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Turned out GREAT!!!

Perfect!! Nice work John.

I don't have any of the AK pens but I do have a few chrome and black pens. The Chrome Molotov pen was handy to do some quick touch-up on my recent F-4 SEA build. I could easily see doing the tires with the black pen and following up with shading, etc. I wonder if these pens will even get to the point where we could 'draw' instead of 'paint' parts like seats, cockpit IPs, landing gear bit, etc. Thanks for posting! Always good to see what others are trying out and what their experiences are.

Mike, PW, Rob - thanks for your comments! I was pleasantly surprised at how the chalk really toned down the camo - which is a very good thing. I see that I missed a few details but oh well. I will go back and do the tail wheel because it is easy to do, and I still have some leftover chalk (which was a mix of yellow with a bit of black and brown added). I really do like 1/48 scale. There is a good amount of detail but doesn't take forever to get through the build and I can get a lot of them in my display case. What I like about the 1/32-1/24 is the detail is MUCH easier to see - especially when showing to other people. With 1/48 you need a light and ideally a magnifier... (Or maybe it's my old eyes!) Rob - You know, I originally put down "Ellen", and then changed it to "Elleu", and have now changed it back to Ellen. Having a German background, I should have known it was 'Ellen' and not 'Elleu' plus even Eduard's information on this aircraft they say he named it after his wife, Ellen.... Thanks!

I have three coffee habits, including my (aging) Keurig. How did you do the descaling? I've seen different methods but not sure the one I use does a lot.

Scott, you are a scholar and a gentleman. Not to mention you've figured out the key to a happy life....

I have the "C" in this scale!! I'm already having to figure out what is going to be put away from my display case in order to fit the newer stuff getting built...

We should have had a sub-category for Sandbox Bf 109s.

PW, just awesome. Put that in a diorama and nobody will know its a model. Stellar work, esp with all of that added it, and your weathering.

The eyelets and turnbuckles are terrific, and one of the reasons I sold my WNW kits! Nice job, PW. Cool to see the WWI subjects.

Kevin, I'm very interested in how this builds. Good luck!

Nice to get something finished ahead of the deadline! Here is the build thread for my Sandbox 109 and thanks to everyone for your comments and suggestions. That was great. Aftermarket included Quinta interior and whose seatbelts won't stay flat. Guess I am going to have to glue them down. Also noticed, in the pictures, I forgot to weather the tailwheel. It is always something!! And some with and earlier Eduard Bf-190 that I did.

Thanks Mike!

Just about finished! Got the aileron counterweights attached, finally, as well as the canopy and the canopy restraint cable which is really hard to see in the photo below. Applied the chalk to the bottom of the aircraft as well as some black chalk where the vents are underneath. And a teaser beauty shot before getting a proper set up tomorrow. Oh! I see I forgot to weather the wheels and tires! A little too clean for this aircraft.

Normally I'd shy away from a glossy finish but with my recent experience with the X-22 I'm all in. I've tried waxing and buffing models in the past and that just did not turn out very pleasing. I'm going to look up a few of the online build threads and see how the builds went and especially the finishes. Might have to do one of the Revell kits to get a feel for the finish.

I actually have two of the Revell kits : A shrink-wrapped Dale Earnhardt Goodwrench Chevy Monte Carlo which shows at 1:24 scale (and is only worth about $25) and a '69 Shelby GT-500 2 in 1 kit which is 1:25 scale. I might have to get that '72 Petty Charger kit...

Thanks Peter!!

The wide range of subjects in our hobby is a blessing and a curse. Keeps thinks fresh and learning new things, also I'll never get to build everything I WANT to build so I have to live watching others doing great builds.

Thanks guys!!! VERY much appreciate your comments. I like the look, actually. Now I have to get to work on the underside and mess that up...I mean, dirty the underside up...

Ditto, same with tail wheels. I fold a small piece of thick paper around it to give it more support. Paint looks terrific! I've found on the really large painting jobs that I'm now in the habit of using the larger cup (esp on my Grex) and doing a LOT of swirling as I paint to keep everything mixed on the metallic paints. Model Master Metalizer is terrible for separating quickly. Great for small jobs, not so much for larger areas. Not intuitively going with the larger cup, I know. However, much harder to swirl paint in the smaller cups. Or I use whatever cup and just paint small areas at a time. Just asking, did you paint behind the intake splitters before you attached them? Or how are you painting those areas? You have me wanting to start on my ZM 1/48 F-4C....

Working on the antenna wire - sorry for the out of focus pics. And continuing work with the chalk. The yellow chalk definitely mutes the camo colors and does more blending. This is not a clean aircraft, for sure. The chalk looks heavy, but looking at some desert 109 pictures, the planes look like they were pretty dirty.

Nice build, thanks Kevin! I also have a matte coat on the 109 - chalk does not apply well to a gloss coat.

I might have to check them out esp if they have colors I don't have.... Thanks for the suggestion!!

Thanks Rob, I will check it out. Love Petty's 70 Charger. That is a beautiful car. Nascar.com is selling the 72 Charger for $39USD just for today. Its $50USD on the Salvino site. I didn't see the '70 year but the '72 is pretty close. Nice schemes.

Thanks Mike and Peter, Tamiya really does come up with EVERYTHING, don't they? Interesting about the dullcote: Doc suggests in his instructions to spray a dullcote over the chalk if the article is going to be handled to keep the chalk from rubbing off. I haven't used chalk in a while but I don't usually handle my planes too much. I still have the rest of the plane to work the chalk magic on.