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Thanks Mike - surely sounds as if the case. Just seems they look at ways to add parts when a single molding would do and then those parts have all sorts of fit issues.

PW, Same here but some of the newer ones are pretty good: Tamiya and GWH come to mind.

PW Awesome progress on the Sherman. You're flying through the build.

Mike Now that's a plan and leave it to Martin to come up with these incredible photographs.

Chris Nice progress and you're on a roll. Just a shame, so much the front office details will be lost once the fuselage halves are closed up.

PW, great start and you're flying through the build. Completely agree, the beauty will be in the painting and weathering.

Thanks Mark, greatly appreciated. Always nice to learn new techniques and to use new products as it keeps the hobby fresh and moving forward.

Carl Agree 100% and the kit does have its fit issues but it's the only game in town. While CMK had produced some brilliant 3D details for the kit, , I don't understand why they had to redesign parts and just couldn't use the SH part and add the details as resin AM companies seem to do. All in all the kit is still wonderful and fills a huge gap in that era. .

Hubert agreed and just wish SH would have designed their kits, even being limited run, a bit more traditionally. Still, they have filled a huge gap and for that, we have to say: Thank You.

Thanks Mike, to be honest, I'm still blown away by the seats detail but what really impressed me is how beautifully crisp the details were when I photographed it and ran it through Photoshop. The ejection seat could pass easily for any scale - it's that good. I finished painting and lightly weathering it, this morning (update tomorrow) and the details come shinning though but painting the small details is still an effort as when I came back down to reality, it's still 1/48 scale and very small. Surely am looking forward to doing the freehand cammo as IAI have some incredible paint schemes. Right with you about SH having fit issues and some mighty strange part fit. I've been spending a lot of time trying to get four fuselage access panels to fit and SH must have spent countless nights figuring out the hardest way to do it with the worst possible fit. The fuselage is basically three separate parts: two sides and a bottom pan and the fit is, well let's say an SH specialty - just no reason at all to mold it this way. Even CMK reinvented the wheel with some of its 3D parts ... when all they had to do was duplicate the injected part and add the details - nope, they redesigned the part. Oh what fun.

Chris I rarely use masks but when I do, I make sure my first glossy clear cote is thick enough I can wet sand it and there isn't a lip to show through the decals.

Thanks Rob and I'm still in disbelief on the ejection seats detail. I finished painting it today - update tomorrow and actually treated it like painting a figure on a base - just a boatload of fun and I even weathered it - now that's a first for me. One of the reasons I pretty much gave up on Eduard PE cockpit sets is the IP's look so bad but, in this case, there isn't any other option right now. Just wish 3D printing would use a material that is a bit stronger and more durable as they are so delicate.

Mark, I'm just blown away by your progress and how all the 3D printing works. A whole new world out there for sure.

Thanks mark for the info - I fully understand and there seems to be a lot of hit and miss with 3D printing at this stage of the game.

John The Hasegawa P-40E does sound like a great choice for the GB.

HI Dennis - most important of all is both hands are healing and you are on the mend - awesome news for sure. Since you're able to put some nice time in at the bench, just don't overdo it, Some mighty nice progress on the nose end of the PCM Macchi C200. All the fusing and test fitting surely show everything is lining up nice and square.

Scott Nice choice for the GB and looking forward to following your progress.

Thanks Chris Finished detail painting the seat last night and she is a beauty ... spoiled for sure in using other seats down the road. Just have to be extra careful as the 3D printed seats are very delicate and break easily. Yup, macro work and Eduard IP aren't the best of matches. I shot mine with a true macro lens: a Nikon 105 Macro and the magnification is 1:1 and it shows all the flaws of the Eduard IP finish - just no other way to do it and have something you can see in the photograph.

Chris Always a good use for the excess kabuki masking tape and for me, way better and easier to use then liquid mask. .

I'm with Martin and PW, I purge the leftovers a few times a year - I'm just not a saver and a good deal of the time, I wish I was.🧨

Mark For a novice: what went wrong, especially for 10 hours of printing?

Thanks John, much appreciated. I'm 100% spoiled by the seat and now, I'll be looking for 3D printed seats whenever possible.

Hubert Right with you a 100%. Eduard's PE IP's seem to have always suffered from this grainy finish and another reason why I have gone all out with Quinta detail sets when there is one. Not obvious in scale but it's there just the same. Just can't say enough about the incredible ejection seat detail - just amazing. Spent the entire day very carefully detail brush painting the seat and OMG, it does look tremendous - almost like painting a figure.

Thanks Martin, so very much appreciated. I've been painting the ejection seat for a good part of the day and am actually treating it as painting a figure - it's just so detailed and the more I look into its shadows, the more details that are actually there. Just amazing technology.

Rob Amazing for sure. Love the leather effect you were able to achieve with oils.