Ye, I bet it does. I know resin kits are not cheap and a 32nd aircraft in resin will be big bucks. I guess this is one of those subjects that gets overlooked.

Thanks Bish. I would love to build a 1/48 or even better a 1/32 scale but the Minicraft 1/48 has poor fit and details. Fisher makes a resin one in 1/32 but it carries a big price tag.

That's really nice PJ. Nice to see something a little different as well.

Just put the finishing touches on the Cutlass and it is complete.

Thanks GT. Those are cool looking badges. Banshee and Corsair or Panthers on the USS Philippine Sea. I wish someone would make a nice 1/48 or 1/32 Banshee.

I noticed there was no Badge for this yet so I'm going to try and make 1 or 2.

AJ if you want to use one of these as a badge by all means go right ahead.

Trey

Got a Black Friday sale email from Freetime Hobbies and was able to grab the 1/32 CMK resin pit, engine and nose gear sets on sale for the Salamander all for about or less than half price so I got them this time. Last time I sat on it and they went out of stock fast.

Bob, Bish and Mcrazy

Thanks gents. I'm almost done with this little guy and will be posting updates soon.

Not sure where I left off but it has been at least a month since I touched anything.  I did a little assembly yesterday and painting today.

This is what I have in photos of the Panther.

Awesome a usual PJ.

OJ, that is looking really nice. I still haven't got to grips with NMF yet, so a big hate off to you for thos one.

I'll be a few months before I get to my arado.

I'll be jumping in as soon as I finish my F-4C for the Vietnam GB.  Looking great PJ!

Seems I'm the only one keeping this thread alive.

I thought I would be done but once I removed the masked canopy I had forgotten about the area behind the seat.

Working from some reference pictures, I stretched some sprue, added some thin wiring and super glued the details in place.

Painted the area and added a black wash to deepen the details.

Looks a lot better now with the added sprue and wires.

Thanks Trey. I'm almost at the finish line!

Wow PJ thats looking down right TASTY!!!!

More progress on my Cutlass. I was very happy that the Solvaset did not affect the unsealed Alclad so most of the decals are on. Still have to add the gear doors, wheels and slats and she will be completed soon.

Thanks ajd

LOL, thanks Gamera

I picked out a few panels and taped them out. I added a couple of drops of Alclad Steel to the Polihed Alum just to darken the mix a tad. I did not want  an exaggerated color variation on the panels as this tends to not look too realistic.

The color variation is very subtle as you can see in this picture.

The flash reflects off the finish giving a darker appearance.

It amazes me every time I use Alaclad as to how realistic the metallic tone is. The shine is incredible as it truly looks like polished metal.

Wow, PJ super shiney! Had to get my shades!

Kudos!

Thanks woody.

Looks very nice PJ

Made some more progress. I shot the gloss black enamel a couple of days back and was tied up with car problems so that's all out of the way now.

Shot the Alclad Polished Aluminum this morning, producing a beautiful polished metallic finish.

Some of parts such as the tanks, flaps, slats and gear doors I sprayed less Alclad to make the tone deeper and shinier.

The fuselage got just a tad more coverage to get a lighter colored effect. The more you let the black show the shinier and darker the Alclad appears. It has a very light metallic dust over the surfaces  and some lint that needs to be carefully brushed off so I can tape up some panels and shoot a different shade later on.

Thanks Gamera. Working on that right now

Looks very good to me Woody!

And looking forward to your NM PJ.

Thanks Trey. Just shot the gloss black and looks like glass. I will post pictures later.

Woody

That 262 pit looks fantastic.

Pj the Cutlass is coming along nicely!

Woodt thats looking really sharp,nice job on the office!

I just can't say enough good things about this kit! I love it and I think I want to build only these kits forever. 

Thanks guys.  I'll be doing her up as "White 3" 9. Staffel, III/ JG7.  The kit comes with a very good painting page for this aircraft, so as far as masks and what not go, can't go wrong with that.  All of the shine is just overspray from the aluminum used on the interior surfaces.  As far as fit goes, this one was top notch.  I had no problems what so ever.  Tamiya extra thin is my go to glue, and it didn't let me down here.  There may be just one very small spot on the bottom near the rear that may take just a spot of filler, but otherwise, nooooooo problems.

Looking good there Woody. And that fuselage does look rather shiny.