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John Looking good and absolutely fingers crossed 🤞

Nick WOW, looking mighty good and the weathering isa spot on the money

Carl Looking good and the pre-shading comes through perfectly. On board all the way

John Pretty cool idea. Carl certainly has a workable alternative with less changes of peeling paint.

Gaz Those rivets are going to be the unsung hero of the build as they will add so much but yet blend in without overpowering the rest of the build. Hard to believe the Giants with a new coach are 7-2 in a tough division and next up is the Lyons. Hopefully, we'll pull off another win and reach the 8-2 record. As a Giant fan, the eagles and Commanders are our arch enemies.

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John LOL

John I sure hope the model companies making both 1/32 P-51 and Corsair, send you a gift or two for your loyal support.

Rob I'm just old school I guess and first use MRP Gray Primer, then either Mr Color or Tamiya Black Gloss for the NMF base. Never, ever had an issue with their drying and talk about glossy and hard as nails.

Rob Glad the mask fit so well

Gus Sounds like a sound plan with no issues. Just don't rush letting the gloss black completely dry and all should be just fine

Rob I saw thew notice as well but the hard part is no pre orders, so you have to keep checking and hope for the best.

Just horrendous. and I know the FAA upon the NTSB final report, will change the rules so this type of accident and loss of life will not happen again. I remember when there was a bad crash at an air show years ago and in those days, aircraft were allowed to fly towards and over the spectators and the injuries were very bad. I don't remember if anyone died but FAA changed the rules and now there is no flying over or towards the spectators at a certain distance, where the direction of flight is parallel to the stands.

Chris Worth all the aggravation and struggle - your Swallow is looking just awesome. I feel your pain with the seatbelt work and in the end, they do look terrific. Everyone looks into the cockpit first when looking at a completed model and those seatbelts are the perfect finishing touch.

Terrific detail work and is looking so good.

Phil nice progress and the details do look mighty good. Looking forward to your treatment of the links as Gaz pointed out, they sure are very finicky.

Bill Nice progress and your 'fixes' worked so sell in correcting the kit issues. Just a shame ZM spent so much time on a lot of never to be seen details and maybe should have devoted that energy to part fit. Just a shame these gremlins worked their way into a kit that had such great promise

Terrific progress and a ton of work. I've also been following Nigel's progress since day one and the kit is a massive project. From what I gather Nige has been saying is that when Border obtained the molds, they had to write their own and complete the kit, as it was yet yet ready for production. Nige did spend a lot of time showing how he delt with cockpit floor and bomb bay roof, as the instructions are not correct. Glad your Lanc is out of the box and back on the bench

John INCREDIBLE🏆 What a build record and collection

John Glad to see you're giving the 104 a second go. Take it from a paint stripping expert with way too much experience: I always strip paint off a model with Mr Color Self leveling Thinner and then follow up with 70% Isopropanol alcohol as a final cleaner. Works like a charm. Primer for me is either MRP Light Gray Primers or Mr Surfacer - both have been full proof so far. The only masking I've done on NMF's is with Tamiya tape and so far, Lady Luck has been with me, as I can't remember any paint lifting at all. My gloss black base coat is either Mr Color or Tamiya Lacquer, both dry rock hard and glue themselves to the primer. Is the Testor's Flat White paint or a primer? I've always assumed primer actually eats into the plastic finish and acts as a nice base for the paint to adhere t, while paint doesn't eat that well into the plastic. Fingers crossed all goes according to plan. 🤞🤞🤞

Thanks Kev, feels good to be back and spending time at the bench again.

Rob As a card-carrying Tamiya Fan Boy, just love their kits. Details and the engineering/fit is superb; for me, I couldn't ask for more. As always, your work is flawless and the key to how well the Corsair is going toether.

Gaz Oh, those rivets - they must be giving you nightmares about now. Sitting back and studying all your photographs, the effect is amazing and so well worth all the effort and work. Weathering as always is so effective and the hues and tones blend so well, which I think is the key in replicating reality. Can't believe Washington beat Philadelphia. As a NY Giant fan, the division now tightens up even more.

Thanks Rob, feels good to be back and at the bench again as well. I will build the engine as a separate model down the road as Carl is 100% correct. As far all the time I spent adding the fuselage details, it would make a good cutaway project. But for GWH to lavish that much time and expense, which ultimately the buyer pays for just doesn't make sense. So few builders would do a cutaway built and the biggest reason I added all the parts was to show what was included in the kit and no real way to see it after the fuselage has been closed up. Seems as if GWH went to lunch with ZM and talked about what internal details should be included in an expensive kit.

Horrible news 😪