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Hi all, here is my version of the lovely PE-2 kit from Zvezda. It is a very detailed kit and the fit is just fantastic The only part where I have to use any filler is the insert on the wing front , but that maybe just me. It was a joy to build it. The model was painted with Gunze acrylics and washed with AK and diluted oil paints. Pictures are taken by Hartdeco I hope you like it.

Latest of the bench is the Special Hobby Martin Maryland Mk1. of 771 NAS. FAA, Twatt, August 1942. Straight out of the box...... this is no shake and bake. The Michael Jackson song of Filler was playing in the back ground. If it touched it fitted if you know what I mean Decals are from the spare box ..... Any way hope you like ...I will be taking this to Southern expo if any one wants to know more about the kit. Thanks fort looking and please feel free to comment. Dick

Its finished at last! Its taken a month and around 120 ish hours to complete , mainly because i kept adding scratchbuilt details. I added under fuselage ID lights made from the clear lens of an LED chopped up just above the electrode , painted silver and inserted into a hole. The landing lights had reflectors made using the old plug molding method. I also plug molded the recess parts that go in the nacelles abone the UC legs. The cockpit has a new navigators back armour plate with the fuel control panel added. I used resin wheels from Barracuda which are excellent. The nose guns have been replaced by the Master brass ones. Its the first time i have used these and they are gorgeous. If you add one thing to this kit , these guns should be it. Moving on to the merlin. I added the Automatic Boost Control unit from scratch. This is quite a large unit that is missed from most if not all Merlin engine models. It sits on the top of the supercharger. I added some control linkages. On the rear of the cylider heads i added the compressor to one and the RPM cable to the other. The rest is as it comes from the box with the exeption of HGW belts and good old Airscale compass and drift meter decals. Oh yes i also reshaped the props and spinners a bit!

Afternoon folks. My two favourite airliners are the 747 and Concorde but for years I have struggled to do a decent job on 1:144 kits with most of them now having been binned off! So last summer I decided I needed to have another go and take more time at getting it right. I had already bought the Revell 747-400 and the Zvezda 747-8 but I didn't want to go Lufthansa on both so started to loom around for other schemes. As luck would have it someone was selling the Landor decals on Ebay so I bought hose and cracked on with the Revell kit. It is as it is so any errors are mine but I am pleased with the result although it is far far from perfect! The kit itself is pretty awful and I hope one day Zvezda will do a version of the 400 as I enjoyed building the 747 8. As regards the Zvezda kit that was an easier build and the engines are excellent. Of course there are not many users of the 8 but I happened to be on the Draw Decal site a few months ago and noticed the Pan Am 747-800 FLIGHT OF FANCY decals and immediately I ordered them! I love the Pan Am scheme and will get more of these to do other airliners in the future. These decals went on well broadly speaking although the blue colour is a little patchy but this may well be how I applied them as I hadn't worked with these kinds of decals before. I used Halfords appliance white for the Pan Am and Revell and Xtracolor enamels for the Landor scheme. I will do some better pictures at the weekend so bare with these! chris

It's nigh on a month since I posted an update Sorry about that - the evenings and weekends have largely been taken up with other stuff and the poor old hawks have taken a back seat. That's not to say that I've been entirely remiss - I've been slowly getting hawk number two to the same stage as number one - but it didn't seem a good idea to post what was essentially a repeat of the first. Anyways. Here's a catch up. I detailed the second two fuselage halves in similar fashion to the first: Painted the second tub - then picked out the raised detail on the PE panels, added a wash or three and some dry brushing : I changed the way that I picked out the raised details on the PE parts. I did a white oil pin wash over the basic grey finish (protected with Klear) to pick out the recessed detail; and then masked out the individual raised panels and used black enamel paint paint, with a nearly dry brush - and a dry brush technique, to colour in the panels: Here are the four instrument panels after painting and with the instrument films in place. There is a slight deliberate difference in the painting of the T1 rear cockpit panel from the T1A: That gave me a kit of parts for two hawk cockpits. I've also painted the intake ducts in light aircraft grey: And here are a few piccies of the two cockpits side by side. Still a bit of fettling to do to get the fuselages to fit perfectly - and some trimming around the the instrument panels. Shame there isn't more colour in the hawk cockpit - but the seats and control column will liven them up a bit: Almost ready to close up the fuselage halves..... I've also been putting some thought into the front parts of the intakes. As supplied by Airfix the insides are blanked off. This is a before and after shot of trimming away the blanking. But the tube formed by the inside of the intake parts is neither seamless nor is it a shape that matches the trunking inside the fuselage. One solution would to shape and smooth the insides as best I can before joining the parts - and I may yet have to do that. But the other thought I had was to vac-form a small tube to fit inside the forward intakes and also into the fuselage section. So I made a simple resin master of the inside of the intakes: And then it was the work of only a few minutes to sand and smooth it to the required cross section: And I've got as far as mounting the masters on cocktail sticks ready to vac-form: I'm not sure it will work. But it was fun thinking it through - and I'll keep you posted - so to speak........ Steve

Hi Everyone, There I was with a Tamiya Buffalo with a broken canopy, no decals, no aerial mast and no instructions, Mmm what to do with it? So I searched the spares box and found a Navy type canopy so started looking at US Navy Buffalo to add to my Pacific collection. I eventually came across a few profiles on line ( but unfortunately no photos ) of a Marines Corps F2A-3 with markings I could cobble together from the stash. So I chopped the nose off, added some rectangles of plastic sheet and extended the fuselage by about 1/4" Sanded the frames off the sliding canopy and drew some lines to try and represent where the bits were bonded together Modified the propeller hub slightly with plastic tube, painted, decalled and moved aerial to the wing, to represent a........ ...worn out at the end of its life, F2A-3 of VMF-221, US Marines Corps, Midway, circa 1942 Hope you enjoy, thanks for looking Cheers Russ

Every now and then you get hit by a bug, a lightbulb goes off, an idea forms, inspiration comes from out of nowhere and you think to yourself "I want....nay, I MUST build ....." whatever it is. This happened to me with this. My last build was the Rutan ARES, which I stumbled upon after a routine YouTube browse. That inspired me to look for a kit of it, which I found in the recently released Sharkit kit (see RFI and WIP a few pages back). I already had the Voyager in the stash from ages ago anyway, so I ordered the Global Flyer and this, the White Knight/StarshipOne combi a few weeks ago. I also found the LongEZ from Sharkit and a Unicraft Proteus, the latter of which looks very short-run, but I haven't ordered these yet. Technically i should also order an Amodel Beech Starship too, but for now I just wanted the historic birds first. So, on with this one.. The kit didn't exactly fall together, needing filling on many joins, and brass rods to strengthen the wing construction, but once the subsections were finished it went together quickly. I added two pilots to the identical cockpits, neither of which you can see unless you get your eye right up to the Windows. These were masked using a technique I saw Ken Duffey using - punching 3mm discs out of masking tape with a metal punch, then masking up both clear sections identically. The main sections all went together by utilising a mitre box and cutting mat to line things up on The two airframes were primed and coated with acrylic automotive spray whites, straight from the cans, drying nicely in a matter of minutes. The other colours were hand painted. I didn't much like the etched exhausts, couldn't get them perfectly round as they were quite springy. The instruction sheet is not 200% accurate in terms of placements of either parts, or decals, so ref pics are essential. For example you are provided with 4 blade aerials, 2 for each boom, yet every pic I found only shows one on each. Plus the engine locations are very vague. The decals are quite fragile, the red stripes broke up after too much handling. On with the pics...

Tamiya 1/48 OOB. Great kit, typical Tamiya....falls together on it's own when you drop it on the floor with some glue. I needed a "recovery" build to just have some fun with. I decided to airbrush and mark up this kit with something "representative" of the early Spring 1945 timeframe. Airbrushed on some filters to blend everything in at the end. All painting down with a combo of the Badger 150/Velocity/SOTOR 20-20. Cheers Collin

Ah, the Hi-Rolla should be a big seller in 1/72 Sean! The Mk XII's have their wings. I'm becoming a fan of the Sword kit, it goes together really well. I've got a couple of their Seafires and another Mk V in the stash and I'm glad I do. The Brigade nose mated to the Sword wing leaves a hole where they meet. If I'd been thinking ahead, I'd have attached some plasticard to the inside before putting it together. I made a few plastic patches that are now rattling around inside the fuselage, but the third one stuck. I then glopped on some melted sprue. Mine's gone all stringy now too, PC. The Mk 21 has its wings now too. I also attached the stabilizers after drooping the elevators. In doing so I managed to break off the entire tail section. I guess I'll be doing another fill and sand pass on that seam.

Kit - Revell 1:72 Paint - All Xtracolour enamels Decals - Xtradecal Extras - FAA Models resin recce nose. Hawker Hunter FR.10 4 Squadron, RAFG Gutersloh AB. Germany 1968 Probably one of the easiest conversions you could ask for. The FAA Models resin nose simply drops in to place in place of the kit part with the absolute minimum of fuss and just a smear of filler. In total this model spent only 11hrs and 45mins on my bench from the moment I opened the box until this afternoon, and I enjoyed every one of those 765 minutes. Not my first RoG Hunter and won't be my last... One of the best 1:72 kit of recent years ???, IMHO yeah, it is. Please feel free to make any comments, criticisms or ask any questions. Thanks for taking the time to look. Ian.

Given there's a P-47 GB going on and there has been discussion about the P-47M, I thought I'd post pics of the Revell P-47M kit I made up a year or 2 ago. The model represents a P-47M flown by Boleslaw 'Killer Mike' Gladych of the 61st FS, 56th FG, USAAF 8th AF. The only mods to the kit is a bit of Eduard etch in the cockpit to provide the instrument panels and seatbelts. The silver colour is Alclad Aluminium and the top colour is Vallejo Black with a bit of Blue. thanks Mike

Academys 1/32 nieuport 17, An older kit, sanded the ribs off and replaced with fine tape, scratch built most of the cockpit and used a eduard brassin vickers gun. painted using vallejo metal paints, first time i had used them, very good. I was going to use the kit decals, but they were some of the worst i have ever seen, very thick, only stuck in a few places, and sol and set had no chance. so it sat on the shelf of doom!!! found some begemot decals for nieuport 21s. finished as see, the model was to far advanced to modify the cowling. i know its wrong for a nieuport 21. pleased with the result. thanks for looking

That's so true - old military aircraft have a very unique smell. So do tanks, battleships and submarines. To my nose, they're all a bit different - but I like them all! And I'm with you on a trip to Steve's museum. He said I could live there if I work the broom. The staff are all very nice. They approach the therapy and treatment from all angles, including your hobbies. Maintaining a "normal" quality of life is an important part of the recovery process. I've never participated in any group therapy, so I'm not sure what to expect from the first session. It will be interesting, that's for sure. I'm anxious to hear from others with similar experiences. Yikes! That's quite a story. Sounds like it's a good thing you caught that when you did. I made my decision because the opiates affect too many things, and none of it is good. I've become tolerant after all these years, so the dose needs to keep going up to get the same relief - and in my case I keep moving up to stronger opiates. The Fentanyl that I take is not something to play around with - it's dangerous stuff. Here is what Wikipedia says about Fentanyl: "Fentanyl is approximately 80 to 100 times more potent than morphine and roughly 40 to 50 times more potent than pharmaceutical grade (100% pure) heroin." I don't know about you guys, but reading stuff like that makes me shiver. Cheers, Bill PS. I've never, ever abused my prescription pain killers. I joke about it, but it's really no laughing matter. In the US, prescription pain killer addiction and abuse is a huge problem. I suspect it's probably the same over on your side of the puddle. PPS. I think I should change my other mind, and open the canopy on the Sea Venom. Having a look at the instructions, it seems there are some cool details on the inside of the canopy that will provide some extra interest. So let's get some Dymo label tape and a fresh #11 blade (I hate this part - I'm glad there is a spare canopy):

Hi, all ! let me introduce to you the result of the test build the new set of MiniArt building is here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234998372-%D1%82-44%D0%BC-miniart;135-wip/

Hi all. I recently finished a commission built Tamiya FW-190 in 1/48 scale. The model was built almost straight from the box. I added some barrels made from brass tubing. The model was painted with Gunze Aqueous paints and weathered with AK washes. Thanks for watching. René

Hi all, here are some pics of my last completed kit. It is the Saiun Myrt japanese reconnaissance plane from Hasegawa. I also used an Eduard photoetched set to improve the cockpit details. Since a lot of the interior will be visible through the long greenhouse canopy, I spend a bit of effort to improve the (already very nice) cockpit: I scraped off most of the interior ribbing and replaced it by Evergreen strips. Here is the floor and the side consoles , improved with the Eduard set. Throttles are rebuild with plastic card. The seats are also improved. Eduard offers a very nice piece for the pilot seat, with armrests. The other two seats were rebuilt with Evergreen rod, the cushions are done in Magic sculpt epoxy putty. Here are some more detail pieces: Here are some pictures of the completed cockpit: the paints are Gunze mixes, details are painted with Vallejo acrylics. Finally some pictures of the completed model. The paint is again Gunze acrylics, over a coat of Tamiya TS30 Silver Leaf, (used to do some chipping). The hinomarus are painted with masks. The weathering was done with several translucent coats of paint. I also used Faber Castell ink pens and some pigments fixed with flat varnish. I am preparing a small base with some figures to display it. I hope you will like it, best, Christian. <script src="safari-extension://com.ebay.safari.myebaymanager-QYHMMGCMJR/b30ead9/background/helpers/prefilterHelper.js" type="text/javascript"> </script>

Latest model from my workbench it is the 1/32 scale KittyHawk Models P-39 Airocobra built almost from the box with the addition of the HGW seat belts. Kit decals used. Hope you like here as she is hopefully going to be a build article in a future issue of Tamiya Model Magazine.

The device in the wing intake is the total head air pressure sensor for the engines flow control unit. 895's wheels were (are) sky but could have been either sky or silver in service Gear wells are sky Dont look at photo's of RN aircraft, we of Her Majesties Royal Australian Navy did things our way. One thing you'll need on the canopy is the black PVC sheets mounted on the rear, these were fitted after the ejection seats were installed to prevent the canopy from playing magnifying glass and seating fire to the drogue chutes Good luck with that in 1/72.

Just a quick update which highlights a problem that I hope I'm not alone in facing: that there are so many Spitfires to build and it's hard to know when to stop. Anyway I've closed up the fuselage on the XIV and made a start on replicating the cowling fasteners. The IIa is pretty much together in the background but needs a bit of tidying up around the wing roots. The XVIII is primed and ready for paint, as is a Seafire XV which sits opposite.

Finally finished! Revell Kit 1/32 scale with help from Eduard Interior, Seats and Remove before Flight tags. The black finish is really hard to get without an airbrush...... (i have no airbrush, must spray with Revell spraycans) I builded this beauty in about 5 months. Enjoy the pics! Oliver

A bit late on the scene but here I am with a "Beastie" of a chopper to take part................ The obligatory parts view........................ I have a set of Begemot decals winging their way from Russia and some Eduard external detailing too.............. Smudge

Hello, here are the pictures of the finished Albastros B.II (early-version) in scale 1/32 by Wingnut Wings. It is the newest kit from the New Zealand brand and it is a fantastic release. One of their best kits until now in my eyes. Despite of the rigging material - everything you need is included in the kit. Wooden decals (used and worked on with several oil colours), different optional parts for 5 different versions. Optional wheels (closed rims, spoke wheels (plastic spokes), spoke wheels (etched wheels)) and lot of more. I have built it OOP without any upgrade stuff, only some turnbuckles from Gaspatch Models and EZ-Line used for the rigging. Cheers Micha

Here's my most recent finished build. It's the 1/32 Tamiya MK IX converted to an FR IX. I used Xtracrylix for the pink and Tamiya for the markings which were done using paint masks. With my PR XI build from a couple years ago: Thanks for looking in, Carl

One of my latest models, published in Aces High number 4. http://apuntesdemodelismo.blogspot.com.es/2015/04/spitfire-mkvb-trop.html https://www.facebook.com/Apuntes-de-Modelismo-550832738417473/

Plus Accurate Armours' armour upgrade and damaged wheels. no aerials or gun etc as its going on a transporter. These are reduced res pics. The full res ones, and a few more pics, are on my Flikr page. Clicking a pic should take you there.

Hello, Italeri will release a new MB339A in 2016. I think this will be the nice Frems Kit, I build about 3 years ago. Here some pictures of this nice model kit. Build it just OOB.

Dedicated to my dad who fights against cancer at the moment................. Revell Kit 1/48 scale Build this one in about 6 months during my second one, the GR4, with little decal problems will be paused (the GR4 will follow soon!) Weathering with Tamiya pigments Aftermarket: -Eduard BigEd Set -Italeri Decals ​-Italeri weapons FOR THE EAGLE EYES -> Krueger Flap is wrong, "Salvataggio - Rescue Decal" is on a wrong place ​Enjoy Oliver next to the BAE Hawk and finally, on the Showcase

Hello! Finished on last friday VF-1 Valkyrie from Macross anime in 1/48 by Hasegawa. Additional two sets of PE parts from Hasegawa and Jasmine Models. Carrier deck from Steel Scorpion and resin carrier tractor from PWMP. Carrier crew also from Hasegawa is on workbench. Hope you'll like it

1/72 Academy, brush painted, including the checks, never again!!

Hi all. Only recently I built my first Hasegawa Skyhawk and it was a joy to build. I used Aires' cockpit set but you would really only use a resin seat. The cockpit is very small so hardly anything is visible inside. The bomb rack and bombs were taken from a Hobbyboss A-7 kit. As ussual Hasegawa doesn't provide any weapons in the kit. The model was painted with Gunze Aqueous paint and weathered with AK washes and pastels. Thanks for watching. René

Supermarine Seafire Mk IIc, 6B-Ø, 885 NAS, FAA, HMS Formidable, the Mediterranean, February 1943.

Several updates from the last several days... I've add several details for the pilots and troop seats, as well a bit in the cabin area . After a bit negotiation with the material-man and a pack of cigarette, I finally got a tube of CA glue. So, I decided to have a bit fun with the wheel well by rebuild it using copper wires and plasticard. and install the transmission The dry fit shows that although Zvezda give you a lot of details, yet the fittings will be a pain... Cheers, Mario

Airfix Canberra PR9 1/72, almost OOB, brush painted with xtracrylixs, with the underside squares being scratch built using paper and the dielectric panel from the spares box. Think this set of pics are better than the ones I posted in the WIP thread http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234996307-finished-pbs-no6-airfix-canberra-pr9/

Sloooow progress on this one. Finally finished the main rotor. The rotor head doesn't look exactly how I intended, but I think it'll do.

Today I have a modest but significant update. First thing I did was to close up the fuselage using a combination of superglue, liquid cement and liquid poly: Modest clamping was required around the cockpit to close up a small gap to the bulkhead. Overall one of the easiest fuselages I can recall in coming together, the fit of this kit is very good and the design of this helicopter actually helped the process. I then added some detailing to the cockpit side wall using card and some items from my spares box: One thing I had missed was removing these marked areas which foul the extended engine intakes: I blocked of the cabin area with tape and foam to try to prevent any debris getting inside the thing. I used a knife rather than my motor tool so that only large slivers were produced rather than a cloud of dust: I will now be focusing on the cockpit which I think is now ready for a coat or two of paint. Bye for now, Nigel

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Chieftain Mk.5 Takom 1/35 I finished Takom's Mk.5 last December (having started it all the way back in September) It's a nice kit, although the BATUS markings supplied should in fact be for a Mk.10. I think Mig J. was a little lax on his research for this one. Built OOB apart from the MG and smoke discharger covers. The base used one of the AMMO branded model scene grass mats. It'll be nice to see how it stacks up against the Meng one, but that seems to have disappeared again, after having a brief revival late last year Thanks for looking Andy

Evening all, Maintaining my addiction to these superb Bandai kits, here's another two completions hot off the bench. The first is Darth Vader's advanced TIE from A New Hope, whilst the second is the Special Forces TIE from The Force Awakens. Both were impeccable to build as is to be expected and great fun once again. As before, the bases are custom made using a laser engraver, although I've made life easier for myself this time using straight matt black acrylic to eliminate the need for routing required of the aluminium bases I used previously. Bandai 1/72 TIE Advanced x1 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Bandai 1/72 TIE Advanced x1 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Bandai 1/72 TIE Advanced x1 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Bandai 1/72 TIE Advanced x1 by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Bandai 1/72 First Order Special Forces TIE Fighter by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Bandai 1/72 First Order Special Forces TIE Fighter by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Bandai 1/72 First Order Special Forces TIE Fighter by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Bandai 1/72 First Order Special Forces TIE Fighter by Shaun Schofield, on Flickr Thanks for looking, comments welcomed Cheers, Shaun

Built OOB, great little kit and tons of weathering potential. Went for an abanded rusty unit; ">http://flic.kr/p/xuA2DF] ">http://flic.kr/p/yqx2xu] http://flic.kr/p/y9Sofq] ">http://flic.kr/p/y9Riso] http://flic.kr/p/yqx2yS]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/669/21281066222_c654d65960_b.jpg[/img] ">http://flic.kr/p/yqx2xu] Steve

Hi all,another finished build this one for the made in Britain GB,IA great nostalgia trip as I built many Matchbox kits as a kid,I enhanced the cockpit a little as can be seen in the WIP,the decals were awful due to age so the spares box got raided.Thanks for looking in.

TWO model shops? You lucky chaps... Hi Benedikt Yikes, now that's what I CALL a knife! The Citadel thing is quite 'blunt' actually so not as dangerous as yours and, unlike scalpel blades, doesn't dig into the plastic. Enough sales talk! Thanks Giorgio I must admit that I'm a 'kit assembler' rather than a model builder and I promised myself to do this OOB, but thanks for the information which is interesting and will, I'm sure, be of use to other (less lazy) readers! Hi John - perhaps they were a bit lazy 'in the old days' too! Thanks Alex - interesting! Not much done today as I had a business meeting and had to drive to Marlow. What a pretty town! Not that I could afford to live there though... Anyway, did I mention that I'd decided to hand paint the canopy? When i looked to mask it the frame wasn't very well defined and it's really curvy so I used one of my thin brushes. Of course some of the paint went onto the 'glass' so I carefully scraped it with a cocktail stick and then gently with a scalpel blade. Of course I scratched it. When I bought my first set of Micromesh I bought a polishing kit from Paul and it came with some polishing fluid, pushed to the back of the bench as I thought I'd never use it. Out it came and, with some Tamiya cotton buds, I was able to polish out the scratches with ease! Untitled by Ced Bufton, on Flickr Now further from the back of the bench. No way am I going to put tape on that now! Tonight I fitted my holding thingy, stuck some packing foam over Leo's head and blobbed on some mask then on with the Stynylrez: I do like this stuff. Have I mentioned that before? Sorry... Last episode of 'Happy Valley' tonight so we'll find out who the baddie is. No butler in this one so I have no idea who dunnit.

and proof of the proof of concept............. Happy Days Kev

Morning all,I now have the wings attached and a few other bit,s and bobs added ready for primer,due to the scheme I will leave off the tailplanes and paint them separately,I,ve painted the components for the big prop and painted the wheels and u/c legs.

yes, really! them's the There's actually way more in the diorama now than I originally planned to do to this kit. When a particular ebay seller decides to offer realistic prices there will be another addition but no building or scratching per se

And all of a sudden - i have a Spit Vc!! The Alley Cat C wings attached very well with just a little filling being required. The outer MG ports need redrilling and aileron attachment points need cleaning up and one wing had a wicked warp ( you can see this in my original WIP thread). The plastic tabs I'd attached to the fuselage roots proved useful to a certain extent, but I'd say if I were to do another I wouldnt bother. Once it was trimmed to take the new outer wings I fitted the kit lower wing first, then attached the resin tops/outers using CA/talc mix which was also used to fill the gaps. I'd already attached the kit wing tips and cleaned them up, so some careful sanding of the CA/talc mix gave a quick, clean and very strong bond. There's some more seam clean-up and re-scribing to be done but that's essentially it for the "main" construction: I always find Spitfires come together very quickly once the cockpit is done Cheers Jonners

You'll end up taking over BM with all your updates.... After the fuselage was joined together, there was a bit of a gap on the nose which was filled with Sean's Special Sprue Sauce: and after a bit of filing I had this: then the radiators where glued on: and finally the wings and fuselage where joined up: While dry fitting the wings and fuselage, there was a choice of a gap at the wing roots, or a step under the cowling where it joins the fuselage. I chose the gap underneath, so I could get a tight fit at the wings. I'll let this set until tomorrow. Just while your here people, should this be added as well, or is it a sometimes yes, sometimes no kind of thing? B16 Sean

Thanks Cookie and Sean - you can get the scrapers online, but then you won't have an excuse to pick up some paint as well... After the shock of 'wings on' at post #28 this happened: Untitled by Ced Bufton, on Flickr and then this: I like the Mr Dissolved Putty for little gaps like this where you can use capillary action to fill the join and the result would be hard to sand. That's just left me with these bits to paint and the main model to prime and paint. Yes, I'm going to prime this time as I'm using the Mr Hobby Aqueous.

Hi all here is the next update on this Baring in mind these are almost Identical scales (the thermop is 1/96 and the soliel is 1/100) I still cant believe how much heavier and bulkier and cumbersom the soliel was (I mean I know she had to be able to withstand cannon fire and such) but she must have been sooooooo slooooowwwww

1/35 Trumpeter Challenger 2 "Kosovo" with Accurate Armour damaged wheels and armour upgrade. Certain things are not mounted (aerials etc ) as its going on a transporter.