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Hobby Search has a bunch posted, usually Japanese kits. https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/ Scalemates often has instructions posted as well. https://www.scalemates.com/ Carl

The clear parts are definitely well done. Nice and thin and clear.

I dropped Edward off at a classmate's birthday party and hit Sunward Hobbies that was nearby. They had a couple TruColors paint sets on sale. The sets were basically the price of a single bottle so I grabbed a couple. The shop said they're going to discontinue carrying it as it's been a hard sell. That too bad as it's a great paint. BTW, if anyone is looking for the tiny square bottles of Testors enamels, they have what looks to be a full rack of them. Carl

Looks good there Martin. Looks subtle which isn't a bad thing in my books.

Maybe use a Gundam marker for the lines? They're made by Gunze and come in different widths and colours.

You're just flying through this build Ernie. That and the quality of the work too. Carl

Martin, that's a big fear isn't it? That all these first time dog owners have to go back to work and they have no idea what to do with their dogs. So they take the easy way out and hand them off to someone else. Sigh. Glad to see you can give her a happy home, if only temporary. Carl

Not the usual subject you see getting built so this will be fun to follow along with. Carl

Let us know how those rubber brushes work out. I could see them be very useful for many things. Carl

Wheels and Wings hands down. A fully stocked hobby shop with kits, AM, supplies, reference material and staff that know their stuff. Bring an extra suitcase just in case you do visit them. Carl

Phil, the squirrels are everywhere at the moment. Our 70 lb puppy agrees with me even thought this past couple weeks have been the first time he's seen a squirrel. Fear not, I will get back to the Lanc. Very soon.

Broke out the middle child. This is Hasegawa's 1/48 kit of the Strike Valkyrie. I have their 1/72 version and Max Factory's 1/20 one too. Got started on some preliminary paint work.

I agree, those weld beads look excellent. Carl

Some sci-fi and movie stuff. This is an all new kit by Hasegawa and not a re-box. I missed out on the Tumbler when it was first issued so when BanDai just reissued it with the new Batmobile I grabbed it. I think the new Batmobile looks a Dodge Charger and would fit into one of the Fast and Furious films nicely.

Some fantastic progress there Mark.

Thanks Ernie! Please go ahead and post it. Thanks Rob! I'm really happy with the paint job as well.

Nice and clean there John. The shark mouth seems to suit the F-80/T-33 planes really well. There's an RCAF T-33 that had a shark mouth which if decals existed for I'd go through the process(torture?) and build another one. Carl

As an addendum, I opened the white box on the right side of the pic which I thought was empty. Inside were 6 bottles of Tamiya paint plus 3 more behind it. All are various shades/sheens of black. Maybe it wasn't such a bad idea to clean things up a bit between projects.

Operator error... Far too tidy...must correct. And if you're wondering about my second bench, it's not much better.

Here's my just completed AH-1G late in 1/32. There's a couple firsts for me on the build. It's my first ICM kit and the first time I used Quinta 3D decals.

Rob, the canopy is the only fussy bit. Take your time and it goes together just fine. I got the last pair of rocket pods finished. With those mounted, time to call this one finished. I'm happy I picked the kit up and even more glad I got the Special Hobby release in the stash for later on.

Well, at least it has a cockpit opening...

Thanks guys! Almost there. Putting on the decals, and final details.

I'm guessing the stock attachment was a plastic pin?

Next up was many of the small details on the airframe- lift rings, antennae etc. I also painted the landing skids. Finally I started finishing the fuselage by adding the stub wings, the M35 fuselage pods and hung the M134 gun pod. I think I'm close to the home stretch now.