Peterpools

John Nice work on cleaning up both wing tops. Surely off to a good start. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Carl What a relief for sure Keep 'em comin Peter

Hi Guys We surely dodge a bullet here on the island. Henri was first downgraded to a bad tropical storm around 2AM and then the storm track changed to NNE and out of Block Island and then into Rhode Island. Still some heavy rain in areas and some winds but nothing as predicted. Of course our luck was someones else's misfortune. Keep 'em comin Peter

Kai Nice catch on the missile number error. Looking forward to the first pics of the flat varnish to see effect. Keep 'em comin Peter

Mark Looking fantastic and those 206; OMG ❗ Keep 'em comin Peter

Same here - Keep 'em comin Peter

Ernie Nice progress and glad to see you have managed a work around for the front wind screen. Keep 'em comin Peter

Cees Looking mighty good and you're rolling. Keep 'em comin Peter

Building a large scale ship models is an art and requires nerves of steel, especially when combing it with an incredible Pontos PE set. I've been following Steve's build of the 1/200 HMS Hood on his web site and the work is brilliant. So far he is on episode 48 (one every Friday) and I've watched every one. I would love to try a 1/200 scale ship but being truthful with myself, I don't have the space, skill and the ability to stick with it from start to finish. His work is easily museum quality and accomplished with the normal modeling tools. For anyone wanting to follow his build of just check it out: The Model Shed https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfkPhaBJc0F6h5F1FzAM32Q/featured Keep 'em coming Peter

Bryan Nice work on the ignition wires and thanks for sharing your technique. Keep 'em flying Peter

Steve Way to go - Building a homebuilt was always my dream and back in 1971 I bought plans for a Throp T-18 and that's as far as I ever got. Way too young, no space - we rented a town house in those days and life just flew by and so did my dream. Keep posting as much as you can as I'm now living my dream through your build. At 73 and not in the best of health, my flying days are long over but the memories are still there. Keep 'em comin Peter

Harv Great job and just a shame the hotel was a let down, especially in Vegas. Keep 'em comin Peter

Martin You're the 7th Calvary to the rescue for Ernie - nice going my friend Your Buffalo is looking mighty good and painting the interior portions is surely going to be a bit nerve racking. Looking forward to the pics. Keep 'em comin Peter

Cees Nice to see the Stirling back on the bench and under way again Keep 'em comin Peter

Kai Super work on the Shafrir2 rockets and two last details. Looking forward to the pics of the flat finish. Keep 'em comin Peter

Mark and Jerry My wife Diane feels the same way but in the end never really says much when the new kit(s) show up. Keep 'em comin Peter

Phil As long as you are happy with the results, that's all that's counts. From the photos you posted, your build looked great. I've lost count of how many times in the past, I've had to go back, strip the kit down to bare plastic or sand off portions of the paint and start over. I just try to learn my my mistakes and going that route, I should be a genius Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Mark Just a great kit with no vises at all Keep 'em comin Peter

Hi Phil, so very much appreciated your kind comments on the Big F4. Got ya. Vallejo is an acrylic and AK Extreme Metals are enamel based. I don't think the AK would eat into the Vallejo paint but the finish might not be as smooth or very metallic as you are looking for. Am I close? Any reason why you didn't use different shades of Vallejo or you just didn't like how they worked? For me, I might have taken a break, re-grouped the troops and sanded the offending area smooth, as you can control the sanding area and then masked and repainted with the black base. Not sure if this was an option or not. I decided before I began the build how much I wanted to play around with the burner area and what colors I would use and kept it at that. I'm still going to add a bit more 'burnt look' with Tamiya clears, thinned well and brushed on and maybe a slight dusting of soot - no decision yet. My goal for the build was the overall finish and that includes going very light on the panel lines, only looking at doing the major ones and the control surfaces. My models are if anything only slightly weathered and representative of how we would see them ready for deployment or in a museum (my display case is my mini museum). The Tamiya decals are their best ye, lay down nicely but not as thin as Cartograf. Keep 'em comin Peter

Ernie Fingers crossed and I thinking the way to go is with increasing the drill bit size as you go. Good luck! Do some testing and see which works best. Keep 'em comin Peter

Craig Brilliant work and as always, I'm completely blown away. Keep 'em comin Peter

Unfortunately the world continues to change when it comes to hobbies and for younger people they first spent all their time on the PC playing games and now, if you can't play it or do it on your smart phone, they aren't interested. Plus add in social media and hobbies that require time working at a bench or table, learning new skills will be gone when we are. Keep 'em comin Peter

Looking forward to the F4B and I'm sure for $300, it is going to be my one expensive purchase for the year. Keep 'em comin Peter

Harv Thanks so much for all the photographs ... nicely taken and a boat load of time to post them. Keep 'em comin Peter

Smitty Awesome photos - thanks for sharing with us Keep 'em comin Peter