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I like it! Now that had to be a nice little conversation piece right there!

Your creative thinking never stops Ira! Always a real treat to see what you've come up with.

Just finished this puppy up this morning. Man I'll tell you guys, this thing took forever to finish it seems like and I didn't even open this one up hardly. Anyhow here she is depicted as T6+CP of 6/StG 2 out of Libya in 1941. She's wearing one of the more interesting and controversial schemes on a Stuka as there is confusion as to wether the snake motif was red or tan. I displayed this one in red as it seems to have a more sinister look to it.

Thanks Wayne! Your schemes just keep getting more and more intense. Nice job on replicating that pattern. ....and yes I really do dislike pin marks. lol Funny thing about this kit. The only real place Hasegawa boo boo'd with pin marks was on the bombs if you ask me. It did have some fit issues at the nose to fuselage fit and the seam lines on the landing gear wheel spats was horrible. LOTS of clean up there! Will hopefully be finished with this puppy by this weekend. I'm going to put a strong push forward on it. I've got a BMW R75 to build you know........................ Its the good ol' Bandai kit. Man it's a beauty too.

Ok fellas. Update................finally!! I rolled her over and started on the bottom side. All of the wing mounted bombs had ejector pin marks that needed to be filled and sanded and the centerline bomb (being 8 parts) was tougher than normal but we are getting there. There's just the last few bits at this point like canopy, prop, and all the fiddly bits and this puppy will be wrappped up.

The detail looks good in that pit Jason. What scale is this? It looks to be around 1/72nd judging by the pilot against the paint bottles.

I'm liking the scratchwork Wayne. Man you really have these armor builds down pat. Looking good!

Applejack's posted there Wayne.....

You've got the same disease I've got Jason. Thats usually my luck! lol . Keep the posts coming and throw some pics in there for us. Wayne...............looking good man!

You'll get it Jason. Looking forward to it

Woooooooowwwww! One of these days I'll tell ya!! I'll get good enough to build an armor build like this. Good job Wayne............no wait.............killer job!!!!!!!!!!

Got home from a GM Training class in Houston yesterday to find this waiting at my door step. Now for the mask set and some PE...............

Nice hobby room.....I mean sign!! I believe I saw a guy build a model of his hobby room that looked real similar to this. Do I have the right guy/ hobby room?

That'll go excellent with a dio Wayne.

Ok fellas, I've got what I consider a major update. I've got the Tyson Chicken Legs (aka landing gear) installed on this thing. You know most times landing gear aint that big a deal to me and at first glance a Stuka, having no visible struts or oleos,let alone brake lines and all, wouldn't be that bad. It turned out to be harder than it looked. The wheel spats had a nasty seam line running down the middle and was CLEARLY visible from the front. It took alot of sanding and elbow grease to clean those things up to say the least. The tire and wheel assys weren't bad (although I forgot to prime them before I used acrylic MM paints and masked off) even though I had to paint em twice. But like I've heard and I like to say, "That's modeling folks!". I've moved on to the bombs , which have more seam lines than 10 pairs of blue jeans. The centerline bomb is 7 parts so there's plenty of opportunity for gaps and seam lines. After the wheel spats, it's all good. Here's the current progress, I've still got to install the small propeller/ siren on the wheel spat you see in the first pic here:

Wayne:Bring it bubba!! I can't wait to see this built outta you! Chris:Man you guys are giving me idea after idea!! Great technique!!!!! And results!!!!

This is absolutely fantastic!!!!! Man I'll tell you , this isn't ultimate photoetched, it's ultimate perserverance!

What do you have for us there Wayne? And yes.

I forgot about this one! Looks great Bob!

I've seen these kits around and have never seen one built! This is friggin cool, looks like a load of fun and is definitely something different for the 109 fans out there!

Suweeet! These things just look eerie and aggressive from almost any stance. Zoukei Mura has thier hand in the fire on these kits in 1/32 scale now. Check it out................... http://www.zoukeimura.co.jp/en/sentiment/oyajiblog_050.html

Those guys had a knack for technology and radical aircraft concepts and some, like this one, were flown. Another bird, the Ho-229, was also flown. Someday I'll get a 48th scale version of that plane to build.....................as soon as I find a place to display it. lol

Got your pic posted on the wall of fame Mark. Thank you again for being a part of this GB man. Looking forward to #2 outta you????

I'll be watching that video Chris and thanks for the additional tip Wayne!

Dude I'll be robbing that technique man! Thumbs up buddy!