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A quick radome fairing for my Horton. I made it from a P-51 drop tank and Apoxie Sculpt.i did a test fit on the canopy too. With the wings dry fitted:

Thanks Rob. I don't think there was actually any 2 seaters built so it's all mostly conjecture. As Hubert said, ZM is doing their 2 seater with a tub. That's what gave me the idea to do mine in the same way.

Looks imposing. I built the Amusing Model version a couple years back. Simple but enjoyable.

So far, the fit has been good. There's some light flash in places that needs clean up. Definitely doesn't have as much (internal) detail as the ZM kit for good or bad. The wings have only three main parts- upper and lower halves plus a wing rib at the root. The big miss is the lack of painting instructions. I would suggest maybe downloading the ZM instructions for detail colours.

After finally getting the Takom Ho229 combo kits, I couldn't wait to start hacking one up. @Martinnfb and I have been talking about the 2 seater B version which doesn't have the right nose and cockpit for the proposed night fighter variant. Right being subjective since it was only proposed. Anyways, that led to the idea of doing it as a What-if. I thought of a USN carrier based version say early '50s. So here I am. Fuselage inner frame. Cockpit with styrene side panels to make a tub. Mocked up.

Paul, it's a very nice kit that's for sure. The option to swap the exposed engine for a closed cowl is a nice touch.

I think I ordered it last June. I had almost forgotten about it as for some reason, Lucky sent the rest of the order earlier but not the P-40 even though it was in stock at the time.

I finally got my GWH P-40 kit that I ordered from Lucky Model I don't know how long ago. I'll be doing this in RAF desert colours when I get to it.

Some very nice tools there Paul. I agree that Dspiae tools are generally very high quality.

Your work looks so clean and precise there Rob. Nice choice on swapping out the braided line.

This also arrived today.

Go big or go home: I can't believe we got this less than years after we got the RAV4 but our needs have changed.

I don't think it's a re-boxed Trumpeter kit. Das Werk partner with Takom to do the moulds for their 1/16 kits so I'd be surprised if that wasn't the case. I think it's more coincidence that they're coming out at the same time. Yup, full RC but you still need a radio, batteries and charger. The original Japanese release came with a radio though.

What blue did you use for the transmission Mark?

I had to do something similar when I did my CF-104D. I did a NMF one though.

There's also a price difference. So far the Tamiya is around $1,200 CAD, the Trumpeter approximately $400 from China and the Das Werk one $279 on pre-order from a Canadian shop. The Trumpeter one is also a 2A6 while the Tamiya and Das Werk ones are 2A7 versions. Of course the Tamiya one is a full function RC kit less radio and batteries.

And here are the Leading Edge instructions for the 1/48 sheet. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/leading-edge-4820-caf-cf-104-starfighter-camouflage-scheme--282164 Carl

I'm not sure if this helps or not but on the Scalemates page for the Belcher Bits CF-104 decal sheet there are instructions for the same camo scheme. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/belcher-bits-bd6-canadian-cf-104s--1007328 Scroll down the page to find the link.

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Hey Paul, Tamiya is reissuing their Honda City Turbo kit. Perfect for the Motocompo.

The Silk Cut Jags had a great paint scheme. That's for sure. My favourite of the Jags would be the XJR-8 with the rounded down rear fenders.

Paul, I have the same sets of masks. They work great for masking IP dials like you said. If you're careful, you can even re-use them a couple times. For dials that have a different coloured ring, put the circle on the dial face, then go up a size and put the square part around the outside of the dial.

The 956/962 had so many different livery options: Rothmans, Newman, Coca Cola, Lowenbrau, Jagërmeister, etc. Not to mention the constant evolution of the design: short tail, long tail, separate tail. Plus throw in the Group C and IMSA differences and it's almost like the BF109 of race cars. Then there's the last LeMans win with the rule bending Dauer LM: a racecar version of a roadcar converted 962.

Great looking build Martin. It makes for a nice comparison to the more typical.V-1.

Ugh, I found more wing mods that needed to be done. The PR IV used the later style round oil cooler found on the Spitfire V series and not the semicircular ones on the MkI and II. First thing that came to mind was getting a Kotare Va kit and swapping out the oil cooler from it. Checking the instructions on Scalemates, the lower wing doesn't change between the two kits, just the oil cooler. So that was the expensive option plus having to wait for the kit to arrive. I then decided to look into Plan B. This was to take one from the intended base kit, the Revell MkII. That kit kit has a MkV circular oil cooler instead of the semicircular one that it should have. Having a Revell kit in the stash, plus a Barracudacast correction set, I pulled it out to see if it could work. All glued together. After some tweaking, I got a decent enough fit. I also finally filled in the shell ejection ports.