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That thing should be monster in size!!! Good luck on the entry here and let us know how it turns out.

Nice build! Like the weathering!

Thanks Tim and Fred! Dangit! I'm gonna have to rob a horn from another kit! lol

I'll be looking at that Pat. Thanks man! I'll have to look at the face book end of it later on because of "big brother " watching here at work.

Still working on clean up issues with the radiator and touch up paint in the engine bay area. I do have 2 questions though. 1.) Does anybody have an engine firewall picture without the engine installed that's got the wire harness routed correctly on the firewall and fenders? It's obvious that things have been moved around and relocated on this one here: and 2.) I'm getting to the point to where I'm going to start on the undercarriage fairly soon and had a color question for you all. I've built plenty of aircraft and the original resources are rare and there's a lot left to interpretation and hoping that museums got it right but here in the automotive world I'm finding there is a ton of reference photos and a ton of variances in restoration colors and details. Is the undercarriage color on the bottom of the E bodies black or does it look more like this? If this is correct then that's fine but if it's off from O.E.M. pics would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, Joe

That interiors look great Tom and that Titan rocks!!

I'll chime a third one on that!

Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' about!!! Way cool Jim!! Way cool!

I'm a member of this forum and one other major forum and am glad I can come here to talk about models and all the things that go with it. Having this in common with all that are in this forum makes it an awesome place to be. I've had other forums I joined and have recently ditched them in favor of this and one other I'm in now due to the friendly and helpful nature. It's also interesting to see all the different fields of modeling that takes place in here. Thanks Rich for bringing this all to light. I'm glad to be here with you all, Joe

This is fantastic! That grill looks real enough to bolt onto a car!

Go for it Reed! Glad to see somebody your age getting involved in the hobby!

Say Kevin...............that's a pretty cool mild mottle pattern you got there on that 190. Did I mention that I was a HUGE Fw190 fan?

Might switch it up to to an Eduard F6F Hellcat after my 109 build.lol

Say...............that looks really good!!

Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' about!!

This.........is friggin' cool!!

No argument with all that at all there Rich! When we boil it all down to the "nitty gritty" it's all modeling and we all seem to have fun doing that pal. We're all among friends here. The airplane sounds thing is still cracking me up! "yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoooooooooooooooooooowww!!" LOL

I'll go with that option. I would like to think she aint that stupid. lol

That would be a good idea and my red heeler would use it but Sweet Pea (Pee), my 17 year old miniature Dachshund is just too stupid to use it. lol (It aint the age either! She's always been a little )

No real updates for today picture wise. I did, however, work on the master cylinder a little bit, sanded all the seams down on the original radiator(these were friggin' terrible) , touched up the battery painting and started painting the battery cables. Movin' a little slow this morning. I have nocturnal doggies and they got me up at 2 a.m. yesterday. Feelin' a little worn down here................

LOL!! I think I do all of that except the last part..lol! In the case of our Corsairs here , there's just no way to open up the canopy without a major overhaul and this being a Christmas gift and me only having a limited amount of time all I did was paint it, weather it and add a set of colored PE seat belts. For cockpits that I can open up I try to go all out. For instance, I ended up taking the Monogram SBD Dauntless up a notch with a Hasegawa cockpit and some scratch built items to add some pizzaz to it. I just couldn't leave one of the greats with the sliding canopy open and the gunners area all opened up with a blank slate inside. Both of us being old Monogram kit fans, you know the one I'm talking about. Monograms SBD cockpit outta the box: and here's after the upgrades. All I had for seat belts were the dang PE buckles from a Tom's Modelworks set. I used lead foil for the belts and routed them through the buckles. I think this was the beginning of the end for my eyesight. lol It all seemed to fit like it was made for it (although I did have to shave the legs on the gunners platform down a bit so the seat would clear the flooring). My only regret is that I wasn't as controlled with my washes yet in 2013 and it shows on stuff like the rear gunners ammo box. I've since worked this problem out though. Most everything in here is from the Hasegawa SBD-4 kit and fits just near perfect.

You're right about that Pat. Those IP's are a tremendous amount of work if you want one to look even presentable and it looks like you've put that kind of work here. Looks great man.

First off , this is one big bad boy here! Secondly, I have to see the display space you have! It has to quadruple my available display area Dan! lol

First off I woke up on this side of the dirt and had a fairly good day despite it being busy. Then got to come home to my family and spend some time with them. In short..............I'm well pleased.

That sounds wild there Joseph! Pics?