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You've really added a lot to this one Jeroen. Looks amazing.

My wife is close to the hoarding type. Whereas the only things I keep are books and models. Whenever I get a model I tell her: "I got you a Messerschmitt" or "I bought you a panzer". She's not delighted... but as we both have jobs and we have separate bank accounts and I never tell her how to spend hers, there isn't much either can do. I can tell you I wasn't pleased three weeks ago when she decided we needed a new set for the dining room. The other set was fine. I may let necessity dictate what I do with my earnings... but I won't let another person. As far as dealing with your stash... Are you the member of a modelling club? Recently a widow contacted my club about disposing of her late hubby's built and un-built. Some were sold within the club, and the rest went into the bin. You can make some arrangements with other club members... or maybe get a fridge magnet for skip bin hire. A 'skip' is a large, open at the top, metal bin that they drop off in your front yard here and collect a few days later. I don't know what they would call them in the US. Dumpster is the closest thing I can recollect. If you can make arrangements, perhaps it will ease her mind.

Oh, for Pete's sake! Proudly carry your kits past your wife. Are you men, or mice?

In recent builds where the color was a base color like yellow, I've tried to give is shape and shadow with oil paints. It worked ok for military stuff, but I could get away with it looking a little dirty. But on a car... I wouldn't like to risk it. Mainly because shadow is often affected by the perspective of the viewer. What might look like a good shadow from a straight-on view might look like a second, non-matching application of color from a shallow angle.

This is just one more reason I don't by Trumpeter. I've been sitting on the fence about their razorback. But I haven't been able to pull the trigger...

Tiny parts.... but interesting. Cockpit looks great.

Nice work on those panels. I lways wonder about civil stuff... are we supposed to weather it, or make it shiny and walk away.

Ummmm... yeah. can't say I disagree with you on that one. Is there a single KH kit out there that doesn't require fuselage extensions or other undesirable kind of work? I don't hear much nice said about KH.

Nice one, John.

Thank you, Peter. I've fallen far behind my goal of 6-12 builds per year.

Well... test cricket. It's ok if you batsmen are playing aggressively. But if they are the last guys in the lineup and they are just trying to stay alive... boring.

Great looking details. Love the added tubing.

Thanks Phil. Sorry, not watching the cricket. I'm sure there will be replays on the TV at work all week. Which will probably be better because they often skip the slow parts.

Thank you, Peter. For the few days, I haven't accomplished much. Today I took on the danger-fraught task of exposing and highlighting the rivets by wet sanding. In some places the sanding went perfectly. Just showing tiny pinpricks of lighter color like on the underside of the cowling. And on this wingtip. They look brighter here than they do in person. Unfortunately, despite clear coats and a few days time to solidify, the hairspray was reactivated during the wet sanding process, exposing more of the RLM 74 and 75. Not sure whether I'll 'fix' it or not. I don't really like the texture that using hairspray leaves behind. The panel below looks nice and beat up. I'm wishing I had taken some tie to make it look even worse by adding some dimples here and there. Cowling ahead of the MG's also suffered from the hairspray problem. Again... not sure whether I'll rectify it, or blame it on poor quality Soviet paint. The proletariat perhaps drank the solvents. Because of the rivet decals I cannot just strip the model. Otherwise I might be tempted. A pinwash followed by some paintbrush chipping is next. Been lazy lately. Spending too much time in front of the TV.

Sweet job on that engine, Rob!

Great job!

The figures and cockpit look great! The compressibility of the human buttocks us a great reason to trim them as you see fit so your guys can fit without cutting the seats.

Well done, John!

Thanks, Rob. Apparently on this machine, the 74/75 wasn't painted over in those areas.

A bit of color.

Well done! She's a beauty, Kevin!

Very nice! Glad to see this one finished.

Geez John, already smashing it well.

Congrats!

Thank you, Peter. There will be some hairspray chipping on this build. So it’s gonna be a lengthy process.