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Decent progress made today. My wife had her twin sister visiting and they were going wild swimming, so plenty of bench time as the dog took one look at the weather and thought 'stuff that'. Does make me wonder whether the dog is smarter than the wife?! Anyway first thing was to get the grey-black down. Glad I went with the Mr Color as the alternative being suggested was Tamiya rubber black and I think it would just be too dark. Only a few minor touch-ups needed which was a pleasant surprise. These pictures also show off the oopsy I made the other day when I spilt some Tamiya Extra Thin on the cutting mat and it ate straight through the rubber top. Thankfully it missed the kit completely for once. Next up was some quick masking and on with the underside light grey. I'm pretty happy with where it's at. Next up is some detail work with the airbrush for the exhaust, nose ring and dielectric panels.

Thanks Jeroen. Kind of makes me glad I've never got into 3D printing as I have enough obsessions rattling around in my head without adding something like this! 😁

That's ridiculous that the wheels actually turn. Is that something you deliberately modelled in the files or just a happy accident?

I always emphasise to our medical imaging students that, no matter what the manufacturers claim in their glossy brochures, no medical imaging system has yet been invented that can come close to reproducing the performance of the human eye. Mother Nature is bloody clever sometimes....

Love Martin's pic of the driver's cab. Bit of a contrast to most modern cars!

More fun with masking tape and scissors and we're ready for the grey-black. Hopefully get that done tomorrow and we can move on to the underside.

Felt like I was back at primary school today. Not glue and scissors but masking tape and scissors! Result was... All the areas which will be white are now masked off. So, two hours masking for 5 minutes with the airbrush and the lighter grey will be done! 🤪

Got some white on today while I contemplated the masking process. The instructions make it look like a soft-edged camouflage so I was thinking of using blutac worms but I wasn't sure how to get the shapes detailed enough that way. On looking closer at pictures of the actual plane it looks more like a hard-edged scheme so masking tape is the way I'm going which should be easier to do thankfully.

Can't believe how thin those fenders are. Do you use a razor saw for the print supports or just snip them? I'd be terrified whatever method I chose.

Was waiting for the Master pitot tube to arrive to finish the basic construction but it arrived this morning, so I got it attached. Quite nifty that you can attach the tip with the delicate fins separately, so it'll go on right at the end to reduce the chances of me knocking it off! So primer is now on. Went for grey as the colours are all fairly light. Just waiting for a couple of the Mr Color call outs to arrive as I didn't have anything that matched up closely enough.

Not sure he will be as the SRU are fairly useless at making decisions like that, but I think he should be. We've probably got as good a player pool as we've had in the last 20 years and they've never won anything with him. Just fold under pressure every time, yet the core of the players have won the URC and other things, so you do think it's how he sets them up. I still feel they dumped Cotter too early just to keep Townsend onside but he might have been better with more club experience before getting the top job. They could do worse than Franco Smith who's done a good job at Glasgow.

They were never in the game. Eagles dominated completely and worthy winners. The late touchdowns make the score more flattering to the Chiefs than it should have been.

Think I might be better sitting up for a late night for Mahomes and co in the Superbowl! Didn't see the rugby live as my wife got us tickets to the cinema to see the Donmar production of Macbeth with David Tennant but just watched it back (mainly on fast forward) as Scotland were terrible. Think it might be time for Townsend to go as the tactics such as there were today made no sense whatsoever.4 Go Chiefs! Three-peat time

Looks almost as bad as the Scottish delicacy, the deep fried Mars Bar

Ditto... Looks great with all the little details like the flare rack

Apologies, I actually forgot I'd started a WIP for this one, so there's quite a bit of progress. This is where we're at - progress is fast as it falls together like Lego. Very little clean up needed and no filler so far. I can see why people are desperate for Eduard to do this in 1/32 as it would beat the old Trumpeter kits hands down. Cockpit was done with the PE included in the kit and Mr Color Interior Turquoise Green which matches the old 'Soviet Vomit Green' pretty well to my eyes. I'll try to remember to post more updates as I progress.

Nice contrast

Just arrived hot from Portugal courtesy of Hubert. My Christmas raffle prize, which was a pick from Hubert's stash, and I chose this Special Hobby Buckeye which kindly also includes Reskit wheels and a set of Red Fox 3D decals for the cockpit. Hubert also very kindly enclosed a box of delicious looking Belgian pralines which my wife has got her eye on!

Beautiful result Mark, kudos!

Just as well as hydrogen peroxide isn't really what you want to be swigging down.

Our son used to sleepwalk when he was little and he also had a Lego bedroom carpet. It used to amaze me that he would rush around oblivious and miss all the Lego while I blundered about half-asleep cursing as I stood on every damn bit! 😄

Good grief, the wiring detail is ridiculous. Just shows what can be achieved now with these printers

Won't just fly in a circle now...

Watching this with interest as I have this kit in the stash. Received it as a Christmas Raffle prize from Bill Scarbrough a good few years back. Never done a Japanese aircraft so wasn't sure how to approach it but now I've got the Val as well I'm tempted to get them done.

Price isn't as bad as I thought it might be either! I see a birthday pressie....