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John, Thank you for stopping by with the good word. I appreciate it, it means a lot. Your love of the Dora and the extensive work you’ve done with the aircraft is a big reason why I started paying attention to them. You know me, I’m a “Messerschmitt guy” if we’re talking German aircraft. But there’s...

The details on those side consoles were very very small. I’m not good enough at painting and dry crushing to bring them out so Insmoothed the surfaces and installed the PE that Eduard supplied with the kit. Looks way nicer than anything I could do. https://i.postimg.cc/YSVwBkxG/65-C2-BC86-6-F47-4588...

Here’s some cockpit stuff. Seat, stick, and panel are dry-fit. Kept them separate during painting. https://i.postimg.cc/B65297BD/73-E45973-E0-F7-44-D7-AA64-B92-F07-B9502-A.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/J01Z13pF/463737-AC-FC8-D-4-BDA-9-B05-3-A35-D28473-A5.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/1t1Dd1ws/8-F635-BE2-BF12-...

There's nothing quite like resurrecting an old project. Love it.

I haven’t experienced this with Eduard kits too much: https://i.postimg.cc/KjP6Sb1b/E8050068-2846-4209-86-D5-EA88-E74973-DA.jpg …a couple of parts so far needed some cleanup, as you see here. The pieces themselves were just fine after cleanup. I’m not of a mind to complain. I think that Tamiya has s...

Scale: 1:48 Aircraft: FW 190 D-11 Subject; Red 4 Kit Mfg.: Eduard This just arrived in the mail, and now that “Black 1” is out of primary construction and into the painting phase I have a slot open and I want to get started right away: https://i.postimg.cc/prnx5KhW/83-B6-BEC8-B405-4-D2-D-9-AC0-1-C51...

Contests are cool because they advance the hobby, and allow folks to meet in-person and see each other's work. They're also cool for probably a thousand other reasons. Those were the two that jumped out at me. Contests are cool and in my mind essential to the further development and evolution of the...

As is customary, “Black 1” has been murdered-out in black primer and will be ready for paint after some smoothing with the microfiber pads.

“Don’t let the thing you do to decompress start messing with your head.”

A few more bits and bobs before primary painting for “Black 1”… “What the Hell am I looking at, here?” https://i.postimg.cc/W3PcHPg6/9973904-F-5819-43-D2-BDA1-C240-E3-C49-BAE.jpg That, my man, is a BF 109 E3 motor mounting arm with an extra appendage glued to the stub (see the upper left-hand quadra...