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Dave Glad to see the Corsair is moving along and getting ready for masking. I never thought of scanning Tamiya masks - excellent idea for sure, as I do seem to mess them up at times and a second set would surely be money in the bank. I'm not sure how well the outside masks will work on the interior of the canopies as they are a different radius on the curved portions. Fingers crossed it works out.

Kev is correct and I do agree with him as well.

Martin Brilliant detail pics .. just how do you find these images? I can never find anything close, no matter what the subject to your photographic posts.

John Seems I've been there more then once myself. Paint work looks fantastic.

Mark WOW, looking mighty good.

Carl Absolutely the best way to cope with the smoke. For us, the wind has shifted now from the south, so it's no smoke and lots of humidity - the best of two evils. .

Harv Seems we're all in the same boat ... could be the USS Minow.

Jeff Same hear and also being a cancer patient - just scary and we try to take as many precautions as possible. Not that much fun getting older these days. Just be careful and take care of yourself.

Jeff Has nothing to do with toughness - for us seniors and those with medical issues, plus small children, air quality is important and needs to be monitored.

Thanks Kev, much appreciated.

Kev Remarkable progress - primer looks brilliantly smooth as silk

Kev Looking mighty good and the finish line is close at hand. Interesting comment on the ASK mask and stencils. I've watched a few reviews and all the comment were very good but none had actually used them, just a 'package' type of review. Any additional detailed comments or thoughts on the stencils would be appreciated as I am planning on purchasing a few sets.

Gus Pretty much what I thought but I'm hoping he can pull it off.

John Got ya. I'm pretty sure after my current build, any more Mustang builds for me will be also with the engine cowlings on.

Seems Laminar Flow Design is working on a P-51B conversion kit using the Revell Mustang. Not much information yet but OMG, this is going to be great. Anyone have any updated information?

I have my paid pre-order in and the kit should be shipping from the Squadron by late June. Of course, is it an immediate build or do I wait for Quinta to do a cockpit set? I watch the Squadron unboxing review which was very good and the kit looks excellent - has PE and a full die cut mask set for the greenhouse canopies. He commented that so far the Devastator is their bestselling kit for the year! Anyone else pre-order the kit?

Carl Not good news and going to be a long summer.

Scott Some mighty nice, realistic Tomcat weathering. Looking good.

John Brilliant progress - amazing as always and looking so good. Are you planning on having the engine cowling panels on or off and displaying the Merlin?

Gaz Nice to see you back at the 190 again, with the GB entry beautifully built. Absolutely agree o million percent that almost every kit that has parts molded to be open, are a nightmare to build closed. Only time I seem to find the opposite is when the company provided separate parts and instructions for building them both ways and this isn't often to say the least. Yikes, the cowling is a true nightmare - same on Hasegawa for a bad job here.

Ernie been following your progress and you've made some mighty awesome progress on the Val. I'm still not sure the manufactures actually test build a few pre -production and production kits using the instructions and their build sequence o see how it goes. Just the way the engine is shown to attach to the cowl and then the fuselage, seems more then odd and swimming upstream against convention - why reinvent the wheel? Kudos to Infinity for their great idea of short carry through spar for the horizontal stabilizers - absolutely insures they are straight and true. Looking mighty good

On the news this morning, they expect the fires to last for a good few months - that's really bad news.

Phil, Thanks so much for the very kind words. These days I spend a lot more of my time at the bench and less time outdoors for health reasons and a very large portion of my non-modeling time is spent as my wife with doctor appointments and health issues. 🙁 I do enjoy building mostly OOB and with a museum type finish as I treat my display case as my mini museum. Even in the days when I owned my own plane, she was washed every week and waxed at least once or twice a month. Why not go for a set of aftermarket P-51 decals with a non NMF, as there are a good number to choose from? Not sure how kits without decals would sell unless it helps reduce the MSRP quite a lot, you just never know. .

Thanks Rob, very much appreciated. Looking at both my display case and stash, the majority of kits are Tamiya, with 32nd scale leading the pack. I just enjoy building their kits and their subject matter is right up my alley. I'm looking forward to your P-38 build, as I have mine almost ready for the paint shop and most likely will finished it right after the Mustang. Yup, I'm taking the dive and using the new style of Eduard decals for the Mustang and hopefully all will work out - see how it goes 🤞. I have noticed these days, that the number of 32nd scale decals are a lot less then what they use to be when Tamiya P-51's hit the shelves. These are the Eduard decals I'm planning on using:

Ernie Not sure I understand, It just seems now, it's set in cement that Tamiya has left the 32nd scale aircraft market (new kits) their focus is on 48th and 72nd scale. Back when Tamiya was setting new ground with their 32nd scale kits, we all had our wish lists and the Jug and Lightning were always high on those wish lists. JUst seems never to be from Tamiya.