crackerjazz

Looking forward to your results. Hopefully there aren't any hungry silverfish in your basement.

Cool job on those intakes!!

Thanks Steve! The last batch of Eduard Snakeyes I ordered have arrived. I've had trouble cutting these properly and gluing them together straight. So I thought maybe if I put one on the drill I could just take a razor saw to it while it spins, the cut might come out more square --- and it worked a treat! First I cut the aft part off the block This portion is what I have trouble cutting square. I spin it and cut. No sawing motion required -- just liight pressure from the razor saw. I do the same to the front part. And they end up nice and sqare with little to no cleanup required. And they align perfectly straight -- no more eyeballing : ) Just be careful with the suspension lugs if you want them intact. Align them to the spaces of the chuck if you don''t want them broken. I broke a couple but I don't really need them.

Thanks Steve! Some hull painting...I tried doing the two-tone scheme freehand but was getting lots of splatter. Had to cover the white. Had to sacrifice one of the canopies -- albeit the wider one (which I had to string a wire though and tighten) because I couldn't find a way to cover the cockpit well. Started panel-lining as well. Did the lines as fine, light and irregular as I could to prevent toy-ifying the model which I notice with heavy and dark panel lines.

Whenever I click on one i get "the person moved or deleted this image." You might have moved it to a different Photobucket album and the link changed?

Oh,wow, that's akin to landing on the moon!! Looking forward to seeing it built!

Following along! A docked CSM/LM would make an impressive model! And a huge one even at 1/48, especially with the legs deployed. I thought you downloaded Vincent's STL files somewhere, then I remembered the blueprints : )

Wow that's a great technique! Yes it's clear to me now, thanks! : )

Cool!!!

That's awesome scratchbuilding, Rob. What are the pressed fins made of, and how exactly do you press them onto the buck (and how do you build this)? I couldn't quite get the process for the fin-making part -- can you elaborate a little please? Thanks!

Some progress on the Intruder MERs. Scratched the bolts for the pylon swaybraces and made a rear swaybrace lug to adapt it to the Corsair's. Scratched some parts of the suspension lugs. They're not really visible : ( but at least the MERs now hang from the pylons with the right spacing/clearance and not just glued flush onto edge of the pylon. Shaved off the moulded-on firing leads and replaced them with wire. I should've done all these before the decals --- damaged some of them due to the rework.

Hi Jon, where are you located? I get my Mr Color from Panda Hobby in Markham and Meeple Mart on Spadina Ave in downtown Toronto.

Amazing stuff, Pete! You'll be all done before the GB starts : ) By the way, how did you get the decals to stick well onto the non-glossy surface without silvering?

Wow that's really beautiful work!!!

Excellent job!!!