Peterpools

Thanks Carl, very much appreciated and I'm looking forward to doing a paint scheme and markings of ..." Not one of the usual suspects". Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Kai, much appreciated. I'm back to hopefully the last round of scribing. I'm just as curious how the BMF will turn out. Right now, over the MRP Gray Primer, I'll be using either Mr Color or MRP Gloss or MRP Gloss Black back as my NMF base. Wings: Alclad Semi Matte Aluminum to replicate the aluminum lacquer paint. Fuselage and BMF areas on the wings: AK Aluminum and then I'll add the various aluminum colors. That's the basic plan and fingers crossed. Keep 'em comin Peter

And now a beautiful Curtiss Hawk coming next year. Looks fantastic Keep 'em comin Peter

Smitty Nice going and a Big Beautiful Tomcat coming our way. Please do a full build thread so we won't miss any of the journey. Keep 'em comin Peter

Gaz Right with Kai and Martin - amazing work Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks for posting your video build and hopefully a bit later today, I'll be able to watch end enjoy the three videos. Keep 'em comin Peter

John Superb decal work and some mighty fine detective work as well. Keep 'em comin Peter

Gaz Nice progress on the figures and fully appreciate the "how To" images. Looking mighty good Keep 'em comin Peter

ATTACHING THE WING ASSEMBLY 11/11/21 The hot topic when it comes to modeling the P-51 Mustang: the wing -rivets and panel lines: yes or no. One prominent difference between the Revell and Tamiya is Revell only has the major wing panel lines and no rivets, while Tamiya has both. I went with the Revell kit and re-scribed any panel lines that were lost while working on the wings, as I prefer this look. The next giant step was attaching the wings to the fuselage and no matter how careful I was up to this point, there were fit issues that needed to be dealt with. A few hours were needed to work everything in place, then firmly gluing the wings on with a fair amount of Tamiya Extra Thin and Revell Contacta Professional Glues and the same amount of masking tape while the glues dried for a good twentyfour hours. At the same time, the horizontal stabilizers and elevators were added. Playing around with the wing/fuselage fillet blend was up next, needing a few hours of wet sanding and all done. The last remaining part was the lower nose panel which had a few minor fit issues (what a surprise) and done. Next up: more scribing and masking and if all goes well – priming. Thanks for checking in Keep ‘em comin Peter I've never built a P-51 yet where the radiator intake fit without needing a lot of sanding and shaping - but it's done and looks pretty good. Paint scheme and markings. These are Eduard's new decals and are not printed by Cartagraf. They look good on the sheet - fingers crossed when I reach that point.

I was surfing the net a while ago and found this update/news on LSP: Trumpeter 2022: 1/32 Douglas Devastator TBD-1 # 02226 again. This has to be a record for listing a kit for who knows how many years and it has never been released. If it ever sees the light of day, I'm in for one. Keep 'em comin Peter

The Old man's blog is jammed packed with good, positive and welcome news. I'm eagerly waiting the release of both the 109 and 190 and will most likely pre-order the 109 from Volks which will include a figure of Eric Hartmann. 2022 is looking like a banner year for large scale modelers - much appreciation and thanks to the 'Old man' for his update. https://www.zoukeimura.co.jp/en/sentiment/oyajiblog_114.html Keep 'em comin Peter

Mike WOW, awesome progress and what a build. Glad to see you're close to rolling your Wildcat across the finish line. Wish I could offer an answer of just going beyond guessing: wood for the same reasons as the flight deck. Keep 'em comin Peter

The second run of the Viggen is now listed as "Out of Production" and I'm assuming that means it's al;so sold out. I'll be darned. Nice way for Jetmad to break into the limited production kit world! Keep 'em comin Peter

Martin Now that's a major fix that Harv has to do - I wonder why the manufacturer used the wrong window orientation: portrait when it should have been landscape in photographic terms? Keep 'em comin Peter

Holy Smokes I never knew and what an eye opener! I've heard in some plastic aircraft kits (wish I could remember whose) the plastic rejected Extra Thin and our normal glues. Why in the world do manufacturers produce kits with known defects or assembly issues. They should be required to list such issues on the box. Keep 'em comin Peter

CArl Way to go! Your Revell Spit looks perfect. Thanks for posting the photo Keep 'em comin Peter

Craig Amazing progress as always and she sure is looking the part. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Carl Love to see a few pics of your Spit Vb. I've been to the Barracuda Web Site and did spy those juicy Spit upgrades and will be ordering a few from Sprue Bros. Keep 'em comin Peter

Starting to appreciate the new Revell 32nd scale kits and getting fired up to try my hand at building their Spitfire Mk11a with a Quinta Interior Detail set. Product photos from Sprue Bros web site

Very handy indeed. I have two AB holders - not sure whose I bought (it’s been that long) and they work very well. Enjoy Keep ‘em comin Peter

Gaz now that’s. Great story - enjoy the Wirbelwind Keep ‘em comin Peter

Carl So glad you're feeling better. I had terrible lower back pains for more years then I can remember and feel your pain. I've been very fortunate that the past nearly twenty years now except for short episodes, I no longer have to deal with lower back pain. Sure must feel good to be able to sit at the bench and not have to deal with back pain. Keep 'em comin Peter

Harv Nice going - step one of your mission looks A-OK. Keep 'em comin Peter

John Your Spit is looking fantastic - cammo and decals work is spot on and and looks so good. You're putting me to shame as I'm still in the filler and sanding stages - going slow but getting there. Keep 'em comin Peter

Rob Way to go, your stash is looking mighty good with all these new additions. Keep 'em comin Peter