Chuck1945

Me too, cast my votes including this one day three or four. Have a Cactus AF and a 12AF, MTO, P-39s planned

Clever solution for the gear legs.

I seriously over committed to GBs this year and don’t want to do the same next year. The voting so far has at least one I was hoping to do being in trouble so that may not be an issue this time around. Maybe though I can get one of my Bucc kits into the two seater since it is doing well.

I know I’ll be doing an IBG Spitfire, just haven’t decided if I’ll wait to start the PR-A then or start it sooner and do one of the Black Box options. I know, I know, @Enzo the Magnificent would say ‘BTA’

Reading Flak Bait with its mission by mission coverage of the aircraft in the 449 BS, 322BG(M), most missions were two or three bomb groups, other 9AF B-26 groups had different targets and most missions were back on the ground within 2-21/2 hours. No large formations so no real requirement for formation ships. Not unusual to fly two missions the same day, one morning, one afternoon.

Great, glad you got them.

I hadn’t followed a build of the Hobby Boss kit. You did a marvelous job 👍

Let’s see if Flickr will co-operate tonight Assembly progress I always end up need to clamp the wing to fuselage join, first the front end and after that sets up, the rear Basic airframe now all together

Very impressive Jess, yours too @MACALAIN!

A 'V' knife file and much patience?

After the to me revelation regarding the AK Real Color paint marker, I decided to check a couple of other grey-greens. The first was Hataka’s C-025 I got several years ago but had never used. Yikes! Not even close. Then I realized I had another C-025, this time a more recent purchase as part of the PR colors set This was much better, makes think (hope?) the first was an aberration. I then tried Mr Color’s grey green Flickr is fighting me now, even though I think I’m copying links to different photos, the paste function keeps putting the same one in here. Going to send Flickr to ‘time out’ for a bit before continuing

Not being born until May ‘45 I obviously wasn’t around to see the the 16 Sqd TR Spits, but based on discussions and the color chip, @Shake’s model is about as close as anyone can get these days. I have the MRP and Hataka takes on PRU Pink and to me they are too pink, especially Hataka’s. The goal, I think, is to get a color that has a faint pink cast next to white, but that doesn’t look pink by itself, just not quite white.

Your landing gear design is looking good. I’m going to try @Dave Swindell’s method next time as well. Hopefully leaving the wheel off while the legs are assembled will make fitting the ‘X’ piece easier.

Color me surprised. Here is the AK marker pen Grey-Green against the RAFM example - artificial light I might have to start using in the future

Sleepyhead, only 19:58 here 🥳