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Real good shine and good details on this one RRR. Love the color

Thanks Pete. It took me a while to get a method that "worked" for me. Those are very nicely wound & uniform coils you've got on that spring Bill. Great method man.

Sorry about the late reply John. Thanks a million for the great comment buddy.

Whadda paint job!! Very nicely done!!!

Very nice and clean work on this. Love the color!

A truly great job on this car.

LOVE it! Great paint and very cool engine work.

Always loved V-8 Vegas. Great job on this car Ray.

Dang Tony! That turned out very well!!

I'm right there with you on building convincing throttle linkage Shaun. In the link that Les posted up on my Maverick I used .015 solder for the linkage along with some PE carburetor levers and pivot points. Before cutting the solder to length I stretched a section of it out a bit to make sure that it was nice and straight. After cutting to length I flattened the ends of the levers to make the attachments a little cleaner. The throttle return spring was taken from a 1:1 scale 3157 turn signal bulb. I carefully bent the ends in a hook fashion and attached it to the lever and bracket. I could've gone the extra mile and used some hardware at the lever mounting points but hey......it's gotta end somewhere.

Thanks Francis. That's actually a base to add color to. The idea is for that pattern to be seen in the paint as to depict a worn paint job. I used this one my Arado 234 Blitz. If you look you can see the warble through the paint work.

Got the warble pattern laid down this morning. Looking forward to some paint on this bad boy.....

Yessiree it was a bit out of place. I'm used to 'em just popping together nicely. Got 'er black based this morning. Still need to black base the elevators and install those but we're getting there.

That's awesome Tom!! I'll be looking forward to seeing your take on one of these. If you need any help in regards to the build lemme know. I went to Hell and back with mine. lol Just so you know....I haven't totally disappeared from the forums. Just got ALOT of changes at work and some of 'em are requiring alot of patience to get through. The last few weeks have not been kind to me in that regard but there's some funky stuff goin' on in the ol' back room politikin' area. Additionally I've taken on another WWII warbird build. Been a long time since I've dabbled in that area but it feels good. Will be back on this one when I finish with the aircraft build.....which is goin' on in the "All The Rest WIP" section of this forum if you wanna check it out.

I'll say this.....it's going to be like trying to find a needle in a haystack to procure one of those things but I'll keep my eye out for one Jens.

Due to some issues at work, my time on the forums has been limited but I'm trying to make a comeback. I have not, however, given up bench time. Of the Tamiya kits that I have put together, I haven't yet seen one with such a bad fit between the fuselage/ wing join areas....until now. I've been sanding all week long and will produce some photos of the results when I'm done with that process. Here's the pics of what I'm up against though. A most terrible fit for such a good kit. At first I thought it was due to the aftermarket landing gear bay pieces but all of those clear the inside of the wing bottom. Dunno what it was but in any case.....I had my work cut out for me. and the topside aint any better...

WOW!!!! Just WOW!!!!

Man that looks good!!! Fantastic work!!!!!

That turned out pretty dang good overall. You might could use the Eduard canopy mask for the Tamiya kit on this one with some slight trimming here and there. Stuff is low tack and works great. I just airbrush light coats and it peels off and leaves a nicely painted frame every time. It's from the UK but there's one on ebay for sale for around $12. If you're not in a hurry for it I'm sure it'll work great for this. Here you go: (EDMEX061) - Eduard Mask 1:48 - F4U-1 Birdcage (Tamiya) 8591437510610 | eBay

A true iconic aircraft. Looks great Gerald.

Thanks RRR. This one here challenged me in ways that no other model has before.

I already like these cars like it is but this....is a VERY good replication! Good show!

YESSS!!! That's a head turner right there. Nice mods!

That turned out really good. Nice paint work!!!! I built the panel wagon version of this kit several years ago and know how challenging this kit can be. Kudos to you for finishing one this well.

Don't see that one built up very often. Turned out great Al!!