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Boo this man. It would look better next to my C-5A Galaxy! See? Bottom left corner. Already made space for it. 😇

I’m in! Somehow I wound up with three Stearman kits. Maybe a little too much shopping after a few drinks? So this one’s up for grabs!

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Well, as good as I’m going to get it. If you stair at it too long you can see I’m a little off on symmetry. But not bad I guess for using a ruler and Tamiya tape to mask all this off. I did have a few fuzzy edges that a cotton swab and some Nu Finish car polish took care of. Now waiting on those correct stars and bars in the mailbox.

I turn the bottle over and smartly smack the top firmly on my bench about 3-4 times. Usually breaks it loose.

We ain’t fooling around this year. We put the tree up today. Of course that’s not decorated yet. And I had to add one of my toys. Grandkids went nuts over it.

I really want the F-22 they have announced. But like Peter said, that’s a lot of coin for something that may or may not be a decent kit.

That’s a might fine makeup job! Having the vision to see this before doing it is a real sign of a true artist.

Tank wheels are fiberglass? Not styrene? Nevermind…I re-read the post. Fiberglass scratch pencil. Yea, I worked with fiberglass in the bodyshop. Big time irritant. Mask was very smart.

I’m going wonky working on this thing! 🤪

Just an update on the decal situation. Jim responded back in less than an hour and asked for the dimensions of the kits stars and bars decals so he could match them up. Has a couple going in the mail for me tomorrow! Now that’s service.

Well crap. At another standstill. Started applying decals and noticed Jim didn’t supply the top left wing insignia decal in the darker gray to match the tail codes. Kit decals are way too light to go over the lighter Arctic Gray. I’ve reached out to him to see if he can print me one to match. I also noted the doors on the top of the fuselage back behind the refueling doors are also supposed to be the dark gray. Ugh…back to more detail touch ups.

YOU DONE MESSED UP A A RON! Came down this afternoon to do the touch ups and found out I forgot to dump out the white paint in my airbrush yesterday. Ugh.. It cleaned up easy though. Another reason I like lacquers! Also found a few thin spots too. Respray in this area.

Korean Sherman. Those be fresh MRE’s.

Going to LS swap it while you’re working on it? 🤪 Go ahead, I deserve it. 🤡

Well this is just going to dry for the next 24+ hours and I’ll clean up the edges before adding the black markers. I’m tempted to just cut the black portion out of the kit decals and use those. If I had planned ahead, white would have gone down first, masked it off and then the base arctic gray and dark gray.

Started looking closely at the Alps decals this morning. It seems as if the supplied markings for the inflight refueling doors are completely off. Kit decals are accurate shape, but gray and black, not white and black as per this plane. So wild idea kicks in, I’ll just paint them. After many layers of white, I got in a stupid hurry and didn’t pull the tape correctly. The part that really sucks is I knew better to take my time untaping. So time to man up and correct my stupidity. I’m sitting here watching paint dry and calling myself really bad names right now.

Someone wasn’t pleased with me wanting to sleep in this morning.

Fuzzy edges and leaks of dark gray in panel lines cleaned up. I actually think it’s time for decals and then a flat coat on the upper surfaces. Decals are Alps printed type. I need to email the company and see if a lacquer top coat is safe on them.

Lots more paint and dry time. What do you think about the color now? I did screw up and went light on the outside of the vertical stabs. Not untaping those yet. Going to let it dry overnight and mask off everything and repaint those. I also have a few edges that need some cleaning up. The vinyl masks didn’t stay down in a few spots like Tamiya tape would.

This FS36170 from MRP looks brown. 😱 I sure hope it color changes as it builds up and dries.

Aero Masks.

Well that took half the day.