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Gotta hand it to ya Pat. That right there is born of creation. Very cool and interesting build.

This just gets better and better every time you post an update Simon!!

Thanks Mike!! I hear ya on the cockpit or even engine details for that matter. lol. Been there and done that too many times. Builds like this or a He-111 or Ju-88 pay off in dividends in regards to cockpit/ interior detailing. The 234 was indeed a highly successful aircraft for the time that it was employed (which wasn't all that long).

Cool build!!!

I've seen this one built up a few times and it definitely makes for a good conversation piece. Neat build.

Such a beautiful build Tom. Man you've gotta be proud of that!!!

Man I hate it when that happens. Bob's right though....it's at the easiest place on the car to repair.

Thanks Mike! Rusty....you know what to do..... Finished up with all the decaling this morning. Now.....for the not so good news. How in the world I managed to get the stabilizers painted wrong...I just don't know. Painted the bottoms with the topside color and vise versa. Currently stripping the paint from both of them and a re-do will be in progress on those.

Thanks Roger! You should give one a try bud. They're fun.

That IS cool! ?

Now she's starting to get some personality. Been goin' on with the cals for the last few days. Those #3's were giving me a little static but other than that everything else worked out. NOTE....Do NOT EVER buy decals from Peddinghaus. OMG they're bad. I only used the big 3's and the tail numbers out of the whole set. Just terrible in terms of out of scale lettering and walkway red dash sizes. It was like there was little to no research on them. For the rest of the stenciling decals I used the EagleCals set that I started out with on this one before I decided to build White 3.

That would've been the XB-38 Rusty and you're right....beautiful bird with those engines. Here's an article on them: https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-prettiest-b-17-flying-fortress-was-the-xb-38-1619966937

Thanks James. I've seen that one a couple of times. Theres footage with a black car getting fired upon with a lady in it and is a key part of the story. I'll see if I can find that. Very VERY good book.....but then again....pretty much anything from Adam Makos is an automatic winner.

Looking forward to this one!

Looks good Benton. I really have an appreciation for these tanks after reading Adam Makos' book , Spearhead. Excellent read and as I found out a very needed tank during WWII.

And those were from 88mm & 155mm flak shells as well. A man had to have nerves of steel to fly through that and what awaited them in the skies enemy aircraft wise. Towards the end of the war more and more German fighter aircraft were equipped with Mk108 cannon instead of piss ant machine guns and one or two well placed rounds would end it for a B-17. Mk108 round...

Lookin' good so far Dave!! That switch to 40 watt lighting paid off..

I applied a glosscoat to the top side yesterday using Vallejo's acrylic gloss. Dunno what it is about acrylic glosses but it was fairly difficult for me to apply (probably because I thinned it down too much ) and it puddled in a few areas on the starboard wing. Gimme some lacquer based clear and I can work wonders with it. This stuff is like me trying to speak a foreign language. Anyhow.... I sanded the irregularities out of the gloss, touched up some paint where I burned through in the sanding process and re-applied the gloss this morning. Cals are upcoming next....

That's for DANG sure!! Glad to have you along Mike! Luftwaffe colors and camo schemes are hard enough to research and to get right and then we throw in the sheen that they may or may not have. It's enough to drive a builder crazy. But you are right....it's fun to ponder all this stuff Rusty.

Very cleanly and well built car. Just outstanding work!!!!

I'm still here Rog. I'll be back here after my current project. Check the All The Rest WIP section.

You sir....are tha freekin' MAN!!!! Thanks a million for that Roger!!!!!

Lotsa details Marcos! Lookin' good so far ol' buddy.

Right??!! I love the He-111 as well. I've got a 1/48 scale Ju-88/ Fw190 Mistel in the stash. I've been contemplating building that. Ya know Rusty, the more research I do on late war German camo and paint the more I realize that arguments could be made on both sides for the flat and satin finishes. Check it out: Flat finish Satin/ semi gloss finish:

They look rather sinister.