jrallman

actually more like $12.00 though I recall seeing pegasus aircraft kits at my local hobby shop for $10.00.

The Eduard kit seems to have a love it or hate it following. I personally love them, with the caveat that they are over engineered and take some rather careful and precise planning and placement to get them to work well. They certainly aren't tamigawa because they don't fall together, and its not a matter of modeling skill because many very skilled modelers have had issues with the Eduard kits. It seems to be that there is just a very speciifc way that the Eduard kits will go together well, and if you don't hit that right on, they can be a bear. That being said, its the only real option fo

I did the interior of my goose in bronze green since grumman planes from that time period used bronze green as their interior paint.

Terry Dean (nightiemission here on ARC) makes some nice nose weights

I see NMF variations sort of like shading panel lines. If done subtly enough, it can enhance the scale realism of the model, even though it might not be technically spot on accurate as a copy of the prototype. However, just as with panel lines, overdoing the effect does not help add to the realism but in fact can detract from the look of the model and just make it obvious that you are looking at a model. If the point of model accuracy is to create a model that makes the viewer think that they are looking at a shrunken version of the real thing, then subtle and judicious application of some

I have many in the stash that qualify, but since I have a bunch on my plate at the moment, I think something somewhat simple to start things off. First build will be: 1/48 Pegasus Hobbies V-2 rocket. This is a snap kit but I will be removing the snap parts and doing it with adhesive like a normal model. It will be in this scheme: Which looks like this with color added:

Here are a few that hopefully will provide me with the inspiration to build more for this GB, or maybe inspire you as well. Thanks!

And so goes another great GB. We had excellent turn out and some really fantastic looking builds. There were no raffle donations for this GB, so no prize drawing to do, but that didn't stop anyone from turning out great planes. If you are almost done but a little late, thats fine since there is no prize drawing, I will still put you into the gallery once you are done. For the rest, please go check out the gallery thread to see all of the great builds in one place. Thanks again to all who participated and I hope to see you all in future GBs. For me, I am off from modding for a bit to mayb

Monogram 1/48 TBD-1 Devastator, USS Lexington, Battle of the Coral Sea by I-16 Original build thread here.

Hobby Boss 1/48 Wildcat by Tomcat Fan Original build thread here.

I have fondled the plastic on a few of their models, and one thing to watch for is that some of the kits had the clear pieces frosted and would need vac replacements. Not all kits though, so if you get one, check yours before you get into the build and realize you need a new canopy

We only have three days left, including today, to finish up the WWII Carrier War GB. Remember, your builds have to be done by 11:59 local time on 9-30 to count. Good luck in the final stretch here.

Eduard 1/48 Hellcat Mk. I by David Kalosi Original build thread here.

B-17 and kit is the only one there is in the proper scale, Revellogram

True for earlier planes, but by the time they went to the black/green cockpit and the GSB exterior, the wheel wells were also interior green, according to IPMS Stockholm and Dana Bell.