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Thanks, I like him too. You can't see it in the pictures but I left the port vertical stabilizer glossy like he had just washed it. The markings looked too nice to dirty up.

I built this kit a few years ago in the markings of an aircraft that a friends dad flew in WWII. It was a beast to build, correct and update with detail sets and scratch building. The results were pretty good, but if there is ever a new tool kit out I am going to do it again. I have the 1/32 Hobby Boss kit on the shelf which is both awesome and crappy. It's like Hobby Boss started with good intentions and then got bored. Anyway, here is a link to my web site and some pics. Don't laugh at the web site, I only threw it together so I could show my brother in Canada my work. http://bruce.smart-site.net/Models/B-24J/index.htm

Great Job. That is a lot of plastic and paint.

Some day I want to be there for the Battle of Britain celebration. What a treat that would be. Excellent pictures. The misty day makes it seem like you are sitting at the airdrome waiting for the alert call.

Mostly by luck... Thanks for the compliment.

Thanks grahm - you just cant see the weathering on the flight deck in the pictures. It is much more apparent in real life. You may be right about the Jack generally, but I put it there because it was there in one of my reference pictures. I don't know all of the Royal Navy rules about where they fly the different flags though.

Chewbacca nad ejboyd - than you very much. Yes, you may assume that the string bag is launching unassisted into the wind. I was trying to capture the look of a clip I saw years ago of a Swordfish kind of angling across the deck a bit as it took off. That's why it's a little to port and slightly askew of the center line.

Excellent work.

I have been using Microsoft One Drive. It is probably more reliable than Facebook for liking to pictures. Facebook can change their links any time they want. Microsoft should be a little more stable

Thanks. I plan on posting pictures of it here... some day. Your Akagi was definitely one of my favorite models at the show. Did you use all of the Hasegawa add-ons? EDIT - Never mind - I just went back and read your original post

I don't think I am going to Boise this year. It's almost 7 hours for me to drive. I was there a couple of years ago with my Prince of Wales model if you remember that.

The kit parts are definitely nice enough on their own. But in the future I am going to go a different route. I am going to use the 3D parts from Black Cat and Micro Models. https://micromaster.co.nz/ https://blackcatmodels.eu/en/95-weapons They are expensive though

Thanks for the compliment. Making the models is definitely the best part.

Hey Bitzer, I was just going through my pictures from Nationals and what do you know - I have a picture of your ship on the tables. Excellent job. One of my favorite ships from the show. Why didn't you enter your model in 350 scale carriers? I was all alone over there. You aren't from Moscow, ID are you? We may have met before in Boise.

Beautiful Build. Well done.