Peterpools

Phil Tight with Kai, looking so good and your prep for being ready for the paint booth is the way to go. Looking mighty good and I can't wait to see her wearing the first coats of paint. Keep 'em comin Peter

Smitty Nice Hornet for sure. Keep 'em comin Peter

Hi Rob Diane and I just celebrated our 51st wedding anniversary and if I've learned one thing in all these years, keep the "Chief" happy and all is well. I'm so lucky my wife has always be supportive of all my hobbies and no issues at all. I surely would love to build a large scale J3 one of these days and just may do it some day. I soloed a J3 in 1965, Private and Commercial in a Cessna 172 and bought and enjoyed a Piper PA22 Colt for a number of years - those days are long gone. Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl Way to go - terrific choice for your latest build project. An Aires front office that basically fits right out of the box and looking good. Will be following all the way Keep 'em comin Peter

Mark Love your awesome progress on a very tough build. Thank you for the compliments but I only wish I had your building skills. I have on it's way the newly updated and re-released Tamiya 1/12 Brabham BT44b now and after following your MHF builds, going to be trying my hand at large scale F1 later this year. Keep 'em comin Peter

Gaz Completely agree with Rob but the kit is what it is. You put in an Herculean effort and now, finishing the build should be the goal. Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl Enjoyed your build thread, start to finish. Terrific work and she came out looking 'Oh So Good'🏆🏆🏆❗ Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl Looking forward to more photos. Please do Keep ‘em comin Peter

Kai Nothing is missed - fantastic touch up work and glad all the missing details are now added and in place. Keep 'em comin Peter

Mike Terrific reference photographs and answers a lot of questions. Keep 'em comin Peter

Mark Nice progress and KH strikes again. Bad enough they only give you one option for the leading edge slats, which is incorrect for when on the ground and parked and poor instructions again; two items that should not be. Keep 'em comin Peter.

Rob I feel as you and knowing the cause of a problem, leads to both a solution and avoiding it in the future. About ten years ago, I purchased a beautiful display case we keep in the hallway of our home. The only models I have in my display case are those I've built over the past ten years and a chunk of that time, I wasn't even modeling at all, so I still have loads of display room. The display case is in the hallway and we treat it as a piece of furniture. Besides looking at my 'mini museum' when the mood strikes (very often to be truthful), the extra bonus of the display case is the models stay absolutely dust free and are never touched. I do have forum friends who do as you do and when their display shelves are full, give a few models away, making room for the newer builds. My motivation for modeling is mostly the same as yours, as it's a means of relaxation and enjoyment, where I can leave the outside world behind when need be. I just wish there were a selection of 1/24th scale civil aircraft that I can build models of the planes I've flown and always wanted to but never did. But in the end, I'm just so lucky my wife Diane was so happy about the display case and is my number one fan. Keep 'em comin Peter

Hi Kai Thank you for the very kind comments on my F4. I'm still not sure which semi clear gloss to use but have it now narrowed down to Mr Color (lacquer) or MRP (acrylic lacquer). I'm leaning towards Mr Color and when it dries, awesome clarity and hard as nails. Right now I'm knee deep in decaling the missiles (96 decals) and finishing the centerline drop tank. Then the seal coat of gloss, followed up by the semi clear. I'm starting to see the finish line now Keep 'em comin Peter

Smitty Nice and when can we expect a build thread? Keep 'em comin Peter

Gaz Congratulations on your award - so very well earned and a mighty nice haul of kits. For my brother and myself, when we use to compete and go to shows back in the day, the vendor room was a magical place and we always always managed to find loads to buy. Enjoy your convention haul Keep 'em comin Peter

Sure looks like a good reference book. Do you have the ZM kit? Keep 'em comin Peter

Now that's the place to go for inspiration and and history. Hope your boys enjoyed the museum. Keep 'em comin Peter

MArk Nice welcome home present for sure Keep 'em comin Peter

Another Phantom - bring her on - can't wait to follow another F4 build. Keep 'em comin Peter

carl Large scale for sure and RC - WOW! bring it on Keep 'em comin Peter

Bill Coming along quite nicely and you certainly tamed the fit issues I read so much about. Keep 'em comin Peter

Rob Looking at all the possibilities from the guys as to he whys and possible fixes, I'm glad you decided to leave it as is. Of course wanting a definitive answer to what caused the canopy issues, is something we may never know and that's a shame, as we all would learn from it. I am a bit surprised you don't display your models at home, as they are surely a work of art. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Gaz Just a fun build and zero build issues. Tamiya just keeps raising the bar and the panel lines and are brilliantly molded. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Gus Completely agree, as back then when it came to gorgeous color scheme, the prize surely goes to the USN. Keep 'em comin Peter

John I sure hope so Peter