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SHARP!!!!!

WOW, Benner its always been a pleasure watching your builds come to life. Cant wait to see her all finished up!

Looking forward to this build as the Crusader is one of my favorite 2nd gen fighters. Cant wait for more updates, keep em coming!

Those are very good pics of the HARM. Marcel, do you have a list of reference pages to find info online, or do you just "search engine" it?

Well having the AGM-88's even a light gray would be the 1st time Ive ever heard of them being that color. Thats a lot of HARMs that are painted the wrong color!

Woody fantastic job blending those grills and vents. I am not big on 1/72 scale, but do you happen to know if they makes those for the Testors 1/48 scale Blackbird? Either way, your making this thing look more beautiful every update, keep it up!

Still working on a few panel lines and rivets before closing up fuselage as a dryfit has suggested that the airframe may be a little too "squishy" since theres not a lot of internal bracing and would really hate to ruin a seam that Ive gotten rid of.

Very interesting. Cant wait to see this come together.

Very nice looking. How much will be seen when she is closed up?

That is very sharp looking. A question I have. Will the clear rod be permanently affixed or will you be able to roll the plane one way or the other? Sorry one other question, how heavy is your wood base? I would just be afraid that the bird that far off the center would make it tip!

Very nice. I on the other hand am very fond of the modern and cold war era Russian and Soviet aircraft. Will look in on this build with much enthusiasm......keep up the great work!

WOW, what a really unique looking plane. The old cold war soviet bombers were always very cool looking, but not many to chose from in the modeling world. Where can I get my hands on one of these?

WOW, very sharp, clean, and crisp panel lines! Fantastic work.

Very nice paint job. Love your process!

WOW, its always a treat to see youve posted more in progress updates. Cant wait for the next one, keep it up!

Yeah I have had a few kits hit the trash bin, but its good to know your still gonna be getting those beautiful "Diana" decals on a bird. Plz, dont keep up hanging for too long!

Very nice job on the Bearcat, cant wait to see more!

WOW, what a monster at 1/72. I have an 135 at 1/144. This has given me some inspiration to finish mine as well although not as detailed as yours. Glad to see your sticking to it and getting this beautiful plane finished. Cant wait for her to be all done!

Very nice looking Mudhens. Btw, what size plastic strips are you using for the CFT seals?

As Banana said, just run over them lightly with some sand paper. Just make sure you dont run over them too much or youll have to do it over again. Great scribing and riveting, keep up the good work!

Thanks for the advise. I completely agree with you and at one point in time I was actually getting pretty good at adding washes but due to personal reasons I strayed a little from the hobby. So as the old saying goes you never forget how to ride a bicycle, you still need to relearn some things. So give me a little time to get my technique down and itll look like I never left! Thanks again!

FREAKIN BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

Great job, especially on the belly. Very clean and crisp work there! Thanks for showing us!

Very nice looking. Keep the updates coming. I am in Wisconsin and while it is snowing here 2-4" its nice to see we arent the only ones getting snow. Happy Shoveling!

WOW, SPECTACULAR!!!! Like I said before, I really wanna get one of these and now after seeing what can be done with it I really wanna get one! Thanks for showing us and I look forward to your next build!