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... And obviously a more suitable size for using a chainsaw, and a trowel to splatter the putty, to butcher cut it to make it more accurate ... Just my Hubert

Great modeling technique applied to one of the sexiest airframes ever 👍 ! Hubert

+1 ! (But you have presented the left wing with the trailing edge leading and the leading edge trailing, says Mr Nitpicker ) Hubert PS: plus it's also upside down. The mechanics with have a hard time puttying all this into an acceptable airframe, not to mention the touchy taxying and taking-off on one wheel

It's a good kit from Trumpeter, maybe not in the absolute best league, but definitely from the "A" team. It's much better than the -4, because at least you do not have to cope with the foldable wings (the -3 had straight, non-foldable wings), which are poor in detail if folded, and have an awful joint to fill and sand if showing the wings unfolded. One often-overlooked issue of the kit (all versions) is the wrong position of the wheel-well opening (which should be moved forward). This creates a fit issue with the rear bulkhead of the wheel well, which is straight when it should be angled, fits poorly, and has a poor-looking recess / wheel-fairing at the rear, which does not match the well-opening. The modus-operandi for correcting this is: 1) set the bulkhead at the right angle (tilted forward). It will fit much better 2) adjust the wheel-well opening to match the bulkhead and wheel-recess, by adding card at the rear and reshaping the front. Alain Gadbois on LSP has shown how to correct this : https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/63960-grumman-martlet/page/2/ All in all a great kit in spite of this boo-boo. Much better than the old Revell offering on the detail department. Plus, with the -3, you can get a yellow-wing deco HTH Hubert

She looks purdy ... Impeccable paint job + nice deco + the smooth lines of the Thunderjet = what's not to like in this one ? Hubert

Gotta say I love what I am seeing ... So ... now I have to ask ... Is it done yet ? Hubert

What Martin said ! Hubert

Lovely detail work and painting, and great progress overall Peter. It definitely looks like a great kit. Hubert

Thank you ! Exactly what I was looking for ! Hubert

Amazing ! Can I ask a question, because it’s one I can’t find an answer anywhere. What diameter are the Gaspatch wheels ? I am looking for this type of wire wheels for a project I have. Thanks in advance. Hubert

Fantastic ! Hubert

And what a journey it’s been ! Thanks for taking us along the ride : far more impressive than any other high-end attraction. And I have already taken my seat for the next round Hubert

Good to see you sharing your outstanding work over here, Craig. A real inspiration to see you striving, again and again, for perfection ! One of my darkest fantasies is to do a 307 Stratoliner in 1/32, using whatever could be used from the HK kit (I bought some mixed sprues from an F and a G for that, and even a partially completed ID model vac. Unfortunately, it seems that the amount of rework for any of these is just too hard a pill to swallow ) Keep it coming Hubert

Beautiful work, Kai ! Hubert PS: is it done yet ?

46+1 = 47 ! Happy B’day Martin ! Hubert

When Alien was released in France, it was advertised for two months before in all French stations ( I was working on night trains for a summer job). Needless to say I went to the premiere, on September 8th 1979, in the Grand Rex in Paris (with a 2 800 seats capacity and a 70 mm screen). I can still hear the screams of the audience at the end of the scene, filmed in subjective vision, when the guy leans over the egg that just opened, and the beast jumps at his face, and the screen becomes black. Yes, you can say I was impressed Hubert

Gotta say that the good point of car modelling is that you can save A LOT of money on weathering products (assuming you have access to lacquers, isn’t it Rob ) ! The only issue is cars don’t fly (mostly) … Hubert

Gorgeous Rob (although I am still struggling with the orange trim inside, wtf were the designers sniffing ? ) ! Hubert

Impressive as usual, Mike. Can we now say that the existence of a resin kit prompted you to scratchbuild a 1/32 version of this bird ? Hubert

WOT ? No windows ? Now that spoils everything ! I could not keep an unfinished model. Bin it, or better still, send it to me, so that I can pose as a real (as opposed to wannabe) model builder with visiting friends. Hubert

Ah yes, I remember this one. That would be a great (anachronistic) companion for the Titanic Hubert

Blindingly good ! Hubert

That reminds me that I still have « hidden » somewhere in the stash the venerable 1/245 kit by HAWK/AMT, of the Graf Zeppelin Hubert

Let’s look at it rationally : a stash of piled boxes in the attic takes a lot less space than shelves with the same number of finished models in the living room. Now that’s an argument that any woman who cares for her interior should hear gladly, and even, dare I say, with relish … Well, at least, I tried Hubert

Being serious a second, domestic cats kill hundreds of millions of wild birds every year. Add the liberal use of pesticides that’s also killing them, and we are soon going to have a problem (my cats’ score this spring is about 9 birds, of which I saved about 4, or at least I released them alive … One cat has found out that the bathtub is a convenient place to play with a bird: it has only a vertical escape route, and it’s so much fun to catch it in flight. Hubert