GusMac

Looks like a nice kit. Only used their soft resin wheels before which are very nice.

Yours truly has everything crossed that this might be under the Xmas tree this year! Unless my hints have been just too subtle.... 😆

Looks like he's giving the crane a telling off!

Got some detail added to the main wheel wells and painted up. The wells are painted interior green as recommended but I think now they might have been better slightly darker but it's too late now. The detail is based on the few photos I've been able to find online - nowhere near exact but representative of what was there. Hopefully after some weathering everything should blend together okay. Also got the tailpipe painted in Vallejo exhaust manifold which is the closest I can get to the pictures. So, it's a gloss coat next then on with decals and weathering.

Really nice build of a very unusual plane. Not one I was really aware of but certainly should stand out in the display.

I'm in please Ernie. I'll donate a Tamiya 1/48 F4B for those in the UK or EU where postage, etc isn't prohibitive. For those elsewhere, I'll substitute a gift card to the shop of their choice to the value of £75 or equivalent in the local currency. Gus

Looks great Hubert. Can't wait to see it on the base.

Similar, I'll go for a gift card for the recipient's favoured store.

Looks like some sort of mutant cocoon but the detail revealed is mighty impressive.

Great service and nice looking result.

That's looking really good Jeroen.

More progress today while the missus was doing the Christmas tree. 90 minutes of masking.... Then 10 minutes with the airbrush and we have.... Couple of touch-ups needed around the front edge of the vertical stabiliser and the left side of the nose where there's been a slight bleed under the tape. I'm also not happy with the transitions on the nose which are too 'pointy' for my liking, so a bit more masking and another short session with the airbrush and we have... I'm a lot happier with this, so we're done with the main painting I think. MRP is just so easy for touch-ups as you don't have to worry about thinning it, so just mask and go. Next up is detailing the wheel wells.

Congrats on the sale of your company Hubert. Even better that it's gone to your protégé who's obviously attached to the business.

Track details do look very nice. Hope the assembly isn't too tedious.

Nice pick Rob. My memory of those Parmalat Brabham's as a kid was wondering what the hell Parmalat was! Back in pre-internet days it was hard for a kid in rural Scotland to find out about Italian dairy companies. 😆

I totally get that Rog. Painting is one thing I really will only pay someone else to do as a last resort, or if it's too high. As you say, I reckon I can do just as neat a job, just slower. When we got our house built my father and I did all the landscaping in the garden and all the splashback tiling in the bathrooms and en suite. There's definitely a satisfaction in knowing you've done things yourself.

Got the first paint on. Mr Paint Sky which goes on lovely and looks far closer to the 'proper' colour than the Tamiya XF-21 which was my other alternative. The more I use these paints, the more I like them as they are just so easy to use without the need to thin them. Sorry for the pictures but there's so little contrast between the Sky and the grey primer that it was difficult to get it clearly. Next up is masking before the upper surface paint. I've also realised I got ahead of myself and started this before I did the detailing in the wheel wells but shouldn't be a huge issue as it's just some lead wire and shaped plasticard. I'll just do it before I mask off the wells for the interior green.

Looking great, love the dented roof on the Beatle.

Looking great Rog. I take it it's your responsibility to get all the interior painting and decorating done? Over here that's all part of the package although that tends to mean you get everything painted in magnolia! I think that's maybe what Martin was meaning in his earlier post as well.

Well, primer is on and thankfully just some fairly minor touch-ups needed to the joints. So hopefully just one more trip round the fill/sand loop.

Ready for primer I think. We'll see then how good the filling and sanding has been.

Cool, I haven't seen that picture of years. It was in an old Medical Physics textbook that we used to recommend to students.

Nice idea for the base Rob. Should look great as the drone is an imposing size.

One of my favourite F1 cars ever, please do a WIP. Still remember Villeneuve's lap at Zandvoort with 3 wheels. Perfect example of his unique mix of genius and lunacy.

Yes, it's been a pleasant build so far and the fit quality is very good.