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He did indeed. Didn't help that I had a bit of disposable cash, the LHS had it in stock and the price was right. They are nice kits. I've got the He219 back on the bench as of last night so will be getting back to that one.

I think someone dropped a chimney stack on it.

I think that way it'll make a nice compliment to the Ju88 P-1 and Tse Tse Mosquito I plan to do as well.

Went to my LHS today. They're open for curbside pickup so I did just that. I caved to Ernie's subtle persuasions and picked up the Ki-45. Going to have to build it with the big nose gun. Carl

Yup, R32 GT-R. It's the Fujimi 1/12 kit that was reissued a couple years ago.

Rog, try to find the Red Kite book on the Dambusters Lancs. It's got some great 3D images of the plane. It came out in 2018 so hopefully isn't hard to find if you don't have it already. Carl

Thanks Martin for the offer. The kit is so basic that I'm not sure it would be worth it. I was a bit surprised considering it's 1/12 scale. It's actually a snap together believe it or not. Well, snap and screw together.

More progress today on Gojira. The chassis is all done. Now to finish painting the body. Which requires a trip to the LHS for a can of Tamiya spray paint.

Thanks Phil! I did throw some dirt at her! Just a speck or two but I did. Honest!

Looks great Tony! Just catching up on your build. Carl

Good luck Rog! Hope you can get it worked out. Great call on the HK Lanc too. If you know which plane you're building, you may want to look at the Iconicair nose blister. It's the larger nose blister but without the holes that the kit one has. Carl

Happy birthday Mike! Carl

Some more work on the GT-R: For a 1/12 scale car, the details really are a bit too simplified. But I guess that's why it's on my bench.

Definitely jealous! After my triple bypass last fall, I've had to watch my diet more. I so want to go and smoke something on our Big Green Egg. Maybe this weekend...

Ok, time to call this one done. I applied the few decals to the hull. They have a very flat finish OOB but I still have them a clear coat once they were dry. I then gave the tank a light wash followed by a quick dry brushing using Tamiya weather pastels. Here she is lined up with some of my other recent completed tanks. Overall, a very straightforward build OOB. Takom have a StuG III announced in the same series so that may be a future purchase. Carl

Very nice! That's the first Look IP I've seen in use. Definitely an improvement. Carl

After finishing the Jagdtiger, I was supposed to go back to my CF-104D. I pulled it out and just couldn't get motivated. So I've out that back and gone onto my Skyline GT-R. So far, the complete change is working and I'm enjoying it. Carl

Meantime, Godzilla has returned.

I'd settle for a toque.

Had a bunch of points at Indigo (a book chain in Canada) so I picked this up for free: So far just flipped through it but there's a lot of information and pics. It'll certainly come in handy as I want to build a pair of FAA Corsairs. Carl

Okay, you've convinced me. They're allowed to open for curbside pickup this Friday so I'll grab it then.

Those are incredible looking. Can't believe the amount of detail you've added. Carl

I'm on the fence with the Ki-45 buy my LHS has one in stock and I'm really tempted to grab it to support them if nothing else as they've been closed since the end of March. Carl

Almost finished the assembly. I started painting and adding the various tools to the hull. The biggest challenge was using the moulded tow cable. I tried to clean the cable bits of mould seams and not lose too much of the braided texture as best I could. I then added the tools to the hull. All that's left is the anit-air MG on the rear deck for assembly. Then onto stickers and some weathering.

Looking good there Harv! Carl