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A bit more on the Rufe, some markings painted on. I'm going to weasel out and use decals for the remainder.

At least its on the bottom, but the butterfly flaps cross it, that will be fun...

Looks about right to me, John. I wish there were more of this kind of thing in 1/48, maybe a D-7, D-8, and a Cat 12 grader. They made 9000 D-8's, a few more D-7's than that, and many Cat 12's in WW II, all over the place building airfields. If I read the description in the instructions correctly, th...

Picked this one up to use with my Rufe. I was surprised to see the mis-spelling of the name on the radiator but the marking on the plastic is right. Komatsu is still a big manufacturer of construction equipment.

With the better weather here I've had some distractions but I have a report on the Rufe. Canopy is on and masked. The bottom was painted the Nakajima grey green, and then the upper surfasces were painted with Alclad dull aluminum, followed by a clear coat to protect it. You will see that there is so...

I really need to get going on this. You're making me feel lazy, Chris!

I know you said you don't like scratch building but doing it with Aves Epoxysculpt would be pretty easy.

That Pluto marking looks like fun.

Tamiya's customer support is the best!

I've been having issues with my main computer but I have now a report on the Rufe, it is well underway. I have built 3 of these Hasegawa kits before and this one will be fine when it's done but it has been more trouble than the others to get good fits. The Rufe fuselage halves are different to accom...