You are definitely not a beginner painter, Sebastijan @inflames. These figures really came out well and will be a great addition to the plane.

Decals time! We both used the old VF-decals sheet covering VF-101 birds amongst others. While I had reasonably few issues with these and only a little bit of silvering, which was taken care of with Daco Strong setting solution, Mitja on the other hand had bigger problems - some severe cases of silvering which required grey paint overspray to hide it... but in the case of USN F-14s, that's a norm and he did great I think!

Mitja's bird:

Mine:

Amazing progress, Sebastijan @inflames

Things are really starting to pop, Sebastijan (@inflames), especially on the second model with the exposed red areas. The open/deployed parts of the wing creates more interest, I think, in an otherwise flat and gray area.

Bringing this topic back to life - Mitja's picking up his work again so here's a tale of some legs 🙂

While there's nothing wrong with GWH's landing gear struts, they always look so better when you add some wiring to them.
Mitja's:

I have used 0.2mm lead wire for most of the wiring and various bits and pieces. The landing light was drilled out, painted in chrome given a black wash and then filled with clear UV curing resin, which I think improves the looks quite significantly.

The wires do add a lot to this landing gear, Sebastijan @inflames