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  1. Got a couple hours yesterday to get this past the finish line. Here's the seat all cleaned up with PE applied: Here it is after all the painting was complete: The seat fit like a glove, but sat very low in the cockpit. The pilot wouldn't even be able to see over the dash. So I cut a couple of "phone books" to put the seat on and raise the seat to the appropriate level. Here's the finished product; The seat and cockpit are clearly visible through the large canopy, although it is a bit fisheyed. I'll post a link here when I get the RFI done. Hope you all enjoyed this one!
  2. I love how that nose piece turned out! The canopy looks to be shaping up well too. I think I need to look into vacuforming -- I know nothing about it and it seems like a useful tool for the modeling toolbox.
  3. I just found this thread and I have to say that looks pretty spectacular in red on silver! Can't wait to see this one finish. Nice work Martin!
  4. I love those metal turned parts. For my Su-22 I ordered brass pitot tubes and guns and they looked terrific. I wish I could use those on every build. Its really starting to come together now!
  5. Really? Thanks Adrian! I like to write down what I do so it might help other people... and because I can't remember squat and this is a great way for me to remember how I did something. Just to be clear (since my post wasn't) it was 1 part Mr. Color Insignia red, 1 part Mr. Color propeller brown and 8 parts Mr. Color RLM 81. Despite the majority of it being dark green, the end result is still really brown. Hmm. 🤔 I put a few decals on every night this week and then gloss coated it on thursday. Lots of little painting details to catch up on now!
  6. Didn't work on this during the week, but my seat finally arrived and I got it on its feet last night!
  7. Wow, what a bummer! Those exhausts were really bad, but I'm sure you'll whip them into shape. Nice save with the canopy!
  8. Just found and caught up with this one Mark. Absolutely lovely paint work! I like the B/W comparison to original photos to get an idea of how they may have looked IRL. It's a shame about the nacelles and the short shot canopy. I always expect some sort of ill fit in any kit, just because of the nature of plastic, but when it's that bad, I really get bummed because I feel like I shouldn't have to work that hard to make something look decent. Luckily it seems most Eduard kits require very little work to look nice and you just got one of their more... unfortunate... efforts. Still, you cleaned them up quite nicely. Also glad to hear that the customer service is excellent. I have a 45 year (or more?) Revell 1/32 P-51B in the stash that my dad bought new and discovered it was short shot just behind the pilot's head (fuselage, not canopy). His answer was to buy a new kit, I guess because customer service didn't come through (There's actually written information about the claim stashed in the box).
  9. Squonk. Classic Genesis song..... Clever too! "...the hunter enters the forest..." I just stumbled on this and its very nearly done! Wow! Really nice looking too, Alistair.
  10. Thanks everyone! I am pretty happy with the paint job so far. Yesterday was more masking and painting, but this time on the bottom. It was much more straightforward so it didn't take too long. Tamiya gives you decals for the white stripes on the bottom of the aircraft. It turns out the stripes are exactly 1 mm, so I could use my 1mm tape with no cutting needed. The first step, though was to paint the bottom white. I only painted the areas that would have stripes. Eduard states in their instructions that more recent research shows the stripes didn't go all the way back to the tail wheel. Next, I laid down the 1 mm tape, using the decals as a guide. I sprayed it with black Then I sprayed it with insignia red. I removed the tape and found everything turned out perfectly. No touchups needed! I put on two coats of aqua gloss last night and one this morning. Hopefully I can start applying decals this afternoon.
  11. I love watching a restoration and this is off to a really good start!
  12. I know what you mean! I did a Typhoon not long ago and just decided to forget the rockets for the same reason!
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