Bobby No Mac

I tip my hat to you sir, it's looking fantastic

If all else fails I'll be diverted to NAS KUTA

That's turned out very nice Dermo, superb job

Just been catching up with these babies Rando, they're looking fantastic

Lovely stuff, the pilot is a great addition

With the first blast of primer it was time to finish up the cockpit with a pilot robbed from an Airfix Hawk. I cut his head off and reposed it so he's looking to starboard. I also crudely fashioned a face mask out of a tiny blob of white tack. The kit's overly chunky control column was replaced with some styrene rod. Had a tricky snag when fitting the canopy - it's not exactly airtight! After much pondering I sealed the gap with two applications Kristal Klear, hopefully that will do the trick. The canopy was masked up with a DEAD Design Models set. This comes with the option of being able to do the seals around the frames but I opted to give that a miss for a) less hassle and b) I'm not sure how well that effect would look in 1/72. Masked up and priming done: Underside painted in Insignia White (AK Real Color): Then after cleaning out the airbrush I checked the instructions and realised some of the bits on the upper surfaces needed to be white too Upper white sections were masked and tack worms were used along the length of the fuselage before apply Light Gull Grey (AK Real Color) Tail pipe painted in Tamiya Dark Iron: And then after what felt like five hours of masking and five minutes of spraying, some green was applied: With less than a week to go it's looking doubtful whether I'm going to make it back to carrier in time, but I'll give it a go. Things rarely go to plan, but the to-do list reads as follows: 1. Mask and paint the front canopy black. 2. Gloss coat 3. Decals 4. Matt coat 5. Some light weathering 6. Paint the luggage 7. Mount the luggage 8. Prepare the base and bend some acrylic rod My main worry is unmasking the canopy and finding some bleed through. We'll see... FLY NAVY

Cor! That's a beauty

I know next to nothing about bikes, but watching this build is making me think I should give one of the Tamiya kits a go one day 🏍️

I'll put in a vote for an extension. Once again my group build commitments have been writing cheques that my modelling time can't cash

The Indian Jags are a rabbit hole I'm likely to disappear down one day if a new kit materialises. I'm particularly curious about the maritime strike variant - there's little chance of that being kitted, but I'll be praying to the aftermarket gods.

I think it's a tad premature for a Telford teaser, I reckon we're looking at something more imminent. They could have posted that picture just after the aurora occurred, but they've held on to it for a few months and chosen to drop it now. If I was a betting man I'd say there will be a big announcement this week. Also, I've just remembered something said seemingly innocuous by one of the YouTube Airfix fanboys last week which has doubled my suspicions.

That's a smart looking colour combo

Lovely stuff and can't argue with your sentiments about that era. That's a nice little collection you've got there

Tremendous building, painting and presentation skills as usual Toryu. Beautiful work