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I have a lot to be thankful for this past Thanksgiving Day week, some of which is the progress we made on some of these models that have been fighting me. So much has been done that it's time for another tour. We have kept the Shipyards idle again, so this tour will start in the Hangar to show the progress made on a couple projects. First, we got the decals on the Russian Shtormovik: They went on surprisingly well considering the extensive age of the decals. Now all that is left is the final details before this can be called done. Next, we discovered that the support struts for the wing on the Russian Be-4 were far too short due to the fact that we had to raise the center pylon to keep the propeller from chopping off the nose. So we cut some new ones from strip styrene: The originals are in blue above the four strips. Then; using Silly Putty to hold the fuselage in place upside down, we glued the wing to the fuselage and added the struts: In retrospect, we should have done the same with the outrigger pontoons. I may still do that later.... Moving on, the Spitfire VIII got the decals applied as well: Yes, they silvered quite badly, so that was addressed and the main landing gear and the tail wheel were installed: Getting close on that one. That closes out the tour of the Hangar; as mentioned it was a short one. Now on to the Motor Pool where a lot has been happening. Here in the Motor Pool, we were rocking out getting things done. First, I decided we needed to get a couple of the Shelf Queens out if the Motor Pool and delivered to their respective forces. We started with the Russian fire truck that had been sitting for a couple years. It's an old PST kit which says a lot. It started out getting a new coat of red paint: Next the wheels and some additional parts were added after which some more paint was done on some of the larger new additions: The new parts were painted and other details were painted up as well: That one quickly arrived at the dispersal depot after that. Another Shelf Queen that had sat for three or more years was my Russian SCUD D. I had wanted to finish it alongside the SCUD C I was building in conjunction with it, but the serious lack of the proper parts for the C means it will take too long and there was no reason the-D should sit in limbo with it. First, a couple additional colors were added for a three-tone camouflage pattern; it was hand brushed as I wanted this done quickly and there were too many delicate parts on the launcher arms for Silly Putty: You can see wheels were added as well. The missile was just dry fit for looks. Later the missile was painted, the vehicle was weathered and later some small decals were added after this next pic was taken: This one was sent to the dispersal depot after the last detail parts were added. Concerning the two Russian tracked heavy guns; one was sent to the dispersal depot despite missing a few parts. They are not immediately noticeable, so until the missing parts turn up, it is being delivered. The second one, the 152mm gun was going to be delivered too, but the aiming scope was crooked. When we went to straighten it out, it broke off and disappeared. Since I was already so tired of these two guns taking up space, I scratched a new scope which is highly inaccurate, but screw it! It stays unless and until the right part reappears: Moving on to the next bay, we found the photo etch for the Israeli Sho't Kal Gimel, so it was added to the turret and hull. Here you can see the basket part is partially glued and was glued the rest of the way after the glue dried: The Gimel then got her side skirts on and a coat of paint: The Dalet, meanwhile, had her tracks installed. Yes, I used the Pactra cement on the black vinyl tracks and it held them together perfectly, as if they were made of styrene: With that, it didn't take long to get both tracks on: Later the Dalet got some additional photo etch added that had not been installed before: Back to the Gimel, we installed the crew machine guns and added the barrel decals: The decals were also applied to the rest of the tank and the detail parts painted. This allowed us to send the Gimel to the Dispersal Depot. Finally, in this last bay, we assembled all the major components to the chassis and then painted the camouflage pattern on this cab. It was freehanded with an airbrush because I was just getting lazy at this point and wanted this truck finished: After a clearcoat, the decals were applied: While they were drying, we went to work on the gun stations. They were fairly quick and easy to do, despite having a lot of parts: Some of the last final details were added, including the anti-RPG sheets, the wheels and several additional detail parts: After completing the rear view mirrors, this truck was also sent to the Dispersal Depot. Thank you all for coming in and seeing the latest progress. Pics will be forthcoming of all the completed models, stay tuned for them later. Meanwhile, comments are welcome, thank you for joining this latest tour.