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Mig88

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  1. Another type I was unfamiliar with. Nicely done! Miguel
  2. Absolutely lovely work all around. The finish is superb. Bravo! Miguel
  3. That is spectacular! Beautifully built and finished indeed. Well done! Miguel
  4. Wow!! Simply fantastic. Outstanding finish. Looks great in french markings too! Miguel
  5. Nice job with the unusual kit and subject. Miguel
  6. Superbly recovered and adapted. Great work and brilliant idea on the family connection. Well done! Miguel
  7. When I did research for this project, I found quite a few photos of 405 throughout its service life on internet, many being of 2010 and of the final flight. As a curiousity, my brother lives in Canada, precisely in Longueuil. I went to visit him in the summer of 2022 and he pointed out the Pratt & Whitney Canada buildings when we passed nearby. When I found out that this machine was the first one assembled there and it flew from there (I found a photo of that moment too), it was an extra reason to build it. My brother kindly took me to Ottawa and we visited the museum there so I got to see the example on display there, 426. True to some degree. With the door open you could at least see something in the area opposite the dorr but alas it's completely void. I made a compromise and have the door slightly ajar. The other kits in this scale, Swwet and F-toys, ahave the door moulded in the closed position. I do recommend the kit but strongly advise to do research as aerials and little bits are missing. Finally, I agree, the early Canadian scheme is lovely. Making a machine later in its service life is possible, but a lot of scratchbuilding would be involved, even to make the kit as the decals truely represent, for the 2010 repaint. Thank you very much to all! Miguel
  8. Hello everyone! Here is the second Spitfire kit from the Eduard Dual Combo which I finished yesterday. It is Eduard's Supermarine Spitfire LF.IXc representing MJ586/LO-D, flown by Pierre Clostermann, No. 602 "City of Glasgow" Sqn., RAF, Longues-sur-Mer airfield, France, July 7, 1944. I started this at the same time as the other kit, of 601 Sqn, which I have already posted a few weeks ago. It took longer due to the more complex paint scheme. As with the other one, I made a rear bulkhead with seat to put in the empty cockpit and scratchbuilt a rear-view mirror above the windscreen (sprue from etched parts with Kristal Klear) and the underwing probe (from stretched sprue). The kit was fully painted (freehand), weathered and varnished with brush. Apart from a couple of minor quibbles I have with the weathering, I am also very pleased with how this one came out. The D-day markings really make it eye-catching. Most of the paints for the main scheme were Vallejo except for the dark green which was PollyScale. Vallejo's Sky Type S is a bit too dark and dull and maybe I should have used Tamiya's paint instead which would have come closer to Eduard's code letters (which I feel are a bit off in tone too). Thanks for looking and all comments are welcome. Miguel
  9. Simply smashing work there. Quite a return to the hobby indeed! Miguel
  10. Outstanding work and finish! Thanks for sharing. It's a pleasure to see it. Miguel
  11. I very much agree with all. Lovely work but, for me too, the panel lines are overdone. I prefer a more subtle approach since they weren't that visible. Superbly finished otherwise. Miguel
  12. It's nice to see such an ugly plane so beautifully finished! Well done, it looks really good. Miguel
  13. Outstanding!! Beautifully finished. Miguel
  14. Errors or not, that is a real stunner. The scheme is spectacular and your kit looks great. Bravo! Miguel
  15. Both look smashing and beautifully finished. Well done! Miguel
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