Peterpools

Kai Completely agree. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Tony The IP is looking mighty good right with you - just love those Quinta decal sets Keep ‘em comin Peter

Jeroen proves your human after all and no doubt the fix will be perfect Ke ‘em comin Peter

Ian Glad to see You making steady progress, as the pace is not important. Terrific work on the details and bomb load. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Thanks Carl Much appreciated. I’m betting that giving Quinta time, they will be releasing decal sets ar a good pace Peter

Thanks Rob, just wish I was gliding through the build and solving the issues as fast as I find them. Planning on a NMF, using Alclad paints with the wings being finished with Alclad RAF Speed Aluminum - replicating the paint aluminum and the fuselage with various shades of Alclad as well. Peter

Antonio Thanks for the pics and I should have done a bit more research. At this stage of the game, painting the armor plate flat black is going to take a bit of work and is under way. Peter

Thanks Kai you are going to love the decals - easy to use with no mess or fuss. Having all sorts of fun with the fit issues and the latest is fitting the wing assembly in place. Not having the fuselage assembly aligned perfectly seems to be the culprit in getting the wing assembly to fit without needing a modeling chain saw. Oh what fun Peter

Thanks Harv - I just discovered The end result of the alignment issues - getting the wing to fit. Oh what fun Peter

Kai Nice work correcting the problems and dealing with so many issues. Just seems so counter intuitive to enjoying a kit rather then spending so much time correcting what the manufacture should have done in the first place. I just enjoy building a kit way more then fixing it and dealing with quality issues that in these days, should have been left long behind Keep ‘em coming Peter

First order of business – finish the front office. After comparing both the Quinta 3D Decals and the Look Decal sets for a second time, there were a few differences I overlooked before: The Quinta set contained a host of detail decals which brought the detail level of the front office, battery and radio boxes to a much higher level. The other plus on this build was to use the decal and the kit IP’s which dropped right into place. The Look Resin IP would need thinning to fit and I was a bit lazy in this department. I followed the Quinto instructions and let the decals come loose from the backing after a quick bath in warm water and glued the decals in place using Micro Kristal Klear to be on the safe side. The front office looked really good at this point and except for a few missing bits, was very close to Tamiya’s offering – now ain’t that something! Closing up the two fuselage halves was a completely different act and Revell’s method was to glue the cockpit interior to one of the sidewalls and then add the other side; easier said than done. Some areas of the assembly fit fine and others didn’t line up at all. A lot of tweaking was needed before I could move on and there were still a few alignment errors. I did discover later, the cockpit assembly had become a bit askew adding to the alignment issue. After a bit of sprue glue filler all the seams looked nice and tight and it was on to the wings. At first nothing seemed like much until I added the 50 cal. MG’s assembly at the leading edge. Fit wasn’t very good and a lot of tweaking was needed for what should have been a drop in part. MG’s were drilled out and another milestone reached in using my hands as a few weeks ago, I never could have accomplished this at all. Thanks for checking in Peter

Cees I see what you mean and am learning new techniques following your progress. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Kai Hopefully manufactures learn from their past mistakes and try to improve new kits. Right now, I have two 32nd scale Italeri kits in the stash: Mirage IIIC, F-35 and AM for both. I’m learning the hard way to buy the AM when they are released, so I don’t miss out the first time around and forced to spend countless hours searching on line and resort to looking for sets I should have bought when they were first available. Ke ‘em comin Peter

Carl Nice progress and looking mighty good. Seems I am still experiencing the same off-center problems when drilling out the exhaust ports and MG’s - Maybe some day, I’ll figure it out Keep ‘em comin Peter

Tony Glad the AM parts arrived from the other side of the pond and you can start working on the “E” wing. I finally finished upgrading my Mustang cockpit with the Quinta decals and all the extra detail decals included in the set, brought it up to a new level. I also have been using Micro Kristal Kleer to add a bit of extra insurance, just to be sure they remain in place. Just too new using them to felt confident at this stage of the game. Looking forward to Your E wing update Keep ‘em comin Peter

Cees Blown away by your abilities - just amazing work Keep ‘em comin Peter

Gaz nice work on paint and weathering Keep ‘em comin Peter

Awesome scratch building for sure Keep ‘em comin Peter,

Phil Love your progress on the Mustang and work surely does cut into bench time. Nice idea about finishing your ‘Stang in a maintenance display and the next one, all buttoned up. Always felt spending countless hours, working on so many details and then after assembly they never will be seen. I’m not a big fan of ‘ at least I know the details were done’. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Kai you have to constantly keep asking yourself, what was Italieri thinking. Nice work on removing the seam. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Nice Keep ‘em comin Peter