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In the meanwhile I slapped this together. No fuss just a sloppy quickie.

I tried lacquer thinner. I've had it all cleaned up and ordered a new set of decals. Wanted to build Franz Stiegler's mount, but not this time. Instead it is going to be this bad boy.

Really like how you distorted the netting on the intakes. Nice touch indeed.

It always feels good when you can get some cash back, to spend it almost immediately on more kits

No it wouldn't. I tried, Tamiya softener doesn't even touch it, I went as far as using Solvaset and Tamiya extra thin glue to melt it in. And noppity nope.

Das

The resin comes with a small UV light to cure it. Takes seconds of illumination and you can sand it. I approached it in the fast way. First, removal of the plastic lenses, then coloring the cut area with markers (sharpies) green/red, the application of resin blob, then sanding. Ten minutes tops.

Kits World Decals. Or whatever is left of them. Not buying that brand again.

Looking good from here too. Cheers Martin

What a great idea, following with interest. Cheers Martin

Impressive!

x2

Thank guys, I haven't but 1/48 scale for ages. It seems so small ,on the hind side it goes together fast.

As an afterthought I had to cut out the back wall in the wheel wells. slowly shaping the intakes, please ignore the paint. It’s just a temporary solution in order to get a better perception of shape.

Thank you for the preview Fran, ICM's 88s are absolutely stunning.

What do you mean, relaxing? Color the mug or something.

Ok. Now I have to let it dry. 😝 some work on the resin wheels, now that I’m looking at them, I reckon the real value of the resin set is the tail wheel. Kit’s mains are actually really nice.

I’m impressed how strong and fast is Tamiya quick setting glue. here is some work on the tail. Shortened by 2 mm, top leading edge needs some steeper angle. The original was heavily inspired by the B-29. The bottom needed some reshaping and thinning too. Not sure if worth it?, we shall see.

The nose has a whole bunch of issues, think egg-plane which the model is not I’m not going to recreate the teardrop shape , since I care about my sanity and would like to finish at some point, however some preliminary shaping to catch the glimpse of that funny look is necessary.

Pit on the way. Everything fits perfectly.

I also cut out the thick dipole of Funklande Gerät FuBi 2 , thinned the posts in order to install a new ones made of a thinner filaments.

We’re starting @KevinM, @Landlubber Mike this for fun, as long as it’s 210/410 series everything goes. Anybody can join us. Everyone is welcome, no pun intended. No pushing and shouting allowed, just kidding push and shout all you want. I started my yesterday, by assembling the wings and fabricating a set of new air intakes. Position lights were cut out and new lenses were created from UV curable resin.

Works like a charm.

Really nice!