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I've heard it mentioned elsewhere that Maketar seem to have dropped of the radar. I hope not as I liked their stuff and preferred it to Montex for example.

Thanks Rob, with the weather here the last few mornings it could certainly be ice!

Thanks Peter. This one has fought me most of the way, so definitely not going to tempt fate. 😁

Built some of those WarHammer kits with my son a decade ago and they go together really nicely.

Wow, that's some serious scratch work!

Bit more progress on this. Decals on, panel line wash done, flat coat down and masking removed. Some fogging inside the canopy on one side but it's just going to have to stay as I don't have the will to fix it and if I position it the right way in the cabinet it'll never be seen. Next task is to finish all the ancillary parts - weapons, pylons, landing gear etc then we can move on to the Viggen....

Done

That's a tidy legacy for his family.

Those don't look as though they are even for this kit. So far off it's laughable.

I've eyed the Hobby 2000 repop of this but having seen this I think I'll definitely pull the trigger or stick it on the Santa list. Just a slimmer, better looking SLUF!

Looks great Peter. Such a powerful looking aircraft.

Thanks Martin, some great builds there. Not sure I'll ever watch Roger Rabbit in the same way again though!

Hi Kevin, it was Tamiya X22 in a 50/50 mix with Mr Levelling same as l always use. Never had this before but I rarely use Mr Color paint, so don't know if that was part of it.

Okay, had a bit of an issue here which I've never encountered before. Started on the decals, went on okay, and hit them with Mr Mark Softer. Came back next morning to find this.... seems to have eaten through the gloss coat and the Mr Color lacquer to expose the primer. I know Mr Mark is fairly 'hot' but never had it do this before and I used it all over the F-14A. 😕 Will revert to Microsol for the remainder of the decals. I'm hoping to hide a lot of this once I start on the weathering with panel line washes and oils. Fingers crossed.

Hope everything checks out alright after some rest Kevin.

Great solution, just need 3 hands to hold everything while you drill them out. 😁

The Mummy lives.... I'm not paranoid about overspray, honest!!

Main paintwork all blocked in. Next step is to mask off the main gear bays and ladder areas and put the insignia white on.

40's not too bad, certainly no worse than some of the trucks and farm vehicles around here. It's probably smaller than some of enormous 4x4s used for the school run in Aberdeen! 😄

Nice. The weathering is just right.

That's a lot less than I thought. Don't think it would handle the dual-carriageway drive to work very well though.

So, what's the going rate for a real life Ferret? Thinking it might solve a few parking problems at work.....

Making some headway now with this. Primer is on so paintwork up next. I love the Mr Surfacer Aqueous primer, it doesn't smell and it sprays better than the lacquer version, or it certainly does for me.

Thanks for the pics Ernie, some real cool builds. As you say the Ju-52 is a stunner. I'd agree with Peter that the Tamiya F-14 is great if you want everything closed but that AMK does look stunning with the Black Dog add-ons.

Thanks for the update Ernie. Sounds like a long road ahead but please pass on all our thoughts and best wishes.