GazzaS

Very nice!

Nice!

Color me unsurprised.

When I saw the price, I almost sprayed my computer with Coca Cola.

So, who's got the color chip for Aotake?

That sounds like a personal problem, Ern.

I haven't been modelling as long as most of you so my mojo hasn't flagged, yet. But no armor? Really? Warships? Me... if it ain't armed, I ain't interested. Speaking of what the Chinese man said: I got some new undies recently. Bamboo, lycra... new shape. Very comfy. Anyway... got an advertisement email from them the other day it said: Confucius Say: Bad underwear like cheap hotel; No ballroom!

The first LSP I ever built. Boy, did that snake decal give me a hard time.

Screw it man... Just take the easy way out: 74/75/76, a few black Exes here and there. I mean...those crazy FS-five-digit color codes... Who needs the worry? Who can remember? It'll look spiffy with half the effort. Gaz

Thanks, Ryan!

That Pershing looks effing awesome!

It was Alclad micro filling primer. I thought it would be hot enough to bind with the plastic. But apparently I'll have to ensure I sand everything now. Gaz

Thank you Peter! Always glad to see you! Hi everyone, another update. Today I got to do a lot of work with my silhouette Portrait making and remaking masks either when I ruined them, or when I discovered that I had made them the wrong size. The masks I made are only for the markings. I still mask and paint the camoflage scheme the old fashioned way: With lots of swearing. On to the photos: This was the first marking I did. The rare IV Gruppe cross symbol. Unfortunately a little aft, I, I suffered some paint lifting. On the starboard side, all of my efforts resulted in bad lifting! I repaired this side three times. After a while I figured it out: The areas where paint lifted didn't get sanded. The Lightning shaped mask seems to have migrated. As with all of them, there are spares to cover for mistakes. Happily, the spinner is done! The 'yellow 12' has black edges complicating the scheme and masking. Note the simplified crosses for the upper wings. I had to remake the underwing cross masks. My first set were 4mm too long. I lost a little more paint aft. grrrrrrr..... Unfortunately my bench time is limited for the next couple of days. I'll get to see if the masks stay place that long. Thanks for looking! Gaz

Great job on the camo! I applaud you for painting the 76 over the 75. Most guys do it the other way around, and it just don't look right. Gaz

If it's any consolation, my friend, I believe that all Trumpy rivets are too big and too deep... So you're making two corrections in one. Gaz

Looking good, Buddy!

That's not good, Mate. At your current rate your max bench time for 2019 will be around 17.6 hours. Gaz

Thanks Phil! It's not been too hot in my neck of the woods, this year. I find the best thing to do is drink a lot of water and avoid thinking about the heat. You do get used to it. Gaz

Of course, it won't really be done till it has a bum[er sticker: But watch out for this one: Perhaps some family stickers? Heh... dig this one: That'll get a couple of rocks chucked at your car for sure! Gaz

I fear we've hijacked Ryan's thread... I hope he likes Star Trek. And although Patrick Stewart is a great actor I refuse to become embroiled in a Start Trek debate which may cast me deeper into the depths of nerd-dome. Gaz

I love Start Trek... Even though they worked hard with subsequent versions (Voyager, Deep Space Nine, The Next Generation, and even with Scott Bakula) to make it suck.

I do hope you mean models.

Hi Everyone, Through trials and tribulations, I have her ready for some paint. The propeller is dry-fitted, and will probably not need any glue to hold it on for eternity. I had to fabricate the muzzle aperture from sprue because I lost the original one, and it fits very snugly. But...I can still pull it off to paint. I'm gonna give it a day for the paint to harden, menawhile I'll be working on the Silhouette Portrait to make the markings for which I have no decals. ...the pics were taken outside so are a little bright. Thanks for looking! Gaz

Welcome, Ryan!