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Great looking base Scott. Hope you remembered to use the clean kitty litter.

You mean a million small parts flying in close formation.

It's now here in Canada. My LHS has it in. Which means I might be able to get one at Heritagecon next weekend.

I'm guessing CH-54...

New to me as well. Like many of the pics he posts, Martin always finds neat stuff. Carl

Ernie, it's a great idea and looking forward to the new format. Of course this means I may have to get more of the new 1/48 jet kits...

Thanks for the preview. Looking forward to the start of glue and paint flying. I'm very much a late model Spitfire fan (can someone say Griffon power?) but it's definitely worth adding a kit of this caliber to the collection and rounding things out. For the cockpit, a better match might be RLM 02 and not 66.

I just an email from Kotare. Almost all orders are now sent. They said NZ Post had an issue with the notification of tracking numbers for some orders so not everyone might get a tracking number. Hopefully that means mine and Peter's orders are on the way.

That's a nice surprise to come home to.

I read this and then looked over to one side of my bench where there's a spare set of Tamiya cowlings. Their kits come with 2 sets: one in grey and another in clear. Just say the word and I'll send them your way. I'll even make sure I send the right ones this time.

Great start. Talk about mixing and matching AM to get the best results.

Gary, the kit looks like it was worth the wait. I still haven't received my shipping notice but I'm in Canada so about as far away as you can get from them.

Nice big solution to your Mossie woes.

Nice assortment of items there Chris. The Spitfire camo masks should work on the VIII. The pattern is the same but the colours are different.

Got a couple orders in today. First was from Resin2Detail. It was held hostage by UPS until I paid their brokerage fees. Then they lost the package and took them forever to find it and deliver it. UPS fees ($60 brokerage for $10 tax) are the biggest ripoff from any of the courier services. Nothing against Resin2Detail but had I known they ship via UPS I would not have placed the order as I hate dealing with UPS. Fed Ex and Canada Post are 1/4 the cost for the same service. Anyways rant over, here's what I got: Replacement seats for my HK Lanc as I've managed to lose one and break the other. Some seats and antenna for my HK B-17 kit. I also got a custom order from Evan Designs. This company makes LEDs in a variety of sizes and colours. So far their customer service has been outstanding. I emailed them with some questions I had and I got great replies and they even made a custom setup for my project. This will be for lighting my 1/20 VF-1S that I'm planning to start later this year.

Waist section Then I finished the legs. Hip Guns in their folded position. Joining up all the sub-assemblies. With the backpack in place, beam rifle and shield in hand. Finally, with the wings on the backpack in the open position along with the hip guns opened. The finished model has an impressive amount of articulation in it. And I think this may be the first completed build for me this year.

Fantastic work on the carbon decals. I need to get better at it on my builds. Carl

It's March break here in Ontario so kids are home from school for the week and gives me a bit more time at the bench since I'm ostensibly home to watch the boys. So, after some time...oh look! A squirrel!!! Just messing with you all I haven't started on a ZM F-4. Honest. Ok, maybe a little. Back to be topic at hand. Reminds of Thing from Addams Family. Backpack is done. Armour plates are painted. Arms are done.

I have to admit, I've never seen the whole movie... Which is why I didn't get the reference.

Here you go Peter! https://trucolorpaint.com/ Not the best website but they have a lot of colours.

Thankfully no, but the A pillars are incredibly thin.

Peter, the paint job looks great as expected. I enjoy spraying AK Real Color as well. They have a great selection of colors and both shops here in the city carry them which makes it easy to find too. If you get the chance, try TruColor. It's a great paint made in AZ and is lacquer based. It has a hard as nails finish when dry. Unfortunately it's not well known and the shops here have stopped carrying it. I think you can mail order direct from them.

No, it's a crease in the bodywork so it's intentional.

Now back to our regularly scheduled Gundam model.

Wait, I hear something. Sounds like a... ...a squirrel!!! An Italian one by the looks of it.