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Scott, I hadn't noticed that. Thanks for pointing it out. I might just try painting it instead.

Fantastic work Ron. What are you using to make everything from? Is it all just sheet styrene?

Phil, I think you've got me confused with JohnB. Although at this point he'd probably be getting it ready for paint to be honest. The only half part of it for me would be the parts scattered across half my bench.

Happy birthday Martin!

That's warm alright. Not as bad here but very muggy especially with the amount of rain we've had over the last couple of days.

Bill,.the only thing you've left out is the dog ran away for it to be a complete c**k-up. That has to be one of the worst travel experiences I've heard. Hope you get better soon and get abother chance at your cruise. Carl

I think that's enough time to get my Tomcat done. Well, one of them anyways.

Nice progress Scott and interesting happy accident there with the panel lines. If you could even call it an accident. Not sure on the gender thingy but I've got two of them on the bench and they may have gotten busy while I was away from the bench. Take a look at what's behind the nose section...

Chris, thanks for posting those. Pics and taking the time to compare yours as well. I'm going to take another looka d see if I have the check mark inside the second one and post what I find.

This is interesting and explains a lot. I must have one of the original defective ones. I was doing a test fit earlier today of the Barracuda nose to the kit fuselage and noticed that the top of it was much taller than the kit in that area. The rest fit perfectly so I couldn't understand how it was that far off. When I checked the other nose set which I had ordered much later for a second kit, the fit on that one is perfect. Here's the first one I got. I'd just starting cutting the top cowl panel off planning to sub in the kit one when I saw your post. If that doesn't work I have a backup plan. That being the only hiccup I've experienced since I've got multiples of all his Spitfire stuff not to mention the Lancaster and Mosquito too.

Looking good there Phil. The nose gun bay looks great and the Barracuda ammo chutes will help since the kit ones don't have ammo moulded in them.

Fantastic job Rob. The weathering is perfect.

Thanks for all the behind the scenes stuff that makes this place great.

Wow! So, how big would that be? Asking for a friend.

Some really great work on the interior Ron.

Test fitting the forward fuselage to the rear half, I noticed a gap on one side along the shoulder. I used a spreader bar to expand the forward fuselage slightly and that did the trick.

Where???? I think I missed it!!

Great results on the Arado. Interesting and unfortunate side effects on the tanks though. I think you're right it's the AK Xtreme Metal rathe than anything else. At least it's only the tanks and a relatively small fix overall.

Onto the cockpit, I finished that up finally. I added the missing handles to the IPs Then I finally closed up the fuselage. Getting closer.

More work done on the Tomcat. I know the clock is ticking and I won't make it but no reason to stop. I got the burner can section on the rear of the fuselage painted. I used Tamiya Gun Metal and Light Gun Metal for this. I also used some clear blue to give it that hot metal look.

Rob, I think I built the Airfix kit but it was in an MPC box. I'm fairly sure I did the Matchbox one.

You're really getting through the kit Ernie. Hopefully it doesn't get neglected by the AM and we get the detail enhancements the kit needs.

Thanks for sharing Maru! I often forget about the Overtrees from Eduard. Unfortunately, shipping to me also negates any savings. That and the poor exchange with the Loonie. Carl

Great rivet work Gary. Interesting to hear from you and Rob the inconsistencies you've both experienced. I have the 109 set they included with their re-boxing of the Dragon kit but haven't built it yet.

Well, I bit off way more than I could chew with my Vosper build but I'll pick it up again and get it done. One day. The Tomcat is closer but not close enough. As Agent 86 would have said: "Missed it by THAT much!"