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Lyle! I could paint her in OD like the box art but I sorta kinda committed to the silver with all kinds of stripes theme. So many stripes! Command aircraft received a lot of stripes!!

Duke!
Duke!
Duke!
Duke!

(And anyone else a-following—

Stripes are different sizes!! Hooobooy!

Thanks so much, Carlos. I sincerely appreciate your comments and thank you for taking the time to make ‘em as well. This is a beautiful kit in terms of shape and fit too and I sincerely hope to do this justice. I’m still debating if I should mix up YZC for this or not and how much effort I should p...

cbaltrin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:22 pm

jeaton01 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 09, 2023 10:07 pm Milliput gets hard with age, that's why I use Epoxysculpt. It ages but not nearly so fast.

Yea, not sure what goes bad first, Milliput or Maskol?
I bought Milliput once...

To each his own; I have purchased many boxes of Milliput over the past years.

Milliput gets hard with age, that's why I use Epoxysculpt. It ages but not nearly so fast. Shelf life of 2 years. I use it often enough that this isn’t a problem for me. Advantages as I see them are—smoothing with water, faster hardening time, low to no odor. Full details here, if you are intereste...

Opening Maneuvers Mated fuselage halves. Glued together temporarily with white glue. Sanded with 800 and 1000 grit papers to level the seam and remove burrs from sprues. Spot glued a temporary handle to facilitate ease of painting. See sketch. https://i.postimg.cc/J7FdVvgH/3082808-E-A80-F-466-D-B7-...

Wheel Well Reference https://i.postimg.cc/Px7g43jD/10-C41-D34-9-EE1-4501-B1-F8-C3437-D3373-EB.jpg I’m gonna quote from Dana Bell: Dana Bell Mustang corrosion control... Fri Oct 1, 2004 08:33 160.111.69.104 You've got several options here, but unpainted "natural" aluminum with a yellow zin...