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I got the putty sanded to what I hope is the final shape. The light grey is Apoxie Sculpt, the dark grey Mr Surfacer 500 and the white is styrene sheet. To see how the contours look and make it easier to spot any imperfections, I sprayed a coat of Mr Surfacer 1200. I'm happy with the overall shape of things. There's a few more imperfections to take care of and then I can start engraving the panel lines.

Thanks folks! It'll definitely be unique once it's done.

Some nice progress Chris. The gear legs were a bit of a pain with the mixed media approach Tamiya took. Aerocraft makes replacement ones in brass but then you have a seam line in brass to deal with so pick your poison.

What a beast of a tank. Kitty killer indeed.

I finally found all the parts to the Spinosaurus model I bought a while back. My son had taken it after I had assembled it and it disappeared into the void known as his room. Then parts of it would turn up. Compared to the T-Rex I did earlier this year. Both are the same scale. The Spinosaurus has much better fit as it was the last dinosaur model released by Pegasus.

I finally got a 1/16 Stug III kit. This one was cheaper than the original release so that's what I picked.

Nice drill bit set and pin vise Paul. Still buying up the world's supply of Fruil tracks too. Rob, I have a couple Tamiya pin vises. Not sure if you're aware but both have double sided collets. They're reversible with one side opening larger than the other.

Lots more putty work. To get an idea if I was getting closer to the desired shapes, I slathered on a thick coat of Mr Surfacer 500. I left this to dry for a bit and then started sanding. The topside is about there. I need to fill some imperfections but it's close. The bottom side needs a lot more work. There's some significant voids and cavities to fill and then smooth out.

As I mentioned in the Gallery, great job on the F-14. The hi-vis era really produced some of the best markings for the plane. Lightly weathered, not abused is to me the usually way to go as well.

Thanks Dennis. I see yours has the same crack in the fuselage mine does which adds to my theory that maybe the fuselage was a bit too thin.

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.

Great looking Tomcat Peter. Can't wait to see the next one. Carl

Ron, some amazing work there. It's great to see you and Jeff both sharing your projects.

Congrats to your son! Yeah, Capt Dan doesn't quite roll off the tongue like Lt Dan does.

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.

Thanks Dennis. That's good to know. I think it may be due to the fuselage halves being so thin.

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.

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?

I would love to see you do a 345th J. They had such a variety of nose art and more painted on their planes.

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.

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.

Wow, that's cool.

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.

Truly stunning work. Think I'll join Martin in basket weaving.

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.