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Lovely, but I think the panel lines are a bit heavy on the cat's forehead.

Stunning result on the canopy. Just the final jewel in the crown.

Thanks, the Vallejo Metal acrylics are easy to use and give a nice result.

These and the gearbox look great under a coat of primer. Amazing tutorial to watch this.

Nice and shiny Cees!

Looks great. I take my hat off to anyone who can rig these things well. My only attempt ended up in the trash.

Thanks for the info on the rivets Rich. The results look impressive. Very interesting to see your thoughts on the card thickness as well. Just away to start a build with some scratch building in Evergreen sheet which will be new to me, so the lamination of thin card is another option to ponder.

Looking great Jeroen. Very steady hands to drill part through the canopy!

This is great stuff. What's your method for cutting the heads off the pins without stuff flying everywhere?

Lovely. Unusual subject very nicely done.

Lovely result. The discoloration on the rear upper fuse over the engines is superb. Looking forward to seeing the new 29A kit soon.

Great photos Danny. Really not sure what that little blue teddy is dreaming about though!?

Actually only used the black. It worked well under the ghost grey for my F-15 but less well under the camouflage colours for the Mig-23. Think the secret is that you really have to thin the paints to about 60:40 thinner to paint.

Nice to see this on the go again. Looking forward to seeing how the interior turns out.

Used it a couple of times and have found a ratio of 70:30 mr surfacer to levellling thinner works well.

Thanks. Currently it and the Mig are sitting on the dressing table in our spare bedroom but I suspect that won't be permanent! I'd like a display case but most options seem to be too small for big jets.

Weathering on the hull looks spot-on in the pictures.

Hi Rog, Yes I saw over on LSP what Mark had achieved!? Mine was just luck, I could have ended up with anything - as far as my wife is concerned they are all just dust collectors. If I can convince her that that's a good reason to buy a display case big enough for 32nd scale jets then I'll have managed a similar 'con'!

Nice progress Micha. I really like the Vallejo Metal Colors and you have a lovely result with them there.

Thanks Rob. I went with the kit stencils which I don't think are complete. Certainly no panel numbers, although I've never seen any photos showing them on Israeli Eagles anyway. Well that's my excuse! Stencils are certainly the bug-bear of modern jets. The Tamiya decals are a bit thick but they settled nicely after some Microsol and the matt coat.

Thanks. A few things could have been done a bit better but I'm happy I'm moving up the learning curve.

Looking good. What a size! Must be hard to manoeuvre without demolishing half the room!

Lovely result there Tom. Very smooth paint job.

Dennis, Tom, Danny, thanks very much to all. Answer to what's next is posted in the 'What did you just get' section, although that is mainly to keep my wife happy!

Thanks Mikester.