Live and learn (and model-on!)!

Thanks gentlemen for the compliments. I’ll make a more fitting reply to you soon. It’s almost dinner time !!!!!

One quick note, all of the aftermarket parts arrived. I’ll do a side by side compa […]

Having had some time to do a bit of armchair aviation, I discovered that all the work I put into cutting off the base of the ailerons was wasted!

In reality the part that holds the hinge stays put, the […]

@lgardner – I just read the other day the Japanese had quite a few P-40’s, and used them as escorts for bombers. many of them were shot down by “friendly flak”. Interesting colors – but not 109’s 🙂

Looking […]

The P-51 don’t look like no tank I ever saw, BFAM Louis. New career?

Nod, nod … nudge, nudge … wink, wink!
@lgardner

Hi Louis,

I bought the Eduard resin Instrument panel……..think the Yaho is probably better unless you weather the flat black as I did. HGW seat belts are for the square backed seat and the Eduard are for […]

Erik, @airbum
You’re absolutely correct about that. The “Wings of the Emperor” GB would include numerous other Luftwaffe planes besides the 109. Just last night I ran across a few photos of a FW-190, and i […]

Hello Keith, @keithwaterhouse

Thank you for posting this…………….. I also left a comment in the headlines section for you too. Those transfers look very nice indeed…………..

To help anyone thinking of using HGW decals I’ve done an How to Article, sorry if it’s basic…….but sure you’ll get the jist

HGW wet transfer Decals, some tips on using

Good idea, Louis. I plan on getting a job soon, sonit will be nice and easy to get one. What would you suggest?

@lgardner, sorry to drift a bit off here; that GB would include 109’s or as you already know a jap with a DB engine. . . (that might add a tiny bit of 109-taste to the build)

Annoying with those kits […]

My set of decals from the kit only has the red patches for the fuselage so you may as well paint those along with the wing and tail plane panels if needed, looking good in yellow !!

Erik, @airbum
If we end up doing the Air Race Group Build, we can set it up to include any aircraft that was ever raced. I have some very cool pictures showing old Curtiss Jenny’s that were racing against cars […]

What George said is right on the money. Having an airbrush is really nice. But I built models for many years and only used brush painting or occasionally I would use a spray can. For now if I were you I would […]

An example of HGW, sorry it’s not the best photo…….light here. As you can see, no carrier film.

The No Step needed moving, sets to surface faster on metals…………another mistake and another lesson […]

I think I’ll eventually get one, but for now, I’m happy painting by hand. Maybe not for german armor camo, but such is life sometimes.

Hi Louis,

I know you was going to use the kit decals (nice decals but a lot of carrier film) for the Lou IV build, but have you looked at HGW wet transfer decals for this […]

Finally got around to some yellow base paint

It got three thin layers over a one-hour session, and as it started to dry, it became clear that two might have sufficed – with proper drying time in b […]

I finally got to give this long build a coat of Tamiya matt clear acrylic. The propeller and spinner have had their paint, and now it only lacks the wheels, antennas, pitot and other small items.

Even […]

@lgardner, the Bf109 racers are definitely on the screen, but they would not quite fit the reno theme 🙂
There is the golden age group that is in need of revitalisation too, but a general racing group would be […]