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Whoa, that's a big kit.

Some fantastic work there. Carl

Thanks Paul!

Thanks Martin! I'm really happy with the results. It's nice to get something finished and off the bench. That way I have room for new stuff.

The last touches were added to the ZM 109 and time to call it done. With the cowls in place. The fit is pretty good considering they're just placed in position without any magnets or clips to hold them in place.

Definitely a different looking tank Rob. Nice to see it's going together easily.

Last of the decals are on the 109 now. I also touched up the spiral on the spinner. Martin earlier sent me a Revell car door Tiffie for me to kit bash into a bubble top one using the MDC kit. So first step was to engrave the fuselage.

Must do build thread!!!

I've got the original RFM release of the Panther along with the Meng late A kit too. Built the Dragon one along with a couple Takom Jagdpanthers. Your Panther A dio looks really good Carl

Nice to see this. Thanks for the history on the steel wheeled Panthers. I always see the ones where it's just the last set of wheels in steel. I picked up the same kit from my LHS last year along with the rubber wheeled version. Both were free as the kits were water damaged. Opened up the boxes, washed and dried the sprues and they're good to go. Just missing decals and the instructions are a bit wrinkly. They're in my son's stash now for when he gets to them. Carl

Great looking Zero John. Carl

Lovely looking Spitfire. The execution is truly superlative. Carl

I remember those catalogues! The shops would have them as free handouts. Built a bunch of the Matchbox kits as a kid. The 1/76 armour was my favourite as they can with the small diorama bases. I don't recall how many of the M16 MGCs I did. Lots of fun. Carl

Another paint line not available in Canada. Does look good on your Zero.

Not sure about the rest of the world but my understanding is that Sprue Brothers in the US will be the exclusive distributor of the kit there. So they may be a good place to ask. Carl

Quite the update there Rog. Congrats on the marriage, new home, new (old) job and the stash additions. Carl

Looks like you've overcome the hurdles.

I also think the contrast is fine. It breaks things up and it's in a logical place. The bed could easily be a replacement from another vehicle or was supplied by a subcontractor. Carl

I think this was the height of the working features on Tamiya 1/32 kits. Glad they moved away from it in their later releases.

Unreal. Can't tell the resin from the real.parts. So, I guess this mean you're going to start 3D printing a 1/1 cockpit now?

Some great looking models there. Thanks so much for taking the time to share them all. Carl

Great progress. Lovely work on the cockpit.

A nearby Gunpla shop was having their anniversary sale So I picked up a few items. They had a huge discount on Dspiae paints and thinners. The leveling thinner is pretty much the same as Mr Color Leveling Thinner but even not on sale, it's cheaper. I also bought 3 bottle of their Tool Cleaner. Despair paint is lacquer based and has a fine pigment to it so I picked up some colours for my car models. So several metallics and pearls. A couple flip paints too so we'll see how they work I also picked up some paint markers. Lastly, since they're a Gunpla store it would be rude not to get a Gundam kit. Carl

Looks good there John. What paint did you use for the Aotake blue sections? Carl

Found some underside crosses. A bit old so they were slightly off register which meant I had to align them piece by piece.