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Thanks Doug, the Grumpy`s were from a Italeri Avenger sheet Cheers Russ

Thanks Colin, I find Hasegawa decals a bit inconsistent too, at times. I was going to use decals from a Hasegawa P-400 I did a bit back, but they were Impervious to everything I tried to settle them down, even boiling water and hair dryer. Yet others go on fine?? I just used Microset on these ones and had no problems at all. Cheers Russ

Thanks, I just used Humbrol 113 for the propeller and spinner colour. Cheers Russ

Sorry Tommy I can`t recall ( killed a lot of brain cells since then ) I just remember the main ones snapping

Thanks Zach The kits an easy build, bomb doors a bit fiddly, apparently there`s a few inaccuracies around the nacelles but I didn`t bother about them. The props are the wrong shape from the box and were replaced. Hope this helps, cheers Russ

Hi everyone, hope you don`t mind me bothering you with some photo`s of the latest addition to the Pacific collection My attempt at Hasegawa`s 1/48 scale `Oscar` Late Version Finished in the markings of Captain Yukichi Kitakoga of the 54th Flight Regiment Built from the box contents and just added the usual, belts, wiring harness, brake pipes and aerial wires For a simple aircraft, Mr Hasegawa managed, I think to make it a bit trickier than it needed to be, especially the 2 part undercarriage legs and cowling attachment Also the separate wing tips also include part of the ailerons which are tricky to clean up. I know the flaps shouldn`t really be deployed on the ground but I couldn`t be bothered to try and get them to fit closed....... ....and in any case I like the look of them as they are. Decals were the kits and weren`t any bother. Thanks for looking, hope you like Cheers Russ

Hi Tommy, it`s a long while since I built it but I remember that: the instrument panel sits in the wrong place if you follow the instructions, the struts kept breaking and the undercarriage was a pain to line up......the rest was easy 🙂 Cheers Russ

Beautiful job on the old kit, I keep meaning to do one of these myself. Really nicely done in any case.

Great job on a tricky kit, really nice work there

Great build and very cool camo`, really nice work

Brilliant job!

Excellent Thunderbolt, dio` and photo`s there Patrick, really nice work

Really nice Beaufort there John, the tweaks really make a difference

Great looking Zero there, really nice work

Superb build and paint Pete, really nice work

Very cool Zero there, really nice work

Great looking Mirage there, really nice work

Great looking MiG there, really nice work

Hi everyone, Got a soft spot for P-40`s, especially from the 49th FG, for some reason. So thought I`d bother you with some photo`s of my latest addition to my Pacific collection My latest attempt at Hasegawa`s 1/48 P-40N kit, but from the Hobby2000 boxing Finished to represent an aircraft of the 49th FG, based at Gusap, New Guinea Built OOB as usual, with obligatory seat belts and brake pipes added Also drilled out the filter cover ahead of the exhausts and added antenna and whip aerials evident on later P-40`s Was originally going to do it as `Geronimo` in sand camo` but when I found the Keystone Kathlene markings new I had to do them Deviated slightly from the decals in the kit as couldn`t find any pictures of the stars and bars with blue surrounds and painted the spinner to represent how it looked in what photo`s I did find. The kit decals I used went on great and the alternate stars and bars came from an Eduard Airacobra set Hope you enjoy the pic`s, thanks for looking Have a good Easter Cheers Russ

Great looking `cuda there Roger, really nice work

Beautiful Gladiator there, really nice work

Beautiful Mustang there Jean, really nice work

Brilliant job on the Porter, really nice work

Superb Beaufort there, really nice work

Superb Build and photo`s, really nice work