Beard

The Ventura is looking rather splendid and - to misquote Lt. General R. Corman - if you've brush-painted that much yellow, you'll never have to prove your courage in any other way.

If you want the Irish Air Corps stickers that came with the Airfix kit, PM me your address and I'll pop some in the post.

It's looking very smart.

Either you've got a very steady hand or that masking was neat.

That looks lovely.

I believe that Humbrol 163 and 165 are pretty good Dark Green and Medium Sea Grey. At least the enamels are, I don't use acrylics.

That looks lovely, smoother than my Mum's custard.

That's good advice on the engines/ nacelles Dave. I did almost exactly the same as you oon mine. Apologies for not warning you.

If find out, could you tell me? I float the sticker on the milky one, push it down, then apply more. I think it's used to stick the decal down and soften it but I ain't sure.

As I've said before, you have done a wonderful job and it is looking fabulous. Do you have any idea what you are going to do next?

That is really rather smart.i'm looking forward to seeing the stickers in it

I've got to the fitting the bomb-bay doors stage and I think there's an error in the instructions (although it may be me being an idiot). It looks like they've got the intrepid modeller attaching the rear doors (Parts D23 & D27) the wrong way round. They certainly fit better if you fix the opposite side.

I'm now assembling the engines and (look away now, if you don't want your fun spoilt) I can report that the cowling fit round the engines.

Nice work Dave. I'm just at the point of fixing the undercarriage and their nacelles, I'm doing them before attaching the wings, but won't spoil your enjoyment by telling you how they go together.

Splendid work, J-W, proper modelling.