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Lyle's gone to the dark side!

The gray green is on, and a clear coat to protect the gray green in case I make a mess of the interesting patchy dark green upper color.

Yessir!

Today's progress. I used Tamiya's masking pattern for a pattern and cut masks for the canopy. Fit was perfect. I have one spot that needs some correction for fit, right on the top of the nose at the front. The other side is fine. I'm sure it is my fault and not Mr. Tamiya's. http://goldeneramodel.co...

Thanks, Guys! One more update. I got the new decals and found that many things were different according to Mr. Crandall. Different splinter pattern on the wings, no yellow wing tips, and a flat black area on the wing roots. The panel lines on this kit are very fine, such that all the repaint has mad...

Thanks, everyone. Yes, it would, Chris but with the Zvezda 109 and also a new mold Tamiya Zero in the works I just wanted to keep this one simple. Sort of.

Yes I am, Chris. Moving right along here...

Tamiya has gotten a lot of mileage from that Frank, apparently they are still releasing it, John. It will be interesting to see how it goes. I can say that this A6M3 Type 22 I am starting on has nothing whatever to do with the Tamiya A6M2 I did before, which dated from the same time as the Frank. It...

Another two of a series in 1/72 I am doing on Ed Heinemann's designs. The SBD was fun except for shoehorning in a True Details resin interior which is for the most part invisible, though if you look real hard you might see the much nicer gunner's twin mount machine guns under the closed rear canopy....

Been working on this one for a while, I am surprised at how good the fit is, especially since there is such thin parts and so many of them. We will see how well the engine lines up and the cowl fits, though the plan is to keep the engine opened up. Model Master 74/75/76 and Hataka Gelb. http://golde...

Looks like those parts are usable with just a little sanding.