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Thanks Gary

True enough Joachim. I have come to realise that you can go lighter, darker, pretty much anything as long as you can blend it all in. Sometimes almost random colors give great visual interest if you can get away with it by tying it together.

Thanks Faraway. The Eduard belts are amazing though these were the original etch brass, I think the newer steel ones are so much easier to work with.

Thanks Nikola, no worries and thanks for your kind comments. I’m trying to get into more of the marbling style techniques that have come into vogue, to avoid the pitfalls of a quilted look. Both have their merits when done right though. This is an older build pre the newer techniques. Just wanted to give her some airtime on a lazy Sunday evening. cheers Rick

Evening everyone, This is Tamiya’s excellent 1/48 Dornier Do335A Pfeil built sometime ago but still a nice build IMHO. Perhaps a little clean but I don’t like to revisit finished builds so she is what she is. I like the way the top color camouflage variations came out. Helped along with the excellent Eduard masking set and a set of late war belts. The cockpit is decent for an out of the box affair. Opinions welcome. Rick

Next stop a compass cutter and away you go

Thank you for your kind words and I totally take on board your comments re the exhaust. Looking back it’s the least convincing part of the build so I will definitely be trying your suggestion

Thank you. The Jill is an awesome kit too. I also have a Grace, all three are top notch kits from Hasegawa

Thanks buddy, stay safe over there.

Thanks for kind words Malcolm. Just a silver pencil. I have had it years. You need to Matt down the paint to get it to grab, then I like to lock it in with a semi gloss finish. I think semi gloss generally looks more convincing as painted alloy than a flat finish.

Hi there, This is my 1/48 Hasegawa Nakajima B5N2 Kate from the 601st Naval Flying Group based on the IJN carrier Zuikaku in Spring 44. A really fun build with the addition of an Eduard canopy mask set. It would have been much less fun without with all that glazing. Tamiya and Mr Hobby paints with silver pencil chipping. Love the torpedo designed offset to miss the oil cooler? Built a while back. Thanks for looking. Rick

Superb build. Must be some size on the shelf!

Evening everyone, A while back I tackled the Italeri re boxing of the 1/48 Academy Hunter Mk6. It’s a nice kit if a little simple in the cockpit department and with some of the finer details such as the various undercarriage components suffering a quite prominent mould miss match. I replaced some of the smaller details with aluminium tube as well as the pitot. As ever a mixture of Mr Hobby and Tamiya paints with the under-fuselage and wings being primarily AS12 decanted for the airbrush. I always intended to replace the undersized seat with a resin replacement but didn’t realise that this would mean the new seat would foul the top of the Perspex canopy. After much consternation, the only realistic option (because by this point basically everything was done) was to cut away the very bottom of the seat such that pretty much the seat cushion is resting on the cockpit floor. Had I bought the seat when I started the kit ( that would involve planning), I would’ve also opted for a properly sized resin cockpit or removed the floor. The version of seat I bought didn’t have a face blind handle so I made my own with fuse wire which I was pleased with. Bit of a nightmare with the intake trunking so I also fashioned my own blanks for both ends. I chose a scheme from the excellent Xtradecal X48192 to represent a Mk6 Hunter of the Day Fighter Combat School based at RAF Stradishall in 1961. I kept her fairly clean and went with a semi gloss finish. I used Eduards canopy mask on this one to speed up the build. This classic British jet is an attractive bird in any markings. The next one will have to be Airfix, just to compare the difference. Thanks for looking. Rick

Very nice, love the camo!

Takes the Tammy Corsair to a different level.

A kneeling Cat in Jolly Rogers colors, it doesn’t get any better. Fabulous model!

Beautiful Barzin, what an eye catching scheme modelled to perfection.

That’s an inspirational build Mathy. Love the weathering and the way you have tackled the monotone colours.

Awesome scheme and realistic weathering. Really great work Collin

How cool is that. Nice job Duncan

Really nice build Pierre

Really nice work, the kind of thing you want to wander across on your hols! Great paintwork- very convincing

Another outstanding build!

Thanks Franz75

Thanks for all the comments everyone, Happy New Year