Awesome, two Whimpys at once. 

Hope it works out Cliff

TJ & Bish: Love those guys!!! And great work on adding the latticework in there Bish.

I've got the Spit gloss coated again. So I'm going to layer over the decals with some white trim decal this week, cross your fingers!

Same on the MPM kit.

So far so good. The turrets were a pain but doable

Looking good TJ, how is the fit.

One thing about this Wimpy kit is that there is nothing to represent the lattice work behind the windows. So i used some thin styrene rod painted aluminium. This took a few nights getting it all fitted. I had to sand down the edges of the bulkhead for it to fit.

The fuselage went together pretty well considering its an MPM kit (i've had worse) and with the lattice work added. Though one small section did come away and its now wedged between the blkhead and window.

The resin tail pieces fitted well.

The PE flaps were a different matter. Instructions say the ribs are to be 2mm apart and i excepted that. There are 30 on each wing, but it wasn't until i fitted 27 on the first that i realised the remaining 3 would not fill the gap. So i worked it out and it should have been clser to 2.5mm between each rib. So once i removed the 27 ribbs, and straighted out the bent ones, i got them fitted as they should have been.

I'm now working on the rather intricate resin engines.

That is odd Cliff. I never ran into that issue before.

Nice start TJ. Theres no reason to work on something that'll never been seen. Although I do that all the time.

Gamera. It seems that the white part of the decal is bleeding thorugh.

TJ. nice and neat.

Wimpy is starting to come together. Didn't do much with the interior. This mark does not have the fuselage windows so it's just a black hole

Thats a weird one, they do look like fingur prints. very odd.

Well, I'm at a bit of a roadblock. First time I've used Ventura decals. And the sheet is a little old. They came off the sheet without problems and applied without any issues. But I got these weird black marks on the white areas. They look almost like fingerprints. I at first assumed I had some black paint or ink on my fingers and it had transfered my fingerprints over to the decals. So the next set I washed my hands very well and I still got the marks. Then I used a paint brush and didn't touch the decals at all- still marks.

Just very weird, I'm not sure what's going on. I picked up a sheet of white trim from Microscale and I'm going to seal the model with a coat of gloss and then cut and apply pieces of trim decal over the white areas with the black marks. Cross your fingers- this SHOULD take care of the problem.

Thanks guys. Lots more details to follow with the engines, small kits in their own right.

Bish: Ohhhhhh, very cool! I really like that CMK interior.

Nick: Thanks! Got some of the decals on, she's coming along, slowly, but coming along.

Gamera. nice camo ..

Bish. lots of detail happening .

Steve. .

Bish,

Here's the case and display I wanted to do with the Spit and 109.

I want to do it with a Type 21 Zeke Vs Wildcat and Mustang Vs 190 as well.

I'll post it on the Mess GB as well.

Looking forward to seeing that one TJ. I am not sure how much will be visible thoguh the sdie windows, but the comopartment behind the pit will at least show there is somthing there.

Trump did the same with the fw 200, includes all the internal fuel tanks and lots of other stuff, but you won't be able to see it. We seem to have gone from one extreme to the other.

Thanks steve. No, you don't se them often, i think they tend to be over shadowed by the bigger bombers.

That's cool mate  I don't believe I've ever seen someone build a Wimpy before. 

So finally made a start on the Wimpy last night.

Can't believe i have had this kit 10 years.

I'm adding 4 CMK resin sets, interiour, undercarrage, flaps and engines. I'll be useing kit markings for an aircraft from 75 (NZ) Sqn based at Feltwell in Norfolk.

The nose section inside had to be sanded smooth before fiting a coupl e of resin pieces.

The CMK set replaces most of the pit pieces but also adds a radion and navigators compartment which should be quite visible with that long window along the sides.

And the front and rear turrets with resin barrels and one smal PE piece.

It got primed this evening and i'll get it painted in the morning. I'll be working on the engines and undercarrage tonight.

Thanks Bish, looking forward to the 'Wimpy'! 

Thats looking nice, the black baseing shows up well.

As i mainly use gloss paints, i know it can be tricky getting good pics with a really shiny paint job.

I'll finally be making a start on my Wimpy this week. I don't normally join in one of my own Gb's so late, but its been a busy year.

I finally got the camo done on the . Sorry about the glare, I went ahead and put down the gloss coat before I thought about snapping photos. And weird, I normally get some orange peel with glosses but this one was really bad. I think it will tone down with the final matte coat though (crossing my fingers). 

Thanks JB,

I am going to put it with a 109E in a case as a nemesis display.

Steve, echoing what everybody else has said, fantastic job on that Spit.

I noticed when you posted all of the extras for the build you had a dynamic propeller for it. Curious why you didn't use it.

Thanks guys. I finally finished the Akagi, except for pics, so now I can concentrate on my other builds, and a little rest in between. 

Thank you Bish for another fun GB. I need to get the other GBs out of the way, including your other two, before starting on the Walrus. hopefully I can get that on the bench before too long. Planes go so much faster than ships.

As always, looking forward to ALL your GBs.

Well done, Steve!

Steve, no idea how i missed that, really sorry. Have to echo what the guys have said, really nice finish, nice effect on the underside. Thank you, will get the font page updated.

Steve: WOW!!! That's fantastic!!! 

I too love the undersides, I haven't had the guts to weather anything that heavy even though they do look that way in photos. 

I was going to say the same thing as crown.  It is a great build.  The bottom is especially awesome.