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Oliver - the photograph is a goldmine and I fully agree about the toolbox being a terrific element to add to the dio.

Thanks John I was a bit nervous I would have a lot of leakers but was pretty lucky and there were none that I see. Of course, at 76, my eyes aren't that sharp. Getting ready for the clear gloss and then fun time: decaling.

Thanks Carl, much appreciated. Can't believe all the slow/go cammo masking paid of with no go backs needed. Surely a record for me.

CAMMO IS COMPLETED After countless hours of masking, it was time to air brush on the RAF Dark Green and true to form, my decision of paint color had changed. I wasn’t happy at this stage with using my original choice of XF89 RAF Green (pale) and I didn’t have any XF81 in the paint stash. I finally settled on AK Real Colors RAF Dark Green RC286. When all the masking was removed, I didn’t see any go backs – talk about Lady Luck riding with me. I finally managed to break off the small antenna at the top of the vertical stabilizer and will hold off adding it until the end of the build. The spacing between the prop back plate the fuselage will need to be reduced; just sitting ther for the photographs.

SOLD OUT! I didn't even know they were taking deposits yet.

Brad Terrific work and the NMF looks awesome. Thanks for the info on the SMS Jet Black and Super Silver. 🏆

John Looking so good. Paint work is perfect.

John What's the old say ... you don't miss it until it's gone

Oliver Looking better and better as you add to the details.

John Glad to know the new compressor has arrived and it's already being put to good use. Nice start on the Invasion Stripes.

Some mighty nice work and hopefully the situation will change to where you can paint inside. 🤞

Big but awesome for sure❗

Thanks John making slow progress but progress just the same.

Carl Glad to see you go through the same approach for the hardline cammo and know the feeling of it seems like a never ending task. Hardest part for me is curving and bending the 1mm tape without kinks and I know I have some - the only question is: how many will need to be redone.

ITS CAMMO TIME Applying The Hard Edge With the MRP Gray Primer on, time to tackle the cammo and of course plans and paints have changed somewhat. The instruction’s color callouts for the underside were changed so the white and black wouldn’t be so stark: White: Tamiya Lacquer Insignia White LP-35 Black: Tamiya Lacquer Rubber Black LP-65 The upper cammo colors as the instructions call out and the Dark Brown (pale) was air brushed onto the gray primer: Dark Earth (Pale) – Tamiya Acrylic XF49 & XF92 Dark Green (Pale) – Tamiya Acrylic XF89 OMG, the Dark Brown looked close to desert brown, way too light and unusable unless the effect being sort after was for a sun-bleached aircraft and of course and not where I’m going. No way I could strip the paint as I would lose hours of masking as well as the primer. I went back to the original mix and started adding Tamiya Dark Brown until the final color replicated the color I was after and was airbrushed on, in numerous light layers. Following the instructions, a few excellent builds and my research, my early color scheme Spitfire had hard edge cammo applied and what a pain. I spent more time masking the hard edge cammo then all the air brushing and previously masking combined, not to mention an abundance of Tamiya masking tape. The Hard Edge Cammo: The cammo was outlined with Tamiya 1mm masking tape, then from 18mm Tamiya Masking Tape cut into small, short strips using an Infini Easycutting Type A cutting board, widening the cammo edge. I cut additional 18mm tape into small boxes, slowly and carefully filing in the center areas. In the past, when doing hard edge cammo, I’ve tried paper masks, which were nearly as much work and compromises were needed to be made to blend in the compound curves. Next time, free hand cammo is the way to go. Eduard’s JX310 double sided canopy masking set was used and the fit was excellent. Just seems to me these days a kit costing over $100 should include a die cut canopy mask set. Please excuse the cell phone pics as I just wanted to update the build as to where I am and didn't want to set up the photo outfit. I'm ready now to air brush on the Dark Green and hopefully there won't be too many redos and jagged edges to fix. Starting the apply the various Tamiya tapes for the cammo scheme. Getting closer to finishing cammo masking is done

Got it and it's always on but sometimes in just in too much of a rush and hit the submit key without looking for the red, underlined words. For us old guys, it's too easy to use up one of our unlimited mulligans.

I need to learn to type better for sure. 😬

John Hard to believe your stash is out of Corsair kits

Kev Have to make a mental note to keep checking this forum so I don't fall behind on your progress. Looking mighty good and it just shows how valuable continued research can be.

Oliver Nice progress and looking mighty good.

Scott Looking good and it's always something for sure.

John No question you will be the first to put the new detail set to the test.

Thanks Martin, much appreciated. Tamiya just never fails to amaze me and their kits just keep raising the bar. Oh I only wish their P-38 would be 'grown' to 1/32nd scale but Tamiya is no longer designing and producing new aircraft kits in the larger scales.

Jerry WOW, ANYZ details and tools look fantastic. Hopefully my order will arrive in the next few days as tracking doesn't seem to work. Order is for cockpit details and their tweezer set. Starting to put together another order for a few mor tools and the Corsair canopy detail sets.

Paul Nice progress and it surely requires a lot of patience to complete such a repetitive step. On board for the journey.