75th Anniversary of 1941 Group Build (World at War)

Done, Suomi39.  Thanks for taking part!

Great looking Hurricane, suomi39.  It is a great kit.  I built one, too, some time ago, and was majorly impressed with the kit.  Went together really well.  I'd like Airfix to come out with the metal wing version now.

You did a fine job!  Do you have a preference for the finish photo?

Thanks for participating in the GB!

Almost forgot I'd signed up for this GB as well. Just finished my Hurricane tonight after almost a two-year break! Went through the thread and am very impressed with everyone's work. Excited to include this little bird here. As a recap, it's a Finnish Hurrican MkI fabric-winger, bought from England and designated HC465, in mid-1941 just after the start of the Continuation War. The pilot was Capt. H. Kalaja, from Pori, Finland (incedentally, where my ancestors are from as well). The kill mark on the tail is probably the DB-3 he downed on 3 July 1941. 

Yes, all the photos came out looking good.  You must have a good camera in your phone.

Thanks again for participating in the GB.  

Outstanding work, Ed.  Really great-looking showpiece.  You did excellent work painting the canopy.  Very pleasing all-around.

And your choice for the finish photo?  Lots of good ones to pick from.

Thanks for being part of the GB.  It's been a pleasure to watch your work.

1941 is in the books for me.

Very nice; great color scheme.

Just a slow progress picture while fine tuning the look.

I've heard of the method, Ed, but haven't tried it, and I even have a circle template.  I've been hesitant, thinking that the circle template might scratch the first layer of color applied to the spinner.

Nicely done, Ed.  Subtle weathering looks terrific.  Nice job with the two color spinner; I always find them difficult.

I might have this one done this weekend.  Just have some more weathering and bombs left.

Still looks good, Ed, despite the decal issue!

My 1941 has been getting some love as well as 1943. Not really happy with the PrintScale decals or the Fujimi kit decals. Nothing seems to pull them down as if they are impervious.

Looks like you're gonna be very busy for a while!

An Akagi update, sort of. Still drilling and installing porthole covers.

Many many more to do.

Good-looking color!

I was feeling motivated after work and shot some MM acryl RLM 79 down.  Not a fan of these MM acrylics but it looks pretty good.  Photos dont show the panel line being accented by the black base and the slight mottled appearance of the 79 but its the classic "photos dont do it justice" scenario.

It came out really smooth, Ed.  Should be a good base for the paint.

Things didnt go according to plan but I did get the canopy on and masked. I did get a black primer coat down but didnt manage to get any RLM 79 down.

You continue to astonish, Steve.  Very impressive!

Thanks guys.

I started to install the portholes and sealed covers. The portholes with just the sealed cover will be getting the porthole PE as well. I think maybe while most portholes were closed during the pre emptive wind up to the attack there may have been a few open. I need to get a few more sheets of PE to finish. I also continued on the 25mm AA guns. With building attrition due to lost or broken pieces, I need to get another pack of these as well. There are still a few pieces to add to the guns as well.

Exceptionally detailed work!  It's looking very good.  I admire your patience.

Nice looking Stuka GT.Yes, it's been a while and frankly it will be quite a bit longer before I finish, but here's an update on the Akagi.

First off I finished all the handholds, then decided to replace the individual ladder rungs on the hull. So I orders the rungs and waited. While installing the rungs and cleaning off the original plastic blobs, I found some of the porthole eyebrows were removed during the process of removing the rungs and handholds, so I orders some portholes. I received the rungs sometime back and the porthold the other day but thought I should catch up here.

So, here she is with the handholds. Forgive if you've already see this pic.

next is the ladder rungs, They are very small and will be streighted better before paint.

Unfortunatly, I keep breaking off the railings so I had to order new generic IJN railings 

Anyway, on to the portholes. I'll need more of them since there's about 300 per side 

Yup, sure looks like a Stuka!  Nice going!