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Thank you.That is a resourceful thread.

Hi Antonio.Thank you for the great link.I'll often visit it along the building.I strongly feel that I need to improve the quality of painting and to practice the control of weathering.So I took into account about priority when I started.Thank you again.

Hello Niels. Yes,I removed the fin fillet in unskilled way many years ago,and have left a hole to fill now .

The Hasegawa is an old kit.But it can still please you with its crispy panel lines and smooth kit parts.And the Meng is sort of new thing. The Hasegawa mustang had few rivets.I didn’t bother to look for a rivet drawing because I would try to copy the meng’s. I put those parts of the two mustangs side by side. Thanks for watching!

Let’s talk about the Meng mustang.Frankly,I assumed the kit would slightly like a toy for a kid before I took one.The assumption even remained when I started cutting parts off sprues.My assumption proved to be bias against it after I’ve dry-fitted most of parts many times.I think the way Meng engineered its mustang,the so-called glue-free oriented,has brought me a new expectation on modeling experience.Personally,one important thing about the engineering is to find a point which can balance the need of glue free and the need of glue need.The glue-free design can really make me happy.But it wou

Hello everyone.I’ve started a new project.The building follows the same pattern as the previous one.I picked up the Hasegawa mustang kit,an early version D model.And her wingman comes from Meng,a mustang D/K kit which is a little unconventional to me. The building of the Hasegawa mustang was started at 2008,roughly a month and a half after I started and gave up the Tamiya wild cat.What happened to me at that time,who knows. I got the Hasegawa kit box in which a number of parts had been cut off ,trimmed and sanded 10 years ago.I even scratch built a gun sight and a radio s

Thank you Rocat!

Thank you Sean! I got same feel after read your comment .War birds in combat acted much more crazily for life than those in pre war. Feng

Yes,pretty sure.Thank you sir ,for your comments and encouragment! Feng

Thank you dekon70 !

Thanks for watching .Happy modeling ! just for fun. move to my next project,see you.

OK, I've got the job done.I had not finished one kit for at least 10 years before I finished the two wild cats this time .Building the two kits was for practice. update last batch of pics. photos took in artificial light by my cell phone. in sun light (midday and afternoon)

wow,I havent touched the prowler kit,but according to what i heard about it,the kit is not very easy to build,especially,when involving AM.You've got 25 in production line.You are building a fleet.what a great project!

I had similar experience when using that plastic putty.Maybe I applied it in wrong place.Now I use gaianotes m-03r,it works fine. beautiful cockpit painting.

The method sounds tempting .I will try it on my next building.I've had good impression on Mr color leveling .Thank you captain . As for color hue of X-22 ,I did met several times during my cats building.In my case ,the X-22 diluted by X-20A turned yellowish after be in the container for about thirty mins or so.The products involved are new,I think the reason could be on the container .I use small disposable plastic cups(used for medicine distribution to patients),they are transparent and very thin. And thanks Joe for your guidance.

Joel It looks beautiful . I am also thinking about polishing the gloss coat.I just wondered if #2000 was a little powerful for the polishing. Feng

I heard that there is a decal called wet transfer decal.I'm gonna have a go when I have a chance . Thank you Captain! There are still some jobs to be done before the whole building ends.I'll keep them coming .

Thank you Rocat. When it comes to the dot effect,I just felt lucky not to ruin the whole surface when I was doing it .It's another story . As for the decals,the Tamiya's has become fragile,cutting could easily break edge of the patterns,I've broken some.Another reason is about convenience when to apply the decals .I think that aligning them could be easier.

That's the top priority for sure! Feng

IMHO,filling up the gap is a problem and how to get the area be even is another.Can the rear canopy frame(at closed position)partly cover the gap when looking through from outside?

Apply decals.In short about decals quality ,the HB is much better than the Tamiya.It dosen’t mean the HB decal is good enough to let you thumb up,the Tamiya one is a little too thick and the colors printing goes no perfectly.but considering the time it had been at shelf,It's ok. I’m gonna do the last weathering on decals and the areas around them after the decals get 100% dry,then give the two birds a enamel wash and assembly all parts together.I also have a plan about the antenna wires. Thanks for watching!

Hello guys.This post will reach its first anniversary next month.I think the two cats building can also be close to its final outcome if there were no surprise. Thanks everyone who checked my building and everyone who left your kind words. I repeated several times on weathering Tamiya cat until I totally didn’t know what to do again.To be frank,I think the effect is a little chaotic.but I did learn something from the process and I’m gonna improve it on my next project.

I think that the plastic ballast in the kit might be used as sort of reference.According to its shape and the place it was fitted we could find some available ballasts to do the job.only my guess. You are productive,sir. The jet building looks nicely.

When the whole building is done ,the view would be spectacular. Feng

I like read your post.I can always find something helpful to me.To get an available photo in model building is really an issue.sometimes a cell phone camera is just a makeshift one.so much waiting for me to learn. I'm looking forward your hurricane's weathering. Feng