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@heloman1 like the idea of the box diorama for the hanger. Progress has been slow, lots of scraping, sanding, dry fitting. Very hard to know where the flash end and the kit part starts. The engine, a little kit in itself. Been dry brushed since the photo, which has improve its appearance. Next started on a number of the smaller assemblies.

Made a start, well photographed the contents. @Mjwomack has the option of plastic wheels or plastic hubs with rubber tyres, undecided on which I will use. The photo doesn’t show it well, but lots of flash, clean up required. The decals look ok, but have the following as a back up. Finally the instructions sheet. @Corsairfoxfouruncle you welcome to follow along. @Antoine I think they are still going although website doesn’t look like it’s been updated for a few years. I built their B-10.

I will be building the Williams Brothers 1/32 Curtis F9C Sparrowhawk, originally tooled around the mid 70s. Williams Brothers, (not be confused with Williams Brothers Brewing Company) their website suggests they been around for 60+ years. Link to website https://www.wmbros.com Not a prolific producer but have a small range of some interesting subjects. They don’t seem to have produced anything new for a while but do occasionally re-releases kits. I have built a few of their kits, they need a bit of work but turn out nice.

A couple of builds from my chosen manufacturer, Williams Brothers. 1/32 Halls Bulldog 1/32 Laird Super Solution

Final photos taken and gallery updated. Thanks for a great GB. Even with the decal struggles, I am happy with the way it turned out.

F-104G Starfighter 'Bavaria’ Bundeswehr Luftwaffe (German Air Force 1956-now) JaboG 32 Luftwaffe. July 1983 1/48 Hasegawa + Kelick 3D Decals.

Calling this finished. Enjoyed the build, bar the decals. Having finished this build, I have run into a problem! I have no space left on my display shelves.

Finished applying the decals. They continued to fight me all the way. Ended up masking the red stripe on the rear fuselage and painting it, using an Ak paint marker.

Looking good. I building this kit at the moment and have the same issues with decals. Haven’t dared to do the wing tanks yet.

Made a start on the decals. lt’s official, I hate Hasegawa decals. This is the only my third Hasegawa kit in the last few years, I have struggled with the decals on every build. They don’t want to release from the backing sheet easily, have to use warm water to aid the process. They also fracture easily, had to piece together most of decals placed to date. My previous builds, I resorted to aftermarket decals, don’t have the option for this build. Will get there but it will be slow process.

Painting complete, ready for a gloss coat then decals.

The majority of the painting has been completed. Just need to tidy up some paint bleeds.

Gallery updated.

F-16N ‘Top Gun’ US Navy Fighter Weapons School NASA Miramar. Oct 1993 1/48 Tamiya F-16C/N + Kelic 3D cockpit decals One off paint scheme, known as “Powder Puff”

Had a push over the Easter weekend to finish this one. Decaling underway, very low-vis bar the Top Gun badge on the tail. Was then given a very light panel wash. And here she is finished. Really happy with how this turned out. The Tamiya kit was a joy to build.