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The mind boggles! Tamiya aren't renowned for their decals but you could clearly read the stencils on the 1/48 F-14A, so it ain't difficult.

Cool, never seen anything like that up here, although saw a B2 near Bamburgh when we were on holiday 2 years ago, Used to get a lot of activity over us when Leuchars was still RAF as they'd come up the coast then turn up the glens over us. Saw a lot of Tornadoes and Typhoons with the occasional F-15.

Congrats on another lovely addition to the clan.

Neat!!

Really nice finish Phil. Weathering looks spot on to me, as you say these were worked hard so hardly going to pristine.

Oh yes, love the Stratos. I remember having a Polistil diecast one as a kid and I was so proud of it.

Looking forward to seeing how this goes. Never built a car kit but some of these older F1 cars do seem appealing. My favourite era of F1 as there was actually some racing rather than the processional snooze-fests you get now. Remember Rene Arnoux, Jacques Lafitte, Didier Pironi, etc driving these. Did get silly though when they stuck engines like this in the infamous Group B rally cars - cost poor Henri Toivonen his life.

Thanks fellas, as I say bit of a surprise but a nice one. Never won anything like this before, mainly as I've never entered anything! Just entered the GB for fun.

Thanks Phil. Looks like you can just weather them as part of the build so I'll go with that.

Thanks fellas. Didn't expect to win as to me some of the ships are just stunning and not something I would even contemplate. All that tiny PE and things... too much for me.

Wow, didn't expect that. As PanzerWomble said, I thought some of the ships were amazing and way outside of my comfort zone but who knows what kids will like! I'm happy with the Val if PW has a preference for the Devastator, so let's just go that way. Thanks again for organising this Ernie and thanks to the kids for the votes.

Pictures are in the RFI section of the GB now Peter

Glad you enjoyed it Jani, it's a great place and the staff are normally very helpful. Best air museum in Scotland and surrounded by amazing golf courses if you are that way inclined.

Hi all Just thinking about what to do next after the F14. I'm thinking of doing the A-6E TRAM and I've got the Quinta Decals set for that and I was pondering the best process for applying these. So, question to those who've used them before, do you paint and weather the cockpit then apply the decals OR paint the cockpit, apply the decals and then weather it? And if so, how do the decals stand up to oils for weathering? Do you have to seal with a gloss coat beforehand? Sorry, lots of questions, but given the coast of the decal sets I'd rather not stuff it up.

Thanks Phil. Got the result at Headingley as well thanks to Wood and Woakes. Both made such a difference in this game. Not sure about what the changes will be before OT though.

Thanks for the info Ernie. Always half pondered why there seemed to be a gun barrel sticking out of the front of the windscreen but now I know better! 😆

Thanks, the Tamiya decals on this definitely seem a step up on what came with some of their older kits. Don't know if they've subcontracted it out to someone like Cartograph but they are nice and thin and sit down nicely with Mr Mark Softer.

The walkway decals on the newer 1/48 Tamiya kit are a medium/dark grey.

Thanks Scott. The build is so easy it gives you lots of time to concentrate on the weathering. Most of this was done with oils

The extra few days has made all the difference here. Finally got some time to get this done and into the cabinet. Even got some sunshine to take outside photos, although it doesn't improve my photography skills, or lack thereof... As everyone says, a lovely kit to build - wonderful engineering and fits like a glove. Always nice to build something 'vanilla' once in a while rather than fighting things to the end.

Nightmare Scott. If it's any consolation I did the same thing on my 1/48 build for the group build but at least with that one you just slide the wings on over the guide so it was easy to get them off and fix it. As Hubert says that'll be a bit harder on this one.

Just got everything assembled on this. Will try and get some decent pictures tomorrow to post.

Have a great day Martin. 🍻

Jeez Bill that sounds quite a nightmare. Hope you feel better soon. Can you get the cruise rebooked?

Hi Alan Don't know if you've seen it but Matt McDougall (Doog's Models) did a build similar to this a few years back. He did his primer in a lightish grey and you can read his reasoning for this here https://doogsmodels.com/2014/01/27/132-trumpeter-me-262a-2a-part-iii/