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Thanks for having a look and commenting! Cheers, Bill

Many thanks! Bill

Thank You! It is a real pleasure to work with wood, such a nice change from plastic. Cheers, Bill

Beautiful work! Congratulations on a fine build. Cheers, Bill

Well done! One of my favorite Airfix kits. Cheers, Bill

Greetings! Just completed from the Airfix Starter Set. I used Tamiya paints and weathering sets along with a gentle wash. A very nice kit with the possible exception of the exaggerated panel lines. Many thanks for having a look, questions and comments are always welcome. Cheers, Bill

Well Done! Very fine work! Cheers, Bill

Very pleased that everyone enjoyed the images and took time to comment - Thank You! Bill

Many thanks for the kind comments! Decal for the rudder was printed with my antique steam powered HP 6210xi inkjet printer on clear decal paper so that only the red, blue and black are printed. Inkjets can't print white, so that portion of image comes out as clear. The rudder part from the kit must be painted white so that it will show through the clear sections of the decal. I sized the decal image slightly larger than the rudder part to provide better coverage on the edges. After printing the decal, I sprayed it with gloss clear to seal and protect the ink. Several very light sprays of clear worked best and it is important to let it dry overnight. Cut the dry decal very close to the printed image, but it is essential to leave a small clear border or the ink will run once it is exposed to water. Use a good decal solution and keep working the edges very carefully until they conform. Before doing the other side, it may be necessary to trim some excess decal that is overlapping the edge. When the first side of the rudder is done and completely dry, repeat the process for other side. When everything has set up there will probably be some very small areas along the red and blue edges showing white where the decal did not cover - carefully touch these areas up with paint, marker, or tiny bits of spare decal. Finish up with a coat clear to seal and protect the decal. Please let me know if you have questions. Cheers, Bill

Comments are very much appreciated! Thank you everyone for having a look! Cheers, Bill

Well done! I like the subtle weathering, just right. Cheers, Bill

Greetings! Recently completed plank on frame wood kit from Artesania Latina which I decided to name "FLOWER". I made several changes as I went along with the build, adding and deleting various items to give what I believe is a better looking result. Working with wood is a real pleasure and makes for a nice change from plastic and resin. Thanks for having a look, questions and comments always welcome. Cheers, Bill

Thanks everyone for all the kind comments! The water display base is a textured blue tinted styrene sheet from Evergreen or Plastruct. I don't have the packaging to provide a better description, but I think it was called "Agitated Water". Trimmed a piece to fit the wood base, added some details for the floats and glued it in place. On other builds I have used textured clear plastic ceiling light panels which are more difficult to work with and require painting - these can also provide a very nice base. Cheers, Bill

Thank you all for the kind words!

Greetings! Finally this project has come to completion! No decals with kit, so I ended up brewing some on my steam powered inkjet printer. Beautiful flying machine and a nice change for me. Many thanks for having a look, your comments and questions are always welcome! Cheers, Bill Deep in Covid Country

Many thanks to everyone for all of the kind words! Cheers, Bill

Fantastic build! Bill

So very nice - a real gem! Bill

Thanks for the comments! Big influence from 2001: A Space Odyssey on this build, especially with the grafted wings from the Space Clipper kit. Bill

Greetings! Just completed Pan Am Boeing ESS-1B designed for rapid global and low earth orbit VIP travel. Starting with the Amtronic concept car kit, I glued all of the body parts and sealed everything up to get a sleek appearance and then carefully grafted on a pair of wings from the Moebius Space Clipper kit. Added simple scratch built landing skids and some enhancements to the interior while leaving out many of the Amtronic kit parts. Various decals from the spares bin. I have to use a small shim to keep the cockpit windscreen in the open position. Passenger doors are very tight fit and the windows placement is fragile, so opening and closing the passenger doors is avoided. Many thanks for having a look - questions and comments always welcome! Cheers, Bill

Great work! Bill

Many thanks for having a look at the images and commenting! Bill

Rats were such an extravagance in my my youth! Rarely did we trudge back from 18 hours of hard labor in the fields to our hovel and manage to catch a fat rodent for our supper! I can almost smell and taste the morsels of skewered rat roasted over a shipping pallet fire next to the open sewer. People just don't know how good they have it these days! Merry Xmas! Bill

Thanks Sensei Moa! I was 7 years old when the original series first appeared - watched it on an old black and white Philco television with perpetual "snow" on the screen which also featured a vertical rolling image! Cheers, Bill

Superb! Excellent photos! Cheers, Bill