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With apologies.... I always forget about the RFI section. Rob, I love the final result! You've really done a great job on this attractive scheme. It's quite a beauty! What's next? Gaz

Excellent diorama and 109, Kai! And I really like your figures! I even bought "Der Stern von Afrika" and enjoyed watching it. Marseille is a tragic figure to me in that he was untouchable in combat but fell because of engine trouble and a bad bail-out. Great job!

That pit is amazing!

Thank you, Peter!

Thank you!

Thank you, Kai!

OK.... Paint redone! Waddya think? All of the paints except for RLM 02 are MRP lacquers. The yellow is Swedish Army yellow with a splash of red to orange it up a little.

For days now, I've been concerned that Sternberg's mount wasn't painted in the factory scheme. So, I made an analysis from the three best photos I have. The Analysis shows three letters for color differences I have noticed. L for light, M for medium, and D for dark... coinciding with the shades of gray I can detect from the photos I have. I put the analysis from a scan of a paint guide I found online. There are three question marks on the stbd wing because most of the photos are taken from port. But I am convinced that a third color is used. Detil on the tailplane is pretty hard to figure as it only shows in two of the photos, and there is a sheen there preventing greater study. I'll attach four photos I used to make this analysis, too. I'm not really keen on repainting, but I think I must. I'd appreciate any ideas that come into your minds.

Great work! This is gonna be a mega project!

Great to see your work again, Peter! Everything is coming together nicely.

That's beautiful!

This build looks excellent. Lots of attention to detail.

Thank you. Even the tiniest mote of dust can mar a finish. I don;t mind the look... but I donlt know if it's really any better than other representations. Thank you, Peter! Thank you, Kai! Thanks, Steve!

Rob, A stunner for sure! Great job! All of those little things pay off! Gaz

Mottle my dear? Thank you, I think I will. Also, you can now see how my rib tapes look under paint.

Mine aren't a model either. They're absolutely, hands down, the best drill bits I've ever used for modelling. Super sharp, they bite into styrene better than any HSS drill bits I've ever had. I use .35MM predominantly as it works well for rigging and the .2mm copper wire I have a spool of. I haven't found anything like them for sale here in Australia, and it's the one thing I'll pay crazy shipping rates for.

For some dumb reason I posted my update in the 'what's on your bench' thread. Just re-adding it here for continuity. I added WNW rib tapes to simulate the rib tapes and stitching on the FW's control surfaces.

Anyway.... A bit of decal drudgery. I believe that the only detail you can really see on fabric covered surfaces is the rib tapes, and maybe some stitching. But that wavy fabric look is just way off. So, after sanding the fabric covered surfaces smooth and adding a coat of paint, I have some rib tapes. WNW rib tapes. Most of the strips are meant to be 6mm long on ailerons and elevators. Still, I managed to make each one a bit different in length to the next one. Anyway... once paint is on, it should be alright. Later, during the weathering process, I'll lightly highlight them with a pinwash.

Beautiful job, Carl! Great lineup of Shermans!

They were the most modern German battleships at Jutland. Ten 12-inch guns. With seven 5.9 inch guns in their secondary battery.

To make that... I used cotton balls.... or cotton wool depending on where you grew up... acrylic gel medium, and something cylindrical for it to lay and dry on. It was so long ago, I'm not even sure of the process... but others have done much better. Since then, with the advent of UV light cured gels, i can imagine that I will use them to speed up the process.

The sea scape is in it's early stages. After outlining the ship, I just placed blobs of acrylic-based modelling paste in a random manner. It dries white and shrinks a little bit... I've used the same stuff for Zimmerit, incidentally... and I suspect that perfect plastic putty is the same thing... but I digress.... The rest was just airbrushing cheap acrylic tube paints in various shades of green and blue. IN the area where the propellers have churned the water, I painted it a bit lighter. There really is a lot to do on it, yet. This is my first seascape, using the same materials:

Awww.... I was looking fora warship buddy. Anyway... should be cool to watch you put them together.

Today I can celebrate finally having unified the foc'sle and battery deck. Laid on the PE deck hardware, and stained the wooden deck with a grey wash.

Nice start! I saw one at TOS a few years ago. It was amazing.