Peterpools

Going to be an awesome model in the display case.

Chris Black Primer looks perfect and smooth as silk. Working is sections surely was the right way to go as most of the spry booths as just too narrow for the bigger models. Geez, I' breaking out my Artograph 1530 when I build the Lancaster as my small paint booth will never work. The Cat's fine detail looks awesome for sure. Everyone has their own favorites when it comes to primers and I've settled on just two over the years: MRP Black or Gray Lacquer primer - lays down smooth as silk. Tamiya Gloss Black for the NMF base. I'm 100% positive the quality of the primer finish is not the primer as most are all excellent, it's the modeler's pre paint preparation and painting technique. You easily have your prep and technique down pat - just look at the results❗

Chris I bought Waldron Punch Set around 1973, my first real modeling tool and it's still used all the time. I lost the case years ago and just keep it in a small Tupperware jar. Best modeling money I ever spent. I also have the RP Toolz Hex Punch Set - awesome quality but because it's so specialized, I do not use it anywhere as much. RP Toolz also make a round punch set, many more punch sizes, a much higher quality and pricier. For my money and needs over the past 50 years, the Waldron set is perfect.

Kev Perfectly said and the way to go🏆

Thanks Gaz, much appreciated. Painting is my favorite part of building.

Thanks John I'm getting there and keeping an eye on being as careful as possible not to damage the raised panel lines.

Oliver Steps look absolutely perfect and good thing you went to the club meeting - saved a lot of redo work.

John The rocket stubs look perfectly done

Chris Nice work on finishing up the Big Cat's interior and I do like the red toilet bowl cover - adds a nice bit of color and interest for those that know. Yup, something surely is out of alignment in the nose end ... fingers crossed it won't be too hard to correct.

Mark Nice work on the console and absolutely looks better then any flat decal

Thanks Mike Making progress a bit each day now. Finally started to glue up the two fuselage and halves and that turned out to be a lot more involved then I originally thought, as the space between the belly of the Kingfisher and the float is pretty narrow especially inside the cross braces. Surely seems a lot of very careful sanding and filling is going to be the oder of the day for quite a few days to come.

Kev Nice going on the stanchions and the paint work on the hull looks so good. Terrific progress

John Beautiful airbrush work. Were the black boarder stripes decals or paint? Looks like perfect masking.

Thanks Chris I truly am amazed at how good the Monogram kits are, considering their age of pre computer and pre CAD - just good old pencil and paper engineering. Normally I work to a certain point and then set up to do the photography which takes me a good while - both shooting and in post (Lightroom and Photoshop). I really didn't have enough done to go through a full set up, so a few grab pics seemed to do the trick. I wasn't intending to any scratch work just go with what was in the kit but after test fitting, there is a nice size gap between the pilot's armor bulkhead and the fuselage. Looks as if I'll need to play around with some strip to fill it in. Also, on the far end of the gunner's station, the 30 cal points into the open fuselage and I was thinking of adding a few details to fill the empty space - see how it goes.

Hubert Always something but between Yellow Wings and the kit decals, I should have a fighting chance 🤞

Kev You hit it right on the head and I'm trying to build the kit OOB, as we would have built it back in the day.

Mark Great choice for your next build and will be along for the journey

Mark, Thanks so much for the kinds words. I am surprised at the quality and fit of a kit first released in 1967 before computers and pc's.

Thanks Hubert, very much appreciated. I took your advice and suggestion and purchased a Yellow Wings Kingfisher decal sheet for the wheeled version and will use it on my float version. Just a shame Yellow Wings has closed up shop as their decals and subjects were terrific; most likely the owner decided it was time to retire like the rest of us old geezers.

Sasha Super progress and the wheel well detailing looks terrific.

SUBASSEMBLIES Three Quick Grab Shots Please excuse the grab shots but I just wanted to show my progress. So far, my journey Back to the Future has been a boat load of fun. I’ve been pleasantly surprised that part fit has been very good, just a bit of cleaning up the right wing slight misalignment and I’m willing to bet it just might have been me. Al the interior surfaces were painted with my own mix of interior green, closer to bronze green and I’m happy with the color. Most of the interior details were brush painted with either Model Air and Tamiya LC paints. The Front office and rear gunners’ area were finished off with Tamiya Black Panel Line Wash to pick out the details, dry brushed with Model Air Aluminum and seatbelt were added. The IP PE was painted with Tamiya Nato Black Lacquer, as was the gunners PE MG Ring – looks pretty good. For such an old kit, the addition of the small PE fret, adds a lot of interest and detail. The wing seams needed some CA to clean up slight seams and gaps - finished. The P&W R-985-4 Wasp Jr was molded as part of the front portion of the engine cowling and nicely detailed. With the PE ignition ring and spark plug wires, the one piece engine part looked sweet after detail painting. The prop also needed a bit of cleanup and the propeller blade counter balance weights – four tiny pieces of PE were added. With all the assemblies and parts glued into place, time for some test fitting and getting ready to add the interior assemblies and glue up the fuselage halves.

Mark Terrific choice and I'm all in for the journey.

Chris Not sure about Tamiya RT being mostly acetone. Just go slow as Sprue glue is a bit messy at times and does need to dry completely.

Kriss Nice progress - decals and markings look very good.

Mark terrific work and some mighty fine weathering