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Despite the glacial pace I have been making I honestly thought I was going to complete it in time. That was until I encountered the decals. They didn't look great quality on the sheet, many broke up in the water and they will not adhere properly to the model regardless of the solution being used. I admit defeat at this point. I can source a lot of the replacements, the biggest pain will be trying to replace the SAC sash/banner/stripe and the crest. I will have to figure out the best way of approaching this. In the meantime, the kit is going to sit in the corner on it's own to think about what it has done.

As boring as it is, I am planning on building a Fly C-9B which has been sitting on the side since earlier this year. I may also throw in a 100 Sqn Hawk in the grey scheme as they were at Finningley before it closed. Dave

I now have a choice to make: S&M B2 MikroMir T17 Airfix B(i)8 Or Airfix 1/48 B2 And no, I will not be building all of them! Dave

Please accept my apologies guys, due to the joys of life, this one barely got started. The only progress I made was removing the arrestor hook mounts and rub down the fuselage halves a little for a snug join. I appreciate all the advice and now that normality is resuming I will endeavour to build this slow-time. The builds I have seen on here have been awesome, nicely done guys! Dave

As I am planning to participate in several GBs next year I was looking to miss this one, but all I can see is the Hasegawa 16 Sqn Black Jag kit waving at me from the stash..... Dave

Seconded, nicely done @Corsairfoxfouruncle! I am delighted that this one got through, and after no deliberation whatsoever, I will be building a Netherlands Navy P-2 Neptune (I have been looking for an excuse for a while for this one!). Dave

I must confess, I wasn't interested in participating in this GB but I saw a pic earlier of a completed Airfix old 1/48 Bf-109F which looked rather nice, and thought "ooooooh, I have one of those in the stash....." 🤦🏼‍♂️ Dave

Revell 1/72 Sea Hurricane 824 NAS HMS Striker 1944

Hi guys, I have finally managed to get time at my modelling table and finish the old girl. I am happy with the result considering the paint issues I had, and the replacement canopy and wheels make a difference. She is not going to win any competitions but will look fine on my shelf. Cheers, Dave

I have sooo many trainers, count me in! Dave

Well, due to life, work and other aspects, my modelling has suffered to say the least. That said, I have been cracking on where and when I can and have finally finished the painting. I still need to attach the fuel tanks, apply the decals then attach the undercarriage. Hopefully I can get this completed before the end date. Dave

Ok, I managed to spend a bit more time modelling, so have repaired the damage and applied the decals. The undercarriage will be attached next then a flat coat to be applied before it is finished.

As always, life is getting in the way of building models. I had made progress but disaster has happened in two ways; firstly, I transposed the colours on the camo so it looks odd (shows how much my head is not in the game), secondly, paint has peeled off again. For years I used Halfords primer and it has served me very well, but they seem to have changed the formula and it since performed poorly, experiencinh peeling paint on several models. I now need strip the paint off and start again.

Wings and tailplane attached with all seams/joins attended to. I am going to leave the engines and tanks to the end to help with masking. We will find out if that is an error in due course...

A bit more progress, wings and tailplane are both on, just a couple of areas to attend to. I had read that the tail hook was a bit odd, absolutely no idea where Revell got this from: Out with some stretched sprue.....