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I've finally gotten back to this after a couple brief distractions. It's a small update but I'm making progress nonetheless. I continued work on the deck adding various details to the sides and ends. I then painted the deck in wood brown along with the rails road ties. Since I haven't really done a lot of wood graining, I used the ties as practice. I've applied a coat of Vallejo Burnt umber wash over the base coat. I thinned it with their glaze medium. What do you guys think compared to the ones without a wash?

Me too. The resin barrels tend to be fairly fragile from my experience.

I bet shipping to Canada will be worse.

I was killing 2 birds with one stone. The hobby shop is about 30 km from our place but right on the way to the mountain bike trails. So I got the boys out for some fun and then on the way back, a quick detour. Same here. Don't know why but I've always liked it. Same with the Strv-103.

I lost a Tamiya 1/32 F-4 J fuselage. No idea where it went. One huge piece of plastic for the Carpet Monster to drag down into its den.

So I'm at my bench and I look down on it and see this. I'm not sure if it's the right MG, but if so, let me know and I can send it off to you. Carl

I picked up an assortment of subjects the other day. I disguised the trip as an outing to take the boys mountain biking. First off, something sci-fi. Gojira! Or rather his mechanical doppleganger. Next up, the new Rye Field Sheridan. Haven't seen any buildups of it yet. I'll most likely do it in the 3 tone NATO camo. Next up is the new-ish Revell 262. These have been hard to find here in Canada. At least for me. Carl

I flew on the 747 a few times but always in steerage. Never got to go upfront except when boarding or disembarking. Still, the room inside was great. They certainly had presence. Carl

Great looking Leopard Gaz. I looked around and couldn't find a replacement MG and mount for you. I thought there might be one in my spares box but there wasn't. Carl

Thanks Jeff! Phil, for the most part the fit was good and just the wing leading edge needed a quick cleanup. I lightly sanded the edge with a sponge style sanding stick and then did the creases with a razor saw. The saw was on the thicker side so it fit nicely and only took a short pass to clean up the seam.

Thanks Rob! It's certainly different from the typical WWI planes. Thanks Bill Build it Harv! It's a great kit.

It'll depend now on when the border opens. So the plan is to go, just have to be able to get there. Carl

I finally got around to taking pics of my WNW Junkers D.1 A fun build. Certainly a great intro to WWI aircraft Here's the WIP for those interested. https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/7291-wnw-junkers-d1/ Carl

Ok, I took some pics of my other Spitfires. My second Tamiya Spit was Tolly Hello using the Zotz decal sheet. Using the Alley at conversion set, I did a PR XI.  Next was MH434 as Rabbit Leader's AL-A I tried to replicate the painted on oil leaks they had done for the film.

They were going to release one as well.

That could work for me. Takes up much less space. Plus gives you an excuse to use the clear fuselage that they included in the full kit.

It's a citrus based cement. So it is supposedly not as toxic. I got it for my boys to use. We'll see how well it works.

Got me some Tamiya Extra Thin. And some other paints and supplies. Tamiya semi-gloss black is proving hard to find as well these days so I grabbed a couple when I found them. Carl

Thanks Gaz! Definitely opportunities for weathering the build. What MG did you lose? If it's something German, I can look around in my spares box for you.

HMS Speedy looks great there Ernie. Carl

Rob, Tamiya primer is available in jars. It comes in the same jar as their cement. You can get white and grey. Maybe that would be easier to get to your island? https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/finishing/liquid-surface-primer-40ml/ It needs to be thinned down to spray through an airbrush.

So I'm back in business. During the cleanup, I found a kit I'd started previously and forgotten about. So I started working on it. Things are moving nicely with this one. I got the legs together and just need to paint some parts to finish the upper torso.

Thanks Phil! The forecast is for rain all weekend but thankfully not the quantities we saw Wednesday. I've left most stuff off the floor for now just in case. Meantime, it gave me an excuse to cleanup a bit more. So I should be back at it later today.

I asked Sue and she said keep your mask on when you sneeze. It'll be potentially gross for the wearer but it's doing its job of preventing the spread of aerosol spray. So hope that helps. Carl

Thankfully nothing permanent. Quite a few homes did get flooded as well as people's cars.