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Beautiful, simply beautiful - hats off !!! Lothar

A showstopper - what a build and finish. Lothar

Superb model, excellent finish - standing ovation from me. Lothar

This has stunner written all over it Lothar

Modelling at its best :clap2: Lothar

What a beauty :thumbsup: Love the finish and your photography ! Lothar

Fantastic build, fantastic finish. Great choice of subject and markings - thanks for sharing . Lothar

What a beauty - the choice of markings is complimented by excellent workmanship !! Lothar

Superb ! The idea is brilliant and so is the whole diorama. Congratulations.

Great build, love the colour scheme. May I ask what brand decals you used for the rivets? Lothar

MASTERPIECE - nothing else ! The paint job and finish are among the best I have ever seen. Lothar

Looks very good so far. I'll be following this one with great interest hoping to learn something should I ever attempt its big brother sitting on the shelf. Lothar

There's a (escape?) hatch just above the observers cockpit, represented by decals in the Airfix 1/48 kit. Was this a hinged hatch that could be opened - similar to the Sea Vixen? Or had this hatch to be removed completely - let's say for maintenance? I'm planning to build this kit but would like to go a little further than OOB. My web search didn't help me yet. Any help is greatly appreciated. Lothar

Excellent all over! Now I have to get one myself. Lothar

Beautiful job considering the scale. Love that little gem. Were you happy with the Alclad flat varnish? Lothar

Another one relieved from the shelf of doom. It's Eduards 1/48 Mirage III with the excellent AML conversion set and the equally good S.M.S. cockpit set. She was originally planned as a French Mirage III, but put her back to rest when I discovered that my copy had fuselage halves in the shape of a peeled banana and the bottom wing section had an anhedral of at least 15°. I pulled her out of the stash again when I got the AML conversion set in my hands and finally finished her a couple of days ago with the help of spacers, loads of putty, elbow grease and few sips of Highland liquid inspiration. Hope you like: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you. Lothar

Fantastic build, the paintjob and weathering look absolutely perfect to me

Great shots, remarkable that these are not processed. What day did you have that descent weather? The day we were there the weather was real nasty. Have you ever considered Lightroom 3 rather than PSE9/10 ? IMO Lightroom 3 is THE software for processing RAWs. I'm not using PSE10 anymore for aircraft pics in favour of LR3. I think you can download a 30 day test version of it to play around and get your own feel and opinion. BTW, may I ask what camera and lens you've used for these? Lothar

Excellent build and paintjob - exactly in scale. Hard to believe it's 72nd scale. I love it ! Lothar

Fantastic build and finish ! How did you achieve that effect on the panel lines ? Lothar

Excellent build and great choice of markings - hats off ! Lothar

Hats off - a masterpiece. The finish is just outstanding. Lothar

I took these pictures 2 years ago of the camouflaged Lightnings F.6 at Bruntingthorpe. If I remember correctly, the strakes were NMF and the rear part of the pack was painted in what looked to me like barley grey on the green/grey aircraft (second picture) . On the dark sea grey aircraft (first picture) the rear part of the pack was painted in in medium sea grey, the forward part of the pack was definitely a dull NMF with what looked like barley grey gun access doors. At the time the pictures were taken the aircraft were still in the untouched field condition they were in when retired. Lothar

You're building a showstopper Lothar

For the darker grey FS36320, for the lighter grey FS36375. HTH Lothar