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Kevin, give one of them a try. Their approach is a bit different from most other manufacturers. Their quality had improved with each new kit and the Ki-45 plus one of their most recent ones.

Thankfully no, or everything would have been trampled into unidentifiable bits of plastic. The big saving grace was I have a spout top on the bottle so it didn't completely pour out onto the fuselage.

Is it safe to admit that I've never built a 190? I have the Revell A-8 and Hasegawa D9 in the stash though if that counts as a bit of redemption.... Carl

I got one from Harv last year in the raffle. It's on the to-do pile.

Speaking of resin, I had my order from Barracuda show up today. I also picked up a book on big kitties.

If you could and get back to me , that would be great. Otherwise I have no idea what the parts are from. Carl

Ernie, speaking of resin bits can you check the Bf 110 G conversion you got from me? I'm wondering if it's missing bits as I found some resin props and other stuff and that's the only thing I can think of.

I agree. It actually got onto the clear panel but that buffed out as well. I think the saving grace was it didn't get a chance to pool on the fuselage.

A smidge of progress and a small faux pas. I was cleaning out my airbrush when I tipped over my bottle of Gunze tool cleaner. Well, that stuff has acetone in it and it started dripping onto the fuselage. Thankfully I was able to wipe it off fairly quickly. It still ate some of the plastic though. It wasn't too bad so I was able to sand it back to smooth. I then assembled the tailcone and the anntena inside it. I had to use a temporary spreader bar to get the right width when I glued it to the fuselage. Once that's dry, I'll keep at it. Carl

Sometimes it is tough deciding on what to do. Same with the Tamiya Mossie. I usually build my planes closed up but there's so much nice detail in the kit I decided to get a second one. This way I can do one with some panels open/left off.

Nice and clean. You wouldn't know they had been chromed previously. Carl

Looks great Harv.

How big is your workbench that you can fit a 1:1 scale plane on it?!!!. Truly stunning work there.

That didn't take long. Looks great.

Ron, it's going to be a great experience. I had a similar operation done a couple years ago but instead of taking my cornea out and replacing it like you're getting, I had a lens implanted in each eye. First time I had 20/20 vision since I was 3 1/2 years old. Carl

It's such a fun movie. And thanks for the clarification on the brown goo.

Thanks Lothar! It's been a challenge but I'm still enjoying it.

Guess I missed my chancd at fake IDs again. Carl

Welcome aboard! My wife is Scottish so does that count? I've even been to the Edinburgh model show. Carl

Thanks Dennis! Thanks Rob! Much of the internal detail doesn't get seen unless you do a maintenance scene I suspect. So I've gone through the build to see what does need to be added or what can be viewed after completion. This was the same approach I took with my ZM Skyraider. I ended up leaving out a lot of the internal detail on that one. For the fuselage tanks, the top panel fits well enough that I can get away with not gluing it in place so that the details will still be accessible. Here's the fuselage as of this morning: With the panels in place. The last second intervention worked. There's only a small seam on either side that's no wider than the panel lines. The only one that needs any filler is on the underside and that gets covered by the ventral gun pack.

Nice and shiny there Ryan. Time to throw some mud at it now. Carl

Looks great Rob. I used pennies for the counterweight but can't recall how many I used. They were placed behind the cockpit bulkhead before it was installed. Carl

After about a half hour, I decided to see how the fit of the front section was. I'm glad I checked as somehow, it no longer fit to the rear section as cleanly. So I decided to carefully (ok, not really) pry apart the front fuselage and try a different approach. This time I glued the interior section to the rear fuselage. I then added the outer halves and adjusted the fit as I went. Some tape and clamps to keep things where they're supposed to be and hopefully this time it'll work.

A small update today. With the fit of the fuselage fuel tanks resolved, I gave them a coat of paint. Using some of the images in the Kagero books, I decided to paint the tanks in a dark yellow and then all the various lines in semi gloss black. I needed a bit of touch up back and forth on the colours I then attached them to the lower tanks and have them a wash of Gunze Ground Brown wash. Next up I finally closed up the front fuselage. To make sure I had the right spacing at the front, I attached the forward bulkhead and placed the nose on. The nose is still removable at this point.

This should be lots of fun to following along with. Carl