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FedEx left a big box on our steps this morning. My oldest son's birthday gift was in it. Here be dragons... Since there was room in the box for other stuff without increasing the shipping, I added a couple items. Carl

Thanks guys! One option in the kit is the way they display the engine. The entire nose is a separate section and you can swap between the closed up nose or the exposed engine on the airframe. The engine can be displayed separately on a stand too.

Waiting for me when I got home from work today was my first Great Wall Hobby kit. I took a quick peek in the box. The detail is very nicely done. You can't complain about the decal placement sheet being too small. The kit also has a nice patch included in it. It looks very nice overall. Just need to finish some other stuff first. Carl

Nice progress there Gary. I picked up that book on a sale recently. It really does give you all the detailed information you could want. If you need a couple extra track links, let me know. I have a bag of them kicking around from a binned kit. Should be easy enough to drop them in the mail for you. Carl

Found another started Brit fighter in the stash. The plan was to do it as a PRXIX. Found one issue I'll need to sort out. The tail wheel bay is missing.

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.