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Posted: **Sun Dec 29, 2024 10:52 am**

No pressure. No worries, Thomas. Health comes first!

Posted: **Thu Jan 02, 2025 2:25 pm**

Proof that the aircraft are back on the bench.

Posted: **Thu Jan 02, 2025 2:26 pm**

- Kari

Posted: **Thu Jan 02, 2025 7:36 pm**

I vaguely remember seeing one of these out at Edward’s AFB years ago. Very cool subject choice

Posted: **Thu Jan 02, 2025 9:18 pm**

Many trees have been sacrificed to bring this paint scheme together!

Posted: **Fri Jan 03, 2025 3:05 am**

Looking good John!

That's really a smart idea to print out the camouflage and cut it accordingly.
Will it result in a hard or soft edge?

- Kari

Posted: **Fri Jan 03, 2025 7:34 am**

TRying to finish the KC-10 - waiting on some decals and started this one, Hasegawa B-47...then back to the Chinook and the Huey (I hope).

Posted: **Fri Jan 03, 2025 8:35 am**

On my workbench right now is the worst fitting model airplane I've worked on in many years. It's making a Monogram kit look like precision-fit! What is this nightmare, you may ask? The Trumpeter 1/48 MiG-3 (early version) has been reviewed by many, and nobody has seemingly had the issues I'm having. I've long read of modelers "binning" a bad kit and never quite understood that. Well, now I do.

If I didn't have so much work into it already and a nice cockpit result, I'd throw it in the trash too.

The main fuselage went together well, but man, mating that to the wings is just a beast.

I had gaps everywhere and now have a true "shim monster"! I don't see one of the short seams ever lining up and it may end being a good representation of a "sprung" panel under the engine when I'm done!

Maybe I'll get some pics of this obscenity before tackling the problems today. Aye yi yi!

Posted: **Fri Jan 03, 2025 9:15 am**

At this moment I am building several kits at once. And several more to be started soon.
On the bench...
An older Minicraft 1/144 C-118,
Tamiya 1/48 P-51B,
Airfix 1/24 Bf-109E,
Revell 1/25 C3 Road race Corvette,
Revell 1/24 McLaren 570S,
Monogram 1/24 1964 GTO,
Meng 1/35 Panther Ausf A early

Starting soon...
Hobbyboss 1/72 80cm railgun DORA
Airfix 1/35 Tiger I early -for Fury Dio
Revell 1/25 1932 Ford 5 window
Revell 1/25 1969 GTO
Revell 1/251969 Hemi Dart
Revell 1/25 1970 Challanger T/A
Revell 1/25 1970 Cuda AAR
Tamiya 1/24 Porsche 934 Jagermeister
Hasegawa 1/48 F-16CJ

Posted: **Fri Jan 03, 2025 9:17 am**

Gary Brantley wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2025 8:35 am On my workbench right now is the worst fitting model airplane I've worked on in many years. It's making a Monogram kit look like precision-fit! What is this nightmare, you may ask? The Trumpeter 1/48 MiG-3 (early version) has been reviewed by many, and nobody has seemingly had the issues I'm having. I've long read of modelers "binning" a bad kit and never quite understood that. Well, now I do. If I didn't have so much work into it already and a nice cockpit result, I'd throw it in the trash too. The main fuselage went together well, but man, mating that to the wings is just a beast. I had gaps everywhere and now have a true "shim monster"! I don't see one of the short seams ever lining up and it may end being a good representation of a "sprung" panel under the engine when I'm done!

Maybe I'll get some pics of this obscenity before tackling the problems today. Aye yi yi!

I don't think I have ever heard anything positive about Trumpeter A/C. Their armor and ships can be nice, but the planes are a bit...well...not good. You can do it !!

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