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    I can't seem to find anything that shows definitively what the rear turret was. I'm going to stick with the regular one for my build. One thing I've noticed is the waist gunners' windows have the inserts in place so that means even less of the interior is visible and another pair of guns I don't need.
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    Great start to the Mustang Peter. The Quinta stuff looks nice and I've finally ordered a couple sets after seeing your results and others using them. I've never understood those wing leading edge inserts either. The ones on the Tamiya Spitfire weren't much better either. Carl
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    True, but it does help to have someone else to blame.
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    I'm going to be broke. Nothing new I guess. Carl
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    Rob, here's the most I could find in the Valiant Wings book. Everything else I have just seems to cover the recce and bomber versions.
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    Great to see this back on the bench Rob. I'll check my references and see if I have anything about the radar fit. Carl
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    Lol, yup. Sue says I get to deal with the late night bathroom breaks. Meantime Zoe, our current dog turned 14 on Tuesday. Made her a birthday cake from 2 burger patties with mashed potatoe "icing".
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    Small update. I've been working a bit on the interior. Got a start on the cockpit. Eduard used interior green on their PE bits instead of Dull Dark Green so it'll be a bit mixed and matched. I'll just blame it on the subcontractor not following the instructions I've also painted the waist gunners' section and the radio room. I haven't done the bomb bay yet as I'm still going a bit back and forth on the colour. I'm leaning towards Neutral Grey though. Lastly, I've started on the fuselage halves.
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    A big book on kitties. And a related kit to go with it. Although I don't have it yet, if all goes well I'll be bringing this guy/girl home in about a month's time. We're getting to choose which of the litter we want. Shepard/Huskie mix and about 3 weeks old is all we know at the moment. Carl
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    So Martin, how did you do this? I'm assuming you used the kit part as the master for the plaster but what resin putty did you use? May be simple but it definitely worked which is the main thing.
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    This will be fun to watch. Nice to see the themed pairing of the two builds. Carl
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    Great job on the shark mouth and exhausts. The results from masks are so worth the extra effort. Carl
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    Looks great John. I'd say you're back to form. Carl
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    Well Ernie, you know what they say. When the cat's away, the plastic starts flying. Or something like that. The turrets were the biggie for me as far as external corrections and like you, I'm leaving the wing alone. If you want one of the other marking schemes on the decal sheet let me know. I'm only building the one. I think it'll go nicely with the shark mouthed Lanc when I get to that. Which is also an RCAF plane.
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    If anyone is interested, Lucky Model just started their holiday sale. Use the code Holiday22 and get 22% off the price. That brings it down to...something less than it was before. And they're still offering $20 surface shipping for some countries. Carl
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    Here's the Hilux I want. Saw it in Ft William, Scotland.
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    Never hurts to have extra clearance. When we built our garage a couple years ago I thought the door was high enough. We could park our Honda inside, lower the roof rack with the roof box onto it and drive out with plenty of room. Then Sue decided to switch to an Element and with that setup, we're 9" too tall to get out of the garage. So I have to now pull the Element out, lower the roof rack and box, carry them out to the car and lift them on by hand. Sigh, first world problems.
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    Peter, I have one as well. Let me know. Carl
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    Thanks Peter! It's seems a simple enough conversion but at the same time, give me something a bit different like you said.
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    Thanks Nick! The Profimodeler part was definitely a disappointment. I'm just glad I was able to make some use of it. The turrets are from Cold War Studio. They're clear resin and very nicely done. The most commonly found pics of the plane have the later full lions head on it. There are a couple on Britmodeler that were posted that show just the shark mouth which is what I'll be doing. Thanks Dennis! I hope it turns out.
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    Thanks Kai! Thanks Rob! I think the Coastal Command scheme will be a nice change from the more typical OD or NMF. And yes, she's going to be big.
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    For the upper turret, I cut several circles from sheet styrene, laminated them together a d then glued that to one side of the fuselage. I put tape around the opening to protect the surface detail as best I could. I then sanded these to match the contours of the fuselage.
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    A couple exterior changes were made to the Liberator when it was used by the RCAF. They included the removal of the upper turret and the ball turret getting replaced with a radar done. Profimodeler make a resin radar dome. It replaces the kit belly insert. The master was 3D printed but the lines from the layers are sadly very evident. Plus it was warped and didn't fit that well. I decided to modify the kit part instead by filling in the ball turret opening until I got the right size opening. I then cut the dome free from the resin panel. This will fit in from behind and I'll ultimately have less putty work to do.
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    While working on the CF-18, I took a look at another RCAF project I've wanted to do and one thing led to another. The RCAF flew a number of Liberators in Coastal Command colours from Atlantic Canada. One of them had a shark mount on it which later morphed into a more elaborate lions head. When the Hobbyboss B-24J came out, I figured I get I'd they ever did decals for it which DK Decals duly did. The kit: The decals: The AM: I'm not going to to try fixing the wing or the nacelles as that's just way beyond my paygrade. Plus I want to actually have a chance of finishing it.
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    Looks great Peter. Are you doing the ususal three color scheme? Carl
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