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1989 Mustang LX 5.0 coupe. I don't have her any more but man that car was a lot of fun!!

Me too. must have had every 1/48 scale plane they had.

At first I thought I DID go a little heavy with the wash until I looked at my references again:

In sub-assemblies for painting but what color(s) How about High Gloss Camouflage!!!! Looking good by the way!!

Well I'm going to focus my attention for now to the lower wing and dive flaps. First off the dive flaps had a NASTY bow in them. For instance: So a pot of boiling water was in order. I ran out of tea yesterday so this is the perfect opportunity to go ahead and boil the water for that too. Any how this is the results after dunking the part for about three seconds and reshaping: It has a small twist in it, which is really easy to correct, but no bow. Now onto the wings: After a "rattle can" primer coat of Tamiya gray, I painted the wing flat white, allowed to dry and cure out, and then shot the gloss coat. After that came the insignia on the wings. First off, I forgot how old these Hasegawa decals were and after about 3 minutes under water they still didn't want to slide off the backing. They literally "broke free". I don't know how they didn't tear but they made it. Secondly it took ALOT of Microsol to get these things to conform fully into the stall slots at the end of the wing. The one on the right had a small puncture and shrunk up in the inboard slot. Guess I'll be using a little paint in that! and then another coat of gloss and the MIG productions oil based wash. I was careful not to go too overboard with it because, like I was saying a couple of posts earlier, carrier based aircraft have a really tough time getting dirty. And I moved to a better , more well lit area because taking photos at my bench just don't turn out as well. A little unorthodox approach to painting the aircraft but it'll fall together in the end. I've got my son helping me a little on this one so I'm breaking the build up into sections for his sake. I forgot to mention that I drilled out the dive flap holes. I think there were about 260 or so of these!

If its cars then Revells gonna get my vote for availability and relative ease of building. Planes....................well that's just all Eduard for me! Its just that simple for accuracy and detail. I will say, as Chillyb1 did, that Tamiya is in there too. They are fairly accurate and generally easy to build(at least with the kits that I've seen).

Whats funny is my vendors name is Patrick Ball. Man that guy must have had it rough as a kid!! LOL

I like being able to pay it out too. It's rare for me to have 100 bones laying around in my slush fund!

Youre not gonna be able to get one right off of the truck but if your vendor is cool like mine is, he'll see if Paashe is on his vendor list from Matco. I've gotten my Badger 150 and my Badger Renegade Velocity through him already. I saw this Paasche job and had to get it.

I actually found this jewel available from my Matco Tools truck vendor that frequents the shop weekly for 72 bucks and can pay it out! It should be here next week. KingSix:I was going to take you up on your offer for those 6 airbrushes. The only thing that stopped me was the truck can warranty mine. Thanks for the offer pal, Joe

That sir, is a 1/9 scale kit.

Man you aint kiddin' there! They have been nailing on the head in terms of accuracy. I can't wait until their Bf109 G-6 1/48 scale bird comes out in 2014!

I appreciate the comments Wayne. Thanks bud!

Hey guys. Was able to get up this morning and test fit the fuselage halves together only to discover that the IP was contacting both cockpit side consoles at the very front of the console resulting in the IP being pushed forward at the bottom and angled out ward at the top. Shown here: ...........and now corrected! I have another Revellogram SBD kit and will piece together the in box cockpit and fuselage halves to give you a better idea of whats missing in the Monogram boxing tomorrow morning. What worked out REALLY good was the fact that the Hasegawa gun turret fit perfectly in place of the original "potato gun" set up!! Wow........something went smooth!

Thanks Wayne and Ira! Will be bringing more pics to the table tomorrow morning. As for future plans for the tail guns I spied some Verlinden .50 cal ammo belts that will set the .30's off in the back. Will be running the belt from the guns to the ammo box. I'll be ordering that soon.

Great body work there Ira!

Yeah that looks like a well lit, nice and tidy area!!!

That's a good point. If it was something out of the ordinary that makes sense. I've got a 1/48 scale BV 141 that was put out by Hi-PM in about 98 or so. That kit looks dangerous! But like youre saying it is a subject that I'd like to build and I have one of two choices. Build it or get rid of it. I hear ya!

I used to think like that until I opened up an MPM Arado 196 box! There was more flash on those sprues than a nuclear bomb could have emitted!!!

I've got a 1/48 Citroen staff car from them and that thing is a beaut!! It's been around a while though.

Hey everybody. I was thinking about some of the kits I've built and I have my favorites and, of course, my least favorites. Thought I would talk about the everybody's favorite. For starters I build a lot of different kits from a lot of manufacterers as am sure a lot of you all do. So far my favorites so far are late Revell automobile and aircraft kits and with aircraft hands down for me its Eduard. I've noticed that Revell is trying to keep up with the times by some of the new kits and the amount of detail put into their kits. Also the parts count for a lot of kits has doubled resulting in several different options for a kit to be built as and for the extra detail. This whole 1990 Mustang LX kit as well as the 1/32 scale He-219 and Fw190 D-9 kits are prime examples of Revell making a good contribution to the modeling community. I noticed that the parts count for the Mustang was pretty high up there and from what I can see the detail is awesome! The same goes for the He219 and the D-9. The AM world is eating the later two up and this seems to be true of the Mustang as well. I'm definitely glad to see some new stuff come out from them as well as continuing to enjoy what they have put out in the past. As far as Eduard goes I was afraid to build a kit out of these guys at first because I wanted to build an Fw190 and I have seen over and over again the fit problems that can be encountered with that kit.....HOWEVER if proper planning and test fitting is followed the results are well worth the time put into the kit. I'm finding that this manufacturer also has several other kits that are the same as far as fit goes. The parts count is there , the accuracy sure as heck is there and the detail is unsurpassed. Their Bf109 series are another testament to their level of accuracy and detail. I haven't seen them put out a car model so far but if they ever did it would be one for the books I'm sure.

Now THATS an airbrush!!! Tooltruck is coming today and that thing is all mine!!! Thanks for sharing that. I think its just what Ive been looking for in the best of both worlds. .

Ok fellas. Got up this morning and finished up detailing another Hasegawa part for this thing. The instrument panel from the Monogram kit was a decal and that aint gonna work so was kit bashing time again. I took the existing Hasegawa IP and trimmed it to fit into this kit. It's not only got the IP but also the backs of the .50 cal cowl machine guns at either side of the IP. Painted the sides with Zinc Chromate, the center with Matte Black and picked out the details with a white lead pencil. The guns got a shot of Gunmetal. Lots better! Any how here's pic of that mod. Photo bucket was not cooperating very well with me this morning which is why the dang pic is rotated!

Thanks for the encore Wayne! I'll have some progress to post tomorrow. I'm on a mission to complete this thing. I usually spend between 1 - 2 hours on it a day.

I've got two Badger 200 airbrushes that I picked up last year when Micheals had em on clearance for 20 bucks (yep I said 20 bucks)new and still in the boxes . I ordered two quick disconnects for both AB's and THAT made just as big of difference as having an internal mix AB over the BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH Badger 350 AB I started off with! The QD's make things nice for a quick swap out of ABs if one is giving me a lot of static in the middle of a big job. Just switch out AB's real quick and continue working. I also use a Badger 1/6 HP compressor that is super quiet in the mornings (about 4 am) to not wake anybody else in the house. I have had really good luck with the 200's so far. I do have a Renegade Velocity if I get down to the detail work though.