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    Thanks from us as well. Carl
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    Thanks Peter! For the cowls, I usually have them in place but still removable. I've managed to get them to stay in place for the most part. When I'm gluing the cowls in place, I build the minimum amount of the engine needed like this one:
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    That would be a neat one to model. Carl
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    After getting the bright idea to check through a couple other Dragon Tiger kits in the stash I was able to find suitable replacements for most of the missing bits. There's a couple really small ones I can live with not being there. She won't be a contest winner but she will be done and off the SoD so I'd call that a win. Looking a couple of photos I found as well as some AM decal instructions, I started to heavily chip the Zimmerit. Then I started a very random camo paint job. I also painted in the areas where the Zimmerit had chipped away in Panzer grey. It's Canadian Thanksgiving and we've got family over today for turkey so I doubt I'll be at the bench. Hopefully I'll be able to get some more done tomorrow or Monday. Carl
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    Thanks! There's a bit of detail missing from the arm but for me, it's worlds better than not having anything there.
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    That's looking really good. Nice to see all your hard work start to pay off. Carl
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    A bit more progress on the Tiger. I got the zimmerit applied to the other side and the rear hull. Them while working on the turret, I noticed a couple missing bits. Then a few more showed up as MIA. Searching online, I found I could get the sprues but they were going to cost me $30 each. Which was half the price of the kit. That's probably why I stopped working on it. I nearly did again but decided to try scratch building the bits. Here's the first I made. It's the spring and arm for the commander's hatch.
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    Very nice John. You get such a consistently smooth finish. Carl
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    Looks like you got to have some fun at work Jeff. Did you ever sing/hum the Simpsons Mr Plow song while you were driving? Carl
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    You forgot the Privateer conversion set. Carl
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    I painted the tracks using a mix of Metallic Brown and Dark Iron. I'm not completely sold on the colour but it at grow on me after I weather them a bit.
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    Thanks Peter!
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    A quick one for today. Made my first attempt at zimmerit that wasn't AM. I used a Tamiya trowel set and Vallejo putty. It seemed to work out well.
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    There's so much room on your workbench. I didn't have anywhere that kind of space working on mine. Can't believe how big the P-47 is in the background. Carl
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    That Harv, is one big chunk of resin. You could almost use it to bludgeon someone if you were in a pinch. Carl
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    I pre-ordered the HK Lancaster from Kitlinx. They had the best price I could find and more importantly, a reasonable shipping charge to Canada for what I anticipate to be a fairly large box. But absolutely the most important criteria was I had the funds at the time. For the WNW ones, it'll have to depend on the price and if I have the funds available at that time. Carl
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    Isn't that the truth! I did that on the Group tracks for my Firefly. Had the wire nicely imbedded in my finger. Decided to change my approach after that.
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    Thanks Harv! These seem to be coming out of the woodwork. Which is I guess a good thing.
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    Not sure what I'm thinking but it seems I'm pulling out more stalled builds than ever and getting back to them these days. So here's another to add to my overflowing bench. While I was looking for track sets for my Firefly VC, I found a set of Karaya zinc tracks for a late Tiger. After some goofing around, I had one run assembled and started on the second. And here's the Tiger in its current state: There's a nice coat of dust to clean off and then I can get started on it again. Carl
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    I do like haggis a fair bit. Which endears me to my father-in-law I guess. My in-laws are originally from Scotland but have been in Canada for almost 50 years.Her aunt is in Ladybank and she's got cousins in Edinburgh. So lots of driving around in an MPV on some great (fun?) roads between places. I don't play golf but we did visit St Andrews and had lunch in their clubhouse. Back on topic, Ive been plugging away at the B-25s so haven't done much on my FW. Carl
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    I finally hit a major milestone and got the fuselages closed up. The joints were fairly decent. I had a bit of a gap on the lower seam of French Kiss but it eventually closed up on a second pass with cement. Time to let the seams set up a bit so I'll start on the wings. Carl
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    Thanks! I still can't believe I did that much work on them. Which will be barely visible. Thanks Rob! A set of crew figures would have been cool but then I'd be looking at another year since I'm not the best at figure painting.
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    I couldn't find the deep fried Mars bars thankfully. But I had my share of haggis. Plus fish and chips in Anstruther, where we were staying. And I can't forget the wonderful whisky. My father-in-law is a retired pathologist and my sister-in-law is an ER doc so I get to hear about the effects of heart disease and other ailments/injuries on a regular basis. Makes for great after dinner stories Carl
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    Great review James. I built this kit a couple years ago and really enjoyed it. Carl
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    Looking good John. I don't think I've seen one of your Corsairs with the wings folded. Carl
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