Peterpools

Tony sure looks like the party is underway and your AM list: wow! Keep ‘em comin Peter

Rick Just read through the build and the 104 looks fantastic. Glad you’re back as LSM is Rockin and Rollin Keep ‘em comin Peter

James Looking forward to following your progress. Keep ‘em comin Peter

John Gorgeous R2800 .. beautiful work. Nice to see the fuselage together, as your progress is amazing as always Keep ‘em comin Peter

Jeroen Cowl flaps sure do look good as well as the new longer intake Keep ‘em comin Peter

Hi John Sure hope it’s the modeling bug Peter

Pete Fingers crossed Airfix will come to the rescue! Terrific work on the cannons and the fuel cells, they look great. Comparing them to my Tamiya Mossie, the details and feel in 1/24 scale is simply stellar Keep ‘em comin Peter

Nice start on the wheel wells and the beginnings work on the nose contours. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Thanks Cees But I’m so Old School, I remember when Krazy Glue was the NEW miracle glue. Peter

Thanks Bill Vector/Neomega did a great job. Finally have all the parts removed from the casting blocks and cleaning up any signs of flash and then it’s party time ! Peter

G Much appreciated and of course, now that all the AM arrive family doings will keep me from the bence for a good week and then I hope to hit the bench running Peter

You guys kill me! Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl Amazing work. Just don't know how you can have so many projects going and maintain such and incredibly high level of work Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl I'm right with Harv plus 2 ..Awesomesouce Keep 'em comin Peter

william Looking good in in black. I've long given up using any gloss black but Mr Color Gloss Black. Dries super gloss, rock hard over night and thins beautifully thins with Mr Color Leveling Thinner. Never a drop of AK or Alclad goes on these days with out Mr Color Gloss black as the base and no polishing necessary - it dries that smooth Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl Just love following your Spitfire builds.. Quickie question: I'm assuming the cowling will be off to show off the Merlin Keep 'em comin Peter

Bill CCA is Super Glue ( ISO cyanoacrytate) Sure hope I spelled it right.

John Nicely doesn't come close; simply stellar is much closer Peter

OMG, I'm confused just looking a the production line. Thank you for the tips on the interior weathering - looks spot on and very realistic Keep 'em comin Peter

Cammo looks great but I'm wondering if it is possible to soften up the edge a bit with the masks? Peter

John You're simply amazing - another gorgeous Corsair front office and now you're already wiring up the big P&W Keep 'em coming Peter

Ade Nice progress and that masking would have driven me crazy - looks fantastic Keep 'em comin

Tony Great choice for your first LSM build and looking forward to following your progress. Great avatar photo my friend Keep 'em comin Peter

UPDATE: 9/22/18: FINALLY UNDERWAY Finally I'm underway. While the NeOmega 550 HP Pratt & Whitney R-1340-16 engine arrived at last, I'm still waiting on the Lone Star resin interior to be delivered. In the meantime, first order of business was to assemble a good amount of detail photographs, which I downloaded, printed out and organized in book of clear plastic pages as my main reference plus a few LSP builds that will serve as all my reference. I first built the little Boeing way back when my former club hosted the 1981 IPMS NATS in NYC and was fortunate enough to win first place: Large Scale Prop Aircraft. Back then detailing and accuracy where a long cry from today, so not much was done to the kit and except for seatbelts with I think Waldron PE buckles and latches and flying wires: that was the extent of AM! The years have passed, I have no idea what happened to the model and kit was state of the art at the time. Flip the calendar 37 years forward and another little Boeing is back on the bench (my bench back then was the dining room table). While still waiting for the balance of the AM to arrive, I started on the lower wings. Time has taken it's toll but the Little Boeing is still beautifully molded; some flash here and there but the detail and fidelity of the exterior moldings looks good after all these years. First up was to drill out the wing tip hand holds and of course I did it the hard way – opening them up individually on all four wing panels, then assembling the wings and of course, going back to clean up the fit. Lots of sanding with tiny folded stripped of sandpaper but done and they look pretty good. The wings at the rear glue up at approximately where the rear spar would be and not at the trailing edge. Fit was only so-so, requiring a lot of sanding and filling to remove and smooth out the seams. All the sink marks were filled in, sanded out and then polished. Each wing has four inspection covers that are not exactly in the right place and matter of fact, the spacing of the ribs is also a bit off; neither of which I was going to deal with. While the inspection cover had some detail, they were concave on the surface and needed to be flattened out. From years of molding, the out side edges of the inspections panels had some nasty flash – more like excess plastic seeping out of the mold a bit. Loads of sanding and some polishing were just what the doc ordered. After what normally is a few sessions of work at the bench, turned into a bit of extra work, loads of fun and the lower wings are done. I've ordered HGW rib tapes, as they are quite prominent in the photos and when they arrive, I'll back track and add them for a bit more detail. Originally I was going to go with PE rib tape with stitching but I didn't have complete faith that they would permanently stay in place especially if handled by the judges. Next up: The NeOemega P&W, since I'm still waiting for the Lone Star cockpit set. Thanks for checking in Peter the lower wing with the hand holds drilled out and cleaned up. The lower wing cleaned up and done The Beautiful Neomega P&W Radial Hasegawa's P&W - Hot stuff back in the day

Thanks Hubert I have Tomasz build bookmarked and have spent hours studying the constructions photos. Incredible work Peter