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Ernie, the interior looks fantastic. Nice to see that the main components also fit together well. Definitely treating the kit as a short run model and doing lots of test fitting makes sense. I find it easier to fix things then rather than slathering on tons of putty.

Great work on the seat and fender mods. The interior bits will make a big difference looking in from the hatches.

The earlier one I had did that. It was made by Shadow Hobby.

Absolutely! I have an earlier one made by a different company and when the Dspiae one came out, I grabbed that as it was so much easier to use.

Thanks Rob! I didn't know about those. One idea I had with the ones I bought was to use them to cut masks from tape. It'll be a good test of the tape knife I bought earlier.

Very busy looking interior. Great job on the paint and assembly. Glad to hear the fit is good too.

Got a small order from BNA today. Masks for the GWH AVG Hawk and the Andy's Tiger. The first 4 mask options on the Montex set cover the same tank at different points in its service. Which is kind of neat. The ASK masks for the AVG Hawk are for the Nationalist stars. That should help when it comes time to build the GWH kit. Canopy masks for a couple Tamiya kits. The P-51 ones will be used on the Cavalier Mustang. Some armour bits. Lastly the Infinity Vampire courtesy of the recent Lightning Deal at SB. There's an RCAF option so I know what I'll be building.

I have a couple of the Red Fox sets but haven't tried them yet. I wonder if they feel that the material isn't quite right for belts so that's why they haven't done them?

Thanks Ron! I've never seen the kit contents so that's good to know.

Having just picked up the recent Andy's Tiger, I'd love a Firefly in 1/16 but that's about it. Maybe the Das Werk Stug III but they're almost double in price now for some reason.

Ron, you might be right. Which Sue may not be thrilled about b

If you're looking for a large scale Sherman with VVSS suspension, Dragon do some in 1/6. Needless to say, they're a bit (a lot?) bigger and a bit (a lot more?) expensive.

Some more progress. The wings and horizontal stabs are together. I've filled the seams and once I do some re-scribing, they'll be ready for paint. I've also done some work re-shaping the engine nacelles around the beaver tail. To do so, I added some strip styrene inside the nacelle to reinforce it. Here's one side done. Compared to the stock one.

The big problem is the boys are each starting their own stashes of kits they've bought themselves or.received as gifts. I think Edward has about 12 and Findlay 7-8. They need to build faster.

I just did a rough count and I'm under 300 but probably not by much. I didn't think it would be that high but I think it just crept up over the last while. Too many kits that have yelled "Buy me Now!!!" which I've seemed to have heeded. I suspect I may have to unleash the boys on some of them and thin the stash in a meaningful way.

Great looking engine and cockpit. I find doing the wiring on the engine to be quite the challenge. Yours looks nice and tidy.

Yet another sale at the LHS so I picked up some more paint and thinner. This was after my recent paint inventory check so at least I don't have these already.

Helping to clean up my parents' garage today and these were stashed all the way in the back corner. I also found 4 gallons of 20% nitro fuel for RC cars. It's almost certainly gone off so I'll be taking that to the hazardous waste drop off.

Great article Martin. Nice to learn about the history behind the Enigma. Nice looking diorama there Rob.

Maybe for the bi-weekly Costco run...

No kidding. 2 isn't anywhere enough. Then when I ran out of wall space... There's two more hanging from the ceiling not in either pic. At one point I had 11, but living in a condo, it got tight so I pared it down to 7, one for very day of the week.

I'm hoping that the glue came apart but I'll have to take a closer look at it. It's in the display case and I'd need to take it out. Also, the nose gear isn't completely accurate if you compare it to pics and diagrams. I ended up modifying mine to closer match the original.

Hasegawa makes a thin adhesive film that has some stretch to it. The mirror finish one is great for this oleos as you cut it size and apply it. It's much more durable than Bare Metal foil and almost as thin. https://www.hlj.com/mirror-finish-a4-hsgtf918

Great set of photos. The one of the Hellcat in flight is very impressive.

The landing gear looks great. I was just looking at mine and the gear on one side has broken off. Which is odd as I used a wire to pin it in place. Might just be the glue gave out.