Thanks gents – Will make the finishing touches soon and perhaps go headlines after that – I am sorry to say that the swiss is now finished, but only because I decided to add some AM MG131’s to this one.

Two more masterpieces, Erik. I like the Swiss plane because I like the simplicity of the colors, essentially just green, red, and touches of white. But my vote goes to the Czech machine, simply because my Mom’s […]

These look fantastic Erik @airbum. Both are great. I think I like this one just a tad more than the Swiss model. Must be the paint. Great job!

I think I am basically done with this build. It was a lot of fun and I got the chance to try some new things on it. The wingtip position lights that I added seem to work fairly well, and re-doing the cockpit […]

As mentioned in the Swiss build the sun was out for a few seconds, and the planes got outside for the last shots before finish.

There are a few touchups remaining – as on the E-3a, and so nothing is c […]

And so the end is near – I gave the nav-lights a dot with a molotow chrome, and when that had dried they got some micro cristal clear white glue. Today they got red/green Tamiya clear acrylics.

And t […]

Chuck, you are in the home stretch on this build. Looking great. I was in the garage yesterday and discovered I have one of the recon versions in the stash that I didn’t remember I had. I may have to move it […]

Walt I agree with James.. first the engines look great in the nacelles. Second, (I do it all the time, but) it pains me to build a kit with molded on cowls… Definitely worth the effort to open them up, so much […]

Really nice touch there Walt, @luftwaffe-birdman. It’s the kind of detail that really sets a kit off compared to others.

Next is to work on the props. Using Red Brown to paint and Aluminum prop hub. Also the backing plate is painted Red Brown.

The backing plate is pressed into place behind the prop blades and hub.

The […]

Thanks George, I only use it when the decals are going over details that will interfere with its ability to snuggle down or wrap around a portion where it helps settle down in place. Been using it for over 40 […]

Hi Paul, I have that kit in the stash also for a future project. But I do concur on the awful fit on the clear parts. The B-24D glass nose fit is not very good. The kit itself not so bad. For the smaller […]

Well I was able to get the Photo-etch flaps onto the cowls and I like the way they look but they really are a pain to put on. Still I think it will be nice subtle improvement to the kits closed cowl flaps. I am […]

Hmmm….double post? The electrons are truly moving in mysterious ways. I do like the 109s with the yellow nose and wing tips.

One sharp little yeller’

The missing pic’s – seems like it is a post you uploades twice, as the text seems to be the same as the next post.

With regard to the primer, I saw someone use pink on yellow […]

Having spent quite some time on opening up different areas, this one is somewhat let down by the paintjob – the first time I have attempted to paint the markings, using far too thick layers.

Well, y […]

Here is the next update. I am in that frustrating period where you paint or glue something and then have to wait a half day or more before you go to the next thing. I can usually fill the waiting time by […]

@gblair, CONGRATULATIONS – you won! You were the closest (and only) entrant in the competition – sorry you had to wait nearly two months for this result! Let us know just how impressed the cat is!

I can see you building that shark looking mottled twin engine jet……. : ) or even that funny little tailless rocket powered interceptor, also built by Willy.