Marc - Great work! Beautiful looking build. How did you make the spring for the canopy?
Progress on my builds has slowed. It always happens when I hit a snag. It makes it hard for me to get motivated. It's the canopy, as it always seems to be for me. I think I need to start my builds doing the canopy first. If I can do a good job on the canopy, then I can do the rest of the plane. Nothing is more frustrating than being almost finished with a model and then totally screwing up the canopy.... grrrrr.
This time, I used the Eduard mask on my Bf-109E-4. The only place on the canopy that is curved decided to start peeling up while I was painting. I kept trying to push it down, but inevitabley, some paint got underneath. I worked with it and was able to get the paint off where it shouldn't have been. Then I had to repaint it and after a few days, I started to put on a dull coat. The darn mask just wouldn't stay down. I know I should have just remasked with masking tape or something, but one of my faults is I'm not very patient. I got a tiny bit of overspray on the window pane... Then I started peeling off the mask and in some places the darn paint on the canopy frame (that's supposed to stay there) peeled off also! Almost like it didn't adhere to the canopy. Now I'll have to touch up some areas but won't be able to dull coat them. I don't think I've ever had paint come off the canopy frame that bad before. I know, I know, I should have used a sharp blade and scored around the masks first. See the part above about my patience. I guess I'll just have to live and learn... Luckily, I have an extra canopy frame for the Bf-109E-4 Tamiya kit. I might just have to start over with it.