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Thank you Ced, I took the photo last year. In reality, it's raining and I'm sitting here making my Lego Saturn V rocket.

Thank you John. Thanks Ced, kind as always. Thank you Jaime, your welcome. I'm the same, having the time to build them, then store them. The weathering plan might be a bit over the top as you can see below. Cheers, Joe. I polished the top fuselage section as you can see. To make sure the wash doesn't stain the paint, the surface needs to be polished. Whilst polishing with micro-mesh, I went back to the plastic as you can see in the photo. On dark finishes, this does not show so much. But on the yellow paint, it appears more apparent. The wash also makes the finish look dirty. Maybe not a problem on most aircraft of the period, but I believe this aircraft only flew a short time before being wrecked in a storm. It's since been rebuilt and is on display in a museum, the finish now is immaculate. I think I will polish and weather the rest, just to see how it looks. If I'm not happy, it could be plan A/2. I'm away for a few days, so there won't be much progress this week. Meanwhile, just down the road from where I'm staying is a thing of beauty. It done the same job as the Walrus for many years, before being retired itself. This Sea King is now on display at the corner of the airfield where she severed. I was lucky enough to have a flight with 771 NAS a couple of years ago during a families day. Thanks for looking, Joe. Thanks for looking, Joe

Excellent, thanks for posting.

You've made a first class job. What a great finish. The weathering looks excellent. Very well done. Joe.

Working wonders on an old kit again Ced. Well done 😀

Hi Jaime, excellent detail. Keep up the good work.

Hello Z, it certainly does. Hello Jaime, I used to line up all the aircraft on the flight deck when I was a kid with my model carriers. Airfix Victorious was my favourite. Are the links below what you wanted? https://www.scalemates.com/kits/114967-tamiya-78007-uss-enterprise-aircraft-carrier https://www.scalemates.com/kits/149924-trumpeter-05602-uss-essex-cv-9 https://www.scalemates.com/kits/104538-trumpeter-05607-uss-saratoga-cv-3-1936-1940 I've painted some of the main assemblies. I used Tamiya XF-3 yellow. I will give the paint a few days to harden, then I'll polish it with micro-mesh. This way, I find when I apply a wash, the areas that have not been touched with the micro-mesh (around raised detail), will stain more, and hopefully highlight the detail. I want to see how the detail stands out after weathering. When I do glue the fuselage sections together, I will have to touch up the joints, and weather those areas again. Well, that's plan, I'll have to wait and see if it works out. I've not started painting the interior yet, as I can make more progress this way with the time I have at the moment. Thanks for looking, Joe.

Hello Jaime, I'm slowly getting there. Once I get the painting out the way, I can start to put it together. That will be a while yet though. Cheers, Joe. Thank you stever219. You may you have a Doom mountain, I have my Fleet of Shame. It's a collection of ship kits, all unmade. This includes, 3 1/350 aircraft carriers, a couple of 1/72 submarines, one of each of the large Italeri MTB's (I can't even remember the scale at the moment). Plus lots of other ships that I've forgotten about. I did make the Tamiya I-400 submarine, but also bought the clear version, which remains in the box.

Looking very good Z. The work you done in the internal structure looked great.

Thanks for the tip. I'm planning to make the yellow Australian Walrus.

Thank you Nigel. Hi Jaime, thank you. It's going together nicely. Thanks Ced. Glad you enjoyed your flight. I've taped together the major parts to see what I can work out of sequence, and get an idea of the size of the completed model. The wingspan is over 11 inches (showing my age now using inches). The space dog can be seen supporting the upper wing. The fit is better than the tape makes it appear. I think the internal detail should be seen nicely on the finished model. I still intend to glue as many parts as possible before I start the painting. I will begin by spraying all the components with a primer before applying the top coat. Thanks for looking, Joe.

Hello Jaime, thank you. They should arrive in a day or so. I've glued the ailerons, and the folding portion of the trailing edge to the lower wings. If the wings are going to be folded, different trailing edge parts are provided with the kit. There are are seven main parts to the engine nacelle. When assembled, this is mounted on the fuselage at a 3 degree angle. Airfix have highlighted this in the instructions in case the modeller thinks it's an error. I belive this was to counter the yaw created by the prop wash over the rudder. The engine nacelle. With the nacelle mounting struts in place, and the oil cooler hole at the forward end, I think it looks like some kind of space dog. Good boy, die for your country. I might dry fit the fuselage and wings together over the weekend, to get some idea of how big the final model will look. Thanks for looking, Joe.

Hello gentlemen, just a quick update. My backorder from Hannants is on the way (see photo below). This will be the only extras I will be adding to the model, apart from the rigging. I might even be able to make a start on the painting in the week should the opportunity arise. In the meantime, I will carry on gluing the sub assemblies together, and post a couple of photos of them tomorrow. Thats it for now. Thanks for looking, Joe

That's very nice modelling. Great sea base.

Hello Aeronut, I'm sorry, I couldn't answer that one. Hopefully someone else will be able to give you the information your after.

Great photo Ced, glad you enjoyed yourself.

Many thanks Johnny. Not much progress as I was decorating over the weekend. That and a trip to Bovington model show. Back to work Wednesday, so production can be resumed.

Hello Ced, I was just wondering, if the pilot that came with the kit is of 1959 vintage. How old is he in Airfix years? Being 1/72nd scale, and the kit being 58 years old. Does that mean 72 X 58 making a scale age of 4176?

The masking on the transparencies look very good. Keep on going Johnny.

Hi Threadbear, thank you, your welcome.

Hi Jaime, good start. Lots of nice detail in your build. Joe.

I think you will enjoy yourself when you start building your Walrus.

Great choice Ced. I used to fly these when I was an Airfix pilot in the mid 60s. I flew anti-submarine patrols along Stamshaw Forshore.

Hello Z, thank you, It is a nice tight fit. I would advise anyone to try dry fitting it several times before trimming any parts. I found the two location lugs at the bottom of part D36 a little bit to long. But as you say, the frame supports the roof when it's connected to the fuselage, so care must be taken not to create problems further on.

Hello Nigel, thank you. I don't want to get behind like I normally do. Hi Jaime, thank you. Yes, the detail is very nice. Just a quick update. I'm still assembling the parts that I can before painting. I've added the detail to the sides of the fuselage(see bottom photo). The only problem I've encountered so far is the pilots seat frame. It sits a little high which fouls the top of the fuselage. It needs a little trimmed at the bottom to lower it. I was at the Bovington show yesterday, and was taking to a gentlemen building his Walrus at the show. He said he had encountered the same problem. He had trimmed his, and it looked fine once he had fitted it. The photo below shows the area you might want to check before gluing in place. The red line shows the area that could need to be trimmed. The interior detail almost ready for a coat of paint. In the next day or so, I will start to assemble the floats and engine. Thanks for looking, Joe.