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Lovely work Norbert, a great rescue from the shelf of doom.

Nice build again Dave, although a fairly plain livery there is enough detail on the model to keep it interesting. Cheers John

An absolute stunner, beautifully photographed. Cheers John

That looks every inch a winner! no sign of any troubles at all. Cheers John

Incredible realism, I would not have known that was a model if I had just seen those photographs anywhere but a model making forum

Certainly a very smart combination of colours'

I'll second that. I used some on my JetBlue A321 build They look very good when you look into the cockpit on the completed model, but are quite hard to photograph. Here's what they looked like before being sealed in.

Built and posted in Ready For Inspection.

Piper L-4 Cub Special Hobby 1:48 This is the 'European Cubs in Post-War Service' boxing of Special Hobby's 1:48 series of Piper Cubs, reviewed by Mike Here. It is a very finely moulded and detailed kit, that looks every inch a Cub. A few notes & tips on construction: The first thing I did was I glue the side glazings to each fuselage half , rather than risk messing them up later in construction when the interior had been painted. 2 of the options in the kit have reduced rear fuselage glazing that stops aft/level with the trailing edge of the wing, including this one, HB-OUD, Once the fuselage was together I filled and sanded the window frames away and blended the area in. The main wheels are meant to be a butt join to the undercarriage leg assembly. I cut the long legs from the central 'X' part and replaced them with brass wire to give me an axle to attach the wheels to, I was going to attach the wings after painting, but changed my mind as fitting the strut work would have been difficult without damaging the paint, as well as making it all weaker. I strongly advise attaching the wings before even putting any primer on the model. Likewise the tail wheel has a tiny contact area to attach to the tail leg. I drilled an pinned it with an 0.4mm drill for strength. I used the inside/outside masking set M48015 which was a real help. Each panel fitted to perfection and gave a superb result, they really were excellent. Cubs have to be yellow! I used Halfords grey primer, followed by an airbrushed undercoat of Tamiya X-17 Pink, followed by X-7 Lemon yellow with a dash of red mixed in to tone it to a deeper yellow. The red decals on the nose do not have a cut out for the engine cylinders. Before assembly I took a 'brass rubbing' of the front fuselage so that I had a template to guide me in cutting a hole in the decals before application. Note that I cut a much smaller hole in the decal so I could give it a final trim after fitting. It is a nice little kit and we don't get many 1:48 light aircraft. Thanks for looking John

Superb! Cheers John

That's a lovely scheme Russ, a bit more unusual for a B-25. Beautifully done as always! I remember seeing one of these a few years ago at the Lone Star museum in Texas,, not sure if it is an authentic PBJ or just painted as one. Cheers John

Lovely! beautifully done metal finish, particularly on the engines. Cheers John

I really like your 'Naked' series of aircraft, and this one especially. I'd love to have a go at doing one myself, such is the isnspiration you provide. Cheers John

Lovely, well worth the extra effort that these F-Rsin kits so often require. Cheers John

Beautifully done, looks incredibly realistic. Cheers John