LOL!!

mustang1989

Dang. You are tha man if you tackle that kit and come out of it with all the hairs still on your head.  The Eduard kit looks a little more promising being ex-Academy molds and all. Hell anything beats a Revell version of it! lol

I do think it's back available in the Academy boxing now as well

 Man I can't afford to lose any they are thin enough as is

Dang. You are tha man if you tackle that kit and come out of it with all the hairs still on your head.  The Eduard kit looks a little more promising being ex-Academy molds and all. Hell anything beats a Revell version of it! lol

I do think it's back available in the Academy boxing now as well

Thanks mustang! Despite the trials I may double down and build the Revile (misspelled on purpose) P-38J. From what I've read a stinker of a kit and also in a NMF,  I think alcohol will need to be involved

You know it's one of those inherent qualities of all the old Revell aircraft kits that it has to be as ill fitting and sometimes no fitting as possible. I built the Revell 1/48 Corsair a couple of years ago and this thing took two dives into the trash can..............and I rescued it twice and went ahead and finished it after 3 months of pure hell. The end result wasn't too bad but it wasn't without alot of hard work and lots of frustration. I don't plan on ever building another old Revell mold kit.

 I will say that your 110 turned out beautiful despite your troubles. Way to go Greatmaker.

Thanks for the info Toshi.  I have used Eduard masks in the past with no troubles but I couldn't find one for this kit.. I checked I have one more montex mask and its for the 1/48 Tamiya Lancaster bomber

Trails and tribulations, you did a fantastic job!  I'd be proud to have that in my display.

As for Montex masks, no.  I've never had issues with them at all.

Toshi

Greatmaker

This is what happens when I open my model closet

Now, send Vir out to pick up your next model!

Thanks to Lawdog aleady done.  After his builds of the Wildcat and the Thunderbolt I sent Vir to Japan to fetch them for me

 

 

ROTFL 

This is what happens when I open my model closet

Now, send Vir out to pick up your next model!

Greatmaker

Thanks for the kind words guys. You always have an idea in your head what you want it to look like and this was far from what I envisioned.  Oh yeah I forgot I broke one of the wheel struts as well.  I normally use tamiya tape for canopies as well but with the amount of framework on this one I decided to splurge.  Guess I shoudn't have.

"I think even G'Kar would approve..."

"But in Purple I'm stunning"

 

LOL... one of the best lines from the series. 

Now, send Vir out to pick up your next model! 

Thanks for the kind words guys. You always have an idea in your head what you want it to look like and this was far from what I envisioned.  Oh yeah I forgot I broke one of the wheel struts as well.  I normally use tamiya tape for canopies as well but with the amount of framework on this one I decided to splurge.  Guess I shoudn't have.

"I think even G'Kar would approve..."

"But in Purple I'm stunning"

Wow, after your description of what went wrong at the top I was expecting the model to look horrible! That's some nice work man! I don't see any issues with her in the photos and you did a great job on the ink blot camo which can be a pain if the airbrush/paint doesn't want to cooperate. 

Kudos sir! 

I think even G'Kar would approve... 

Wow! You fought through all those setbacks and ended up with that. My hat's off to you for some darn fine modeling skills. Great Looking 110. 

I'm still working on the ability to not over paint my pre-shading.

The end result is, in spite of the trials and tribulations, your 110 came out beautifully. I guess that's the price we hafta pay for beiing modelers. i have trouble on different parts of almost every model I build and it drives me nuts .

The final product far outweighs all the tribulations,one fine bird. Love the paint job.

Looks pretty darn good from where I sit. I've always used tamiya masking tape for canopies and other masking needs. I've tried liquid masks and didn't really like them. Pit work looks good. Nice job!

Well dispite all the issues you had it turned out great!  I felt that way about the F-16 Thunderbird I did.  It was trouble from the start, I'm sure it was just me though.  Wasn't any problems with the kit itself until I got to the decals.