Excellent steps forward, my friend @j-healy!

I have the basic colors on the Fokker now and finished the oil paint wood treatment around the SSW’s cockpit. The Fokker’s blue-gray was painted with 33 year old, old school Xtracolor. This paint needs time to dry in my experience. I think they changed the formula somewhere along the line because new tins of Xtracolor dry pretty fast for gloss enamels. I’ll be concentrating on the SSW now until it’s finished. Detail painting and lozenge decals tommorow.

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Great color choices, John (@j-healy). I love the red fuselage. You are really moving on these two.

I didn’t get to the lozenge today, but I did get the engine and seat installed. The cowling and it’s framework require exact placement. You need to remove any paint that may interfere with the assembly. It all fit together very well with a minute gap around the join. I ran a tiny bead of white glue around that and will run some paint into it via capillary action. Photos in my Windsock Datafile show a slender fastening ring around this joint that Eduard doesn’t provide. I’ll replicate that with Bare Metal foil before I attach the upper wing. The seat installed with zero drama.

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Great progress, John @j-healy
Looking forward to the metal foil ring.

John Healy (@j-healy)

This is looking great. I really like how the lozenge fabric looks on the models too.

I’m very happy with how it looks in the box. I’m going to try to build it up for the group.

But first I’m going to finish the kits I have started for the Great War group.

Keep it going ! These are looking fantastic and will only get better from here.

Well done.

Superb result so far, my friend @j-healy!