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Scott Fingers crossed you are on the backend and feeling better each and every day. Awesome progress on the Sea Fury and it's so easy to see the care, effort and attention to detail Paul put into his version. I've been plugging away at the 48th scale Airfix version, primer is now on and enough said.

John Absolutely a stellar approach to the rivet issue and looks like it is going to work out perfectly.

Gus WOW, looking mighty good and you're rolling now. Can't wait to see the Tram will all the paint work finished and the markings on. So glad you decided to stick with the build, as the hardest builds always look so good when done.

John Sounds like a plan❗

Absolutely a classic.

Kev Nice progress and I know the feel oh so well of doing everything three times before it's right. Good plan on handling the battery tray behind the seat, as sometimes it's best to move and keep going, as finishing is the goal and top of the list of importance. 😉

John Nice choice of kit and markings for our next build and of course, you are off and running.

Martin Right with you. Always thought the Jaguar was one of the coolest looking aircraft that the manufacturers just seem to pass by.

Chris Right with you❗

Thanks Carl, PM sent.

Martin I'm right with Ernie ... absolutely time to jump back in.

Oliver I'm speechless as always. The detailing is brilliant and your weathering is so realistically done. A pleasure to follow your build.🏆

Carl Terrific progress on the Spit and thank you for the detail photographs on how you cut out the hatch openings and especially the details on the Wako seatbelts. Is there a US or Canadian vendor you can recommend?

Carl How sweet she is. Awesome F-104G

Rob Yorur spinner procedure worked flawlessly 👍 And she looks magnificent. 🏆

Ernie Absolutely agree that for air shows and flying, they should be replicas. Even WWII war birds are fast approaching the age of retirement and shouldn't be flown in the wild blue yonder if we want them around for the younger generations to see and marvel at. At this point, history needs to be preserved as best we can.

Just over to check out the final build pics ... gorgeous work ... a tribute to the venerable Hasegawa kit. 🏆

John Another awesome Spit in the books and being the old Hasegawa kit, it's so every sweeter. Paint work and finish is flawless.🏆

Kev Much appreciated. Night and day between an old Airfix kit and the latest from Tamiya. Hopefully by the weekend I'll be though priming and into the paint work.

Carl Completely agree with Rob - would ab a terrific and unique project and one for the collection with history to it as well.

Looking mighty good - some awesome work for sure

Rob At this stage of the game refining the spinners is going to be a tough act. I would just leave then as is. Can't wait to see what you will do with the H version. Just one fantastic, stellar build 🏆

Thanks Rob, so very much appreciated. Completely agree and I never thought there would be so many issues to resolve up to this point. I bought a total of five Barracuda resin and brass sets right after purchasing the kit and it's all been in the stash that way since day one. I thought the Barracuda sets would rectify the ALL the kit's errors, but I was surprised to find there were a lot more 'fixes' needed then resin replacement parts could accomplish. Just glad I've been able to work my way through them and the results look OK. Seems Airfix is turning a new lease on life as their latest kits according to reviews and builds, have better QC, better fit, better molding and much better details. These days I try to avoid resin as much as possible for health reasons and when I can't, I go the full route to be as careful as possible.

Hi Chris, thanks you for the very kind words. I actually started working on the Sea Fury while I was waiting for some of the P-38 assemblies to dry and while waiting for the Eduard decals to arrive. I was able to clean up the fuselage halves and installed the Barracuda cockpit parts during the on and off downtime on the P-38 build. Once I was working on the Sea Fury full time, it has surely been a grind, as Airfix QC was out to lunch most of the time and the Rivet Monster was hard at work. Seems light blue Airfix plastic and good clean molding are at the opposite ends of their spectrum and shouldn't be used in the same sentence when it came to my Sea Fury kit. I've been using Tamiya Extra Thin since coming back to the hobby about fifthteen years ago and it's been my go-to glue ever since. For the Sea Fury, I needed (wanted) a glue that would be super strong (in my humble opinion) and bite into the plastic right away and when thoroughly dry, give the confidence that the glued areas (especially the warped areas) had the best chances of staying together. I also felt that on the wider flat areas of the wings, Extra Thin didn't penetrate far enough along the flat areas, so I started to use the Revell Contacta Professional Glue there as well and really liked it. I still use Extra Thin but am starting to prefer the Revell Glue. For many years, the Revell glue was not available in the states, as with other products sold in Europe and the Asian markets.

Thanks John, much appreciated ...slow but surely.