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Wonderful build Patrice

Forgive my oversight, thank you very much @Marklo!! I managed to paint the engine, and began the seam work on the fuselage - sprue goo followed by acrylic paint as a seam check. Wings are together Wings and horizontal stabilizers attached with some Perfect Plastic Putty in the seams. I bought some Quickboost stabilizers because I can't resist drooped elevators. Here is a test run for the NMF technique I'm planning on using for this one on the belly of a Canberra paint mule: It's Stynylrez metal primer, AK True Metal worked in to that with a cotton bud, then highlights with some Vallejo Metal Color - we'll see.

Those seats😍

Wow, excellent scribing work Jean, and the ID lights look fantastic.

Wow, I think this is just my second build of 2023 - I've wasted way too much time not building models this year. I'm not sure what squadron/markings I'm going to go for on this one, but I know I want to try something different for the metal finish; I'm thinking Stynylrez metal primer, with AK True Metal paste worked in to that - we'll see if it works! Cockpit started: Yahu instrument panel attached Cockpit finished And fuselage together I'm looking forward to this Group Build, thanks @Corsairfoxfouruncle and @Enzo the Magnificent for setting it up!

I built this 1/72 Tamiya P-47 in the 2016 (?) STGB.

Amazing scheme Bill, would never have guessed the transfers were such a problem, that's a beautiful Phantom.

Beautiful worn P-47 Giorgio, you definitely gave this one some real personality! I hope it make it safely to Old Buck and that you folks had a great visit.

Incredible work Steve, I'm especially enamored with the the wing root weathering.

Same here - that was such a great day Giorgio. The P-47 is looking fantastic!

Hedgehog siting reported on Britmodeller!

That looks so cool

Brilliant!

Beautiful masking work Giorgio! Can't wait for you to be in the USA!

Sorry for my late arrival to this discussion - fascinating and inspiring conversation as usual. I built the CMR Mk XII alongside a Brigade conversion a few years ago as shown in the link posted by @Troy Smith on the first page of this thread. I found my old RFI for them here, but who knows how long the old Photobucket links will hold up: I just used the Brigade Griffon nose section and mated it up to a Sword VC, and it matched up pretty well. The CMR kit was superior in just about every way, except that its fuselage is noticeably short, and it's resin. Reading through this thread has me dreaming of using the nose section of a Sword Seafire XV mated to an Eduard VIII for a pleasing XII. I'm a little worried about that route, as it turns out that the Sword VC nose does not match up at all with the Eduard IX fuselage. and I'm afraid that the Sword XV may suffer the same fate.

I found the same thing in my chipping experiments with Colourcoats - but if you decide to chip as early as you would with water or alcohol based acrylics, I found that the enamel Colourcoats remained pliable, almost rubbery, so it was best to wait for them to fully cure and then apply elbow grease. Beautiful paint work Steve.

It's always so enjoyable to watch your paint work Giorgio - now where's that popcorn emoji? Ah, there we go.

Exquisite Canberra Phil, so glad to see you back!

Amazing finish Chris

That turned out great Steve, wonderful camo (and giant decal) work!

Just saw this in the gallery - wonderful build

Thanks for putting this list together @Sam, and for being a great GB co-host

The Mirage turned out fantastic, and so did the Super Etendard - great seeing them next to each other. You can't keep this one (working) thumb man down!

Elegant result!

Bah, brake lines and bolts - you will prevail CC!! The Corsair looks great though, and ready for night operations.