Peterpools

Mike Looking forward to the final photographs of the build at home in it's display case Keep 'em comin Peter

Gaz Nice progress and the figure, still the best of all the choices considering the cost with shipping. Rob's idea should do the trick Keep 'em comin Peter

Amazing work. Love those Pocher kits Keep 'em comin Peter

Ron Awesome work - looking so good Keep 'em comin Peter

Mark Surely is going to be a monumental build and will be in the front row, following all the way. Keep 'em comin Peter

Soft, easily bendable metal ... agree with the guys ... not a good choice. Keep 'em comin Peter

Gus Looking so good Keep 'em comin Peter

Alberto The ejection seat and afterburner push rods look mighty good. Nice work on dealing with the 'famous' Italeri fit. Keep 'em comin Peter

Cees Nice progress and looking forward to your planned air brush work this coming weekend Keep 'em comin Peter

Gaz Shading looks spot on Keep 'em comin Peter

Gaz On my monitor I'm seeing the black now leaning towards very dark gray and the white leaning towards a very pale gray, which both seem fine to me. Keep 'em comin Peter

John Have to completely agree - thank goodness for the Eastern Europeans. Keep 'em comin Peter

John Fantastic work on melding the two kits front office parts together. Looks perfect. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Harv For this build, my motto: Stay the course and finish - no matter what. Keep 'em comin Peter

Mike Terrific choice for your next build I'll be in the front row - right along with Harv and Kai. Keep 'em comin Peter

Very nice progress. Keep 'em comin Peter

Cees A huge thumbs up! Looking so good and you have me thinking Special Hobby: Keep 'em comin Peter

Hubert Your research and procrastination paid off - absolutely astonishing work. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Martin so much. Absolutely grab your P-39 from the SOD and join the party - sure would be fun Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Rob for the very kind words. Going slow and enjoying the scenery along the way Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Kai So very much appreciated. Taking my time and trying to work things out as I go and being extra careful as to the health issues associated with our paints and glues, as I just never knew. Can't wait to finish up the front office and do a bit of light weathering, adding life to the office as well. Keep 'em comin Peter

Is this a sign that 32nd scale is fading to the last of the major scales on manufactures want to produce lists? Keep 'em comin Peter

COCKPIT PRIMING AND BASIC PAINTING Slow but steady progress. The other night the proverbial light bulb lit and it dawned on me since I followed Eduard’s instructions and glued the cockpit PE floor into place, every bulkhead that went from the PE floor to the fuselage roof would now be too tall and most likely needed to be saved down- not positive yet as I haven’t done the test fitting but it sure seems that way. It just might have been easier to not use the PE floor at all but way too far into the front office to backtrack. I’ve become more aware of the harmful effects of paints, solvents and glues as I’ve been going through chemo therapy and made it a point to learn and understand what is harmful and those paints and glues with the least harmful effects. My go to paints has been MRP, Mr Color and other lacquer based paints and primers but lacquers are high on the harmful list and I’ve decided to go back to “pure” acrylics and am now using Ammo by MIG and Model Air and if nontoxic, with little or no smell and less harmful effects (fingers crossed) then lacquers and solvent based paints, I think I'm on the right path. I still airbrush with the extractor on (spray booth) and wear a good respirator. Still parts need to add and then all the light weathering and dry brushing is next, as well as adding the Eduard Fabric seat belt set. The Instrument Panel: All the details were removed as per the Eduard instructions and the PE added using Micro Kristal Klear instead of CCA and a nice improvement over the kit offering. What I still can’t do is install the small PE ‘T’ handles and levers – just impossible for me. I’ve discovered ANYZ detail resin parts and they look like the answer to adding small cockpit parts; switches and levers. Will be ordering some for future use. The Center Portion of the Front Office. I’ve added the bulk of the parts (PE and kit) to the cockpit floor as I planned and it’s looking busy enough for me. The PE seat looks good, fills the bill nicely, fabric seat belt set to be added as the seat has not been glued in place yet and is just sitting in place. The Car Doors. PE panels needed a bit of clean up removing some errant CCA, polished out, primed and painted. I’m still planning on only having one access panel open for the engine with all the other access panels closed up and of course I’m expecting fit issues but I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it. Thanks for checking in Peter .

Martin Thanks for the pics, they are awesome and will come in very handy as I button up the fuselage and start the exteior portion of the build Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Carl for the info. Looks like the kit here in the states is going to be around $90 but none of the vendors I use have it listed yet. John, Yup, a bummer no 32nd scale. Keep 'em comin Peter