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Not a whole lot of visual progress but I've been working on this pit since last week. No PE or added details as of yet in the way of parts but here we are so far.

The cals and markings are my favorite part of aircraft building. Gives the bird a true identity/ personality. Lookin' really good there Mark.

Really good looking build!!

Your hard work is gonna pay off in dividends Francis. Nicely done on that floor pan.

Thanks Francis. Been working on the cockpit for the last week now. LOTS of details in that too. Hopefully I'll have pictures by this weekend. Really appreciate you stopping in pal.

Glad you're here David!

I really like both of these Dave. Just the right amount of shine on the paint jobs! Good lookin' shop too.

Welcome aboard Dave!!!! Rollin' out the red carpet for ya!!

Looking forward to this one. Don't see many of these being built....at all.

This turned out great Tim. Out of the ordinary and a real first class job.

That really turned out very well. autiful car !!!!!

Thanks Marcos!! Still workin' on a couple of reference shots and some more materials for the build.

Thanks for checking Chris. I'm going to try to piece together a third buildable kit for when I get done with this one. Glad you're taggin' along Mike. Always had an eye for these cars. Glad to have you along as well Francis! I bounce back and forth between automotive and aircraft. Always glad to have you along Carl!

After 5 days worth of work here we are fellas. I'm really looking forward to putting the finishing touches on this and moving on to the cockpit.

Thanks Chang!! I'm going to have to build me another Ryefield kit at some point. I really enjoyed building that VW.

First class build with matched first class photography. Beautiful car.

Good progress on this one Roger. Didn't know you'd came down with it but I'm glad to hear that you're working your way through the whole Covid mess.

Thank you for the comments Jerry. Have you seen the new Tamiya P-38? Man those kits look awesome!!!

I meant to comment back to you on this Mike. I've seen that kit and you're right, that IS a good way of getting the nose to stay on the ground. I may have to pick up one of those lil' Kettenkraftrads to display it with.

Thanks Rusty. I haven't started an aircraft build in over 4 years now. The last one I did was an Arado 234 and that build was stopped dead in its tracks by the difficulty of getting the nose onto the fuselage. Hasegawa really turned out a great kit overall but that part of it really sucked and left me scratching my head for 3 years before I could come back to it with a fresh start and finish it last year. . That build left a bad taste in my mouth after encountering that problem and had been a block since in moving forward with aircraft builds. I figured that Tamiya would definitely be the way forward in stepping back into aircraft modeling again.

Dude. Thanks for everything so far......really!! BTW....you're right about the grille. It would be nice if a blank grille was available. Thanks Bob. This forum has an overwhelming amount of talent and good people. True there are a few that get a little "catty" but in the grande scheme of things...it's no biggie. Thanks for joinin' in John! Hell yeah!! I'd drive 'er too. lol

This is a real treat to look at. I hope my eyes hold out long enough to build like this when I'm 65. Outstanding work Mike.

Oh HELL yeah that helps!!! Dude!!!! Thank you a friggin' million Roger!!!

Thanks Len! Glad to have you joinin' in Haken. Jeez.....you're right! Corrections made...just glad you caught that before it locked me out of the editing process and made myself look like a permanent doofus.

BEEEEAUTIFUL car!!!