Bigglesof266

1/72! WOW! 😮

A lot of work. An "A" for effort and persistence from me. 👍

Love it! 👍👍

Beautiful model from ICM. Top marks on the rigging and all those windows having the patience to cut frisket masks from the supplied stencil. 👍 I think I'd be definitely be tempted to pay for a masking set for this one. 😮 Always tight fisted with my budget when it comes to spending on aftermarket, nevertheless I lashed out on a Montex mask set for my Tamiya 1/48 Mitsubishi G4M1 (61049 not the pre-painted canopies of 61110), but this makes the Betty transparencies seem like an easy job!

Really nice job. 👍 Your model took me for a walk down memory lane reminding me of how back in the late 1960s I used to love Frog kits when I could get them as they did less popular, less glamorous and thus lesser known subjects ignored by the ubiquitious Airfix in their hanger bags. e.g. Percival Proctor IV, Miles Master III, Magister I, Hotspur II glider to name a few I had and recall, and this. NB. In Australia, Frog kits were poorly and sporadically distributed throughout the 1960s, and thus very difficult to source as a child limited to localised outlets in suburbia such as hobby shops. 😢

Trophy out of sheer nostalgia crafting a childhood dream into reality. For the proverbial sow's ear models of that era are comparatively, it's also very good IMHO. 👍

One word. Magnificent. But .... How long did the project take you from start to finish? Man hours?

Agree with the comment above. Really nailed the authentic white overwash camo look. An effect more difficult to do well than it looks. 👍👍 Love the 'hanger' too.

Nice result all things considered. TBH, I built their B-2/U4 variant, and was unimpressed with MENG from that experience. Your comments re the transparencies are spot on. It started off badly when I received a box absent decals and had to go to the reseller to sort the problem. Especially for the price, I expected better than to have to buy aftermarket too to fix issues like the oil cooler intake, propeller blade and spinner shapes. Do better MENG were my thoughts. Haven't bought a MENG aircraft kit again since, although - couldn't resist, I do have their 1/35 A7V in my stash due to it being the only show in town in scale kudos to them.

Personally I think the P-39 like its too late sibling P-63 the best looking single engine USAAC pursuit types of that conflict. Honourable mention to the P-38 disqualified due its twin categorisation.

Beautiful design, although personally I prefer the more conventional aesthetic of the previous I & II step nose versions. Along with the Ki-45, just appealing aesthetics.

Love the subject. 👍

Trophy just for the perseverence painting all the crosses for that camo! 😄 Well done! 👍

Excellent result. 👍 These venerable Tamiya kits are a joy to build OOTB, and still scrub up beautifully enough to please the lay eye in their war paint.

Pleasant trip down memory lane. Thank you. I bought, built and brush painted this delightful little FROG kit in 1967. I recall being impressed at the time that FROG specialised in lots of lesser known British types like this, the Miles Master III and Magister. 👍