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Thanks Rob! I was worried that with the remaining frames being so thin, I'd break them. Thankfully the resin had a bit of flex to it which helped.

Time for the canopy. The casting is generally very clear and fairly thin too. There are a couple small casting flaws but I'm not going to deal with them and possibly make things worse. The rear panes on the canopy are done frosted over. They're to be cut out I wasn't going to bother originally, dreading the idea of hacking into a train canopy. With them frosted however, I felt I didn't have a choice so I used a scriber to carefully cut them out. It went better than I'd hoped.

Amazing detail.

F always looked a bit pudgy to me. Sort of like how the Nissan R33 Skyline looked like it had spent too much time at the buffet line compared to the previous gen R32.

Great choice Rob. There's a 3D printed engine designed for the Hasegawa kit but it requires a bit of cutting. I've always been a big fan of the Stratos myself. I have a few in the stash including both the Doyusha and recent Italeri ones in 1/12. The Italeri isn't as bad as it's being made out to be. Not perfect but not a hot mess either.

And a 1/72 A380!

Nice save Rob. Glad it's not landfill. I think you're right about the static issues with the model. I'll have to remember that for the next one.

The Sea Fury finally has tires. Might even finish it this year.

Trying my bestest.

Speaking of '80s RC cars, I had this little guy arrive today. I had forgotten that I'd ordered it sometime last year. The Clod Buster was the RC monster truck when it came out. The original basically spawned an entire aftermarket industry. I went through at least 4 back then and bought another a couple years ago that Edward and I put together. So when I saw this diecast replica I had to order one. It's not a monster truck but the markings and colours are pretty faithful to the original red.version. Tamiya has released them in blue, black and the current one is grey. Here's what mine looks like under a pile of other RC cars.

Looks great there Dave. I love how Dragon made the cockpit a separate module. So much easier to assemble and then install.

Time for an update. I got the landing gear legs painted for one of the kits. There were some seam lines and a couple ejector pin marks that I had missed so cleaned those up. Then I'll do a touch-up respray. The nose gear door arm has to be glued in prior to attaching the wings. No way to get it in afterwards. On the G, I noticed the forward section of the fuselage just forward of the intakes flexed in a little and was creating a mismatch to the lower wing. If course this was after I glued it in place. I was able to fix it with some careful prodding fortunately. To not have to repeat that on the RF, I used a spreader bar at the location required. This time the fit was perfect. Now to let them dry.

Just catching up on your Spitfire Chris. The panel wash has really made the details pop. Reminds me more of the Tamiya 1/32 kit than the Eduard 1/48 one detailwise. For the oil leaks, I did them on my Spitfire by putting a drop of very thinned paint by the cowl panel line and then immediately spraying with an empty airbrush in the direction of airflow. I suppose you try this with a panel wash as well. Might make cleanup easier if it doesn't work.

And they were yummy: Now to go check my cholesterol.

Either Grey Matter or MDC made some. I have a set somewhere I'll try to find and confirm which brand. May be easier to steal some from a P-51 or F4U-1D kit.

Carefully?

Angus short ribs. Went in the slow cooker this morning at 930. Should be ready in an hour.

Great looking cockpit.

Landing gear, er beaching gear is on. And now with tires.

Don't bin it!!! It would be an absolute shame to do so. I know with the Beat I was tempted after all the problems I had with dust but that's a $20 model, not a masterpiece like your Cobra. Try some very fine sanding sponges. I have some that start at 1000 grit and go up to 12000. Wet sand the spots and go gently.

Great looking Spitfire. Lovely paint and weathering job. It makes me want to start on the one in my stash.

I finally got some time at the bench I painted the floats. I attached the float rudder but have knocked it off twice since doing so. I'm going to wait until closer to the end to put it back on. With the floats painted, I CA'ed them in place. I was going to use epoxy but all 3 tubes I had the hardener had, hardened. Hopefully the CA is strong enough. I really should get a stand. Of course right after I say that I look over and see this on my wall. The radar pod has been painted as well.

Phil, I hope I haven't stopped your build. Not having seen the IBG kit in person I can't say for sure that it's incorrect. Even if it's off, is it enough that folks will notice?

Stunningly brilliant. Here I am thinking I'm doing great getting my gunsight on straight and then I check in here.

I had a couple RC helis but never learned to fly. Tried a couple times but didn't have the time to devote to learning to fly. I stuck with RC cars and monster trucks. Kept my flying to low level stuff off of jumps. Highest I got was about 15 ft off a BMX jump. Stuck the landing which was the best part.