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Yea, that's what I meant to describe. I'll use leveling thinner to remove almost all of the mr surface leaving a little band that hopefully looks close.

Spine and tanks are on. Mr Surfacer will make an excellent representative sealant like I see on the conformal tank photos.

I'm very happy to see this one back on the bench. Keep it going!

They have all kinds of colors and metalizers. Is it enamel, lacquer, or acrylic?

If he was holding an exacto knife instead of swords thatd be great.

Realized the fuel filler port was still showing after a coat of primer. Out with the Tamiya putty.

Started working in cleaning the spine and rescribing lost areas. I also installed the gun port and started to work in cleaning it up. To me, the spine and conformal tanks are stand out features of the "Sufa" look so I'm really trying to make sure if get those looking clean. I also started to clean up the Zacto intakes. These are absolutely beautifully crafted parts.

Yup, I see a dirty greek birdy in my future.

It looks nice. I dont know variants of this kit but I do like the general look of the Mirage. Count me in for one.

What are the chances of our 3d printing guru doing some smaller squirrels for us? Kind of be fun to have them in build threads and completed photos. I'm also thinking of starting a "squirrel mafia" for our meetings at contest/nationals etc...

Oh it's a real kit. Found it on ebay... I'm very tempted to track one down and make it the official insignia of the "squirrel mafia".

What do you mean by two part? Is it an A B type mix?

I HATE painting white, but this is coming out alright so far. It'll be a lot of paint, dry, buff, paint again.

That is looking absolutely amazing Ernie! I think I big Eagle could be headed your way.

Heck yea this is awesome!

I'm glad you guys are joining in. I figured this wouldn't get much interest actually. I started on prepping the upper fuselage parts. I joined the spine halves and trimmed the conformal fuel tanks. Fit certainly isnt Tamiya, but it's not too bad really. A little squeezing and some Mr Surfacer should leave a good result up top. Tomorrow is paint the Mustang day then while it dries I'll come back to this.

I'm constantly blown away by your painting. The realism your portray with your painting and weathering, in my opinion, is unmatched.

Hey look everybody, I found Ernie's next build!

Well dang, now after seeing those color schemes I want one of these. Hello Christmas present.

1/48 F-16 pitot probe makes a perfect 1/32 Mustang racer pitot. Also, notice the removed nav lights since Bardahl didn't carry those on the wings.

I heard someone mention we need to build more jets around here...

As I slowly creep towards completion of the Bardahl Mustang, I started contemplating the next build. I fondled my Wingnut Dh2, Special Hobby Tempest, and Fisher Panther, but ultimately felt the pull in a different direction. I've been wanting a jet to haul around to some contest since I tend to live in the prop world lately and this kit has been pulling on me since it arrived. I decided to go with the Academy F-16I Sufa. I got this from Peter awhile back for an amazing deal and was absolutely shocked with how much stuff came with it. Wolfpack cockpit, Aires wheel well, Wheeliant wheels, Wolfpack exterior set, Isracast bombs, and I've added the Zacto intake. I am tremendously excited about this build and I'll start work on the cockpit while the Mustang dries. So far, I'm blown away by the fit of the resin cockpit. The hope is to have it ready for Nationals in San Marcos, but that will be a tight window.

Cant believe I missed this, and I just saw you the other day too and I didn't say anything! Happy birthday buddy.

I love it. I've always wanted to build a Greek bird to dirty it up and yours is another stunning example of how well that can be done.