Cockpit is looking good there TREYZX10R!  As to the yellow decals, the "newer" DML decals are a bit more yellow looking than the original Trimaster decal release.  The colors are a little more heavy handed.  The Trimaster issue had the swasti's with it though.  I found a number of photos of Migge and his Weis 9.  One photo had another plane from the squadron in the backround that I will model the second kit to.  Only problem is the photos I have found show something white written in an arc on the side of the background plane under the canopy on the left side.  Just not enough resolution & clarity to tell what it is.  

Thanks Heavens Eagle,I'll look and see if I can turn up a pic that shows whats written on that 2nd aircraft.

I made some progress on the wings and fuse. Some fit issues up front are going to be a pain,especially at the wing roots. I had to leave out the forward part #c22 it made the fit even worse. To obtain a better fit I glued the upper fuse and gun cowling only at the trailing edges and let it dry over night. This allowed me to spread the forward areas out for a better fit around the trailing edge of the engine cowl. The fit is still not great but a lot better.

the wing assembly is another bit of 'why did they mold it this way' fiasco. I glued the wheel bays at the trailing edge and let dry overnight. This allowed me to fit the top halves to the bottom and get those leading edge areas around the wheel tubs to fit better. Again not great but better

I 'm hoping after this drys it wo'nt be so bad,shoild've gotten the Eduard limited instead me thinks;)

and the drop tank fiddly bits are done a quick pass with a #11 will get the tiny bit of flash I missed after it drys good

Hey TREYZX10R, watching your build of this kit is prepping me for my build.  Spent the last 4 months working on a devil of a build and it is only about 1/2 done.  Finally had to have a break.  Had too much scratch building going on.

Unfortunately the Eduard LE of the night fighters is only available from the ' Bay.  It went out of production quite a while ago.  I have heard from many sources though that the Eduard Fw 190's are all quite nice kits.  If you get into a real bind, one answer would be to just pick up an Eduard weekender of the 190 A8 and use the extra detail parts from the DML kit to do it.  I have that option but just want to do a kit build of something that I can build up and NOT have to do major surgery on it.  Challenge is good.  Scratch build half the kit, BAD.  (not that I am unable Sheesh! )

Tomorrow is start day for my night fighter.  Just relaxing right now.  Keep up the goodness!

Thanks Heavens Eagle,yes shame about the eduard only being available on evil bay,good idea combining an a8 kit but I'll soldier on with the beast at hand. The wing root -engine cowl fit is aweful and in a very bad place to fix without damaging the surrounding detail. I'll do what I can to minumize the damage during the repair.

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Eagle: Really nice paint spray booth, I'd never have thought of using computer fans like that, great idea!

Trey: Sharp work as usual!

Good going there Trey!  :)

Cliff ,NFN thanks! I was able to sand everything without loosing much detail at all. I will need to rescribe a few small spots but thats it, real relief to be through that hurdle.

Jailcop, and Caspar, awesome builds!  I updated the front page.  Great additions.

Trey, you never cease to amaze me.  Number 6!

Paul, that is a great looking paint booth.

If no objections, I might extend this GB awhile.  When I started this, I didn't know I would be going to Paramedic school, so I haven't even come close to building what I wanted to for this GB.

Cheers,

Greg

Hi Greg ,

I was hoping you would extend the Hunting After Dark GB .

I haven't even finished one of my builds , so I'm most gratefull for the extension .

I hope all is going well at Paramedic School , you certainly have my upmost admiration and respect for taking on such an important job and along with all the studying that must be involved , well done Sir...

                John .

Gregbbear

Jailcop, and Caspar, awesome builds!  I updated the front page.  Great additions.

Cheers,

Greg

Hey Gregbear, I also finished my Nightfighter (see page 70)

Cheers

Hi Greg- I'd support your decision to extend. I got overanxious when I signed up and jumped into another GB, so I never started my He-219 due to that and other things that life sends our way (as you noted).

That 219 has been in my stash since the mid-'90s, and it's probably the ONE kit I've most wanted to get underway. Maybe I should be joining macattack80's No More Excuses GB......  

I hope this GB extends somewhat.  I would love a chance to finish the Italian build I started earlier and perhaps do some other builds like the Russian and French night fighters I have.

Greg thanks lol, that would be great to extend this I was hoping to get in a few more! Not too much to report in . I did tackle the fiddly bits on the canopy. I wound up ditching the pe upper support . The tabs would'nt fold down without crushing the assembly together at the gap. The supplied part looks fine so no great loss

Eagle: Thanks for the additional photos! I'm airbrushing in my basement at the time, there is no window really to put a hose from a spray booth. Thankfully so far I've had no real problems with fumes- still I'll keep your booth in mine if I should try building one.

Trey: Nice job and love the canopy supports.

Greg: Yes, extending the GB is a great idea! I pulled up the Widow this weekend, dusted her off and restarted her again, she's not going to look great but I am going to finish her. Figured I'd go over the line but with an extended build I should be ok.

Cliff thank you sir much appreciated, I'm looking forward to seeing your Widow despite your misgivings I'm sure you'll pull off a nice build!

I sprayed the RLM74 & 75 using silly putty as a mask for a soft edge between the 2 colors. Hopefully tomorrow will see some RLM 76 go on

RLM76 is on and finished up the gear

Ohhhhhhh, nice work there Trey, love the landing gear.

Dang!  That is looking good Trey!  Your landing gear looks exceptional too.  You have a really good touch with the detailing.  Very realistic.

Caspar, sorry I didn't get your Nighthawk on the front page sooner.  I must have got distracted before???.  I certainly remember admiring all of the photos of it.  Another good looking bird!

Thanks for all the continuing interest in this GB.  Keep on plugging away when you can.

John, thanks buddy!

Cheers,

Greg

Cliff,Greg thanks really appreciate the kind words from both of you!.

I'm going crosseyed but did finish the decals,and there was a ton of em'

TREY: Coming along nice...as usual!

Thanks Hercmech!

I finished it ,hows it look?

Trey: Super job as usual! Love the light weathering you did around the engine.

Seems weird to see one from you that's not green and light grey with big red meatballs on her now though

Came out fantastic...love those antenas.

Looking quite nice there TREYZX10R !  Am about 1/4 of the way done with my old original TRIMASTER release of this kit.  Your build highlighted the problem areas for me and am getting quite a nice build out of it.  (of course though I am doing some modifications, just can't leave anything quite alone )

Main change is I made the wheel wells deeper.  They were way too shallow.  Will be working up my intro post here in the next few days.  Been quite busy lately.  

Heavens  Eable ,thank you Sir! I'm really looking forward to seein' what you've done with yours!!! Tackling a wheel well is no small feat!

Another fine addition Trey!  That is one great looking nocturnal butcher bird.  Front page is updated, sorry it took a few days to get to it.

Paul, looking forward to some wip photos.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays,

Greg

Never fear Greg!

Currently have a bunch of parts in small assemblies.  Parts modified, others with plans for modding, and LOTS of photos.

If you would like to see how I post my brand of insanity    Go here and have a look see at my other project. ( It is about halfway down the page)  It should give some idea of how my posts will be looking.  It's just that I am enjoying the build so much that it is hard to stop for a couple of evenings to get the docs all set up.

Have a Merry Christmas ALL.  

Happy New Year Night Fighters!

Paul, I looked at your Hannover, and all I can say is "wow"!  You could take that and make a book out of your format.  Very, very cool.

I've been sanding and filling on the Meteor some more.  It seems non-stop.  I couldn't resist starting another build.  I started a RoG 1/72 F4U-5N Corsair.  Other than extending the fuselage to correct length, it shouldn't pose any major challenges, and looks like a nice kit.  I should have some photos up soon.

Cheers,

Greg

Hey Greg

Yes it turns into a bit of a book.  The format is better now, but it does take some thought and work to do the "sheets".  Am working on sheet 6 now and am getting into the nitty build gritty part of it.  As I go it turns out that it's a help to have the DML re-pop of the kit as I am going back and taking some before photos off the DML parts.  Other things just missed the mid steps, but it is pretty clear what I did.  Will have something up tomorrow as I am on a 4 day weekend (WOOHOO ! )  Would probably have done a post today, but had a FUBAR last night and lost a lot of yesterday's work.    Was my own fault (forgot to save periodically)    Ended up being a postitive though as I cleaned up the format and base parts and streamlined doing the pages.

Happy New Year all!