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That definitely looks snug. Almost like economy class.

Rob, great looking plane. Being a Gee Bee, it has to be tiny in 1/72, nevermind 1/32.

The worst case I've had with the carpet monster absconding with something was a Tamiya 1/32 F-4 fuselage. Yup, the whole one piece fuselage. I've had a squirrel chew on a nose cone, but how the fuselage disappeared I have no idea. I never found it. I know it didn't get thrown out but to this day, I have no idea where it went. Carl

Sue beat me to the door today so the post woman gave my package to her. Thankfully when I showed her it was from the Ukraine, she that it was great I was supporting them. So win-win! I couldn't resist a quick test fit after going through the contents. @HubertB's review was spot on, however brief it may have been. Back into the box at least until I get the Tomcat done. Might be a bit longer as there is one project I want to start this year.

Looks just about perfect Gus. Makes it very tempting for me to just go out and get one of these rather than continue on my 1/32 version. Mind you, I already have a pair of the D versions in the stash. Carl

Those are some great prices Rog. I've been ordering less from Japan since they still haven't allowed packages to be sent via Japan Post. The courier options are generally quite expensive. It's only if it's something I can't get elsewhere that I'll order it from a retailer there.

Ernie, the interior looks fantastic. Nice to see that the main components also fit together well. Definitely treating the kit as a short run model and doing lots of test fitting makes sense. I find it easier to fix things then rather than slathering on tons of putty.

Great work on the seat and fender mods. The interior bits will make a big difference looking in from the hatches.

The earlier one I had did that. It was made by Shadow Hobby.

Absolutely! I have an earlier one made by a different company and when the Dspiae one came out, I grabbed that as it was so much easier to use.

Thanks Rob! I didn't know about those. One idea I had with the ones I bought was to use them to cut masks from tape. It'll be a good test of the tape knife I bought earlier.

Very busy looking interior. Great job on the paint and assembly. Glad to hear the fit is good too.

Got a small order from BNA today. Masks for the GWH AVG Hawk and the Andy's Tiger. The first 4 mask options on the Montex set cover the same tank at different points in its service. Which is kind of neat. The ASK masks for the AVG Hawk are for the Nationalist stars. That should help when it comes time to build the GWH kit. Canopy masks for a couple Tamiya kits. The P-51 ones will be used on the Cavalier Mustang. Some armour bits. Lastly the Infinity Vampire courtesy of the recent Lightning Deal at SB. There's an RCAF option so I know what I'll be building.

I have a couple of the Red Fox sets but haven't tried them yet. I wonder if they feel that the material isn't quite right for belts so that's why they haven't done them?

Thanks Ron! I've never seen the kit contents so that's good to know.

Having just picked up the recent Andy's Tiger, I'd love a Firefly in 1/16 but that's about it. Maybe the Das Werk Stug III but they're almost double in price now for some reason.

Ron, you might be right. Which Sue may not be thrilled about b

If you're looking for a large scale Sherman with VVSS suspension, Dragon do some in 1/6. Needless to say, they're a bit (a lot?) bigger and a bit (a lot more?) expensive.

Some more progress. The wings and horizontal stabs are together. I've filled the seams and once I do some re-scribing, they'll be ready for paint. I've also done some work re-shaping the engine nacelles around the beaver tail. To do so, I added some strip styrene inside the nacelle to reinforce it. Here's one side done. Compared to the stock one.

The big problem is the boys are each starting their own stashes of kits they've bought themselves or.received as gifts. I think Edward has about 12 and Findlay 7-8. They need to build faster.

I just did a rough count and I'm under 300 but probably not by much. I didn't think it would be that high but I think it just crept up over the last while. Too many kits that have yelled "Buy me Now!!!" which I've seemed to have heeded. I suspect I may have to unleash the boys on some of them and thin the stash in a meaningful way.

Great looking engine and cockpit. I find doing the wiring on the engine to be quite the challenge. Yours looks nice and tidy.

Yet another sale at the LHS so I picked up some more paint and thinner. This was after my recent paint inventory check so at least I don't have these already.

Helping to clean up my parents' garage today and these were stashed all the way in the back corner. I also found 4 gallons of 20% nitro fuel for RC cars. It's almost certainly gone off so I'll be taking that to the hazardous waste drop off.

Great article Martin. Nice to learn about the history behind the Enigma. Nice looking diorama there Rob.