Scottrc, welcome aboard sir! Front page is updated.
Pyrman, no oopsing! You've been teasing me with that Crown Vic for the last couple of years!
Tony, your word is good enough for me. Congratulations on build #2. Which pic would you like for the front page? Did they happen to make the other guy in the picture?
Steve, nice work on the Sturmtiger! Which pic would you like for the front page? Post a link to the video when it's ready.
Eagle, nice work, keep it up!
Now for my adventures. The Italeri is going swimmingly. Her canopy is masked, and she is covered in a really smooth coat of Tamiya gloss white paint.
Her gear bays are painted.
In fact, about the only things not painted on the Italeri are the burner cans and tires (wheels are drying as I type this). Now for the Hobby Boss. To avoid being an exact copy of the Italeri only with recessed panel lines, they changed the parts breakdown somewhat. One of these ways was by molding the wings separately. While the fuselage halves go together well, the wings, not so much there was a big gap between the fuselage and lrx. So now I am waiting for it to cure so it can be sanded. Both kits have problems with the fit of air intakes, the Hobby Boss more so. I've got all of the ECM bumps on the HB. Just need to mask the canopy and sand the putty smooth and she'll be ready for paint. A pic of the Hobby Boss.
In moving things around, I made my first offering to the carpet monster. Somehow I lost the small nose gear bay door from the Italeri kit. Now off to the local shop for some paint and then some sustenance.