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Agreed. This is looking very good! Excellent work ! Hubert

I believe I’ll have to put your word to test, Ernie. I just can’t fathom in which drawer or box I put my Yahu IP

I don’t want to crush you hopes, John, but the issues are probably more serious than ICM’s ones ... Still, it’s an A-26, in 1/32, and it’s unlikely there will be a Tamiya one ... If you look at other threads here on LSM, you’ll get the full picture, chapter and verse ... Hubert

No. But I had bought one for my SW kits The Special Edition has 4 brass Master gun-barrels, a very nice Bitzkrieg resin pilot, and the special scheme I have now sent to Ernie. Not sure it is worth the extra price, considering you can get most of the extras separately, apart from the special decal sheet. Hubert

In fairness, Tom, a lot of these old vacs are sometimes not as accurate ( no idea for the ID/Tigger/Combat A-26, but I am thinking of the Hampden for instance ... ) as one could expect them to be. Plus there IS a difference between a good female-molding vac (like Welsh Models 1/144 liners) and the sometimes rough male-master vacs ... Where I am 200 % with you, is that vacform kits are more maligned than they really deserve. And resin AM and now 3D printing make the option far easier now than ever. Hubert

I’m with Martin. It looks boringly good ... As for NMF, there was only the prototype, the same as I will do in Paris Air show colors. I am currently working on the wheel spats. That’s the acid test of my project ... Hubert

Looking good Ernie. Your build and another one on LSP have shown that one of the major issues of the kit is the fit of the wing, and even more the fit of the wing’s MG cover. A good forewarning for me ( and all the others ) lagging behind you. One word of caution regarding your engine : all the Bristol engines had black-enamelled crankcases and pushrod-covers. Hubert.

Actually, in spite of ( or maybe because ? ) all your mishaps, the aircraft and its weathering look realistic as it is . So ghod work ! Hubert

Well, think of it this way : with 600 meters, you can do A LOT of WnW kits Hubert

I personally use an incandescent toothpick. Light it on, blow away the flame, and bring the incandescent tip under the wire. If you have many in the same area, wait until you have all of them installed. An incandescent matchstick will do the same. One last word of advice : practice the heat tensioning on some form of mule. A little too close, and the wire will snap. You can always replace it, but pulling the remnant piece of wire from its hole can be vey difficult. Ask me how I know ... Did I mention that CA is VERY resistant to tensile forces ? Hubert

Pulling the monofilament under a Sharpie tip will color it any way you want. Black will make it more visible. 0.2 will then look better. For silver, I put some Rub’n Buff on a piece of paper towel, and pull the wire through the folded paper. Hubert PS: btw, after a long search, I finally found some flat monofilament (in dayglo orange ) , although it is a bit on the heavy side. Spending time on an internet search on fishing supply sites and forums may be worth it. And if you find something, do not hesitate to share your finding. I can’t remember where I found my flat monofilament, but shared it at the time on LSP.

CA loves nylon monofilament. And it is also at its strongest resisting tensile forces (the reason why it is so difficult to pry your glued fingers apart). There is no real need for a hook at the end of the wire. Hubert

Agreed on the DSPIAE nippers. Mine are Xuron or Tamiya, and I thought they were pretty good, but not nearly good enough for IBG’s plastic ... As a tool freak, I am putting all my weight (and it’s considerable, believe me) on the brakes to avoid starting a tools’ shopping spree... Such an urge could be costly Hubert

De nada, my friend. Please answer my PM about your address Hubert

You need to remember that the P11 did not have any trim tabs on the elevators, but rather movable tailplanes. There should be a visible gap under the fin-fillet. Hubert

Thirded ! Hubert

And, btw, this is what will go in the Post. I need to check where I have stored your address... Hubert

This museum is a real gem. Besides the P11c, they have some absolutely unique examples of WWI German aircrafts, which were transferred in 1943 from the Berlin Air Museum ... And many others, and you can get real close to them. Plus Krakow is also an absolute gem in itself. Been there four times now, and always love it. Hubert

Just remember that in France this week, three people ( and there may be more) died because of self-medication of hydrxychloroquine. Other known side-effects are cecity. Which brings some comments : 1) it’s plain stupidness to die because you are afraid a catching a disease which may prove begnin if you catch it, and 2) the last thing overburdened ICUs need is to get people entering and occupying badly-needed beds because they were stupid enough to self-medicate with a drug that needs more objective scientific validation. We have all seen too many Hollywood movies where a lone-man-against-the-rest-of-the-world-finds-in-a-fortnight-a-miracle-cure-with-absolutely-no-side-effects ... Let’s let the science people do their jobs as quickly as possible, so that they can give the politicians the right information to do the really strategic decisions. It seems so simple that one wonders why we do not see this in each and every country, instead of some self-promoting shows ... As for economic consequences, they are really really bad ( and I talk from personal experience). But the disruption of millions of deaths could be just as damaging. And if you want to have an objective look at history, all the major plagues of the past were driven by greed ... For instance the black-pest plague was triggered by Genoan merchants who did not want to loose the profit of selling silk-clothes arriving on a ship from the Middle-East, where the crew were dying of black-pest. Does it ring a bell with modern analogies ? Hubert

It’s yours my friend. All schemes are fairly boring, given the khaki prevalence at the time in the Polish Air Force. In fact there are only 3 « interesting » schemes for the P11 to my eye. The racing P11 that Marcin Matejko has scratchbuilt on LSP, the P11 interned in Hungary in 1940, and subsequently used as a trainer and tow for gliders, but both are « a » variants, with a higher engine thrust-line, a shorter fuselage and a different tail fin and rudder, or the 1934 Paris Airshow demonstrator, which I am going to do. Hubert

Ernie, if you want the decals for the extra scheme in the premium box (it has a white gull-wing type line on the upper wing), just let me know and it’s yours. Hubert

We have the usual suspects on the loose there, as always. And yes, these are exciting times, and a reason why I started my « 2020 shopping list thread » Hubert

Yes, if you want it absolutely right, you’ll have to buy two R-2800 engines. And I’m sure that you will soon have correctly-profiled cowlings on Shapeways. Given their shape, they are fairly easy to design. I can very well imagine the designer starting with 14-cylinders engine designs, finding the engines « floated » in the designed cowlings, and changing the shape of the cowlings to fit the engines more closely. Looks like a cascade of blunders even a Hollywood film-maker would not even think of dreaming off ... Anyway, as Rog pointed, take it and keep it, take it and change it, or avoid it. What’s done is done ... Hubert

Maybe it started off as an A-20 then got redirected to an A-26 ... Anyone checked the A-20 cowlings to see how they look like compared to the kit’s ones ? Hubert

Content edited ... Just my Hubert