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Thank you!!!

I'm finishing up my Airfix 1/24 scale Spit Mk 1 and need to paint the codes on the side of the aircraft. The Montex Mask illustration have LO Θ Q in that order on the starboard side. Is it the same sequence on the port side? Just to make sure they should be light grey is that correct? Thanks! David

The box didn't have the original decals, so I used SuperScale marking which went on very well. Thanks.

Thank you so much!

Thank you! That looks like a Revell of England edition. I've never seen it in the states. Thanks.

This is the classic F-4B kit from Revell which came out in the early 1960s. It is a basic kit but with normal building and painting techniques builds into a nice model. Kit box shown for reference.

Thank you Jim. At first I wasn't too happy with it, but after a couple of days it grew on me. It's a good kit and with some care can be built into nice model. Thanks again.

It is built out of the box without any modification. It's an older kit but it builds up nicely. Painted with Testors and Tamiya paints. Weathered with pastels and Mig products. .

Thank you Ozzy.

I just finished my Hat tank riders atop the Airfix Stug III There are four more poses in the set but I don't have any room for them. I'm just posing them to see what they look like in a photo. I think the figures are fine; some reviews find them a bit thick. Painting 1/72 figure is an exercise in paint and repaint and touch-up, repeat as necessary.

Here is the Tamiya Pak-40 with 2 of the three crew members. The kit still holds up well after all these years. It is highly detailed, more so than the Italeri version. Next step is a base for the gun and crew. Painting the figures was not fun with lots of redos. Practice, practice, practice seems to be the operating word with figures. I used tiny dry transfers for the helmet insignia. Anyway comments welcome.

Thanks. I have some 2 part Loctite super glue on the way. That will fix the tracks.

Thank you very much Jim!

This is the nice Trumpeter kit of the T-34-76. It is easy to build, but the tracks needed staples to bind them. I uses Testors Acyrl paints and I weathered it with oils and washes. All the hand holds were replaced with wire. The tracks have beautiful detail. Simple base adds to the overall look.

Preiser make an excellent USAAF ground crew set.

I've built three of the Revell 1/72 Tigers. The tracks take some fiddling to get right. You just have to test first then glue. The individual links do need clean up.

Thank you Jim!

Here is the completed Sd.Kfz 251 with Pak-40 by Hasegawa. Painted with Tamiya and Testors paints. Weathered with oils and pastels.

Way to go on this awesome model. I really like the figure painting you have done. Are this kit figures, after market or scratchbuilt?

http://guerra-abierta.blogspot.mx/2013/03/sdkfz-25122-pakwagen.html

Now on the workbench is the Hasegawa 1/72 SdKfz 251/22 Hanomag with a Pak40. It is mostly done except for some minor tweaking and decals. The running gear is a pleasure to build. It is painted with tamiya and Testors acylic paints. Weathered with artist's olls.

I finished the kit figures, which does add to the finished model.

Thanks. It's a nice simple kit and spent about two days total including painting and weathering. Thanks again. Thank you!

This is the Zvezda 1/72 snap kit of the German 88mm gun. It is highly detailed and makes a good modeling snack for a quick fix. Love the detail. Painted with Tamiya paint.

This is the Italeri 1/35 scale Pak-40 anti-tank gun. It is built out of the box with no additions. It is a fiddly kit with many some detail, some of which have broken off..sigh.. It certainly looks the part although some filler had to be used to fix many sink marks. The barrel is in two pieces, but it fits well and cleans nicely. It is painted with Tamiya and Testors acyrilic paints and weathered with Vallejo washes and pigments. The figures and accessories will be finished and displayed in small diorama.