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That detail of the chain is impressive. It looks like the real thing. Dan

The 'treatment' of the seams seems very successful. Dan

The carbon fiber panels look perfectly laid down. Dan

Good save, Javlin. Nice to see the airframe almost completed. Cheers, Dan

A Ferrari Testa Rossa ❤️!! I will be following this, Dan

Very nice model, Andrew! It was an unexpectedly quick build for such not trivial a model (you finished it within one post page 🙂). It turned out nevertheless very precisely assembled and nicely finished! Among many things, I like the cleanliness of the transparent parts and the way you rendered the scorched metal of the collector ring. Best regards, Dan PS. A 1/48 Fairey Gannet would be awesome.

Hi all, thanks for the comments and the many 'like's which I appreciated. It is now the time for painting the upper surfaces. Since I would like to depict one the Coastal Command aircraft, I decided that I needed a uniform Extra Dark Sea Grey (EDSG) livery. Actually, the adjective 'uniform' might seem not very appropriate because these machine underwent a noticeable wear. In addition, the EDSG was applied in most cases on top of the grey-green RAF standard camouflage and in some pictures the underlaying camouflage can be seen through the EDSG layer. I decided to render this effect on the upper surfaces and I applied to this end initially a coat of Dark Sea Grey doped with some white parts and then a fake camouflage scheme with a darker grey along with some random mottling. After having wet sanded with a fine 1000 grit, this was what I obtained: Then I started to apply subsequent EDSG layers also doped with some white to replicate some fading of the paint. After few layers, I stopped at this stage: After that, I removed the extensive masking on the other surfaces. After having corrected same minor blemishes, I will coat everything with Tamiya Clear paint to prepare for the oil colors and decals. Thanks for following and best regards, Dan

In practice, I worked my best to obtain the opposite effect that you obtained for your Porsche!

Spectacular! I could hardly tell this is a model. Details and finish are awesome. One thing (among many) that I find incredible is that the paint reflects light like a real car, with smooth and regular reflections. I can well believe that this is the closest thing to owning a real cabrio Porsche Carrera. Congrats, Dan

Hi gents, I started with spraying some colors. The lower surfaces had to be Sky color, hence I prepared a mix with Tamiya acrylics of 80% XF21 (Sky) and 20% XF2 (white) and sprayed first two diluted coats on them. Then, after a wet sanding with 1000 grit, I applied some mottles and strakes of pure XF21 and some preliminary Tamiya black panel liner along the main junctions: After that, I continued to spray the sky mix until I saturated enough the color but trying to keep some of the pre-shadow work visible. I think I am stopping here, also considering that the following clear coats will tend to reduce the difference between shades. The upper camouflage color will follow next. Thanks for following and best regards, Dan

Nice work on those interiors. I always liked the lines of the Me-410. Looking forward to seeing how the build will proceed. Best regards, Dan

I could almost smell the odor of a new car! Dan

Hi, just a small update of my build. I assembled the main airframe parts together with no significant issues and the elegant lines of this aircraft eventually emerged. In preparation of painting, I coated everything with a light layer of Mr. Surfacer 1500. I started with painting the lower surfaces. In advance of the final RAF Sky color, to break its uniformity, I applied random mottles of white and dark gray: The actual Sky color will follow. Best regards, Dan

Fantastic! It looks like a real car. The paintwork is really impressive, along with the rest. Cheers, Dan

Great Andy! I will be following your Mosquito build. I am sure your build will be faster than mine. Best regards, Dan

Dear all, after long time, I am back here resuming my halted Mosquito build. Before the interruption, I had to replace the kit plastic canopy by a vacuum-formed one by Squadron. After gluing it, I masked the transparent panes with Tamiya tape. This was quite a chore because of the soft details molded on the canopy which don't provide a well defined guide for the scalpel blade. After sealing the edges of the tapes with a clear coat, I sprayed the interior green on the canopy. This allowed me to check also the aspect of the bonding line, which resulted acceptable. At the same time, I also sprayed the final coats on the assembled landing gears, as shown above. After a clear coat, I added some weathering by brushing on some Tamiya panel accent black and brown liners: The complex structure of the gears where quite well rendered by Tamiya and I just added some tubing to it. I checked the gear posed inside the bay of the nacelle and it looks quite cool: That's all for now, the assembling of the main parts of the aeroplane will follow. Best regards, Dan

I am sorry to hear that about your health! Get better soon Vossie, we are missing you. Warm greetings, Dan

Well done Andrew. A very nice model of this strange fighter. I guess that the Bristol F.2 Fighter might be in its genealogic line. Best regards, Dan

Hi Andrew, this will be a great build to follow. I love the this plane which I surely build sooner or later. The new Airfix rendition must be great and I believe you will do justice to it. Best regards, Dan

Hi Fritz, I haven't implemented in full the tapering that you mentioned, although I read about it as well. The instructions don't mention it either. Best regards, Dan

@ccoyle, thank you Chris for your comment which I appreciate. Thank you @AJohnson and @vossiewulf for your input about my question. I wouldn't mind to buy new components if they look better. However, the issue mentioned above about the barrels centering the port holes needs indeed to be considered. I will reflect upon it, but perhaps I should just go on as others have already done it. Thank you and best regards, Dan

Hi Mike, I haven't visited this forum for a while and I have seen your models only now. You made good progress on both and you got a nice result on you first model which was quite challenging. I will keep following, Dan

Hi, after a long absence, during which I tried to replicate the pumps on the deck, I am back with my final product. What bothered me most about the items provided with the kit was that the cylindrical parts are not circular, but have an oval shape (which is obviously a flaw of the mould). Hence, following the suggestion above from @vossiewulf and copying his design, I scratched build new pumps. However, I used different materials which I was more comfortable with. I obtained the body of the pump soldering a brass tube to a brass rod which was suitably shaped. The push rod is also made of brass. Other parts were done with styrene strips. Once assembled, this is how they look when placed on the deck: Painting followed: Not perfect and oversimplified, but I am satisfied with them. Next, I will be dealing with the cannons. The items coming with the kit, once freed from burrs, are quite nice, but I am a bit puzzled about their size. In fact, I have the impression that they are a bit undersized as I try to show in the following picture: The guy posed next to the cannon is about 1.66m tall (i.e. about 5.5 ft) and the cannon is barely touching his knees. It looks like a toy for him. Seen other problems encountered with the consistency of scale across this model, it could be that the entire model is not exactly 1:64 scale. Or it could be that my guy is too tall for his time. Is anyone in the forum have an opinion about that? I am pondering whether I should source bigger cannons. Thank you and best regards, Dan

Nice job on the planking of the hull. I like also the extra details that you have added to the model so far. I will be following with interest, kind regards, Dan

@vossiewulf, thanks for your comment. Indeed, I am considering how to scratch built them in a simple way. @glbarlow, thank you for your comments. I consulted many times your build log to get ideas for mine. Indeed, you are absolutely right about the incorrect scale of the bits. I already tried to shorten it a bit and to slim down its webs. However, the problem is not solved fully. But, at the moment, I am a bit annoyed about modifying parts and I need to go on with the build. I already halted my very first built of the 'Mayflower' because of the too many modifications that I introduced that slowed down it too much. I will see whether I will come back to it later.