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I really love the metal finish, and I can't complain about the nose-art either :P That Lockheed sure is a big plane, isn't it?

Nice!

To my eye, Airfix did a great job getting the lines to this plane right. There are no glaring faults in the shape, but one - the cowling. I knew from the start that it would be bothering me later if I didn't do something about it. The problem is there is nothing for this kit - no detail sets, no PE, no resin, no aftermarket replacements, zip, nada. Call me crazy, but I decided to reshape the kit part to something just a little bit closer to it's 1:1 counterpart. This is where I'm at so far. Tell me what you think, how I can improve it, etc, etc. It's my first time doing this (and it feel

Thanks everyone, and yes, pick one up if you can :)

CSI called, they want their detective back Great detail spotting. Yeah it's a great shop. I came across it completely by accident. They have everything you can possibly imagine, and at good prices. The guys in there are super helpful and knowledgeable. I came across a Hasegawa D3A1 Val, and when I tried to pick out the grey color I usually see in movies, one of the shopkeepers pointed out that the early ones were silver. Practically saved my life. I could spend all day in there just browsing, but in the end I can only choose one kit to take home! :D

Nice work! I really like the color. I have this exact same kit (it is really small!), and I'm building Lothar's plane, but it has been a nightmare to paint!

I like the color scheme for the 4th squadron, QE-F as well, but I decided to model BF-T from the 5th. I did a lot of research regarding color schemes, and this is what I came up with... The serial for BF-T is A46-178, and it appears here. Compare BF-T to BF-N and notice how low the contrast is between the camouflage colors and the blue roundels and fin flash. All these planes had practically the same color scheme to start! That indicates to me that BF-N is a little older and the paint faded significantly in the sun, while BF-T is newer and has fresher paint. So, to reiterate: New Au

After I painted the engine, The wings were were glued to the fuselage, and cowling attached. The fit is not good! But thankfully, I've got a tube of putty This photo show the thickness of the wing trailing edges to good effect (and also the ugliness of my hand, ) Lots of sanding to come!

I removed two giant locating pins for the pilot's "seat", and thinned the cockpit walls a bit. I knew I wanted to scratch-build an interior, because the kit has absolutely none, but I didn't know how to go about it. I don't have styrene cards, and I don't have a lighter as of yet to stretch some sprue, so I went back to my card-modeling roots and made my interior from paper and card-board. Don't laugh too hard The kit had no instrument panel, so I used cardboard, and the instrument decals were scavenged from my Revell Hawker Hunter (which has an excellent panel with raised detail). Rolled

I already started the build, so I'll quickly show what I comes in the box ... er... bag. The header card doubles as the instruction manual... And painting guide... The decals have yellowed considerably, but right now they are in the window-sill bleaching in the sun I will likely only use the serial code anyway, and paint the rest. The good stuff: Miniature James May (sort of). I won't be using him in this kit. Sorry James

Hello everyone, I hope to enter my current project into the group-build. It's a little Australian fighter, developed in record time as a stop-gap measure to defend the mainland from the Japanese in the event that the British and Americans could not send Spitfires and P-40s. As it turned out the Aussies did get the planes they needed, so the slow little Boomer was relegated to ground-attack and was largely forgotten... So, I plan to finish this ancient kit, which happens to be the only one of this plane, in 1/72 scale! (and the last example in my hobby shop!)

I'd like to join with an Airfix Ca-13 Boomerang. I only started it about 2 or 3 weeks ago, so I gather that shouldn't exclude me.

Very nice, I like the color scheme!

Fantastic looking plane!

It is true, and as far as I can tell, the Revell kit has this feature. How so? Span? Chord? Cross section?

Hm... I'm a little worried about the resin in the AML kit. In addition to the $25 tag I will need a few more tools and a mask (as resin dust is toxic apparently). It's a good looking kit though, and I'll be sure to pick one up someday. As for the Revell, I'll just scratch-build my own cockpit and carve the panel lines to my liking. The only thing I can't do is correct wrong shapes (although I've seen lots of great examples of modelers sculpting a brand new plane from the old kit! :D So, the only thing outstanding will be the small tailplanes... If that's it, then I think there's nothing to

Thanks for the fast reply! But I think this hobby is suitable for all ages :D I'm currently working on the Airfix Boomerang (the only one in 1/72!). I am becoming addicted to these older kits. (I hope it's not the glue...)

Has anyone built this ancient kit? I found one in my local shop, and it looks ok, but I am wondering how accurate is the general outline? I'm already aware of the blank cockpit and raised lines, but shape is key for me. It also happens to be the only Mc.200 in 1/72 that's not resin or vacu-form (as far as I'm aware), so I may have to pick it up anyway, but it would be a nice bonus of it was accurate too

The problem is that Academy supplies only one door. To open the other, I would have to cut the canopy (and I'm not brave enough to do that yet). 0test0

Thank you all. I was leaning towards the doped metal look, but confirmation is nice. Does the report mention which three of the bottom windows were replaced/covered?

I'm trying to figure out what colors were used for the camo scheme of certain Buffaloes, particularly Juutilainen's BW-264 "Orange 4". Are the lower surfaces a light dull grey, light blue, or just left in the original silver lacquer of US F-2As? Were the landing gear struts left natural aluminum, or interior green? What is the color of the interior of the cowling? What color is a good match for the upper surface green? Thank you

The open door is Academy's fault I noticed the exhaust and canopy as well - the latter should have been sanded for better fit (as well as filled and sanded flush), but I'm afraid to ruin those clear/delicate parts. I would like to test if Future will fill in scratches from sanding.

Thanks for the quick reply. I was afraid of approaching the exhaust stain because I'm only using an ordinary paint brush with acrylics. I'll look into pigments. I'll try foiling techniques for my next project. And I'll definitely be removing the excess carrier film, I can't explain why I didn't this time. As for gaps, I'm worried that my putty will attack the transparent plastic. I dipped the parts in Future, so is it enough? Nice MIG-3 by the way. :) "For the Bolshevik Party" And I see you are familiar with Tool?

Here is my first completion of the year. Critique, critique, critique, please! The main problem I have with it is the color: I decided to lighten the Tamiya acrylics because I vaguely remember something called "scale effect". I'm wondering if I went overboard with the ratio, and now have a scheme which is too light. Should I lighten my base colors at all? Any other tips for a novice at painting? :) I'm starting to think my colors should approach this:

:)