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Oliver The matt looks so good. OH no, second thoughts on a desert scene; if not, what would be the next choice❓

Carl So glad lady Luck was on your side and rescued the 'lost' parts before the carpet monster had a chance to devour them.

John Gorgeous Wildcat. Fit and finish is superb. Right with you on wishing Eduard would rediscover 32nd scale and the Wildcat would be a perfect choice for them.

Sounds like a plan for sure.

John Beautiful work and the cammo and finish are top shelf. What's next?

John Has to be a record in awesome work and at Superman speed. Heading over now.

Thanks Harv, so very much appreciated and so glad you're back on the forum and checking in. Keep fighting Buddy and before you know it, you'll be back at the bench.

Much appreciated Kev - we seem to forget all the pitfalls and obstacles during construction, when the build is done. In the end, worth all the work. Betting the same with your Whirlwind build.

Thanks, Mike, for the very kind words. A tough build for sure but in the end, she is a beauty and headed for the display case. Just have a soft spot for Sea Fury's - classic in design and raw power in the skies.

Nice start and should work out just fine.

Thanks Gus Very much appreciated. Completely agree on how rugged and tough Sea Fury's looked - one of my favorite WWII/Korean aircraft. Just wish another 32nd scale kit would come along, close to the quality of the Fisher kit.

John, right with you. Sure wish Tamiya would sell stock in their tape division! 💲

John Terrific paint work on the cammo - looking so good. You're flying through the P-40 for sure.

John, Very much appreciated. Lots of work and mountains of Tamiya tape to get the Sea Fury across the finish line.

DONE AND IN THE BOOKS The Sea Fury has crossed the finish line. The final assemblies and the remaining small parts have all been added: The main gear was installed; a little sloppy in fit but referring to scale plans and some very good reference images, the gear looks the part. The tail wheel assembly also needed a bit of finesse, not a great fit but it’s installed as well. The remaining few details that were left off until the end, as I knew I would so easily have broken them during construction were now added: The retractable footstep and the pitot tube. The landing and IFF lights were just decals for the undersides of the wings (pretty poor idea in my book). Last parts to be glued into place were the kit prop (the prop blades surely appear to be on the skinny side), the Barracuda spinner and finally, the canopy. Calling her done and in the books. Looking back on the build, there were more then a few frustrations, a struggle at times, reasonable part fit and of course models with folding wings, there are always fit issues that need to be dealt with. In the end, the Airfix Sea Fury looks the part, a nice addition to the collection. Please excuse the Sky Type S color in some of the photographs, as the actual color is a bit hard to reproduce correctly in Photoshop.

Oliver Amazing work - and the weathering; just so realistic❗

John Just glad the kit decals came up without too much trouble.

Rats, always a day late and a dollar short! But Holy Cow, the Wildcat looks fantastic 🏆.

Rob Feel better and hand out in the shade as much as possible.

John Nice POA. Maybe you could bring both along and then concentrate on working on both in the paint booth and then decaling.

Oliver Agreed and with the truck portion of the dio competed, so you could return to working your magic on the H-34 Beautiful work on the tail rotor painting and weather - so greatly appreciated the 'how-to' images.

Mike So glad to see the Buffalo is back on the bench and underway again. Some very nice work on closing up the fuselage as it was so apparent how badly the fuselage halves actually mated up - a ton of work for sure. Flaps area looks so nicely detailed and well worth all the work that you have done on it. Agreed, deepening the hinge line for ailerons works well and a lot less work then cutting them out. The links lead to a wealth of detailed photos and should be a terrific help in answering questions such as the seat.

John Terrific start on the Hasegawa P-40; office looks awesome and It's hard to believe the fuselage is already together. But as you said, with a well-engineered kit that fits well, build time doesn't have to be spent getting parts to line up and mess.

Scott, looking mighty good and completely agree.

Mike, thanks so much for the very kind comments. The Sea Fury has been a tough kit and a lot more involved then I ever thought it would be and has to be close to my record for the amount of redo's and go-backs. Just glad I can finally see the finish line and I'm she must have a few more tricks up her sleeve.