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Indeed! Symmetry is not always a virtue 😆

Very nice indeed! Trevor

Always a joy to see progress on this. Trevor

@PeteR, you seem very keen to keep treating me as a total idiot. That is your prerogative but, I must say, it has worn very thin. Facts are facts and, despite what you keep saying - you can't change history. If you want to insist that A52-6 went to NOEMFOOR in 1944 - be my guest. But it is still factually incorrect and condescending remarks by you will not change that.

There is but much of the stuff for sale is a bit too ephemeral for me or is way over priced. Decent stuff at a sensible price is very rare, hence the need to keep a constant look out for it. Martian 👽

Thanks for posting another set of very evocative photos. I remember the Kitchiner K3A F5000 car. It did look like a home-built special. I don't remember the converted BRM. F5000 demanded power from a Chevy V8 to be successful. Ford or Rover engines just didn't cut it. The saloon car images bring back many memories of that era. Thanks again. Trevor

Something I've been low-key obsessed with (see the second part of the title of the thread) is the surface detail of the FW-190. HGW rivets get mixed reviews, but I was eager to try them. They recommend using Mr Surfacer as a primer, and using Mr Mark Softer - but I'm using One Shot primer and I only have Tamiya's Mark Fit Super Strong. Will it work? The first attempt was with some straight rivet lines on the underside of the cowl. The decals go on like normal decals, but you let them dry for 4-8 hours (I did 7 yesterday) and then you peel off the film. The rivets are a metallic colour, and barely have any texture. In that same session I added the decals for the landing gear covers. Same procedure, but on black primer. With these I lost some of the rivets when I peeled away the film (the one on the left) but as the decal was drying I could already see a bit of air underneath in that section so hopefully that's a good lesson. This morning I added some paint. Yellow for the cowl - and the first big test is whether these rivets will even be visible under paint: Some RLM 76 on the doors: It looks very subtle. But it passes the first test: the rivets are visible under paint. The second big test will be whether the rivets can withstand masking. Fingers crossed...

I'd guessed that but had difficulty reconciling this with the ?"frame" that the ship rested on in the first pic - it must be the heat Rob

Just an update on Stropdecals : As I am feeling the effect of my age, I will no longer attend most of the model fairs in Belgium , but I agreed with Anthony Spiessens of Scalemodeldungeon that he can distribute the Stropdecals in the future and I will provide him with new supplies when his stock is depleted : https://www.scalemodeldungeon.eu/shop/?filtering=1&filter_product_brand=320 The current range includes decals in 1/72nd for Marchetti SF260, Fouga Magister, Thunderjet, Thunderstreak, Thunderflash, Lockheed T-33, North American Harvard, Douglas Dakota, Douglas DC-6, Flying Boxcar, Embraer EMB 145 and EMB 135, C-130H Hercules. @maarten.schonfeld Anthony has some of my A400M decals in stock but he has (had) also the Modelmaker decal of the same subject , and this decal is also available from other webshops. I do not intend to reprint mine. The Alphajet decals were no succes and are no longer reprinted. Apparently , the lack of a real good kit was the reason for the lack of interest. I also had the DC-6 and DC-3 in 1/144 scale, but there is little interest in these. I have a few more projects for Belgian aircraft decals on the shelf, and hopefully I will have them ready for Plastic & Steel 2025 https://www.plasticandsteel.be/nl/ on the IPMS-Gent stand. So , the next update will be mid-october 2025 Erik.

Good morning Alan Thank you very much for these infos I will correct the tittle of my post .. Best regards Patrice

€ 39.90 is cover price, I think in French a similar system as in Germany applies for printed matter like books, papers and mags (there is a hard fixed price that may not be discounted, unless that fixed price is not lifted by the publisher), so you will find it has the same price everywhere in France. As it is the same publisher as the Mermet 109 books, you may order both from the publisher, but tis may not be advantageous if they do not combine shipping (and their RoW shipping is not cheap). You may try Kenny's as they have a vast selection and very attractive shipping (to Europe at least), and I think also have a webshop for the US which may ship from the US. It's my privilege - I have been seduced to so many books here ( @JohnT and @Graham Boak excel in this), latest recommendation were the two Lightning books by Stewart Scott. Once you have climbed back to your chair after clicking on them, I can say I only paid a fraction for both together delivered of the absolutely sick price called for Vol. 1 on A. The three Cold War Shields also were not cheap, but are simply must haves if you have any interest in the RAF up to 1970. It's a cold hard fact that we are talking about niche products, and while there is a healthy 2nd hand market for many, most will never get reprinted. Consequently, prices will usually go up once OOP for a certain time. A very good example is the Classic range. I am shocked to see it's something like 7 or 8 years already, but back then e.g. the 190 and 262 titles were in print, and could be bought at various outlets for as little as 30 €. Have a look at your favourite platform what they go for now. Much the same with the most recent ones, e.g. Ju 88 Vol. 3, Ar 234, SM. 79 and Macchis. With some of them you will be fortunate to find them at all. For this reason, I have made it policy to buy any new Classic title when fresh. If I don't need it, it's at least a good investment.

You do need a bit of limited run experience, but I thought the High Planes kit was fine. I'd been about to embark on a conversion following the feature in one of the old run Airfix Magazines, but jumped at this when it came up for a few squids on Fleabay. Paul.

Perhaps I should have been clearer in the original post. Gallagher's photos date from somewhere between July 30 to October 22, 1944. Peter R's photo shows on the props the sort of wear I could see on the nose of said photos. I have found on the net photos of A52-2 weather damaged wing. Scary but not apparent in Gallagher's photos. Still if you've landed on the first available ground a Sergeant and some sandpaper would fix it enough. Peter R's photo also shows the camera nose arrangement. Agree with Geoff Sinclair. A52-4 Aug-Sept, 1944.

I'm definitely in a colour mode at the moment. First it was HMS Burdock in her Blue and Yellow, then the midget sub in grey, white, black and brown and now this, which is by far and away the most colourful so far. And it'll make a nice change to use gloss paint, that will make applying decals SO much easier. So, here are the obligatory prebuild photos. (which I hope you can see, as I can't see them on the photo host site) Very colourful decals I've even bought the recommended Humbrol colours, never sprayed Humbrol enamel paint before, so that might be a challenge. Jon

Lovely biplane!

Thanks for the continued comments! The main colour is MRP Light Gull Grey, although I used Mr Color 315 as well. The white is mostly Mr Color 69 highlighted with regular white. Cheers Jon

I'm glad to see that I am not alone in having a list of projects fallen by the wayside. The problem I have is that if they stalled due to lack of enthusiasm for them it is very difficult to rekindle any sort of energy to get them finished. I'm currently working on 2 of mine that were abandoned in the painting phase and have actually now got one completely decaled and have started on the second but am finding any excuse I can not to go into the model room, including hunting down boring jobs to do, just so that I don't have to face them. Duncan B

Constanza Kits is to release some 1/72nd Cessna resin kits - ref. CON807225 - Cessna 441 Conquest II https://www.aviationmegastore.com/en/modelling/cessna-441-conquest-ii-constanza-kits-con807225-213306.html - ref. CON807226 - Cessna-Reims F406 Caravan II Vigilant - Hellenic Coast Guard https://www.aviationmegastore.com/en/modelling/cessna-reims-f406-caravan-ii-vigilant---hellenic-coast-guard--new-mould-constanza-kits-con807226-213307.html - ref. CON807227 - Cessna-Reims F406 Caravan II Vigilant - Vigilant - Australia Coast Guard https://www.aviationmegastore.com/en/modelling/cessna-reims-f406-caravan-ii-vigilant---vigilant---australia-coast-guard--new-mould-constanza-kits-con807227-213308.html - ref. CON807228 - Cessna 404 Titan - Sylt Air & Southern Australia https://www.aviationmegastore.com/en/modelling/cessna-404-titan-sylt-air--southers-australia-constanza-kits-con807228-213309.html - ref. CON807229- Cessna 404 Titan - Air Ambulance & Hinterland https://www.aviationmegastore.com/en/modelling/cessna-404-titan-air-ambulance--hinterland-constanza-kits-con807229-213310.html V.P.

I may have confused Heller and Italeri, my apologies if that is so. Not least to Italeri as I otherwise might well have bought one.

Go on so....count me in please!

I'm affraid that this solution is just temporary. Old vacuform plastic contains Bromine, which will just keep yellowing over time. Best option is to copy using modern materials. Modern PET plastic (e.g. as used as front page for spiral binding) has a slight blue tint, to prevent yellowing.

He she mostly is on the base, the figure is 140mm pluss the base so she is around 25 cm tall from base to hand. I'm printing one for myself as well. That seams very reasonable to me.

Thanks ceeb555.

Absolutely ybrbeautiful

Released - https://www.valom.net/?page_id=12 - ref. 14443 - Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-1 Uhu - ref. 14444 - Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-1 Uhu - Eastern front And new boxings announced https://www.valom.net/?page_id=1137 - ref. 14445 - Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-2 Uhu - Winter markings - ref. 14446 - Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-1 Uhu - foreign users - ref. 14447 - Focke-Wulf Fw 189A-2 Uhu - night markings V.P.