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    I got the cockpit painted. I did a light dry brush to bring out some of the details. Next up I added the pilot. Then it was time for the canopy. Sadly there's no masking set for this kit so I had to do it the old fashioned way. Finally a bit more paint. Not sure if the camo shows up or not.
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    Great looking Tomcat Peter. Can't wait to see the next one. Carl
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    Ron, some amazing work there. It's great to see you and Jeff both sharing your projects.
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    Congrats to your son! Yeah, Capt Dan doesn't quite roll off the tongue like Lt Dan does.
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    Paul, I hadn't thought of a hair dryer. I have one at my bench for decals so I can give that a try. Gus, that's a good point. At least the halves seem to be the same length. That wasn't the case with the HpH Me410 I had.
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    Thanks Dennis. That's good to know. I think it may be due to the fuselage halves being so thin.
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    Thankfully no. There's no intake trunks so I just wanted to paint the back part flat black before installing the intake. Like so: And now the intakes themselves.
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    So I picked up an MDC Typhoon kit recently. Taking a quick look through the box everything seems to be there. Then I couldn't resist and held the two fuselage halves together and found maybe a slight challenge to the fit. Any suggestions? Would the hot water trick still work? The kit is reasonably old so does resin get brittle with age the way plastic can? Or do I just build it as the rarely seen split tail variant?
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    I would love to see you do a 345th J. They had such a variety of nose art and more painted on their planes.
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    You're building up quite the collection of MFH kits Rob. MFH are releasing the Williams FW16 in 1/12 as a limited run of 200 kits on the 30th anniversary of Ayrton Senna's death. There's updated white metal and 3D printed parts as well as revised decals with full sponsor markings.
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    Some great progress there Chris. The Reskit missiles will be a great improvement over the kit ones when they arrive. As for the decals, those would probably break me. I'll have to keep in mind Peter's suggestion of polishing the clear before I put them on.
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    Wow, that's cool.
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    About 2 1/2 years ago, my mom bought out the lease on her 2018 Civic. She paid the dealer $12k. This time last year when she realized she wasn't driving it she had me take it to the dealer and see what they would give her for it. They offered $21k so needless to say, she took it. My mom does miss it though. She liked how much sportier it was than the CR-V she has now.
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    Truly stunning work. Think I'll join Martin in basket weaving.
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    I've been procrastinating about the upper side contours and decided to just fill them in with Apoxie Sculpt. I've made the contour blend in smoother compared to the original version I did. This means they extend further forward but it's less abrupt and more rounded as as result. On the underside, I filled in the centre section and got a rough shaping done. Again, it goes further forward than it did previously.
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    Well, got a first coat of paint on. So I guess that's progress.
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    Looking at that last pic, I'm getting the same nightmares. Can't imagine trying to keep everything aligned. For me, that's one giant spiderweb of stuff to get caught in. How will the outer wing sections attach to the centre section?
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    Definitely, I was using a glorified electric toothbrush for sanding the intakes on the F-15 when I decided to bite the bullet and get one. That's great to know. I'm looking forward to using it.
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    Seats look great Chris. The stencil decals are going to a lot of work. I think the only ones worse are some of the JASDF ones.
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    Looks great. Up to the same caliber of build quality as the bigger Corsairs you've done.
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    Nice to see it cross the finish line.
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    An oldie but a goodie (I hope). For the price, it was hard to pass up. And something to help with sanding on the F-15J build.
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    Yup. It's been a long time since I've seen a car on fire on the side of the road. Kia and Hyundai had a huge recall over engine fire concerns. Guess they missed this one.
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    Who doesn't love the DS. Such a gorgeous looking car.
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    You could probably make them fit. Probably just have to shave the plug on the back until they conform to the inside of the GT Resin intakes. For example, the AMS vari-ramps were made to fit the kit intakes but have fit just fine on the various resin intakes that I've used.
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