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Welcome to getting old!

Rog, that's some good news there. Unfortunate that the original build gave you such a hard time. But maybe it was a mixed blessing as you're getting a home much closer to what you wanted.

Great to see a start on the Cutlass. Having the same jig, it give me an idea of just how big it is.

Border Model's Tiger I early. Just throwing this together OOB. I need a paint test mule for my Andy's Tiger.

Some F-14 bits and a detail set for the Takom USMC M60 with the ERA armour. Plus decals for a Tamiya F-14B. The plan is to use the Santa Cat markings as I have a Reskit deck figure in a Santa suit.

Paul, you can use the Leveling thinner on them if needed but I find they're fairly thin.

Tamiya Metallic Grey has a flat sheen. It's available in both lacquer and acrylic. Another option is one of the Mr Color Metallizer colours. They have a similiar viscosity as the Model Master paints did and there's a range of colours.

I picked up this jig when it first came out. I found too big for my bench so I didn't use it much. It definitely works well when needed and is much sturdier than the other ones I have.

Cutlass! Cutlass! Cutlass!

Special torture at the bench. Otherwise known as working tank tracks. The dark coloured ones are for an LVT-4 Water Buffalo. Talk about a pain to get together. Which is why I'm doing a bit at a time and then working on the other set of tracks. Those are T80 tracks ostensibly for a Sherman HVSS. In this case, I'm using them on a T95 Heavy tank so I have to make 4 runs of 97 tracks each. I've got two runs done already there.

I wonder if the mileage is any better.

Sadly, not a spare but I do have one.

I'll triple it and add in the F4U!!! Or maybe you can go with an RF-8.

That's would a cool diorama. Might be a bit big though.

That's my vote!

For the health of my wallet, shipping to Canada takes it out of the "it's a good deal so I might as well get one" section .

Looking forward to seeing the pics.

Looks fantastic Scott. Looking forward to seeing more pics.

Nice! Is that the Bronco kit?

You're probably right. Making sure there's the right mix of tracer rounds.

If it's not cats on my bench, now it's spiders!!! Sigh, well at least Jimmy doesn't come into the basement.

I sanded the left side (right side in the pic) a bit to reduce the asymmetry. Hopefully it's enough as I'm afraid if I take too much off, I'll have a hole.

Admiring your build, I pulled out the Dragon kit of the M16 I have in the stash and look in the box. When I picked it up, it came as a bundle from Dragon USA with the Griffon PE set. Which basically replaces half the body with PE along with the entire engine hood. Which leads me to put it back on the shelf and I'll just keep following along with your build.

Nice work on the Starfighter Ralph. Definitely a kit from an earlier time. Are you planing any special markings or just a line jet? Lovely looking RV there too. Carl

Fantastic build. The Tomcat is my favourite jet so I'm always happy to see one.