Aurora Mark

I have my jerry can. I found someones barn. Matches ready!

One thing I didn't show before was the alignment with the floor line would also ensure that the fuselage was glued back together nice and square: The whole process was repeated for the other half, and now, with the 1/4 stretch completed, it will be time to move onto the floor and various cut-outs in the fuselage. Thanks for looking! Mark.

Joel, thanks as always for your response. I think you're absolutely right about the single spar for the PBY-5 Wing. Boy am I looking forward to seeing your build. The Catalina is my fathers favorite aircraft, and has been as long as I can remember. It'll be fun to see one being built up! She's stretched! Finally went at putting in the 1/4 in stretch in the rear fuselage. The first step was to make a "form" so that I could draw out a completely flush and vertical cut line: The cut line was practiced a few times on the tape to make sure it was right, and then drawn onto the fuselage at the

Great start! I was always curious how this kit built up. How do you find it? Mark.

This Frogfoot is really becoming something else! WOW! Your attention to detail is just spectacular!

Your building is absolutely spectacular! So very accurate and just so crisp! I've gone through and read this one from the top, and will be following closely. Thank you so much for sharing this incredible build. Mark.

Perhaps we need to reach out to the photo-artist community well versed in this?

I swear that everytime you post pictures, my first impression is that you're posting reference pictures of the real thing. Marvelous work you are doing! Mark

If you're ever building a Canadian bird and need answers to load outs, there are many of us here that can help. For example, the typical load out for a CP-140 involves about 14-20 box lunches, same number of hot meals, loaf of bread for the toaster, peanut butter, loads of coffee and concentrated milk. Mark.

ALF, remind you of some of the antics... errr... methods we see with some of our refueling/defueling? Eh, if it works, and everyone can be assured no eyebrows will be lost in the process, lets do it!

That is pretty cool indeed!

This is going to be a lot of fun to follow! I'm loving the progress so far, and can't wait to see more. Cheers, Mark.

WOW! I've got a bit of an interest in subs, so reading your article, off to the library I went. ALAS! The TIRU! Although your write up in the first post certainly gives more detail, and a better story. I admire your craftsmanship. Truly an interesting build. Thank you for sharing. Mark.

Bill, I had an opportunity to build this kit, and the one thing that still blows me away is the sheer size of this kit! Having seen this kit first hand, I didn't want to let it go, as I was always fascinated with the Bismarck. Unfortunately, an upcoming move caused my better - all be it less fun - judgement to step in, and wait out on buying this large kit. Oh, I'll be following this one closely! Thanks for sharing, Mark.

Thank you very much!

I must say that I really am blown away by your continued work to get the front of this C-17 looking just right! Great scratch work in the wheel wells as well. Thank you for the shots with the P-3, that really does give a bit of perspective with regards to the size of this big bird. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your progress. All the best, Mark.

That is going to add so much to your display! Really nice work there!

Fantastic work, and effort! I also completely agree with your "rant", and hope that companies such as Tarangus (and many others) also come aboard with that idea.

Fantastic write up on the CA. I really appreciate you taking the time to show this. Using CA glue to bond AND as a filler has made this one of the best 'tools' I have. With parts that are PE onto PE, I found that using a fine set of needle-nose tweezers works wonders! Holding the parts with one set of tweezers, I apply the glue by dabbing the needle nose tweezers into thin glue, and then gently touching the parts until the thin glue is almost sucked in between them. For parts where I may have put too much glue on, I have paper towel on stand by. By quickly just touching a corner or an edge

Thank you so very much for your compliments. They are greatly appreciated. Barney, Your builds have certainly captured my attention some time ago! A fantastic collection of some incredible RCAF/RCN subjects. As for the C-130, this gem really did come out looking spectacular! I really like how your build incorporated the electrical within the frame structure. I'll shortly do a quick write up on the electrical/light plan that I've got in mind for this build. Joel, no worries my friend. I'm about as familiar with them as you are! Many hours have been spent reading articles, websites,

I used the Testors clear coat, but am quickly moving over to XF86. I'm very happy with it!

AWESOME!!!

When I mess up with acrylics, windex and q-tips help clean it up. I just dip the q-tip in windex and lightly rub the paint off - works for the airbrushes as well. Unfortunately, all the acrylic paint comes off down to the plastic in this process. I hope this helps.

Fantastic! As for me, this Christmas, I got to be at home. For the first time in a very long time, with friends and family. Something I haven't had the chance to be a part of for far too long...

Had the same issue initially with the Il-2 when I wanted to dull down the paint. I found that by warming up the Tamiya dull coat before airbrushing helped quite a bit. Warm water, and I left the bottle (after shaking it up) in there for a good 15-20 minutes. Once I was ready, I shook it like it owed me money. Didn't have that issue after that. Same setup as you had, perhaps just slightly higher PSI (around 15 PSI), but no more splotchy dots. 2-3 thin coats, and it dried nice and dull. Hope this helps. Mark.