Jack, the cockpit looks great. I wouldn't like to sit in one of those with a fuel tank right behind me while somebody is shooting at me. Yayks!!

Greg, this Tyfoon looks fantastic!!

Fuselages not  together yet with the tail skid still to go, but here's the final interior shots:

Replaced the kit's carb intake with brass.  Ideally would have left as a final step after the exterior was painted, but was required to help hold the instrument panel in place.  Just barely visible are some cross wires added on the cockpit sides.

Rebuilt the control column as the kit part looked kind of chunky for the scale. 

regards,

Jack

Gentlemen, thank you for the kind comments re. Walrus, very much appreciated and encouraging to try other biplanes.

Murph, the Lancaster is super. I always like seeing them as my grandfather in law was flying them.

Bish, I am in for the Commonwealth GB. Keep us posted.

Cheers...

Gamera-nice Typhoon-very aggressive looking plane.

Castel-great job-just looking at the rigging (and alignment) makes me break out in a cold sweat...

Crown-nice job on the Metor-one of those planes you don't see often-you did it justice.

Crown & Bish-thank you-the interior is nice on it's own, but the resin seat makes it 'pop'-the IP is weak though-either needs some more time spent on it or a PE IP.  The pic I took before buttoning it up was blurred so....

Jack-the Kittyhawk will be fitted with Barracuda decals (if the shark mouth fits-if not, plan B)-Libya, 1942, 112 Squadron

Murph-great builds-I especially like the Lancaster.  I read 'Bomber' by Len Deighton a while back-would love to build some of the planes from that book.  It's a great read for anyone who hasn't read it.

A sabre in RAF markings is not somthing you see very often but it looks very nice. I might even have to look into one of those myself.

Now that CF-18 sounds very interesting. I plan on starting off the build thread this coming weekend, with a start date of May 1st and ending 28th April next year.

gamera, bish and Jack,

Thanks very much.  The Sabre was pretty easy as it was my umpteenth Hasegawa Sabre and the Eagle Strik decals were a gem to work with, albeit they were a little thin.

As for the Lancaster, there were a few self-induced FUBAR's along the way and the photos strageically hide them.  It's a three footer for sure but it looks like a 408 Sqn BII and I'm happy with it, despite the boo-boo's.

Thanks for letting me know about the Commonwealth GB, bish.  Gives me a reason to do a Tiger Meet CF-18 Hornet.

Mike

Murph, those look to be high quality builds.  Hope you can join us when the Commonwealth build kicks off in the not too distant future.

regards,

Jack

A couple of cracking builds there Murph. In case you have not seen it mentioned, i am starting another GB in May for aircraft from all member states of the Commonwealth.

Bob: Looks good! I've built a couple of P-40s but never the Amtech brand. And cool seeing the Silly Putty egg there while you're using it to mask the gear bays- I couldn't do without the stuff! 

Murph: Thanks for dropping by, those are some beautiful models! 

Nick: It's Flory black wash. I've had better luck with it than mixing my own. 

Although I didn't participate in this GB ( I didn't know about it as I don't check this part of the forum very often), here are a couple of RAF aircraft I built recently; a 48th Hasegawa Sabre using Eagle Strike decals built to resemble a 67 Sqn Sabre 4 at Wildenrath, Germany and the 72nd scale Airfix Lancaster B II using kit decals for 408 'Goose' Sqn, RCAF.

There are some great build in this thread.  Well done everyone.

Bob, you seem to be getting to grips with it, nice job filling those gaps. Pit looks nice, she is coming along well.

G, i am sure we have all been there, suddenly some we havce done a zillion tgimes just doesn't work. Glad to hear its sorted and your onto the weathering.

AA, a fine looking Hurri you got there, and I'm sure you'll really like the EZ line for the rigging.

Eric, thanks again.  The WW1 forums does have some Eduard Camel builds, so will check those out, at least the ones where pb has not pooched the photos.

TJ, looks to be another treat for us from the Mossie family.

Castel, that certaily is an impressive looking build of the Walrus.  The rigging actually looks quite good, and having them in a neutral colour helped towards keeping in an acceptable scale.

Cliff, looks very good and look forward to seeing the washes cleaned up.

Bob, looks like you have that Tomahawk under control.  Which theater scheme are you going with?

regards,

Jack

TJ those decals are looking good!

Castel Nice camo and that rigging looks super, real neat.

Ganera what kind of wash are you using?

Bob awesome cockpit and it looks like a nice P-40.

Johnny, decals dress her up. Looking good.

Castel, I'm intimidated just looking at that sea going biplane. Nicely done.

Hey all-great work being demonstrated here and I'm sorry I haven't commented in a timely manner.

Finally got started on the AMTech P-40E (Kittyhawk)-this is an old kit and I'm wondering about the linage of this kit-more on that later.  Some nasty gaps-filled in with sprue and putty-this is not a Hasewaga kit but given the price-cheap about five years ago-I can live with it.  Built one a few years ago and the quality seemed to be better on that kit-unfortunatly that kit didn't make the move so I can't compare.

This kit is a bit more challenging than the last AMTech P-40e I built-the tail plug is a better match but the plastic is very soft & the detail just doesn't seem as sharp.  This kit came from a eBay seller-3 kits in plastic bags, no box but a great price.  I've always wondered if he didn't have the tools and was making kits himself....ok, enough whining.

Need to pickup some paint but I hope to have most of the painting done by the next weekend.....deadline approaching....and again, great work all.

TJ: Nice work on the camo there.

CN: Looks fantastic! The rigging came out way better than anything I could have done. And not something you see everyday, very cool just to be something different from a Spit or Hurricane.

Bish: Thanks but it's no big deal. I was just venting- or maybe whining. Aero Scale decals seem to be a good brand. I've been applying decals this way for decades. It's just one of these things where I've done something one way 99 times with good results and then on the 100th time it all goes south. Why? I have no idea... 

Anyway, I think the decal silvering issue is taken care of now and the wash is on the panel lines:

Thanks Bish, much appreciated

Thats what i thought TJ. Looking forward to seeing this one done.

castel, i would certainly be happy to live with that, really nicley done. I do like that scheme and well done on the rigging. Thank you for shareing with us, wil up date the front page now.

Bish

That come on nicely TJ. Is that roundel decal wrinkeled or is that just the setting soloution.

 

Well, this is as far as I can take this one, given my trembling hands and skill . Those wires seriously tested my patience and skills, they are made of stretched sprue. They are a bit thick I think, but, oh well, for the first time I can live With it

That come on nicely TJ. Is that roundel decal wrinkeled or is that just the setting soloution.

Ok first round of decals done  

AA, thats looking very nice. Do like the look of those gun bays.

G, glad to hear your getting to grips with those decals. Your right, should have to be doing this especially after paying extra for AM ones. Don't think i have used that brand, not even sure if i have any. But will keep your lesson in mind.

TJ thanks bud. you got to post pics on the mosquito .

EB good info.