75th Anniversary of 1942 (World at War)

 That looks great Nick! What a cool, eclectic, subject.

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many thanks Tony .

my latest pics finished with many pains canopy working on belly glass. almost done.

Wow, your build looks fantastic.

Pat

Absolutely great, Nick.  It's an extremely appealing plane; you've done a fantastic job.

Griffin,Pat and CMK thank you for your comments.

This is the finished Finnish F2A2 not very accerate but lots of fun from Start to end. t

The paints are tamiya with masters touch oil wash and aeromaster decals.

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Griffin,Pat and CMK thank you for your comments.

This is the finished Finnish F2A2 not very accerate but lots of fun from Start to end.

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Hi,

Your build looks great (especially the paint job), and as I understand it, most the external differences between the B239 and B339 version of the plane aren't really all that big, so its probably not really very much inaccurate at all.

Pat

Surperb job on that canopy Nick.

Nick, she looks pretty cool there in Finnish markings.

Inspires me to get one  done up like this too, but on a captured Russian bird.

regards,

Jack

Pat thank you .this build reminds me of the 60's revell aces of the axis box set in 1/72.

Steve many thanks my friend pain staking kit masks.

Jack  I to have a few more finnish airplanes I-16type 56 ,me109g2,hurricane and a P40 .

Great work, Nick.  You truly did a fantastic job.  And you are especially to be commended for that canopy and under-fuselage window.

Which photo do you like for the front page?  They all look good.

Another model with an outstanding finish Nick. I've built that kit years ago as an RAAF one, and its not an easy kit to get a great result from.

Cheers

Tony

Tony many thanks I bought the RAF B339 Pacific theater

CMK thank you it was the the kit masks. I had to cut them out but it was worth it.

BTW I like the 3rd pic from the top . now I can work on the B-24 for 1943.

Hey Nick, outstanding canopy work.  That bird looks fantastic!  Great job overall!

Photo posted, Nick.

Thanks for being part of this GB.  It'll be great seeing the B-24 come together in '43.

MCF thank you for your comments.

CMK this is a fun build now I can concentrate on the the 43 GB.

Looking forward to it, Nick!

Sure can, Steve.  I've updated the build roster to reflect the Fieseler.

That's a very delicate, fragile-looking aircraft.

Thank you, I'll start on it tonight.

Here is the pit and engine during assembly. I'm adding detail to the engine.

Nice start, Steve.  Quite a delicate assembly.

Thanks Check, so far the fit is exceptional.

I got the interior in, halves together and engine installed. I need to hook up a few more random hoses, linkages and tubes to make it look plausable.

Great start, Steve.  Gonna keep my eye on this one.  This is a bird I want to do some day, and you do great work with "fiddly stuff"! 

Very nice, Steve.  Going together very well.

What kind of glue/cement are you using for these fiddly pieces?

Thanks Check, CA for the metal and rubber, Testers thin for the plastic.

Thanks for the information, Steve.  Some of the CA I've gotten lately hasn't worked so well; might have got hold of old stock.

I use Bob Smith Industries thick and thin. I buy the large refills from eBay and they last for years. I use the same bottles and just need to replace the nozzles on occasion.

Good to hear.  I just bought some Bob Smith superglue when I got some varied types to try out.

It's good stuff. I've been using it for modeling plastic and wood for 20 years. It's never let me down as far as quality.

I added all the little bits to the wings. Once everything dries I'll spray a little more light blue (RLM-76) to the underside. Once that's done I'll spray the sand yellow and camo on the wings and finish installing the slats and flaps. The kit's wings look like they were designed to be removed for transport which is fantastic, so I'll finish them up before moving on to the fuse. The huge canopy comes with masks which is also fantastic. So far this has been a great and enjoyable build.