Peterpools

Nice progress for sure

Phil Nice progress and the details look good. Not sure if the rope is to scale but the effect and appearance is perfect.

neat, clean work - looking mighty good

HI John Nice choice for your next build and as always, will be on your express train all the way

Thanks Phil, yes it's a hard question to ask a cancer patient those questions but always ask. the fall of 2020 I was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, went through chemo and everything you heard about the side effects are true. I still suffer from some of the very serious side effects but I'm here because of my oncologist and the exceptional care I received. I was now up to petscans every four months to check and ensure the cancer had not returned and white spots were discovered on my lungs - not good. The biopsies were done to determine what they are and that they weren't cancer. I was so lucky that they weren't. It's hard to face cancer but the only chance a patient has, is to meet it head on, fight and petscans on a prescribed program at regular intervals and stay under the care of your oncologist. First signs of cancer and time to fight again. Painting: The primer episode was proof not to assume, spend a few minutes reading labels and make sure. For me the best part of any build is painting and decaling. I air brushed on the MRP RLM 75 this morning and tomorrow the RLM 74 goes on and then some refinements with the RLM 76. This is my first Luftwaffe WWII aircraft and the colors and cammo have been driving me nuts. Phil, I understand your concerns and things do go wrong. Best advice, finish both the Corsair and the Mustang. The worst that can go wrong is the finish is not up to what your standards. Just use it as a learning experience - believe me, it's the fun part of the build. I've stripped models at this point and started over, it's how we all learn.

Rob Thaks so much as the biopsy results for myself and my wife were truly a gift as I still remained cancer free and in full remission. Can only blame myself and will exercise more care in both ordering and using paints and assuming nothing. To add insult to injury, I have a dedicated AB for acrylics and it sat there, watching the fiasco take place. 🙃 Right now, I'm still trying to figure out; is the wing and upper fuselage cammo hard edge or free hand - always something.

Oliver Nice decision on replacing the crane floor - the diamond plate looks great. Perfectly executed. Congrats on sale to AK for adding photographs to their upcoming book - surely, they will be the star of the show. Also very interested in your opinion on how the new AK acrylics shoot and work - please let us know with a short tutorial.

Carl Nice progress on the Big Cat and good to see the wings together. Thanks for posting the photos of the burner cans as it shows how technology and techniques have advanced - when the Aires cans were the only game in town fit compromises had to be made but with Reskit, it's a whole new ballgame.

Thanks Ernie Makes perfect sense - and for a first timer with RLM colors surely explains a lot, starting with why every paint company has a different shade/hue/tone of RLM02 for example. In fact, one that I've looked at has two very different colors for it just to add to the RLM mystery. I'm assuming as the war reached the later years, supplies and availability were stretched to their limits. I read that DB engines were leaving the factory unpainted as paint was almost unavailable. Wish I knew all this before moving forward with the cammo work. As of yesterday, the RLM 76 went on and it was a bear to do (no more black primer in my tool chest for major priming) and now it's time to start working on the cammo. Of course, I've followed builds where the wings seemed hard edge and others where the edges are soft. I'm still on the fence, leaning towards a hard edge but no final decision yet - with tomorrow being decision day.

Bill, Thanks Not a bad idea

Thanks Kev .. so greatly appreciated.

Gaz, right with you for sure.

John Beautiful work and a spectacular finish - looks tremendous.

John Awsome .. I can't even keep up with the updates, making sure I don't miss any. heading over the Completed forum.

Thanks Gaz, so greatly appreciated. It is amazing that no matter how careful we do things, those gremlins seem to delight in jumping in and ruining the party. First time in a long time I used a black primer and it two painting sessions today to obtain a nice even finish of the RLM 76 - black wasn't the way to go and I should have just re-ordered the MRP Lacquer primer and not rushed it. Tomorrow I'll start the wings and leave the mottling for early next week. Fingers crossed for sure.

Thanks Martin, very much appreciated. After lunch, the cammo work starts.

Thanks guys for the help. This is so far my first 'go' at WWII Luftwaffe colors and first 109. In fact my first official Luftwaffe build. And I thought the AVG colors were confusing 🙃

For me, it's going as slow and carefully as possible and holding my breath with each pass of the scriber.

Thanks Hubert .. after the fantastic pathology consultation, a little bit of the wrong primer was a non issue to deal with. I should have been more careful when I placed my order and will be a lot more careful in the future. Of course, I assumed MRP only made one type of prime - same on me. 😉

PRIMING Hard to believe I finally made it to the priming stage – it’s been a long journey and of course I would still need to cross a few more bridges; how right I was. I quickly discovered the two bottles of my preferred primer, MRP Light Gray, were virtually empty and I didn’t want to prime with MRP Black Primer on hand, or so I thought. I would selectively prime a few sub-assemblies with the few drops light gray I actually had and then wait for my reorder to arrive. Friday the new MRP primer was delivered and the color was gray and not light gray (?). The primer seemed a bit thicker then normal in the color cup and I incorrectly assumed it was from the color. I thinned out the MRP Primer with Self Leveling Thinners and everything instantly turned into a sludgy mud. Only now did the light go on, I doubled checked the actual product number MRP- APG: acrylic thinner; I ordered the wrong primer- what an idiot! And of course, what a disaster. A good hour was needed to strip and clean the air brush and in the end, I primed the 109 with what I always had and didn’t want to use: MRP Black Lacquer Primer. I wasted a good five days waiting for primer I couldn’t use. Live and learn. I wrote down next to each part and assembly the RLM number ZM called out in the instructions, so I would be ready for the color coats coming up next. Of course, as the week progressed, it was time now to face the music and I could no longer sit at the bench and work, as we had our appointment with my oncologist to review the pathology report from my lung biopsies: cancer free. THE BLACK KNIGHT

Gaz Nice start on the Revell 190. Front office and IP weathering looks good.

Rob Right with Dennis X2 - awesome work What a fantastic build.

John An amazing record for sure.

Gaz Got ya. I'm very lucky in that my studio/cave is a rather large size room and my work bench is a 30 x 72, dedicated to just building. The spray booth is on a roller cart so it doesn't take up any bench space. Just seems the older we get; senior moments and CRS do settle in more and more.

John, you are amazing and your 109 looks fantastic. Peter