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[Ryan]

47 minutes ago, Martinnfb said:

Thank you for the generous offer Carl, but this is 1/24 scale kit. Sofia is going to school today so after almost six weeks of her winter break/ self isolation story I can finally exhale and focus on the hobby. I will try to polish it, perhaps to find a way how to get replacement directly from Trumpeter. I’m really tired and grumpy right now. One of those days.

 

Here is the email to get the part.

joanna@trumpeter-china.com

 

[Martinnfb]

There’s not much of a damage on it, it’s just the tricky placement:) I’m really close to wrapping this up, literally just some detailing and final weathering. Might cannibalize another kit.  

[Martinnfb]

Just now, Ryan said:

Here is the email to get the part.

joanna@trumpeter-china.com

 

Thank you kindly Ryan. 

[BlrwestSiR]

Your Hurricane looks great there Martin. 

 

[Bomber_County]

Very nice weathering Martin, my benchtime has been reduced down to a couple hours at the weekends…….

[Martinnfb]

[BlrwestSiR]

2 hours ago, Martinnfb said:

Welcome to Chinese New Year. They say it's the world's largest human migration every year. The country basically shuts down for two weeks and a couple hundred million folks go home. 

Carl

[BlrwestSiR]

Found another started Brit fighter in the stash. 

The plan was to do it as a PRXIX. 

Found one issue I'll need to sort out. The tail wheel bay is missing. 

[GazzaS]

Nice work on that Hurri, Martin.  I thought the IIC had 4 20mm guns?

[Martinnfb]

Thank You , indeed it had, but they were often reduced to two , especially in Africa.

[Ryan]

@Martinnfb They will respond and the replacement service was quite fast in my experience.

 

 

[Martinnfb]

I tried to polish the canopy, that’s a no go. Looks good from like ten feet….”Ten feet kit”. Lol 

Anyway, this thing is huge and I won’t be able to get away with it. Hopefully Trumpeter will respond once the holiday’s over. 

[GusMac]

Back in Black! 🎸

All primed and ready for paint. Mr Surfacer 1500 with Mr Levelling, always gives a good result and hard as nails.

Going to paint the rotors first as I'm waiting for a new bottle of khaki drab, old one had dried up.

[Martinnfb]

 

[belugawhaleman]

Working on something a little different. A Dragon 1/6 scale German bicycle.

A quick build, I'm almost ready for paint.

[AlanG]

Started to add foliage to one of my trees. Going to run out of scatter though so will need to order some more. 

 

 

[AlanG]

First tree done. Needs a little bit of clean up but WOW. Totally transforms the diorama. Cannot wait to get the other two trees done now.

 

[harv]

Looking great !.....harv 

[Martinnfb]

x2

[BlrwestSiR]

X3

 

 

[BlrwestSiR]

I fixed the tail wheel on the Spitfire. I cut the opening a bit bigger. 

Then I grafted in a resin bit from an Alleycat PRXI conversion set I have. It's meant for the Tamiya Spitfire kits but the fit was close enough to make it work. 

After some filling and sanding. 

[Bomber_County]

Carl, is this clear the SOD or just the stash is getting thin………the second option  I know is a misnomer………if I was to do a Spit in 32nd what would recommend…..

[BlrwestSiR]

2 hours ago, Bomber_County said:

Carl, is this clear the SOD or just the stash is getting thin………the second option  I know is a misnomer………if I was to do a Spit in 32nd what would recommend…..

Phil, I'm just taking out random kits in the stash and working on them. Whatever strikes my fancy at the moment. I am leaning towards trying to finish at least a couple of the started kits that have been lingering around. 

If you're going to do just one Spitfire in 1/32, my vote is for any of the Tamiya ones. I've built 9 or 10 so far and they have great to put together. There are a couple small niggles- the wing leading edge inserts and the cowl panels can be fiddly. They're my stress relief builds when I need one. 

Carl

 

[Martinnfb]

Most rewarding 40 minutes of this year.

 

[harv]

Love it....harv