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Carl Nothing like inspiration to keep the juices flowing.

Mark Nice progress for sure on you day off.

Dave Looking mighty good and if the decals are that bad, masking is to be the way to go.

Carl Cammo is looking mighty good.

Thanks Mark, so far, the Tomcat has been an enjoyable build.

John Welcome aboard ... perfect entry for the GB.

John Another terrific 109 build .. looks fantastic and I seem to favor the late war schemes myself except for the BOB 109's, especially with the Yellow Nose. 🏆

Some mighty nice progress on your Big Cat.

Nice to see reservations are going to be taken soon but what happened to the other planned kits before the Thunderflash? Been waiting for the Mystere for what seems like years.

Thanks Martin Absolutely 100% enjoyment - couldn't ask for more.

Thanks Gus; completely agree and the very few fit issues I've had, were all builder induced. I even missed the feel and smell of Tamiya plastic; yup, a pure Fan Boy even at my tender age.

Thanks Mike, much appreciated and absolutely a wonderful break from the 'not to mention kit'. Just a pleasure to sit at the bench and work on a project that is enjoyable and doesn't require a bottle of Excedrin.

PROGRESS FOR SURE Charging ahead, progress has been made: Forward section of the fuselage glued up, seams filled and ready to be added to the main fuselage section. A number of parts still need to be added a bit later down the road. The main fuselage with the wing swing system was a joy to build ... no issues at all – just don’t lose any of the screws or washers. As with every Tomcat kit I’ve built over the years and have seen built online, the intakes have always required the most attention and fuss and Tamiya’s, while the best in solving the fit issues, there were still a few to deal with. I was critically careful in how I airbrushed, cleaned and assembled all the parts and while the left hand side assembly went on perfectly, the right hand side didn’t; I tweaked and fussed and just couldn’t get the intake to sit square and flat. With some TLC, it finally settled into place. This is absolutely one area, due to Tamiya’s incredible exacting tolerances, every ounce of paint that would affect the part fit had to be removed. None of the fuselage seams actually disappeared on their own, all glued in place with Revell Professional Contacta Glue, taped and clamped. Every seam real or imaginary was gone over with Flexy 5K CA Black CA . Job done. The wings are beautifully detailed and thank goodness none of the flying surfaces are separate parts, as my Big Cat will have the wings in the inflight sweep position, on the deck, parked and I didn't want any of the control surfaces to be dropped or open. At the trailing edge of the underside of the wings. Tamiya chose to bring the glue seam up a tad away from the trailing edge to allow for a neat, clean and sharp edge but that created a non-existing panel line/seam that needs to be filled and removed – job done as well.

John I'm willing to bet, it can't go on forever, but I'll take every step with none as a victory.

Carl Pre-shading and weathering is looking so mightly good.

PW Just add me to the list - beautiful work.

Rob Right with Martin and the fruits of your patience and critical eye is so very apparent. Looking brilliant.

Martin Wonderful progress and some perfect results with the masks for the registration numbers and markings. the

Peter At a complete loss of words - nothing knew as I not only admire your beautifully skilled work but relentless pursuit of perfection. 🏆

John Another awesome Corsair done and in the books. Great choice and decision on doing an FAA aircraft .🏆

John perfection ... another perfectly built Corsair ... and so nice to see in a FAA markings as well.🏆

Kev Looking mighty good. patience of a saint for such detail work

Dave Nice progress and right with Martin

Rob Lucky man and so glad you received your order. The exhausts look awesome.

Martin Aces on the dome - came out looking fantastic 🏆