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Michael51

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  1. A remarkable production. Like others, I was drawn to the figures as much as the aeroplane. You really have got those figures superbly finished. Michael
  2. Andre, It is a beautifully finished model and way above my skill level. Thanks for posting, Michael
  3. Ah yes, the grandchildren. Have you any idea what it is like to have a grandchild and two whippets in the back room when all you want to do is try out your new Badger dual action airbrush? Michael
  4. Well done Ced. I retired twelve years ago after forty years of jobs. Loved working, just hated the way it was disfigured by the concept of employment. No more team building, no more committees, no more KPIs, etc.... I always felt that my attainment of a state of economic uselessness (and I am not inferring this applies to you) was, well, quite liberating. Happy retirement and on with the builds! Michael
  5. Fascinating and very insightful.. Please keep up the excellent commentary. I will follow this with interest, Michael
  6. Ced, I am most certainly no expert but having looked through about fourteen publications I have on the Halifax, and being in the process of starting the Revell Merlin version (with Freightdog correction set) myself, I would observe that a path between 'accuracy' and interpretation (if that makes sense) will lighten the load a bit here. There are all sorts of windows all over a Halifax and I doubt that anything other than a photograph would resolve matters. The Halifax is almost as confusing as the B-24 when it comes to variants and window options. I had the good fortune to interview two aircrew of a 10 Squadron Mk II Series 1a, LW336; the rear gunner, Denis 'Gerry' Girardau (RAAF) in Melbourne (Australia) in 1992 and the replacement bomb aimer, Geoffrey Fenton (RAF), in Sudbury in 1996. In a crew photograph in front of their 'L-London' Halifax, the radiator and exhaust plumbing is clearly discernible, and the Revell kit has those options, so I have got lucky. Good luck, Michael
  7. Yes, to use improper English, spookingly real! What a fine job you have made of that. Michael
  8. Love the F-15C, but really love the Spad! Michael
  9. An excellent result. Just looking at the rigging you achieved sends me nearly bonkers. Michael
  10. Ced, Now I may well be AZAZAZAZAZAZAZAZA (actually that bit was my eight weeks' old whippet having a go at the key board) on the wrong track here but is your window quandary about the absence of a square window behind the triangular one on the starboard side? If it is, I would venture that the missing square window rarely if ever appeared on the starboard side. The lower rectangular window near the nose appeared on some but not all Merlin Halifaxes, but appears to have been more common on Z fairing / Tollerton-nosed types. The transfer illustration maybe misleading unless a photograph of the actual aircraft shows it to be there. Michael
  11. I am in awe of this work! - right down to the mud on the tyres, the wear on the stepladder and the hut interior. Michael
  12. Nice worK. I will have to get one of these. Michael
  13. Fantastic finish. How you guys get those panel lines so sharp is beyond me. Michael
  14. A wonderful finish and all the more interesting for the context-rich background story. The only problem with posts like this for me is that my badger brain defaults to 'must have one or more.....' purchase mode! Great work, Michael
  15. Nice work. Top points for using your imagination to create an action scene. Michael
  16. I think it is brilliant. The weathering and the exhaust stains are very impressive to me. Michael
  17. Tony, A superb finish on that Beau, and to think it is hand painted. Love the finish, Michael
  18. That is a beauty. And a remarkably steady hand on the cockpit paintwork in particular. Michael
  19. That takes model making to a new level. A wonderful piece of work! Michael
  20. Hi Tony, Thanks for that. I think the Valiant Boys reference may be a case of faulty recollection on the part of that contributor. I have time to see if others make alternate suggestions but for now you confirm my thoughts that it will need to be silver, without tanks. Michael
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