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brain44 - Nice job again, pics look much better now.. nice job on the canopy BTW~!

Mist086 - Great to see your bird take shape! Looks good, nice sharp construction

Very nice progress guy's, I have not even started yet but hope too soon, in the mean time keep up the good work.

Steve

Great work brain44; that NMF looks great. I did a Mustang years ago in NMF: it was a pain to do but the result is awarding.

Great progress Mist086, and thanks for the heads up.

 Eventually I managed to take evidence of my progress (bought a new camera, since the old one was broken):

As you can see the interior is painted but not weathered, yet.
In the end I chose Vallejo's grey-green for the interior; it's the same they suggest for German wheel bays.

Looks good, Klaus!

Cheers,

Azgaron

Nice work guys. 

Haven't even started mine yet.  Trying to get my Avro Arrow completed.  The other one might sit (its not a plane, it has four wheels and no whirly thing, I stand corrected it has a radiator fan - Its my Dodge Super-Bee).

This GB is a blast.  Thanks to everyone .  Keep those photos rolling in. 

Thanks for the kind words, Avus and Viper!  I picked up a few more ideas on doing the foil, I learn something new each time!  All the builds in this group are outstanding, everyone should be rightfully proud of their work!  A special thanks to Brother Jon B. for putting it together again this year!  Jon, you rock, my man!

Brian 

Nice progress Avus, looking good and will enjoy seeing this build come together.

Steve

nice progrees Avus.

Well, almost done with the Val.  Got to paint the wheels, and assemble the bombs and the hardware and slats.  I'm in the homestretch!!!!!.  Oh, i forgot about the canopy Yikes i gotta get to that.  That's gonna take forever.  Oh well on to the pics!!!

Looking very good, Mist! Nice work!

Cheers,

Azgaron

Avus - nice job so far, looks like a clean build, pics look great. Look forward to the rest of the build!

Mist086 - Nice paint job on the Val, home stretch indeed! I like the lines of that craft in an odd sort of way. Decals seems to have gone down smoth, look forward to the finished product!

Cheers, James

Awesome work so far everyone!

I finally got some more done on the SBD-3. My last pics were of the pit. It's come a long way since then (sorry for the lack of in-between pics). As it stands now, I finished painting the main colors today. I did it freehand, because I didn't want a hard edge on the demarcation line. This was my first shot at pre-shading, and I think it turned out pretty well on the topside, but it is barely noticeable on the bottom.(I'm calling it a success though!) Hopefully tomorrow I can get a coat of future on.

Here's the engine (don't worry, the cowl is only temporarily tacked in place!)I will be able to install it.

Thanks for looking!

Looking good Mark! Nice first shoot at pre-shading!

Cheers,

Azgaron

Thanks to everyone and also great progress everyone!

I weathered the interior and the engine and added some black detail to the interior. Will post just one pic in the next days since the progress was really very small. 

brain44 wrote:

Thanks for the kind words, Avus and Viper!  I picked up a few more ideas on doing the foil, I learn something new each time!  All the builds in this group are outstanding, everyone should be rightfully proud of their work!  A special thanks to Brother Jon B. for putting it together again this year!  Jon, you rock, my man! Brian

Thanks Brian- I appreciate that.

I must apologize to everyone for not checking in more.... I've got so many things going on with my site, work, etc., I'm spread awful thin now. (Good thing I'm thick enough to spread.... LOL)

I've browsed through a bit- all the work is looking great! Keep it up! 

Hey guys,

 I know it's been a while but I have been working on the great kit Max got me for Christmas. It's a great kit and it is going together quite well. No major pitfalls. Here my latest progress.

Thanks

Zip

Very nice work,zip! Love to see more!

Cheers,

Azgaron

Looks great, Zip! 

Here's the small update as promised: 

Actually it's last week's progress since this weekend I made none.

Looks nice Klaus! Keep it up!

Cheers,

Azgaron

Very nice IP and cockpit interior Klaus. The Ip turned out very nice. Any tips on your method.

Steve

JMart wrote:

Sweet IP Avus!

sidure wrote:

Very nice IP and cockpit interior Klaus. The Ip turned out very nice. Any tips on your method.

Thanks for the complimets JMart and Steve, but there's acually nothing special to it. Primed with black enamel, painted with acrylic black and drybrushed with acrylic green-grey.

The piece is a photoetched part with a printed clear film to simulate the dials.

Sorry I haven't been posting much on here lately but I've been following along with everyone's progress and there is some nice stuff happening!

I have managed to make some progress on the Finemolds 1/72 Me 410 that Bud sent to me.  It's a really nice kit but it's not one that falls together on its own so it's taken awhile to get to this point.  Here it is all painted up and I hope to get the decals on it Thursday night after a future coat tomorrow night.  Props and spinners are not glued on yet.  Don't ya just love that bulged canopy , masking it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be but gluing the three pieces together was another story.

I agree, it's looking great Dave!

Cheers,

Azgaron