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I always loved that paint scheme. I did the old Hasegawa boxing in 1/48 when it first came out and even bought the Revell 1/32 one just for the decals. I'll have to get the ZM one when it hits the LHS.

Hopefully @Jeffor @CrankyCrafstman see this as they seem to be our resident heavy vehicle gurus.

I do the exact same thing. I've tried different approaches to try and not duplicate (or worse!) myself. B-25 stuff still haunts me it seems. I was putting away the Tomcat stuff and noticed I have 1 too many interior sets. I have 2 D kits, 1 with a Quinta set, the other, a Red Fox one. Except one of those D kits is getting converted to a B which uses a late A cockpit. So I'll see how best to sort this out.

It has appropriately shrunk to the standard size of 12" x 12". I think of it as the downtown core with the rest being the suburbs.

Quite the job getting the bench level. I levelled mine when I built it. Hopefully it hasn't shifted. Makes me want to look at the Skyray in the stash. As for astigmatisms, I developed mine when I was 3 1/2 so I've had corrective eyewear since. About 5 years ago I got ICL surgery done and ended up with better than 20/20 vision. Except I then needed readers when I'm at the bench. At least they're the cheapie ones so it's a fair tradeoff.

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.