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Here's engine build up after being mostly assembled. Exhausts were at first painted a metallic silver, then sprayed with a light coat of rust to allow some of the metallic color to "bleed" through, a light wash applied and then ground up black pastel was dry brushed to the #2 thru #6 exhaust outlets for that soot effect. and the other side:

Youre on the list dude!!

Come on with it Andre! I'll get you in the line up. Man if I remember right that thing is a whale of a kit. I got that one year for Christmas when I was in my teens...........................about 30 years ago! That was a BIG present under ....er....around the tree! Glad to have you aboard!

Man don't that suck on the "gotta go to work"? I can certainly identify with that!! Good goin on this build Wayne! The paint is turning out just right. To me it would seem that the weathering process is one of the hardest parts of getting an armor build to look worn and used.

Aww man you done made me bust out the research stuff! First off that's a nice spread of models. I really like the SBD and Texan aircraft. Just something about the lines of those airframes that just plain look good. I believe that SBD kit is a Hawk/ Testors 1/72 kit. There were a range 72nd kits with Airfix, Testors, Aosshima and Hasegawa in the line up. The rear guns here are the give away to Testors being the manufacturer. Aside from all that stuff that's a good paint job on the SBD-3 Eric.

Ok these pics are of the supercharger/ engine accessory gear box. This part was a blast to build and is complete down to lubrication lines. If anybody is wondering if they have seen these pics before here............they have. I started this build last year and put it off for a GB at another site and then put it off again for the GB here. I'll be caught up after I post the completed engine /nose module pictures.

Thanks Wayne!! I've heard horror stories about working on road wheels. All the way from sanding to paint!

Here's where I started with on an engine: and this is afer painting and weathering. The engine is supposed to be a dark color but I painted it a medium shade of grey (RLM 02) and applied a heavy dark wash to bring out all of the detail that this resin engine has to offer:

That sounds great to me Wayne!!! Can't wait to see some good Steel Cat action going on here! NIce kit!!!

Looks like you are off to a good start Mark! Keep the progress pics coming! Thanks Jim! Looking forward to your build as well.

This is with the CMK tailwheel retracting mechanism "guts" in their undercarraige set for this bird. I simply could NOT resist doing this. The fuselage is together with no cockpit assembled yet. The assist spring that came with the CMK kit SUCKED so I bought some guitar string, cut to proper length, painted steel and applied a MIG productions dark wash to the spring.

Ok fellas I'm going to kick this thing off with a little recap of this kit. I had already started this kit last November but put it on freeze for another GB thats going on elsewhere and then again for this GB. Here's where it all started. My Tamiya Fw190 D-9 fuselage halves laid out together before any cutting took place: and after carving the front of the plane from the fuselage and the tail fin access panel from the tail: This'll be the update that I'll be using for this beauty:

One more day left fellas!!!!

I feel your pain! This time next week we'll be knee deep in plastic sprues, resin and PE!! LOL

racedriver:Got your change posted pal. roadkill:Good to have you here! Lemme know when you're ready and what you want to build and we'll get it rollin'.

This is gonna be good! Lot's of goodies I see! Will post the changes afer I get off of work Jim!

Wayne:Now that's an in depth weathering tutorial there! I remember seeing something like that on a Vallejo dvd that I have here at the house. I've watched it about 3 or 4 times just for retention sake. You've added a couple of things that aint on that video though. Thanks for sharing that info and look forward to seeing it in action. Jason:Wow! Thats a high parts count from what I can see! I've got a couple of those crushed boxes but contents ok kits too. lol

Thanks Jim! Alot of the detail was robbed from the Hasegawa SBD-4 kit I had in the stash. Monogram certainly didn't go to any length to offer any detail in the cockpit area thats for sure but, hey, aint that what kit bashing is all about? I'm just glad I had a decent kit to "go to " for the extra detail.

I have the highest respect for anybody that builds 72nd scale aircraft and can pull it off to look like 48th scale stuff. Got pics?

Wayne:Man that track looks awesome and I like the stencils. What kind of stuff are you going to use for the weathering? Jason:Looking forward to some pics man! Mark:Hahahaha lol!!

Ok fellas! We've got roughly 3 weeks to go and can't wait to bust this thing off. The clock is ticking...............................

I'll be continuing the rest of this build in the "All the Rest Community Build" on 01 Feb coming up soon! Anybody that wants to join that build just let me know and I'll get you penciled in on the roster.

Nice aircraft and nice build. Indeed it has been said that this was the best aircraft of the Second World War. They certainly look the part. Nice panel line detail as they are really standing out.

No words man! No words!

Greg:Thanks for the congrats. I've got plans for where to move my bench to. I may have to split it up a little but plans none the less. Richard: That bench looks sharp. Sometimes I wished I had a set up like that to make it more living room friendly. Al: Nice bench and nice aircraft stash!!