Landlubber Mike

That looks fantastic Peter! I tend to bounce around a lot on my various builds as mojo wanes, so I completely understand. Glad you found something to pique your interest back up!

Fantastic choice Peter!! I'm in for this one. I've done a 1/350 IJN destroyer (Shimakaze) using the Infini upgrade for it. The Infini sets, at least the one I had, was wonderful and great to work with. It definitely added considerable detail over the kit parts. I actually thought about starting another 1/350 IJN destroyer (Yukikaze) that also has an Infini set to it. I'm happy to help answer any questions you might have as you proceed. Next, we'll need to get you into 1/700 ships 🤔

Those look really sweet Chris!

Very cool Rob! The build of course is jaw-dropping amazing, but those figures are awfully cool too. Nice job!

Check on eBay and the MFH group on Facebook. I've found some good deals there. The FB group in particular I was able to score a couple of kits for a really good deal. Ebay I've only managed to get one or two at a good price, but that was likely because the seller had flooded the site with a bunch of kits and there just wasn't the demand to snap them all up at typical prices. By the way, the parts look fantastic coming out of the tumbler! And one of those parts trays does seem to be a must. Trying to sort all the parts to make sure the kits were complete when they arrived was a real pain.

I remember seeing you picked that kit up. Looking forward to following along as it's a really cool subject. Interesting experience with the tumbler. I have a few MFH kits that I've picked up when I could find an especially good deal. Good to know the tumbler worked out. One more bit of equipment to buy I suppose

This is looking really great Peter. You've made a lot of details pop! I particularly like the brown leather housing for the control yoke!

We have a 4-yr old mini Bernedoodle - he's 30 pounds. Great dogs!

I'm in for this one! What a great scheme!

Wow, that came out incredible!! Must...resist...urge...to start...buying...Sci Fi kits.... 🙈

Looks great Peter! Can't wait to see the decals. Can I ask how you did the propeller? It looks really good. I've been trying to figure out how to break up the black on black propellers, and saw someone took the approach of spraying a very thin coat of brown over it which came out nicely.

If WnW was still in business, this should be the marketing image for the kit. Well done!!

Hey Rob, just caught up on your build. Wow, this is really spectacular! I'm so clumsy with my builds that I'm sure I'd be constantly busting off things on it. The props look fantastic by the way - I've got those pencils and have been meaning to try them out. Delineating the lamination lines by pencil seems must easier than by brush. Hope your back is feeling better my friend!

Nice choice Peter! I love the white tail schemes.

Looking great Peter! Perfect looking foundation!

Wow, that's a beauty! Well done!

Just caught up with your build Rob. All I can say is wow! Really amazing work! And many thanks for sharing how you did the rigging. That demystified things for me.

Great start Peter on another cool P-47! Looking forward to this one coming along!

Are you planning on building the Betty any time soon? I was recently looking at the kit on the shelf the other day and thought it would be a fairly quick and painless build. I kinda need something like that working through my JRS-1 at the moment.

Outstanding Peter! Really well done! What's next?

Spectacular build Peter, wow!! Amazing work my friend, truly amazing.

That's great news Peter! Glad it turned out that way. Do we get a picture of you in a nurse's cap?

Wow, I agree - absolutely beautiful, really great job!

Those engines look amazing, especially with the AM exhausts. Great job!

Thanks Jeff! Appreciate the kind words!