Stephen

Mine arrived from Luckymodel on Friday.

Great build Dave.

Beautifully built and painted. The weapons bay is superbly finished.

First Argentinian F-16 seen https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/argentine-air-force-fighting-falcon-sighted?fbclid=IwAR0udRdTr133FUkRSopOfDMO6uiVYMeYANLJtRIfj-e8X9IDKPIsxf0DhbU

1/48 Airbus Helicopter Tiger HAD 1/48 Beechcraft King Air 350

That is a great build.

I cheered until I saw the open gunbay and airbrakes. Given that it's a natural metal finish I'd prefer as few open parts as possible but that aside it's great to have an F-86A at last.

Gloss coat Tamiya X-22 on.

Gloss coat Tamiya X-22

My kit is on the way from Jadlam.

https://www.detailandscale.com/detail-scale-publications-3/p-47-thunderbolt-in-detail-scale

Vallejo Model Colour is superb for brush painting but it will simply not adhere to bare plastic properly. If you put primer down you'll have no problems as Model Colour has to go down on a primed surface. I don't know what paints you're airbrushing but I like acrylics and lacquers, for example if I was painting the cockpit of a modern jet I'd prime the parts with Halfords Primer then spray the appropriate Tamiya grey base colour then hand brush the detail with Vallejo Model Colour thinned with good old Scottish tap water. Alternatively I would skip the primer and spray the Tamiya grey directly on to the plastic then detail paint. You've made a good choice with Model Colour but due to it's qualities it has to go down on to a primed or previously painted surface rather than bare plastic.

I received a shipping notification for my Sea Hurricane pre order.

There's a build review in the latest Airfix magazine.

Fantastic build, finish and weathering.