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Thanks, mate!

Tat seat is impressive! Driving through Chicago... a nightmare come true.

Superb!

Well... I've had three Trumpeter kits. I have yet to get one done by the A team. So I haven't considered buying any more. But apparently they are the only game in town when it comes to a Razorback.

That's a fine job, Smitty!

Thanks, John. It's all about magnification, baby!

Hola Amigos! The decals really make the model. I got a little stupid and let my desire to tackle a new challenge upset the build. I really was looking forward to turning the empty white field that comprised the empennage into 3d shapes sculpted with oil paints. I should have waited until the decals were on. But... such is life. To make the shapes appear on the tail I used black, blue, and white oils. I'm pleased that even in the intense light of my bench, some of the shades are still visible. The original blades were very stumpy and broad. So much so that I thought they were under-length for scale. But I was wrong. They were the proper length. Still... they were ugly enough to warrant replacement. And the spinner required a lot of reshaping. This is as steady as my hands can do with a paint brush. Remember that the blades are only 2.6mm wide. I used oils to darken the spaces between the ribs on both upper and lower wings. It shows more on the lower wing of this picture than on the upper wing. I'm hoping that it becomes more apparent after a matte coat and better, less brilliant lighting. Happy modelling!

I've been watching a bit of Adam Savage lately. Today he started using this stuff called Mirror. The results look pretty awesome, and may have some modelling applications in your world. Might be good for bike and car chrome... not that I build either.

There is some detail to paint up forward yet, rob. Those are molded in. They're a bit overscale.

Some smashing progress, Martin!

Thank you Rob! Yes, the wood grain is all mine. There's no kit plastic visible anywhere.

C'mon man. Is it done yet? I was expecting two completions from you today, John.

Jeez, John! That looks fabulous!

Damn it , Martin! Yours is better than mine!

Thank you Peter! Getting high time to break out the oils and work on that blinding tail unit. I actually used a light grey-white, but you wouldn't know it.

The shapes of this model give me the heebee-geebees. Anyway... some color.

Thank you Rob! I dropped that poor little Albie twice yesterday without breaking anything off. Hopefully it will have a charmed existence.

I like to see your fleet in construction, Rob.

Thanks for looking guys! Even if you can't see it. Trust me... working in micro scale is a challenge. I never imagined doing wood grain in 1/72. So, I broke our the paints and went to it. First thing I needed was the natural color of pine. So, I took a couple samples and blew them up. The orangey side is the brown layer between the lighter layers from the same board. I used Tamiya paints to make the lighter color and Citadel washes to make the darker streaks... which I then wet sanded down to make less apparent. If I didn't suck so much at scribing, I would have added some faint lines to the fuselage. Then I sprayed with Tamiya clear yellow heavily diluted in X-22. The regulations said that the Albatros wooden areas were supposed to be stained yellow. So, I've worked hard to avoid the orange look seen on the few museum examples that survive. It is my belief that the wood on them has darkened as it has aged. Happy squinting!

C'mon man! When you gonna do a red one??

Tremendous effort, Peter!

I got into a little group build with one of my local clubs which is coming close to the finish date. So, I cracked on with this little kit for the last couple days. Happy modelling!

Excellently done!