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Thanks John! This kit is going together very nicely.

I got the rotor blades painted. I then assembled them onto the main shaft so that's all done. So why is it on helos they're called rotors and on a plane they're propellers? Anyways, shark mouth time. I wasn't too keep on applying the kit decals for the shark mouth so I tried making masks the old fashioned way. I photocopied the decal sheet and laid a piece of kabuki tape over it. After tracing the shark mouth onto the tape I cut it out and applied it to the model. I then sprayed AK primer in white onto the shark mouth. Once that's dry, I'll cut a mask for the teeth, mask those off and spray the red.

Nice recovery Martin. My Slovak Tiger Meet Fulcrum arrived the other day so one day I'll get to that puppy.

Very nice build. Carl

As mentioned, not much time at the bench but enough to make some progress. The rotor blades were cleaned up and prepped for paint. Same with the tailplanes, tail rotor and the rotor head. After a coat of white primer, I sprayed red and yellow as required. Once they're dry, I'll move onto the black.

Jimmy's been needing some extra attention since his operation so haven't been down to the bench like I hoped. I did get the main rotor blades glued together so maybe later today I'll be able to get those into paint and have something to show.

Thanks for the heads-up on the para pack fairing. I just got the Slovak Tiger Meet version of the kit so that'll come in handy. DN Models are great. They've done several custom masks for me at very reasonable prices. Can't wait to see how the digital camo turns out.

Well, Jimmy got snipped yesterday. I wonder if he's aware anything's missing...

Same here.

Where!

Got sidetracked from the AH-1 build. By gluing the upper hull in place, that took care of the warp in the lower hull so it sits square now.

Thanks! Hope you find it and get back to thehe bench.

It really had been a quick build. I'm going to get back to it tonight and see how much more I can get done.

Halberd Models is back up and running as well. I ordered his Cavalier conversion last week from Andrey. Carl

Very nice there. I've only built the T-33 version and have to agree that they're not a shake and bake kit. But I still enjoyed it. Carl

I got my first order in from Spot Models in Spain. Very nicely packaged and the prices seemed very reasonable too. These should be a huge improvement over the Trumpeter kit ones. Wheels for my road going 935 project. Unfortunately the kit wheels are a much larger diameter than the ones in the 934 so I may have to shuffle things around a bit.

The Fokker is my favourite WWI plane so when I found the MikroMir kit I had to pick it up. I saw your build and the struts are a bit nerve wracking even with the Aerocraft brass ones that I have. I will have to just brave them one day and build it.

I got them before prices got silly. The EJ kits were on clear out from Tower Hobbies and likewise the T-bird kits at a local shop that does primarily RC stuff.

Thanks Rob! I'm quite happy with the results. I started on the decals. They're working out nicely. The ones on the tail have gone over the rivets nicely with a couple applications of Mr Mark Softer. That being said, I'm thinking of masking and painting the shark mouth. There's just too many different shapes to cover with it if I use the decals.

Ernie, nice progress Can the ejection seat be added after the fuselage is closed up?

Last bit of paint for tonight. I used a mask for the Army script that goes on the tail. When I was applying it I was concerned it want flexible enough to confirm around the rivets. Worst case if there was a lot of bleed through I'd just overpaint it and use the decals. Turned out much better than I'd hoped. I went back and did the centre of the "A"sand that's one more bit done.

Was it a stuffie? If so, hopefully not one of yours.

I masked off the areas to be painted black. There's also a small bit at the end of the tail boom that's red so masked that off and hit to with some white primer first. That might be visible in some of the pics. I also masked off the stub wings. Black and red are now on. Moment of truth. The good news is that there isn't any bleed thru under the masking. The bad news is that the canopy had some gaps around the edges where I glued it to the fuselage and some paint dust got in and is on the insides. If I could get the canopy off I could wipe it off. It's just stuck in place with static electricity bit I don't think I'm going to risk it.

Not quite music but I'll put a movie on and just let it play while I'm at the bench. Generally it's something I've seen before so I don't have to pay close attention. If I hear a particular scene I want to watch I'll pause what I'm doing, watch the scene and then continue on with my modelling. Mostly it's background noise for me.

Thanks folks! Had to take a pause as it turns out I didn't have olive drab. So i finally made it to the hobby shop today and picked some up. I got to work on putting some paint down. I started with the black areas of the fuselage and then realized it would be easier to mask off the OD and paint them after. So I've now got the OD on and it's drying. Hopefully late today I can redo the black areas and continue on.