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This progress report was totally worth the wait! Ciao

Excellent result, Cookie! Ciao

Beautiful rendition of the British Spook, Bruno! Ciao

Definitely, neat job! Ciao

I'm not sure this is a good idea But yes, beautiful model, CC! Ciao

I was OK with the Canberra drift.... just saying.,.,, Ciao

So true! (and no, it's not only you ) Anyway, in this case I was wrong "in Italian" too - mea culpa, I gave you a quick answer without thinking too much Ciao

Assuming that the hydraulic circuit of the British Spooks was the same as the original type, you are safe leaving them open. Not wide open like the decommisioned aircarft, but my understanding is that after shut down, it wouldn't take much time for the pressure to bleed off, hence the drooping ailerons and airbrakes seen on many parked F-4s. Ciao

Amazing details, Bruno! Ciao

Looks like the wings transplant worked a wonder! Well done on the air brake interior detailing too, very effective! Ciao

Agreed, excellent weathering! And your rendition of the metallic area around the exhausts is top notch! Ciao

Just read the same article - I'm in! Ciao

Definitely! Super fine paint job, there As for the clouds, I'm pushing already Ciao

Indeed! Ciao

This is a rather amazing bit of scratch building, Crisp Ciao

Indeed: when I did my research for my double build (202 and 205 from the HASEGAWA 1/48 boxes), what I gathered is that the wheel well covers were a standard issue during assembly, that needed to be removed only for maintenance. Crews tended to leave them off, though, because removing and putting them back was a bit of a PITA - even in the North African theater, where they served their main purpose, anti-sand covers. How often this actually happened is still a debated question, so when I did mines I built the 202 without covers and the 205 with.... Ciao

Amazing! Just that! Ciao

This is not for the faint hearted! Top job, Crisp! Ciao

The formed card sounds like a great idea, Simon - keep going! Ciao

Excellent job with the NMF, Cookie! I think the difference really shows on the flaps! And top job with the decals too, almost done now! Ciao

Cheers Simon, thank you! See below for the canopy Thank you Dennis, John and Cookie I'll go as you say, and use the spare canopy as mask I shall set a notorious Alain @corsaircorp on your tail, to convince you to build a Corsair... Thanks! I hope you all had a nice Easter - I actually did, and ate a lot of food! Still, I managed some bench time between last and this WE, so here goes: as I mentioned above, I decided to use the spare canopy as a mask, so I brush painted with the relevant camo color the fuselage part right aft of the bulkhead (this is Lifecolor Non Specular Sea Blue) I then masked the canopy (the good one) and the windshield, and airbrushed a Tamiya Flat Black coat on them I then glued the gun sight and (after a substantial number of attempts) the armoured glass in place - I wish I had marked its correct position, as you'll find out in a moment CA was the glue of choice, after a few attempts with Gator's Grip.... Anuway, I then glued the windshield in place using TeT and obviously the armored glass fouled the windshield, so when I pressed the latter in position, the former got dislocated, the reflector pushed against the gun sight and debonded from one side See? I'll have to wait till the very end, when I remove the windshield masking, to see if I can fix this - in the meantime, I'll just leave it as it is. Outer wings: I filled in the wrongly positioned fuel tank caps, with CA, and rescribed them in the correct location, inboard-bound: I then glued the main spars to the fixed portion of the wings: and set the piping in place, through the holes I had previously drilled in said spars I glued the flaps halves together, mainly to dry fit them to the wings and see if there was any adjustment needed before I committed to gluing the wings to the fuselage The starboard inner flap, for this version, has no climbing step, so I filed it in with a mix of CA+flour. No adjustments needed on the wings so I glued them in: The front side of the bottom fuselage needed some persuasion, as you can see. Outer wings: The tail planes are only dry fitted; they are a pretty tight fit, so I'm thinking about leaving them off till the end, to facilitate the masking in that area. There's one minor issue, though: their mounting tabs are designed to intersect each other inside the fuselage, and they are visible from the tail wheel well, so I need to paint them. I will check with the tail wheel strut in place and see if it hides them or not, then I'll decide. That's it for this update, all comments welcome. Ciao

Some good progress there, Simon! Those U/C came out ace! Happy Easter!

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Late to the party, but I can't miss this one. Off to a great start, Alistair I'm not too sure about the engine mounting frames color, but I'll have to check my references - I might remember it wrong. As for Lifecolor paints, I mix them with IPA, water and Windex when I airbrush them. Let's say that a 15% IPA water solution is the main thinner, with which I get the consistency that I want, then I add Windex to make it flow properly - this last part varies a lot according to the specific color. Not sure this is much help, though.... Ciao

Interesting surgery... Hasta la vista, baby