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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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    Ok, first step in my RCAF Liberator. Filling some of the excess holes in the fuselage. At least there will be two less turrets to deal with.
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    Looks good there Mark and good news on your wife too. Carl
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    It's a nice airbrush. I think you'll like it a lot. Carl
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    Harv, I agree with @belugawhaleman and would not bother with the Neo. I have one and it's an entry level airbrush.
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    Mark, hope your wife is feeling better. Take care and we'll wait to see you back at the bench when things are more normal for you. Carl
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    Glad to see you back at the bench John. Off to a nice start too. Carl
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    Tom, Thanks for the info. Just to make it more difficult, I'm doing an RCAF GR VI in Coastal Command colours. Carl
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    Looks great Tom. I've been fiddling with my B-24J kit so your update is nice and timely. Quick question for you on the interior. Was the later J still in the dark dull green or did they switch to interior green? Carl
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    Looks good with the sidesteps. Now just needs a Hemi...maybe with a supercharger too Did you see the new 10 litre V8 Chevy announced today?
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    They do. I've ordered from them online before, just never been to their store.
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    John, I didn't get it as the P-39 hasn't really interested me that much. Heresy I know. . If you are interested in getting it, let me know and I can pick it up for you or any other member here. Carl
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