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Gloss and decals on. I've also sealed teh decals in and I'm going to let that dry overnight before a wash. I also have the gun sight and amoured glass to install, that will come last of all.

Fuselage done. There's a few smaller parts to attach, some gloss and decals up next.

RLM 76 is on in this picture and I'm just starting to mask the wings. Wings painted RLM 81 and 82. Waiting for everything to dry before masking and mottling the fuselage.

A little polishing and masking later and it's ready for a little more interior paint. I've also been masking and painting the nose cone. I will mask it off with a thin black line to the red and apply the camouflage next. Painting these types of things is much easier than trying to use a decal.

Oh yeh it's tiny, I've stood next to the one out here in Australia, can't say I'd have wanted to fight a war in one!

Wings are now on, I cleaned up the mating surfaces to make the attachment more more clean. It only needed a little super glue and a swipe of sandpaper to fix things up. I tried using the decal for the red and white on the dolly, but the decal just refused to soften up, so I ditched it and used some paint. I also put the back deck on, it is a pretty poor fit so I've been filling and sanding, will polish it up then mask off the rear windows.

Nose on, plus some glue on the tail and skid. Tail on and camped. There is a small join but that will be cleaned up easily enough. Wings glued. So far, so good.

Dealing with the russians is probably easier than dealing with comcast.

The interior is pretty good, added some AM seat belts and that's it. Now awaiting some glue to dry.

Thanks mate. It did take a lot of sanding!

My first airliner build that I did for a little Group Build challenge over on Airliner Civil Aircraft Modeller. I used the stand from an Tamiya Spitfire and decals from Airliners Unlimited that I got from Hannetts for less than 2 quid. As you can see I had a little trouble with the tail decal, I had to cut out the name and apply it over the painted tail as the decal shattered. I also masked and painted the cheat line rather than use the decal supplied. I also think airliners just look better 'in flight'.

It's the original Tri Master kit in the Revell box. Tri Master plastic is also in the Dragon/DML kit. Unfortunately Revell never issued the 2 seater, only Dragon did that and I'm keen on picking that one up again. It's surprising that the only other 1/48 Me 163 around is the old Testors kit and as far as I know none are currently in production. Bit of an opportunity here for someone like Tamiya!

The latest off my bench, the new Revell kit. There's some good things about this kit and some bad things, but overall I think it is slightly better than the Hasegawa model. Although, the major problem is the undercarriage, it is very weak and my tail wheel collapsed in a week. I wouldn't sit this model on a smooth surface or the gear might fail rather quickly. Markings were masked and painted on except the swastika, this aircraft had black roughly overpainted on the undersurface and the markings for night fighter operations with JG 300 Wilde Sau.

I need to pull dads copy of War Prizes and see whats captured in there. Sure I'll find something. I made a bit of a start tonight. Just some minor cockpit parts, I do have some seatbelts around that I'll grab for the cockpit. There is some decals provided but they don't look too good.

I was digging around in the back of the stash tonight looking for something else when I ran across this one. Poor Revell side opening box that's suffered nearly 20 years of stash crush, now is as good a time as any to rescue it. The price on the side says 15 bucks so it was a swap and sell purchase. I've given it a much better container, instructions have yellowed but surprisingly the decal sheet looks good still. I'll probably build it as a captured aircraft of some sort.

I have a few to choose from; 1/72 Junkers 86 with Manchurian air transport markings. 1/48 Heinkel 111H-6 1/72 Heinkel 177 1/72 Focke Wulf 200 Probably some others in the stash that I've forgotten about.

Here's a couple of mine; Revell 1/72 S-100 Schnellboot. Revell 1/48 Bf 110G-4 Revell 1/48 Bf 109G-10 'what if' Revell 1/72 Focke Wulf Flitzer luft' '46

Cool, I just got one in Manchurian markings.

Cool. I like the livery too.

Here's my Airfix new mold 1/72 Spitfire PR XIX using Blackbird Models Turkish Spitfires decal sheet. It's a pretty nice little kit, only taking a week to build. The only fault with it is the lower camera bay clear parts are a bit small for the area they are meant to cover, so I used Testors clear parts glue for the clear there. Also new was my use of SMS paints PRU Blue. I bought it on a whim as Humbrol has discontinued their colour and Gunze don't match it. Very nice paint, sprayable right out of the bottle. I'll be buying more of them for sure.

Thanks guys. I didn't know there were conversions for the later model 17's, I might have to get one to add the later model to my Mongolian collection. Actually this was meant to be a Mongolian machine until I realised it was the wrong version.

This is the Hobby Boss kit, straight from the box. It has some fit issues and strange molding marks on it that need cleaning up, also it's worth backing up HB instructions with some basic research as in this case, HB tell you to fit the tail rotor on the wrong side.

Maybe a black wash on the control surface lines, a little dry brushing of pigment to pick up the tops of the ribs or work in a little different coloured green pigments over the wing to give a subtle variation of colour.

Specifically this sheet. If you can help drop me a line. I live in Melbourne Australia.

This one comes from my imagination, made from the older Revell/Monogram Bf 109G-10. It's not a terrible kit, but it does show its age, lacking a lot of detail but I enhanced the kit a bit using Hasegawa 109 parts; Canopy with amour, main wheels and tail wheel. I also used some RATO packs from the Tamiya Me 262, as I figured this baby might need some help hauling that torpedo into the air. The torpedo and the center line mount come out of the old Trimaster Fw 190D-9 kit. Decals come from the spares box.