Thanks for that, Michel. I always find I get a sense of quiet content when they find a plane or ship where men have been lost. Empathy for the remaining family I think, or a vague sense of peace for the dead.

My own B-17 wreck is now unexpectedly gaining momentum again due to the literally misfiring airbus. Sorry, brush.

Boy, that fuselage took some amount of wrestling together, as you can probably tell by the prodigious amount of clamps, cable ties, and elastics. Then we'll have the traditional '70's Revell Sanding party'. Really looking forward to that.

Sun's shining, and somewhere in the world it's just slipped past the yard arm. Time for a cold one, hammock, and some food.

Here you can see the whole horror that is the 1970's Revell kits. Lots of putty, no two surfaces joining together, and industrial levels of sanding. Getting this fuselage to join was an interesting endeavour. Interesting as in 'a f@#*$€%+#' nightmare. But...but, eventually we have a one piece structure that can be fashioned into a facsimile of a B-17. With some re-scribing and imaginative tender loving care.

Excellent idea, Morne, I really appreciate the advice and will definitely be trying that out. With the airbrush out of commission for a while I have plenty of time to experiment, which is no bad thing at all. At the moment I'm very much treating this as a canvas, laying down the composition, layering the background work and will gradually work up the detail; definitely less technical and more artistic.

Thanks for the suggestion, Morne.

Another great idea. Although in my experience if an experiment works it usually means something has gone wrong.

Sounds like we have the same luck David... with building older Monogram kits and putty, and experiments. But I still love these Monogram models. They are what I grew up building, or should I more correctly say "slam together". The Revell ones are near and dear to me as well...

Peter, you are correct about remembering the bad and not so much of the good...

Looks like you have achieved a major event. Closing up the fuselage is always a good sign.

and it looks great my friend... 🙂

I'll be looking forward to the next installment.

Louis, I certainly don't mean to complain about the old Revellogram kits, they are endless hours of challenges and fun. Yes, there's frustration and there's no such thing as a quick build, but if you stuck to Tamiya or Eduard, modeling would get very boring very quickly.

Thanks for the support, Louis.

Thanks, David. I've got some time off this weekend so will immerse myself in this build, there's lots of remedial work to be done on the Fort' (the detail on the old girl is just soft and horrible - which is the joy of working on these ancient kits). I also need to work on the damage. The good news is my airbrush part will arrive much earlier than anticipated, so I'll get some paint on the beast next week sometime.

Thanks for the encouragement, David, means a lot to have you along.

Or in modeling terms, 'what doesn't kill me, makes me stranger'.

Thanks, Tom.