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Thanks Kai. l'll post my next project tomorrow. It may look familiar to you but with a twist!

Thanks chaps. It was good fun but beware if you do one, it takes up more real estate than you think.

Just finished this one. First Airfix kit I've built in 30+ years, so a few thoughts. I like the general engineering but I'm not keen on the soft plastic and the amount of clean-up required due to misalignment of the moulds, especially on fine details like the cockpit framing. As with some other manufacturers, the option to leave everything open means that nothing fits particularly well if you want to build things closed up. That's especially true with the engine covers. However, despite these little gripes, it was a fun build and makes a surprisingly substantial model. In fact it doesn't fit in my cabinet, so will have to sit on top. That surprised me as a 1/32 F15C fits and it's fairly sizeable. AM used included Brassin wheels, HGW belts, Maketar masks for all markings bar the stencils, RB radiator and Master rockets which are very nice. All main painting was with Tamiya acrylics. I've used Ammo paints on all my recent builds but went back to Tamiya for this as they're just a bit more robust for lots of handling. I'd also forgotten just how nicely they spray.

Last visit to the bench for this one, then into the display cabinet. If it fits! Will post some other pics in the finished work section.

Love the worn leather look on the jump seats.

If you wanna build a jet, that's where to start. Goes together like a dream.

Wouldn't trust Zuckerberg to cross the road, never mind make reasoned decisions. Just another reason why I avoid all social media.

Looking great Peter. Pity about the Sufa issues, but I've always found resin intakes a mixed bag.

Know the feeling Carl. Especially with PE belts, I usually end up with at least one part stuck to me.

Looks great Dan. You just need a few Arbroath Smokies in those boxes.

That's pretty damn shiny without a gloss coat. This is going to look great Mark.

Great to hear something turned up so quickly for you.

Good grief, I'd need an Optivisor on my Optivisor to see some of that PE. Stunning result given the size.

The renders and images so far do look stunning. Now kind of regret I didn't have the cojones to pull the trigger on the pre-order. Just too intimidated by all that resin but they are stunning in the splinter scheme, just raw power and functionality.

Looks great Mark. Still one of the coolest F1 liveries ever in my eyes.

Looks great Tom. For a kit that got so much hate when it came out, it looks like it builds well and it looks like a Liberator to me.

Worth the wait Ricardo. Nice finish with subtle weathering.

Weird here as well. Went from -15C or so to +12C in 48 hrs so now everything is flooded as the snow melt in the mountains has happened so suddenly.

Stunning work again Rich. How many of those stringers pinged off into space before you got it done?

Insane level of detail in this. Hat's off for getting started on this knowing what's to come.

Looking forward to see what you do with this. Rowdy has set the bar pretty high for 190 builds at the moment....

This will be cool. I always reckon you must have been at risk of vertigo sitting in the cockpit of these, they seemed so high.

Except the UK has never gone 'properly' metric. They still teach the kids a hybrid mix in schools, speed limits and distance signs still use miles and most people still do heights and weights in imperial. I'm surprised after Brexit we haven't all had our minds wiped to get rid of the nasty metric stuff! As a scientist I switch kind of automatically in my head but there's always the odd cock up. Best I remember was the Mars probe that suffered a rather hard landing due to an error in conversion. Bet someone got a new calculator after that one!

Stunning once again.

Serving suggestion......