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  1. Very late to this party, some impressive work done here! I obviously love the painted on insignia and markings and the weathering is also commendable - excellent job! I love the way you reproduced the drip effect. I'm also very interested in this build because I have the F-6F5 Eduard kit in my stash - great pointer about painting without wings and all Ciao
  2. Excellent job on the rigging, Johnny! But what impresses me more is the quality of the paint job (and of the build in general) that emerges from all those close up shots! It looks like a walkaround of the real thing! Awesome! Ciao
  3. Lovely paint job, Crisp! I already expressed elsewhere what I think of everything related to decals... Ciao
  4. Yes, too bad this is all going into hiding.... excellent engine compartment! Enjoy your cruise! Ciao
  5. I think so too, although the different angle and the paint job on the real AC might make it look thinner than it is. Can you try taking a pic of the model with the same angle (and maybe squirt some primer on it first)? Just a thought... Ciao
  6. I'm so sorry to hear about that, Alain! Here's to a quick recovery, and I hope they size the culprit up for good! Ciao
  7. Indeed... Thanks Silvano! Whenever you want... Sorry man, cheap shot It is a great hobby indeed! Thank you, I'm quite chuffed with them myself! The plot thickens... Cheers DA, much appreciated! Ciao
  8. Cheers James, thank you! More madness to follow, see below... Right, so: diverting once more from the instructions sequence, I dipped the cleat parts in Alclad Aqua Gloss: This is a Profipack boxing, which means it comes with pre-cut masks - a welcome bonus For the sliding canopy, the supplied mask is made of four pieces and it just covers near the frame edges, the rest was obviously filled in with regular Tamiya tape. I then masked the inside and brushed some Aqua Gloss along the mask edges, to seal them Since cockpit green was going to be sprayed on them, I thought of adding another bit to the paint shop queue, to wit the cockpit door: There's a PE alternative for the locking mechanism, so I decided to go for that and removed the moulded in detail This was base coated with Tamiya Flat Black, then airbrushed with Tamiya Cockpit Green, followed by the same but with the addition of some white, sprayed from above The transparencies only received a couple of Cockpit Green coats While the super fiddly release mechanism was superglued in place Rear canopy in place, glued with TeT. Fit is perfect Then the gunsight, for which I had to shave off quite some plastic (more than what I had already done) from the end to be inserted on top of the IP If you leave it like that, the reflector screen fouls the windshield, so I had to bend it slightly downwards. I then could fit the windshield Again glued with TeT, again a perfect fit As I mentioned in a previous post, I'm not going to fit the exhaust before painting the AC, but I still wanted to prepare them. The kit exhausts are just outstanding: ...but why adding three more bits? Fiddly enough, but I managed to glue them, using both TeT and Fast Setting TeT There was a bit of moulding flash on the open end of the exhausts, but I shaved it off with a sharp blade. That's it for this update, all comments welcome. Ciao
  9. Lovely progress, Simon Ciao
  10. Those lights certainly look the part, Crisp! Ciao
  11. I agree with young Terry here, the nose is already shaping up beautifully Ciao
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