Landlubber Mike

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Looks really good Rob. After your recent MFH kit, must be nice to not have to fight a kit into submission

I picked up some of the Hasegawa 1/32 yellow wing kits myself. Not sure if you know, but Lone Star Models makes cockpit sets for them. Vector also makes engine sets.

Glad to hear you're back at the gym Kevin - those rib injuries are no joke!

Wow, looking good Kevin!

Just saw your log Rob, looks like a really nice kit! Looking forward to following along.

Wow, that's really nicely done Chris - congrats on a fantastic Spitfire!

I should have mentioned I have a couple of the Pro Modeler kits in my stash. If I didn't have so many projects going at the moment, I'd try and build one of mine alongside yours. I think I was going to build one B-2 with the BK5 cannon and the other as an A-1.

Great start Kevin!

Wow Rob, that windshield is fantastic! The seals look perfect. Nice job!

Hey Rob, don't beat yourself up my friend. Your build is spectacular! And how often are you going to open the hood when it's in the display case? I have a few MFH kits in the stash that I want to eventually build after getting a little more experience with building car kits. Cars may seem much easier to build as opposed to planes, ships, etc., but I find them to be more difficult in a lot of ways. You can't fudge the paint job by weathering like you can with planes - the finish has to be pristine. And things have to line up perfectly or the model just looks off - more so than other subjects I think. You're quite the master on paint jobs, complicated fittings, etc. I hope to one day get close to your skill level! I also just wanted to say thank you for posting your detailed build logs. I always learn a lot from them, especially when you show the difficulties and how you approached them. Mike

Amazing detail! Great job! I have the Eduard 1/48 kit of the BF 110 - I thought it was big in 1/48, must be huge in 1/32.

For a minute there, I thought I was looking at pictures of the 1:1 version. Amazing work with such incredible detail!

Nice little assemblies Rob. I'm really amazed by the detail of this kit!

Nicely done!

Rob, amazing work! This is a really stellar build, but I have to admit I was very disappointed that the gas cap only had 18 pieces... On the VMS products, I haven't used them enough to learn how long it takes for them to cure. I don't think I noticed too long a curing time, but I'll have to go back and take notes. Probably a bit too late, but instead of CA, have you tried two part epoxy? I've used the 5min and 30min cure time versions in the past, but was curious and saw that there are some that are 1min cure time. Only problem is that the bond is super strong, so you better be sure that the parts are in the right position. I don't know if those products off-gas though. For metal priming on my PE heavy builds like 1/700 warships I've used these metal primers from Mr. Hobby. They work nicely. Paint sticks much better. VMS also seems to have a metal primer:

Looks really sharp Chris! Love how the markings pop against the more muted base colors of the camo on these Spitfires.

Hang in there Rob - it's looking spectacular! Take a look at VMS products. They offer a number of CA products, some I believe are designed not to fog.

Looking good Kevin - love the colors! Turning out very nice!

Wow Rob, the details on this kit are incredible. Am really loving the finish. This is turning out to be quite the stunner, incredible job!

Looking really good Chris! The paints you used ended up complementing each other very nicely.

Looking really good Kevin! Not sure what to tell you on the Future as I usually use Mr. Super clear.

Nice work Chris! The panel liner really did its job!

I'm just catching up with your log after a long weekend away. My heart sank when I saw your earlier post, but am glad you figured out a solution! Looks great! So where was that gunk from? The Zero clear? After using Zero paints on a couple of inexpensive Gunze Triumph builds where it crazed the plastic, I'm not sure I want to go down the road of using their products. I had a little better luck with their paints the second time around on my Morgan 3-wheeler, but the clear was a little tricky. Likely user error on my part, but I noticed that it tends to almost get what looks like oil residue spots - at least it seemed that way before putting it in a display case. It might just be it's very prone to show finger oils, but it was a bit of a weird thing for me. Hope it all works out on your model!

Looking great Chris! Maybe I'm color blind, but I tend to be surprised at how colors look when it comes to brown/olive/greens - sometimes a "brown" looks green (or even gray), and a green will look brown.