RJBud1

That looks so good. I am going to have a try at 1/700 USS Ward. Probably won't do PE railings but I'd love to try rigging. How did you do yours?

That's funny you mention both these cities as I have lived in both Chicago and Pittsburgh. I have friends from when I was in school in Chicago. Lived my formative years in Pittsburgh. Now I live near Allentown, so Eastern PA now. As far as models go, I focus on mainly WW2 Aircraft and Naval, though I do model very small 1:100 AFV's as well.

Interesting, I wonder if I could still build that prototype for the GB. The idea of a Finnish LaGG is also very appealing. Also I do have a very old early MiG-3 kit, not sure if USSR still was operating them by 1944 in this operation. I know quite a few MiG-3 were still in inventory, along with a single MiG-1 in 1944, if someone may shed some light it'd be appreciated.

I have a really old, Soviet produced LaGG-3 kit in the stash. It has painting guides for a regularly camouflaged aircraft and an interesting all red paint scheme. Count me in!

Finally got back into modeling after pursuing a career in a machinist field, and then electrical. I make and sell knives, wood projects and all kinds of things, with my love for history it was only natural for me to return to the scale model world.

Wow! I love working with 3d printers and laser engravers. You must have spent hours on that firetruck! Are you going to paint them? Always loved 1/100 kits too. Seens like an underrated scale, IMO. RJ

Great work on all models. Detail IS lacking on the F117, but I still think it looks pretty good. The super Sabre is truly Beautiful RJ

Superb!

Here is my 1/72 BI-1. Built in 27 hours. Could've been much faster, but hey I'm 16, so it was good learning. And 3 hours short of Blitzbuild Glory! Dang!

Finally done, after about 27 hours. I know its not as good as most people here's models, but I'm 16 and am still learning. I personally am pretty happy with it, it was actually a bit of a tough kit in terms of fitting. Thank you Charlie from Charlie's plastic models for having such a cool old kit available! RJ

Decals are on the first piece. Ill try and get done by 3:16 EST. So, 25 hours.... 😕 Canopy is on too.

Wings done, time for painting of landing gears, decals, and final assembly.

All painted and camouflaged. Time to move onto the wings

Finally got a good mix for the soviet light blue. This was a royal PITA. Basically, I forgot to buy white paint to mix in, so I ended up having to experiment. In the end, I ended up using Rock Tumbler polish containing Tin Oxide, a type of white pigment, to get my desired color.

Now I have sanded the super glue and its very smooth, with minor imperfections that don't bother me. About 5 minutes ago I painted it. I'll let it sit for a minimum of 30-45 minutes near a fan, so I can quickly get the bicolor camouflage going. While I'm at it, I'll mix up some paints and get a "Soviet light blue" mixed. RJ