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Welcome to Chinese New Year. They say it's the world's largest human migration every year. The country basically shuts down for two weeks and a couple hundred million folks go home. Carl

That Type VII looks interesting. For a moment I thought it was the full hull which would be huge. Having built the Bronco Type XXIII in 1/35, this could be a nice compliment to that kit. Carl

I think Jimmy saw this post. I just caught him chewing on my Blundstones. Thankfully, he'd just gotten them so no damage here.

Your Hurricane looks great there Martin.

Yeah, a 1/32 canopy might look a bit small on your kit. Hope you find a replacement.

If you need another canopy, I just checked and have a spare. Let me know. Carl

Martin, I think Hurricane kits are cursed. I knocked over my big bottle of Mr Color Tool Cleaner all over the bench the other night working on the Hurricane. At least I grabbed the plane in time before it got a chance to turn into plastic goo.

Rad's on. A couple small gaps to fill around it. Slightly bigger gaps around the rear burner can though.

Looks like a country lane in France. Really awesome. Carl

A bit more work done on the Hurricane. The leading edge lights are in and the covers are sanded to fit. Now to polish them and I can maybe start on the paint. Carl

Your diorama is looking more impressive every time. Can't wait to see how the gate turns out. Carl

Nicely done there Harald. Great job on getting that window blister on cleanly. It would be nice to see more of these nose kit sections come out. A B-17 one would be pretty cool with all the nose art they had. Carl

Yup, Tamiya lacquer thinner as well as Mr Color lacquer thinners are both cool enough to not harm the plastic. However, don't use Mr Color Tool cleaner or Tamiya's Airbrush cleaner. Those both contain acetone and will craze/melt the plastic. Carl

Peter, I'm definitely not against 1/72 or any particular scale for that matter. I think it's more about consistency in the collection for me. Most of my plane kits are 1/32. It's certainly the largest part of my stash. That being said, I've been leaning towards taking a page from Ernie and switching my jets to 1/48, especially with the newer kits coming out like the Tamiya and ZM F-4s, the Tamiya Tomcat and the Minibase Sukhois etc. I haven't taken the plunge yet because in the case of the F-4s and Tomcats (my favourite jet) I've already got them in 1/32 with a ton of AM collected. Might just have to one day especially after seeing of the WiP on here. So like you said, it depends on the subject and what's available. Carl

Looks great John. I had this mixed up with your other Mustang racer and didn't realize it was a new build thread. The clipped wingtips hopefully won't be too challenging. Carl

That's a very shiny finish. Looking forward to the decals. Carl

He's thinking: "Mistakes were made"

I had a squirrel chew on the nosecone from a Tamiya F-4J kit. As for the Blundstones, maybe he was going for the antique leather look...

I've only tried it a couple times but the Ammo Metal ones seem to brush well.

Years ago when my sister's dog was still a puppy, she got accidentally locked in our hall closet. She was in shoe heaven and chewed thru a half dozen of my running shoes and trainers. My sister almost ended up with a puppy sized duvet.

Thanks Peter. They took a bit of dry fitting but the spent was worth it The annoying part was they kept falling inside the wing when I was doing the test fitting. Then they'd get stuck somewhere and I'd have to shake the plane until they fell out. And then repeat.

There's a convertible one in the underground parking lot at my in-laws' condo. It's in mint condition. It stands out so much since there's a bunch of exotic cars down there.

Thanks Martin. Definitely a kit that needs planning two steps ahead. Got the wing tip lined up as best I could. It could've been better if I used CA I think. The inserts for the gun ports are on now. Tweaking them before gluing them in place should reduce the amount of filling. Starting to look the part.

Phil, I can't blame you there. Both the Fly and PCM kits aren't the easiest to put together. Carl

Ok, got the lower wings on. No major gaps at the join line either. But I'll have to get the wingtips aligned with some tweaking.