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How about Cutlass? Congrats on the puppy. We wanted a 40-50 lb dog but Jimmy wasn't having any of that and decided to aim for triple digits. He's 115 lbs.

They've gone on sale a couple times so the last time they did, I also broke down a grabbed one.

Threw a coat of primer on. I think the cloth I used to wipe it down was a bit static-y (is that a word?) as I had so much dust and fur stuck to it. It's going to need another sanding and some small areas need touch-ups but it's getting there.

I got both ailerons made and scribed in some panel lines. Next step, I mounted them to the wings. The wing tips will need a bit of aligning once the main joint dries but otherwise the fit is much better than my first try. With the tail surfaces dry fitted, it's really looking the part.

Great job on the figure. I stay away from them as much as possible. The eyes are always a challenge to me.

Incredible work as always.

Westley's Bleech White was never available in Canada so I've been using Castrol Super Clean. Comes in a purple bottle and is a degreaser. So far it's worked well for me. Hopefully the seat is salvageable.

That's a bunch of rain. I'm glad at least you don't have any flooding.

Thanks guys! After getting the ones due done, I noticed that I hadn't dealt with the small gap by the wing root. Combined with the gaps around each aileron, there was also a notch at the wingtip that would need dealing with. So rather than having possibly 7 parts per side to deal with, I decided on a new approach. I cut the wing and made a single straight line. I then trimmed back the wingtip. Using sheet styrene, I made new ailerons. These are a single piece top and bottom so much less seam work and a better fit. You can compare it to the first side I did. To give it shape and the thickness needed, I made an inner structure from various thicknesses of sheet styrene. From the end showing the profile. Dry fit in place. The fit is a lot better. It holds in place without glue and the thickness is a much better match to the wing. Now to make the other side and replace the original ones I did.

Two Border Lancs and two HK ones. Yeah, slight overkill on those.

That's a good price. Sadly I don't think I have room for a 5th Lanc kit. At least not without finding a place for me too.

Time for an update. I finally broke down and started work on the ailerons. I sanded the trailing edges of each part down a bit. I then filled in the existing panel lines that were on the parts. Then I added some tabs to the rear of the wings. These helped to space the wing out and helped me get a bigger bonding surface. Finally I started gluing the ailerons on ,one side at a time.

That looks really great Martin. The mismatched camo is fantastic, really highlights the subassembly approach to the V-1's construction.

I just got a small order in from BNA of items for my F-15DJ Kai build. Eduard PE for the cockpit. I'm using the F-35 set to update the cockpit a bit. It'll take a bit of tweaking to the IPs to make it fit but it should work nicely. The AIM-9X missiles likewise update the armament a bit. Of course Reskit has just announced some AAM-3 missiles which would have been even more appropriate so I may get those instead.

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.