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Alistair, A challenging scheme for this one but I'm sure you'll be all over it! Will follow with interest, Cheers, Roger

Alistair, A lovely build and finish - these shake & bake new offerings from Airfix really are very good and you've certainly done it justice, Cheers, Roger

Alistair, Lovely and very rapid work - will look forward to seeing the biplane take shape! Cheers, Roger

complete works of Shakespeare (minus the Bacon bits of course)

Very cool idea Tim

Nice progress and I agree with your choice to go box art.

The Monogram kits were generally outstanding. It’s why I’m surprised this one is such a pig. It’s got some build defects that are surprising even though it has more detail (a cockpit!) than its contemporaries. They were my favorites as a kid. https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/20544-original-1977-boxing-of-monogram-spitfire-mk-ix/#comment-255743 https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/20583-1970’s-box-monogram-hurricane-iid/#comment-256844

So tempted to go for the duo box. Their kits are so beautiful.

i think i’ll buy it and use the UkrAF parts on one of my many Revell Vipers. I wonder how the ICM decals are?

DD743 and DD744 were repainted in a dark blue, see this profile, SAAF Mosquito DD744 profile

Many thanks for your kind comment. Cheers, Alistair

Ah ha......yes I have quoted that many times to justify some (most?) of my stash and it is mostly true. I mean if I live to 304 years old I might even achieve the promise. I love the detail painting you have achieved. I am also looking forward to seeing how @Martian improves the airfix offering using the reskit parts as a guide/inspiration.

Thanks for the feedback guys. As has been mentioned in a few other Sea King builds on this forum, the Sea King was in service in many different roles for such a long time that making an accurate model of any particular aircraft doesn't just require references for a specific type or even a specific airframe but that specific airframe at a specific time in it's long life. When I started looking at what details needed to be changed for the airfix Hu5 kit to be made into an Har3 I discovered I had to be more specific.... which Har 3 and when? The more I looked the more wanted to add/change/improve but, sometimes some of the details are guess work and copied from a different aircraft on a different date. I am quite pleased with the balance I reached between super accurate versus it looks about right in this scale (a very subjective topic I believe). If I am honest some of the time spent on detail painting of the interior is procrastination to avoid the very large area of yellow paint on the outside. A 1/48 sea king is big and yellow is notoriously difficult to do well and I am equal parts intimidated and eager to see if my airbrushing skills are up to the task.

Thanks very much. Cheers, Alistair

Very cool. A local shop only open on weekends had a stack of new releases of stick and paper models supposedly made hereabouts. I chickened out... the dimensions were too big for my small city place.

G'day Jon, I've not done one of these myself but it seems from threads on Airfix forums that you're not alone here. Much f_ _ errr fettling is required. That's what I like to see, determination. 👍 And remember the old adage :- if things don't fit then use brute force and ignorance. And when all else fails, get a bigger hammer! 😁 GOOD LUCK Regards, Jeff.

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G'day, my copy of the "Anatomy of the Ship - Yamato" states that the Japanese made extensive use of welding to save weight but mainly in the superstructure and in the longitudinal structural members. The hull plates were butt-joined at the fore and after parts of the hull, lap-joints elsewhere. Presumably rivetted. In all her construction used over 6 million rivets and 7.5 million welding rods. HTH. Regards, Jeff. P.S. - Apologies for the thread drift, I forgot this was a IJN Takao thread.

Thanks, Mate, really appreciate the kind words. It is a decal; the old Hasegawa decals tend to be thick. It was difficult to register to the aircraft but with a bit of wrestling, I guess it work. Cheers

Never seen mention of this before. I've seen various other comments on other issues, but not this. https://www.ipmsstockholm.se/home/spitfire-pr-mk-xix-in-detail/ Airfix kit Note this is an early XIX which was not pressurised. The canopy maybe not bulged enough, but looks to be the right length, compared to other airframe features. The XIX is not simply a derivative of earlier high back versions, but part of the PR family. The curved screen is the standard PR screen, note the rear section on the pressurised airframes is deeper. Rob Taurus it seems just make vac form replacements, I don't know they bother correcting any issues. If you are doing a Spitfire family, the Falcon Spitfire special set maybe worth considering https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/FNCV4172 Comparison photos really help if you are going to ask questions like this. The Airfix XIX is not a great kit, there are some simple modifications I thought helped it https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235073488-spitfire-pr-xix-airfix-72nd-as-i-thought-it-would-be-easy/ The main comment was the wing chord, an easy fix, and blank wheel wells and the club like prop blades need work, and the seat seems too high, but all of this is in the link. The canopy came up well with a Kleer dip If it's the same as their 1/48th, you will need a new spinner, the rest is do-able but it's a load of work. The Sword kit is limited run but seems to be better. I'm sure various other members will add in their thoughts. @The wooksta V2.0 @Giorgio N @Beard ? HTH

I like them! if we take Star Wars to seriously it will dive us Mad! i do not have your building talents! a small contibution from me a sketch with Penny the Cat from some years ago...i am not welcome at my local collectable shops due to me asking to often if they have anything JaJa Binks,Howard The Duck?...any deals on Rose Tico and Fin? it upsets them

All sanded down. Now to mask the wings and start the painting.

Looks great! the original kit with the motor a lot more ££3 so balances out...you would soon get bored of the motor action...nice to see one not weathered (not a criticism)

I guess you're right. I only brought it up knowing I would make a complete hash of it if I tried. 😬 My next thought is, would the formulation of those paints be suitable for thinning and airbrushing? Again, I must emphasise it would be beyond my talents to try it and succeed. 🤪

Makes me feel ancient. I bought it new as a 15 year old in 1968! Believe it or not it was "state of the art" back then, NOT a crap kit. Nice start.