Hello everybody.
This weekend I focused on the preparation of the elements which needed to be painted in interior green. And finally Sunday ready for the paint shop. Yesterday I could not resist to assemble the […]

Finished. I chickened out about mucking it up with the camouflage and kept it as a flight-leader’s plane in the 17th Pursuit Squadron, circa spring/summer 1940, using the Wolfpack Details decals, which are very […]

In similar cases of weak landing gear, if the model can stand on its feet for a minute or so, I let the model rest on two paint tinlets or so, placed under the wings. I let those models stand on their feet only […]

Those are some nice works, my friend @scalerambush.
Loved the exhausts!

Walt: Have you considered popping for Scale Air Conversions landing gear metal set? That should handle the weight and TC says they are the corrected length.

Thanks everyone, and I am concerned that the kit landing gear cant handle the kit let alone that added weight John, @johnb. They are extremely flimsy even the main gear, and building the nose gear incorrectly has […]

Thank you!

It is very annoying to modify the wheels so often, I feel like only Airfix bothers to give a wheels up option nowadays though I’m sure there are other companies I haven’t built from that must have […]

It must be frustrating to have to modify virtually every kit in order to have the undercarriage retracted, but I’m sure you’ll manage it OK. I guess you’re going to need a pretty hefty stand to put this on […]

Great progress, Walt.
Let’s hope the undercarriage can handle the weight 🙂

Very nice work on the nozzles, Harvey.

George, Yes it is better to move them yourself. I assisted a friend who had a lot of models to move across the state. We used puffy bed covers in the back of an SUV and the trunk of a car. Placed the models on top […]

Happy to see some progress here @luftwaffe-birdman. That is on heavy nose! By the way, it would seem that someone might be able to sell a build jig for twin-tailed planes 🙂

A little bit more work has been done, less than I’d like but still some progress regardless.

Firstly the nozzles were painted up using Titanium Silver, Titanium Gold, and Metallic Grey all from Tamiya, the […]

Looking great @luftwaffe-birdman!
Nice weight added!

It’s been a while, But I have made some progress. I cleaned all seams on major components and have not put most of them together. The wing to fuselage joint has no spar but the fit is pretty good and turned out […]

Thanks guys!

Great work on the camouflage and the painted markings, Jeremy (@jmillan). Decals have come a long way toward looking presentable on models, but there is nothing that beats painted insignia. I have been […]

Great natural metal finish, Tom (@tcinla). I love these between the wars/early WW2 fighters. I have heard great things about this kit.

Great tribute to someone who used to fly. I am getting ready to move to a new house and dreading the packing of all of my models. I don’t have the time to pack all of my models as securely as you did for this […]