Peterpools

Scott Looking mighty good and in the movie, the Big Cats seemed to be White Glove Inspection Clean.

John WOW, absolutely a stellar build - just beautifully done. 🏆🏆🏆 You conquered all the areas that killed my build and wound up being binned. I must have missed it but how did you repair the canopy? Did SH replace it?

Scott Same here and we have been so hot and wet here on the Island, summer has been a misery for sure.

Scott, congratulations ... she is beautiful.

Yup, it's a Buff.

Here on Long Island, we've had a few more bad air quality days from the Canadian wildfires smoke but nothing as bad as the first few days of orange, choaking smoke a few weeks ago, for us old folk. Instead, we've been under terrible heat, oppressive humidity, severe thunderstorms with horrendous rain - just a wonderful summer. JUst not our normal summer weather. Gee, I can't wait for the winter and snow. ⛄

John These days and at our age, avoiding high cuss factor models should be mandatory.

John Hoping you sail right though it and the difficulties I encountered where my own doings.

Kriss Looking so good -

Oliver Looking so good - just love your style of weathering - it brings out the best of the build/details.

John You're sailing through the Whirlwind - looking mighty good.

Mark Great idea for a mojo builder: OOB Armor. You're off to a nice start and in cruise mode which is perfect.

Kev Got ya.

Mike I only wish but being a senior and two cars already, as wonderful and understanding as my wife is, preserving the peace takes precedence. 😉

Dennis, same here 😉

John talk about a speed build - incredible. Looking so good.

Kev Right with Rob, one beautiful build. Yup, your build surely has my 48th scale build juices flowing, as I have a number of both Eduard and Tamiya kits in the stash and right after I finish the T Bird, they will be hitting the bench. Just want to freshen up one of your images in Photoshop and Lightroom, so we can all enjoy the true colors and craftsmanship.

Kev Awesome build and checking out the Finished pics. Holy smokles, N of 300 in the stash - just makes it even harder to decide on the next build for sure.

Scott Nice work on the decals - they are looking real good and proof positive, you're on the final stretch to cross the finish line. I know how you feel about wearing gloves as it is a real pain but for me, it's my best offense. against fingerprints once I reached the painting stages. Sometime, more and more these days, I'll just use a microfiber cloth to pick up and handle a model when decaling and adding the finishing parts, repositioning it in a model stand. And of course, there are times I just plain old forget. 😉

Thanks Mark Getting there slowly but surely. Finally, very close to the painting stages as I've finished cleaning and prepping all the parts.

Thanks, Jeff, for the heads up - always nice to know what to keep an eye out for.

Always the burning - what's the next build ❓

John Nice work on the front ... looks mighty good and completely agree about how poor SH instructions are.

Scott Not sure either and I've been pretty lucky and only a few times over the years, needed to deal with fingerprints in the painting stage. I always try to wear gloves (latex and when decaling cotton) to help prevent fingerprints. A few times, I've rushed it, forgot the gloves and yup, paid the price.

Kev Awesome progress and looking so good.