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Disappointing that the checkerboard aren't included. Hopefully you can come up with a workable solution. I checked out the link and there is a small blurb that says no checkerboard included. But easy enough to miss. You have to click on Item Description from the seller and then it pops up.

Yes, it's Tamiya's version of Mr Color Leveling Thinner. Works pretty much the same way. I didn't know Tamiya Airbrush Cleaner cleans off CA. I'll have to try that next time.

Odd about the white. I haven't had that happen before. Whenever one of the local shops does a sale, I stock up on thinner and cleaner. I think I'm good for a bit. I used to use Mr Color Tool Cleaner but the price doubled so Tamiya Airbrush Cleaner it is. As for new stuff, I got a book to help with building the big Trumpeter Jagdtiger kit.

Paul, I see you buy Tamiya supplies the same way I do.

Big Mac is one of the planes I'd like to build.

Wow, you can really see the water level change.

Stunning detail on that rotor hub.

Someone on LSP mentioned that there should be an announcement tomorrow at the Eduard show. So here's hoping.

Looks great there Dave. Nice to see you're making some nice progress.

There's a post over on Britmodeler saying that Eduard has announced a new tool P-51B in 1/32 for next year. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235145368-eduard-new-tool-p-51bc-in-32nd-scale/ Anyone else have any additional information? If true, I'd be up for at least a couple. Csrl

Wow Scott, hopefully that's the worst of it for you. Stay safe in the meantime. Carl

An incredible amount of quality work there Jeroen. How much of the and cockpit did you need to sand back for things to fit?

It's a sad one that's for sure. Chris made some very nice products, just like Harold did. Tim, I'm glad you were able to at least pick up the AMS. line. I hear you about not enough time in the day or week to get everything done.

Some great photos there. Thanks so much for sharing them Maru!

Nice bunch of kits there Dave. I have the HpH catapult as well, likewise for when I build my Arado. I still need to get a Meteor for the Fisher F8 conversion I have in the stash.

Second set of tracks is done. This one went much easier than the first one.

Peter, I'm using a pick up pencil for the really small PE bits. It's like a regular pencil but instead of lead, it has a slightly tacky centre. Just touch the PE but and it'll pick it up. Then position it and the surface tension from the CA is usually enough to unstick the part from the pencil. It helps keep parts from doing the 100cm tweezer long jump.

There's been a couple posts over on LSP. A company called Red Pill (possibly in reference to the Matrix film) is slowly making progress on an F-4B kit. They've shown pics of the nose section and have recently posted one of the fuselage. I'm not sure if Red Pill and Phantom Phreaks are related or not but there is something to look forward to.

MCRN Tachi, renamed the Rocinante by her crew. Partway through the print, I ran out of filament so the printer paused. I installed a new roll a d it finished the print, starting right where it had left off. Hence the stripey finish to it. This is a simple file with not too much detail. I'm still learning to use the software so this was a test to see how to import files and make them work on our printer.

The Meng Magach I'm currently working on has individual track links. They're designed with a single plastic pin to mount to one side. The other side has a tiny moulded on nub instead of a pin so the tracks clip together and then you insert a single pin. I guess the idea is it's half the work. Nub on left, pin on right. Unfortunately Meng made the pin you insert just slightly too short so they sometimes still fall apart. I'm going to just glue them together for the most part and use them that way.

I think most of Dragon's 1/6 kits are just upscaled from 1/35 so no additional detail that one would expect given the size. Their 1/6 Sherman line is pretty much this way.

Peter, not using the kit supplied posts, the wings actually lined up fairly well. It's an intricate fold seam and fit together nicely once I tossed the kit bits.

Or a cat that insists on being in your lap when you're at the bench.

Definitely has a bit of a psychedelic look to it. Which will make it stand out next to the usual camo schemes.

Time for an update. I got to work on the wings. The centre section went together easily. It's a good fit to the fuselage. I then assembled the folding wing sections. On later builds of the Wyvern, the wingtip folds were eliminated so I glued them on straight. I had to clip the moulded on tab to get a better fit. Likewise for the outer section, I didn't use the included tabs as they caused a fit issue. Instead, I've glued on some strip styrene.