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Thanks Rob! Yes... the joy of the eternal shadow. It sometimes makes me wonder if all of that work in the engine deck area is worth it.

Thank you, Peter!

As I stated earlier. What is a modeller without eyesight? Nothing. These vaccines were rushed into production, bypassing all of the normal precautions taken previously. I've never had a bad reaction to a vaccine before. Lord knows what the US Gov't jabbed me with whilst I was in her service. So, I'm not going to do it just yet.

Nice rivetting. Just as I was telling Rob on another thread... They're just not 100% reliable.

Awww.... I thought you were past all of the annoying bits. Nice work!

Was ist 'fubbing'? Does it have anything to do with this?

Shit man... that is a lot of bench!

I gave up on HGW wet transfers. I bought a nice big packet for 1/48 scale 109G's with factory-exclusive stencils for all of the factories. Most will go unused because they are part fantastic, and part shit. Firstly... they forgive no error on your finish. On your cowl, you have a fingerprint showing. That is enough 'rough-terrain' to make them decide not to play along. There are other areas I see no excuse for them not to work. They are just not 100% reliable.

Wow! Fantastic job!

I'm not anti-vax. My wife's teacher's-aid got the AZ jab and is now losing sight in one eye. What is a modeller without eyesight? Nothing.

I've heard enough bad about the AZ jab that I'm not touching it.

Alright, my friends! Getting very close... got the matte coat on the dorsal surfaces yesterday. I'm pretty pleased with the appearance. And now, the final non-rigging/final assembly detail left: adding the windscreen. This isn't a thick plastic windscreen a la' WNW. This is a thin flat piece of acetate. The Part PE set comes with metal frames that go nicely with the Roden Acetate... just have to paint them and attach. To attach them, I used canopy glue (a relative of white glue) backed up by CA. Macro shots show a little excess glue... Once dried (gave it a few days) and bent a little to fit the curve of the fuselage, I used more canopy glue to fit it. Canopy glue is thick, and very tacky... so, the windscreen stayed vertical straight away. Again... the large photos don't help my cause. In reality this thing is about half the size of a pinky fingernail. I hope to get the upper wing set this weekend, and maybe the rigging too... so this will be the last update until it is completed. Bis später!

Nice! Sleek looking beast!

Wow! You really have a penchant for detail work.

Some nice tips shared for my future builds! Your work look good... but I get that sometimes you don;t want to 'work' on a kit.

That's great news, Peter!

Looks amazing! Reminds me of egress training in case of a wet landing. -- find a piece of structure when you first get in so that you can mentally align yourself towards the doorway. Cuz in the water at night... you can't see anything!

I'm glad you had another windscreen which looks nicely installed. Nice touch on the parachute housing too.

VEry nice!

Being a principally Luftwaffe builder or whipping out foil on my latest USAF and USAF builds have left me a little knowledge poor about possible paints to choose for my F9F. Please... what colors am I wanting for either application, and who makes them in nice, easy to spray lacquer?

That is good news!

Anyway... how about a micro-update. Last night I painted the combing for the cockpit. I will try to give it a satin gloss once all else is said and done. Same with the prop. I've decided not to use speckling anymore. It just doesn't look right to me. inadvertently I always get one hugely out-of-scale speck seen by the camera's unfailing eye. So... I did this with an airbrush: Then.... I remembered this picture I'd saved from Farcebook. You won't find many better images of the underside of a used aircraft from WWI. Happy modelling!

Thank you Harv.

Eventually there will be. I have a few other victims in the queue to ruin first.