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VEry nice, John!

Thank you! Thank you!

That is some impressive work, Craig! Hope you have a big tube of aluminum polish for later.

My most recent acquisition. Made the mistake of telling a friend it was one of the last few on my must-have list. So, he showed up at our club meet with one the following month. I got it for an I-O-U of half it's current retail value. I'll have to put Zimmerit on it... but that's a piece of cake.

The best camo schemes require the most work. So, keep up the good work... it;s looking great!

I like the dirt effects around cowl and access panels. I've looked for similar fuel stains on the 109F whose filler cap is nearly the same location as the P-40 you've got. Haven't found one, yet. But who is to say it just wasn't photographed.

You've done well, Harv! Your patience and determination are admirable.

Excellent painting, John! Oh... and decals, too! You're moving too fast! Your next kit should be by Revell.

I appreciate it, Harv!

Thank you, fellas!

Thank you, Peter. It's really only four colors used for the pin wash. Black, Green, brown, and yellow ochre. I don't like to use base colors for the dot filter as they do things I don't like. Especially white and yellow. Thank you, Kai!

I blame it on those guys who say that Individual links are too hard. I see them kinda guys on Farcebook all of the time.

Thank you for the kind sentiments, my friends. After a week of very minor steps, I got a fair bit done today. The pics are captioned sparing further explanation. As always... my text editor needs to be sacked. Sheesh... was I drunk when I did this? Sadly... I have no such excuse. Happy modelling!

Hello comrades, Let's see if I can remember what I've done.... After painting it with J.A. Gray, I used a very thinned feldgrau around all of the edges and details. Then I sprayed it with a few very thin layers of JA Gray mixed with Feldgrau. After that I did a pinwash in black and green oils mixed with a little brown. Then finally... today I did a dot filter. Here are some shots.

The cockpit looks great, Rob! Should look great, covered, too.

Noice!

I thought all Chinese companies were Red.

This is a wide known problem, Rob. I have only had one kit with the DS tracks and I painted/weathered them with aqueous acrylics. I did this because I have heard of horror stories when ppl have used regular solvent based paints and weathering materials on them. Sadly, the aqueous acrylics just weren't very durable and wore off in places while handling the model during the final stages of building. Eventually the kit found it's way into the trash though the tracks were still supple. So, I just avoid kits with DS tracks, now. Incidentally, I have a set of Fruils that move from Tiger to Tiger as I build a new one and round-file the old one. I do have a Dragon E with those wheel well inserts. I dread to see them when I build the kit.

And we always like to assume that in China they just do whatever they want. I don't know if that is really fair to them. It's not like they can jet over to NZ and get the money PJ owes them.

PJ is an asshole. I've said it before. He's screwed his employees and screwed the molding companies. Rock on, Border.

Excellent!

So pretty!

Perfect looking pit, Rob.

Nobody can beat that lozenge!

Well... I hope you are receptive to Martin's PM.