Peterpools

Gaz Figures look mighty good with lots of molded on details and sometimes 'winging it' works the best. Keep 'em comin Peter

Phil Holy smokes - looking fantastic. Absolutely let the weathering begin Keep 'em comin Peter

Mark I'm with Kai, the Viggen cammo masking done without the masks is going to need nerves of steel - but if anyone can pull it off, my money is riding on you. Keep 'em comin Peter

Harv Perfect! Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl Mighty nice progress on your B-24. Sure looks as if with the windows in and less MG's you will be 'flying' through this build. Keep 'em comin Peter

John Absolutely stellar work - your Spit is looking fantastic and it's easy to see you're back to feeling 100% now. Keep 'em comin Peter

Martin Nice pics for sure - loads of details. Keep 'em comin Peter

NIck Awesome air brush work. Keep 'em comin Peter

Gaz Terrific work on the turret s the cast features look spot on the money. Only 102 track links - I would be shaking in my boots, knowing all that work is my next part of the build to work through and complete. Keep 'em comin Peter

Gaz Good news and keeping an eye on the wound is the right way to go Keep 'em comin Peter

Mark Right with Carl and I also have the DN Mask set. Of course, I never used masks before - nothing like learning on what seems the most intricate mask set available. An advice and guidance would be so greatly appreciated. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Harv Making steady progress and onto the wings, which so far have easily proven to be the toughest part of the kit. The large MG cutout don't fit worth a dime and some re-scribing panels lines has been called for. Of course it's my weakest ability in modeling and the one I also dislike the most. Full steam ahead. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Carl - very much appreciated. No question about it, once you use the Quinta 3D decals, you're hooked for life, they are that good. I've thought about for some time and just can't find one reason why manufacturers use those wing MG inserts that just never fit and on the Mustang, it's an adventure for sure. Keep 'em comin Peter

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Rob WOW! I never saw this build before and quickly jumped to the beginning and read through the entire project to the present. My compliments on some superb building and trouble shooting. All simply looks spot on to me and I can appreciate the work that has gone into the build to this point. So glad the Arado is back on the bench and moving forward. Keep 'em comin Peter

Gaz Not good at all and fingers crossed the wound will not become infected. After doing the same as you a few times (not as bad) I bought a set of collects and have all the most common bits I use ready to go. I do keep a second set in the case as a back. My most common wound is from my Tamiya knives scraping and cleaning parts. Just take care and keep a very watchful eye. Nice progress on the tracks and the turret .. added details look so good. I'm assuming you use Mr Surfacer 500 for the texure - looks so good. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Rob Yup, surely looking like a Pony now. Not being a Debbie Downer this time around as I've been working on the wings but so far I've encountered some fit issues all due to the choices Revell made in modeling the wing ribs and spar as one piece rather then individual parts. But the biggest issue and not just confined to Revell, is why in the world do manufacturers mold the machine gun ports for the leading edge as a separate part, which I've found, never ever fit? So far, I've spent a lot of time tweaking, sanding and scraping to get them to fit as good as I can. Why not just mold them as part of the wing and leave holes to insert the MG's ? Peter

Mike Fantastic build on the Albatross and your display vignette adds just the right touch Keep ‘em comin Peter

Nice progress and how can a manufacturer of such an expensive kit includes parts that do not fit at all? glade to see you found replacement parts Keep ‘em comin Peter

Mike Heading over to the Ready for Inspection forum Keep ‘em comin Peter

Mike Nice choice for your next project and will be following Keep ‘em comin Peter

Carl nice progress and looking mighty good. Those sub contractors, sure wish they could read specs and use paint chips to get the color right. Good call coming up for an excuse for Eduard. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Kai, much appreciate. I’m just amazed how so far every single part has required mold parting lines removed aa well as some flash.Still a great value for the price. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Thanks Gaz Making progress and spending at lot of time constantly checking and adjusting parts, which seems to be the secret of the Revell kit. Yup, she is starting to look like a Mustang. Keep’em comin Peter

CLOSING UP THE FUSELAGE 10/28/21 With all the internal assemblies complete, it was time to seriously start test fitting, tweaking, assuring all fits snug as a bug and all the assemblies maintain their proper alignment when the fuselage halves are joined together. First step was to insure the two fuselage halves taped together without any interior components … done and all is good. Next with the front office assembly taped into place and I tested the fuselage fit: NO GO, as gaps appeared and corrective work needed to be done. I went to work scrapping, sanding and tweaking until the fit was on the money. The outside of the framework was sanded as well, slimming it down, removing any paint from the outside of the cage helping the front office cage fit as it should. The same procedure was applied to the radiator/tailwheel assembly. Taping the fuselage halves together again, it was time to test fit the front canopy and some tweaking was needed here as the fuselage was a bit too wide. All now looked good, the two fuselage halves were glued together with Tamiya Extra Thin: done and drying. The rudder was assembled, test fitted and besides the normal cleanup, the top of the rudder and vertical stabilizer need some corrective sanding to improve the overall shape. The prop assemble was cleaned up, taped together and of course, needs some tweaking for a good fit. Up next: The wings. Thanks for checking in. Keep ‘em comin Peter