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Things have definitely come a long way.

If the one from the old Revell kit would work, let me know and I'll drop it in the post for you.

Martin, thanks for sharing the additional pics. The countryside looks beautiful. All the best to your family.

Some absolutely stunning models and dioramas. Thanks for sharing Martin.

With your skills John, i don't think you'd get better results with the Quinta set.

They'll just draw red lines all over it and call it "fatally flawed".

Thanks for sharing Maru. Glad to hear they're keeping as original as possible. Carl

My Beat is small enough I could probably be buried in it and it wouldn't be much bigger than this.

Tamiya has an extra Strong decal solvent now. I used it on my ZM F-4 IP decals and it gets them soft enough to conform around the various dials and buttons. If you've used enamel or lacquer for the clear coat, you could also try Tamiya X20A thinner. But it could cause severe wrinkling if you're not careful.

Nor a Tomcat or Whirlwind or E100.

Gary, great to hear about your first model returning to the hobby. Even better that you still have it. Z-32 still looks to be an impressive build. For me, I never really left the hobby. Even when I went overseas to study for a year, I somehow managed to find a hobby shop and build (and buy) kits. Still have some of them in the stash. The longest break was maybe a few months around when I got married. Or when our first son was born. Probably the latter.

Thanks, I'll take a look. Yes, those are the kit tracks. They're link and length.

My first Panzer III, from Takom.

Thanks Scott. Looks like that could work for the Aires ones. Meantime, I had the Kits World 3D decals arrive so I tried them out. They're meant for the kit IP and cockpit tub. The Teknics IP is in resin but uses PE for the instruments. Painting the bezels cleanly was giving me conniptions. I figured the Kits World IP might work. So far it's not a bad fit. Some slight trimming and they seem to fit ok. The detail isn't as sharp as the ones from Quinta are but they're also a lot cheaper so I'll take it.

So far, I'd say Quinta is the best, then Red Fox and then Kits World based on the ones I've gotten and used. I haven't tried Eduard and Kelik (Reskit) ones yet.

A small order rom Hannants arrived today. Masks for my Mig-29UB and F-35A I decided to try the Kits World 3D decals as an experiment on my Tamiya F-14A. I also got the Yahu panels for the HK Lanc. Lastly decals for my Tamiya F-14D kit.

Mine too. And probably my life.

But no T & A?

Talk about just motoring along. Awesome progress.

Nice work. How are you liking the build so far?

A double build! Now that's one way to challenge yourself John.

That about sums it up. Although Element prices have been going up recently since Honda started buying some of them back due to a rear suspension failure issue.

That's like our cat. Cat in lap: check. 1/32 Tomcat on bench: check. Does your sleep in your lap while you work? Ours does and I've ended up dropping bits on her that I then have to find. Talk about an actual living carpet monster. That moves!

Nice cockpit. And fairly quick too. Looks like Revell fixed the errors in the instructions that the Dragon versions had.

Got a call from our local Toyota dealer. They finally have an allocation for the RAV4 hybrid we ordered last year. Hopefully delivery will be end of June. We ordered it last October and were told 8-12 months then. So similar to what @Artful69 has waited. The RAV will replace our Honda Element as our family car. The E is a 2007 with 230K on it and was starting to have issues. Thankfully it's been small stuff that I've managed to fix but since I'm not a mechanic, it's off the road for a couple days at a time. Plus it's an absolute pig on gas for something with a 2.4l. We average around 14-14l /100km. If I'm lucky, I might get 10L/100 km. With a tailwind, off a cliff. Originally the plan was to sell the E when the RAV arrived but Sue has decided we're going to keep it and have it as a back up. Plus it's a standard transmission so it'll give the boys something to learn on in a few years. So back to being a 3 car family. Lol.