/48 Wildercat yesterday and it was tough to see the smaller pieces, etc. 🤪

Lots of hurdles alright. It came close to hitting the SOD but I just couldn't do that after doing so much work on it. Still far from perfect but I'm pleased with the results (and the name fits right in with our Louisiana weather right now!).

Finished with this one. https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/19591-revell-p-51d-louisiana-heat-wave-completed/

Saved from the SOD and I'm glad I did. I think it turned out well and I like it's looks. I hope y'all do too. OOB except for some FineMolds seat belts a Tamiya instrument panel and canopy. Painted with Alclad for the NMF. The green nose is Colourcoats Willow Green. Other paints were Testor's, Mr. Color and Tamiya. Decals are mostly from Aeromaster.

Like my youngest son used to say when he was a baby and we tried to feed him some baby food he did not like "Can't like it"! LOL

I've been dickering with this build off and on trying to get the nose to fit half way decently. Unfortunately this is about as good as I can get it. It'll require quite a bit of work to make it look "right" and I'm not real sure it can be made to look "right" as the Trumpeter nose has some significant differences in contour, etc. I plan to keep on it from time to time so we will see. 🤪

Too friggin' hot isn't it Hubert?!

The name is even more appropriate since our high yesterday was a record 107!!!

Thanks. Took a lot of whipping too! LOL

Painting completed! A few small uh oh's but nothing drastic. WHEW!!! 🤪

Thanks. My fingers are crossed there are no more "Uh oh's" but we will see. I've returned to what I know works for me ie enamels instead of acrylics. For some reason the acrylics are a problem. Still have to be careful masking over the Alclad as sometimes it will jump up and bite you.

So far so good on resuming work on this one. The right side painting, etc is done so now it's on to the left side.

Agreed Peter! Fingers crossed!!!

Looking good in primer Peter.

Mine too Peter. 🤪

Thanks Mike. We'll see how it goes and I hope I can get it sorted out and "presentable". 🙄

I guess I'll devote some time today to cleaning this model up. Maybe I can go on and proceed with it as I hate to trash it after all the work, etc. After fine sanding some of the problem spots and HOPEFULLY smoothing out the wing root and wing areas I'll see about fixing things.

I've decided to put this on aside until I decide what I want to do with it. These photos show why. Most of this I couldn't see very well due to my old eyes plus some just didn't show up very well until I applied some Alclad. There were several areas where I had some peel off and I didn't go back and sand them smooth, etc. Also you can see some residue left behind by the post it notes I used to mask off some areas to prevent overspray. The anti glare panel is still tacky and picking up "dust" even after being painted several days ago with ProModeler acrylic OD. I think the problem there is I thinned it with Tamiya thinner and they just didn't work well together. I hate to call it quits on this build after all the effort I put in but it is what it is. I'll move on to something else.

I too like Revell Ernie but I feel they could devote more attention to FIT which would make their kits more appealing. A lower price for kits that have numerous fit problems doesn't seem to be a good tradeoff plus it does nothing for the manufacturers reputation. For example, Tamiya has a great reputation for good fit and detail while Revell, in my humble opinion, does not. When I purchase a Tamiya (or Hasegawa even) kit I feel confident it won't have numerous problems. It's too bad it's not so with Revell. I have the new Revell Hurricane on the way and, if the PO doesn't ship it off to parts unknown, it should deliver today. I'll be doing some test fitting for sure.

I agree it's a shame it needs so much "fixing" but it IS worth the money. However, whenever I decide on another Mustang build it will be Tamiya.

Mixed bag of nuts I guess but by a wide margin props.

Eduard 1/48 Wilder Cat FM-2. Looks to be a very nice kit with decals for 10 aircraft. Just might be my next build as I've wanted a good kit of the FM-2 for a long time. Would be great if they'd issue it in 1/32 too!