Stikpusher

Nice haul there Ed. So it sounds like you need a second set of decals for the new Stuka if you’re going to swipe the new decals for the old kit. Ya gotta love the classic Tamiya Panzer IV D. But on that PT-109, I do believe that is the new tool Revell release, and not the 60’s vintage classic from when JFK was president.

Thanks Mark. These final Grumman prop ‘cats are really starting to brown on me.

Yes I have both the original release and “special edition” release on DVD. I’d say about 90% of the special edition changes on all three movies I could do without.

Great little build and a very clever base. Sort of reminds me of the plant in “Little Shop of Horrors” by this presentation 🤔 Wonderful and creative work!

Wow! That is BRIGHT!!! 😎 That is a sharp looking build of a lesser seen type. Bravo! 👍🏼👍🏼

More progress to report! I finally glued the horizontal stabilizers in place… also shows a good view of the fuselage spine seam clean up. that was done after seam clean up on the vertical stabilizer. The kit provides separate tails for a -1 or -2 (as well as cowling and exhausts), but the seam was quite pronounced, along with a slight step. Since I’m doing a bare metal scheme, I had to make sure that the plastic was sanded and buffed super smooth…. Then of course I had to test fit the cowling again for the latest profile shot…. Man this cat is looking like a bear from this angle!

Thanks for the link. Those photos will come in handy one day for the G-10 in my stash.

Tony, I’ve built several Miniart figure sets and I’m quite happy with them. The detail on them is pretty good, although they do tend to need some mold seam line clean up more often than not. They are better than my figure painting skills are in most cases. 🤨 What I really like about most of their sets are the poses- very relaxed and natural on their vehicle crews. And yes, I kinda have a Bulge/Bastogne scene in mind with some of these figures, my new jeep kit, and some Dragon figures.

Between yesterday and today I did most of the seam clean up on the separated wings and fuselage, then glued them together. I also added the vertical stabilizer, engine, wing cannon drum bulges and cockpit rollover brace. Afterwards I have been doing some sanding to improve the fit of the cowling to the fuselage. It was a bit off, but with some work, now fits pretty well. I just placed it on for the photo, as I still need to paint the interior color. I have a bit of seam filling to do before the next update…

Thanks Ed. Yes, Humbrol paints are still in production. They are my go to paints for enamels since the late 80’s. And yes, this is a fun build so far. Progress today! Got the wings and fuselage assembled! Woohoo! Just need to do the seam clean up, glue these assemblies together, and it will start looking like an aero plane…

Nice scores Mark! Quite a wide variety of subjects! 👍🏼 Had a few more additions to my stash over the past week or so. For the jeep that was gifted to me I picked up this nice crew figure set and for my one of my 80’s Cold War US tanks…

Great save from the shelf of doom! That is one beautiful looking Macchi! Double kudos for successfully pulling off the smoke ring camo! 👍🏼👍🏼

That’s quite colorful for a pre war OD P-40. And it came out looking very nice! Well done sir! 👍🏼

Mark I'm looking forward to building this one. The Tigercat is such a hot rod of an aircraft.

Well, another eBay score has arrived. I had been wanting this kit for awhile.

Oh very nice! I’m looking forward to watching this build!

Thanks Mark. I’m looking forward to building the M115 myself. The last one of those that I built was the old Aurora 1/48 kit with the M8 tractor about 50 years ago… I think that this one might turn out better… 🤔

Fair enough. We can only go with what we have.

My armor stash has grown over the past bit… first up I got a gift package from a friend on another site Thank you so much John. I’m probably gonna donate a few for IPMS auction, as I already have them, but I’ve already ordered a set of figures for the jeep. then I picked up these Verlinden Israeli items and lastly I picked up these

😂 Clever word play and paint scheme. Reminds of something I saw many years ago driving down the freeway. An old Datsun coupe, remember when the company went by that name on their cars before Nissan? I don’t remember what kind anymore (it wasn’t a Z car), but anyways it was a very faded white beat up paint that looked more light gray or off white by then. Anyways somebody had painted some nice big bright red Hinomarus on the side doors! Must have had quite the sense of humor.

Looking on the box of my Riich 1/35 QF 6 Pounder, on one side it says “Made in China”, and the opposite gives a Hong Kong office contact address and number. I think somebody on Wiki boned that one up.

And now back to work on this project… I resumed work in the cockpit, using a 3-D print decal seat harness, modifying a F6F-5 IP decal for use on this one, and some final detail painting plus dry brushing and I started painting the engine More in a day or two…

I’m pretty sure that Riich models is Chinese. They have a nice big red Chicom flag on their website.

Mark & Chris, thank you. It may be a bit slow, but the year is off to a good start now with this one.

Thank you Chris. It’s a good kit, but it does have a few weak spots. If you can find one for a good price, go ahead and add it to your stash.