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Started on the markings. Used some masks that I found for the fuselage and upper wing crosses. Need to see if I have any for the lower wing, otherwise it's decals.

Thanks Martin! I wouldn't have gotten this far without your help.

I touched up the paint lifts and finished the mottling. Cowling is just dropped in place, not glued yet.

A little 109 love. Started on the squgglies. Excessive paint chipping was unintentional and will need to be fixed. Just as well, after discussions with Martin, Ithr hard wedges on the wing camo will need to be softened a tad.

Some nice builds there Ralph.

Great paint and weathering work on the chassis. Nice tip on the light cover too. Carl

Man, that looks good.

Thanks for sharing the link Paul. Fortunately I have a bunch of the 3mm diameter bits so I'm good. But I'll keep it in mind if I ever do need it. One bit that I got is a small sanding pad. You stick self adhesive pre-cut sanding pads on the end and it works great in tight spots. Carl

I've got the same sander as well as their rotary tool. The lightweight and compactness of both tools make them both great to use. The only possible downside to the rotary tool is that it only take Metric bits.

It would be great to be pleasantly surprised with the kit, especially since it's from a new company. That would be a great way to make a huge splash.

Hopefully in the next few days there will more pics posted as there's supposed to be a sample at the IPMS Nats show. Carl

Assembly is all done. Just some paint touch-ups and decals.

That's going to be an amazing display. Carl

Looks fantastic Martin. Keep going. After you take a quick break of course.

Thanks everyone!

Go Martin, Go.....tha! Sorry, I had to. Amazing work so far. At this rate, you'll be done before I can think what I need to do next on mine. Carl

Homemade carrot cake by my wife Sue. Not only very tasty but in the correct proportions of cake to icing, i.e. 50/50. And not just icing, but cream cheese icing. Mmmmmm. Carl

Thank you Martin and Dennis!

More details added to the Magach.

With the tracks on the Magach done, it's given me impetus to continue working on the tank.

Great idea on the sprue jig to hold the model.

I picked up a set of Magach 6B tracks made by San Xin. They're cast zinc and come with pre-cut brass wires to assemble them. Pretty much no clean up needed. No flash or ejector pins marks, no drilling out the linkage holes. Assembly of both track runs was probably less than 40 minutes. They just went together so easily. Here they are installed on the Magach. I should probably paint or weather them a bit. They look almost chromed.

Awesome! Here's to many fun adventures together in the new ride. Carl

I was edited my post when you replied. Yes, they found my stash.

Watch out those pesky model building elves don't get into the stash. That could be quite the pain to sort out if they did. I had a small infestation of them and ended up with a WiP pile that's proving a challenge to get through: