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Bravo! Well done!

Thank you, Kai! It's an area where you definitely would benefit from a third hand. Thank you, Rob!

Nice!

Thank you Kai. I assumed they were field grey, and was quite happy the way they looked. But I think the orange ones don;t go so well with the skin tones, making him look like a redhead.

Had to come back and admire the work some more. I'm not much into decals when I think I can get away with using a paint brush. But your tubing looks so sharp between the linen and wood decals that I might have to change that stance.

Excellent work, Rob! Perhaps too flawless. Might pay dividends to put some spilled Cheetohs and a few cigarette butts and ashes to make it look lived-in.

Shocking shocks! Well done!

Very nice results from your hairspray chipping. Thank you for the tutorial. It is very useful to know that MRP will continue to chip days later.

Very sharp work, Wolf! I have a feeling that your build is going to become a reference for a lot of modellers.

Peter, That is good progress despite the nature of the kit. It's really a shame. I'm sure you'll make a gem of it.

Rob, The Color, shine, and stripes look awesome! I too like to use buffing compounds to polish paint. The stuff I use is from a car shop, though. I'm sad for your shipping troubles. Is there a car parts store there? Sometimes you can find stuff in auto supplies that can be used nicely for modelling. Paints, solvents, and primers come to mind.

Thank you gents, very much!

More... Special thanks to all of you who shared the journey with me with your helpful support.

Hello Friends! They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

You know... I haven't even pulled anything from the bags, yet.

In my club... we had this guy who passed in his early seventies of a massive heart attack. He had a shipping container beside his house packed with models. He was a member of more than one club, so they put everything on pallets and set to liquidating it to save his unfortunate missus the problem. However... there was more... Because this guy... if he had two kits that were very similar... he would chop them into pieces and squeeze them into one box. Really... it was a mess. But I got a Dragon Puma for half of retail from it. There were kits without boxes... it boggled the mid to imagine how much time he must have put into stashing.

Nice work!

Nice to see it closed up around that office, John! IP is stunning!

Thank you, my friends!

Thank you, Peter!

I loved models before I knew what love was. I have approximately 60 kits. My wife thinks I don't need more. But I try to build around a dozen a year so I can keep buying without really accumulating more kits. I never stop to think about my wife before I buy another kit.

A day of tiny details and infinitesimal amounts of paint... Look at this Revi gunsight... so hard for my fumble fingers The seatbelts were fiddly... but since I paid for them already, I didn't order cloth belts. Love those little painted PE panels... they just make everything look better. The side panels were easiest of all... The elevator trim wheels are the only Revell parts in this pit. I decided that trying to impart a natural curve into the PE wheels would be too mcuh effort and give too little reward... so I used the plastic. I took some liberties with metallic paints. Finally a little more paint for the IP Happy modelling! There are two tiny little resin pieces to go. I believe they are the cockpit lighting and look like easy pieces to lose... so I;ll save them for later. Happy modelling!

Thank you, Gents... this is my first decent face. It came out well for two reasons... one was the sculpture of the face. The details were clearly delineated so you could easily decide where to put your paint. Two... The size of the face was big enough that my motor skills weren't taxed trying to make super-minute movements. My 1/35 dudes aren't even close.

Thank you! I use Mr. Mark Softer.

What is it about white backgrounds that suck the light out of a picture?? Anyway... Equipment updated to reflect newly gained info. Just waiting on the glue holding the base to dry... strums fingers.... It's damp and gray today... so I won't be removing the clamps before Monday, at least. Happy modelling!