Landlubber Mike

Fantastic choice of a not so often modeled subject! Love the engine pods - they seem almost out of scale for the aircraft. Will be following this one closely! I'm working on my first Special Hobby kit - the 1/48 Buffalo - and you're right, there's a lot of test fitting and extra work to get things to fit with these kits. I had a few gaps, but nothing too difficult to fill with strips, putty, etc. The instructions can be a bit of a head scratcher at times, but they seem to build into nice kits. By the way, love how you added your current work to your signature. Cool touch!

Very nice job! That must be a really impressive model, both in looks and in size.

I agree with Scott - very easy to cut your own round stencil and paint it. I used stencils to do the US insignia on my F3F builds, and it wasn't as bad as I thought it might be. Very nice Zero by the way!

Beautiful work Sasha - amazing!

Looks great! How are you going to secure the folded wing to the stub? I've run into that question on my Vindicator build. Have to build the wing fold mechanism from scratch, and wondering how to secure the wings. I was thinking about brass rod inserted into a glob of epoxy clay in the hollow of the wings, but never quite figured out the solution and started a new kit instead

Hey Kevin, good to see you here. Just posted on the MSW site Love the lines on this one! The Japanese navy had a lot of beautiful ships.

Wow Peter, what a great model! Excellent job!

That came out really great, fantastic job! Can I ask how you did the snow? Looks very realistic, especially with the foot prints/depressions (and their subtle blue tone), etc.

Was it good for you? 🚬

Looking good Peter! Great start!

Agree with this 100%

Never buy from Kitlinx. I ordered two Taurus resin engines from them - shown in stock, shown shipped, but weren't in the box that arrived. I emailed Kitlinx multiple times, including Loic the owner himself, and never heard back from them. They essentially stole close to $100 from me.

That's looking fantastic Kevin - really nice job! Subtle indication of the panel lines, great base as you move forward with decaling and weathering. I've always liked the He111 - I have the Hasegawa 1/72 kit in the stash and was thinking about a desert scheme as well.

Looking nice and smooth Peter - great job!

Another beauty Sasha, nice job!

Very nice! One of my favorite "modern" aircraft! I have the Trumpy kit in the stash that I will get to one of these days.

Not sure how I missed this one. Great job!! The figures really bring life to the whole display.

Looks fantastic Mike! Those wicker seats are really nice.

This is looking fantastic Sasha. I think you've convinced me to add rivets to models where the kit is lacking!

Peter, meant to also say I'm glad to hear things have gotten better for you and that you are back to modeling. You've been a kind supporter for everyone else here these past few months, so we are all looking forward to supporting you on this build. Welcome back! Forgive me for asking, but why do you need to fill all those windows? Are you using decals for them? What would the kit OOB have you do? Just leave them open or add a drop of window glazing to the opening?

Looking forward to this one. Don't see too many of this kind of subject!

Cool subject, nicely done!

Looks really great Martin, nice job! Wow!

Nice work Ernie. That camo scheme looks really sweet!

Nice choice! If it helps, you can see Eduard's paint scheme on page 17 of the PDF below (see camo scheme E): https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/4/9/3/114493-50-instructions.pdf Amazing work on the engine!