GusMac

Very effective. Just love those Uschi powders!

Nice to see your progress Tom. The nacelle looks very convincing. Now you can compare notes with Cees as to how to finish the front end of the engines!

Will be very interesting to see how they turn out.

Very smooth Cees, looking forward to seeing how the front sections turn out.

Got these from my wife and kids for the big 'five-oh' a few weeks back but it's taken a bit of time to get things organised. In the middle of house renovations so time to do anything non-essential is at a premium, so work has basically ceased on the F-16. Cabinet is the Malsjo from Ikea which went together very nicely and sits well with the other furniture in the spare bedroom. One problem with building 1/32 modern jets is that they're generally huuuge, so the Detolf is just no use and we had to go for this one. The F-15 and Mig-23 are in there but there's plenty of spare space - at my current rate of building I might fill it before I'm 60! The kit was from the kids (although I told them to get it at Jadlam as the price was so good) and the AM I picked up with some of the money I was given. Think I've got all I'll need and on a quick look through it looks like it'll be a fun build

That's some lovely work given the conditions you're working in.

Nice result again Rich. When you shape the initial square build to get the final curves do you just sand it to shape?

As Rob says, excellent work with the PE. Just out of interest, do you solder yours or use CA?

Stunning stuff Rich. Your paint effects are very convincing.

Don't drop anything coz that grass on the floor looks pretty thick!

Looking good. I assume these will be 3D printed? Nice to see the enthusiasm back for this!

On a superficial glance there's very little easily discernable difference there. Certainly not a three-fold difference in price worth of difference. Lovely result.

Hi Cees, any reason why you haven't fully assembled the tail at this stage?

Very nice result from the 3D printing.

Good luck. I guess whatever you decide will be hard for anyone to contradict given how deeply this is buried in the vehicle.

Thanks Dennis. Had a great day - big family BBQ on a glorious day. Up here that's seriously lucky at this time of year!

Beautiful finish, just worn enough to look realistic.

WOW!

Thanks Rich. Don't think I'll manage to keep up with the rate you're setting on the MAZ.

Great result. I love the Uschi powders and find them really controlable compared to some other options.

Nice result on the propellor spiral.

That is a serious undercarriage!

Thanks Cees. Interesting to read that comment about the comparison with the Tamiya IX.

Lovely, the fading on the wings is superb. I take it that's the Tamiya XVIe kit?

Okay, so interior now at a point for a few more pics. Everything is now ready to start gluing and screwing things into place, so most of this will be hidden soon but nice to record it as it goes. First, the completed engine and lower fuselage interior. Don't think I'll open the access hatch to the cannon but I've painted it anyway to give me the option later. Various engine cradle parts, etc and the rear intake trunking and main gear bay. I'm going to try the technique of pouring latex paint into the front section of the intake to see how that goes but for this rear section I'm just going to join the painted halves and touch up from there. Progress has been fairly slow as I had a big birthday last week and was otherwise occupied, so should speed up from here. Hopefully have some pics of the goodies I received from the wife and kids soon. Gus