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Mark I am very happy to hear that your healing and feeling it! That is the best news that I have heard in several days!

Thank you everyone, I am sure thrilled to be feeling so much better. I am going to take it easy too; I don't need to relapse! Thank you once again for all your support and well wishes.

During all that time, I still managed to get a few short sessions in my hobby room to make some progress. I didn't get nearly as far as I'd have liked, but I'm happy to have moved forward. That is the reason for this short update.

I'll start with the one aircraft I managed to improve.

After shooting the dark blue over the top of my Japanese F-2, I masked it off with the Silly Putty:



Then I re-shot the Intermediate Blue along the edges:



After that dried, I removed the Silly Putty and then shot a gloss coat over it so it would be ready for decals:





Since I had the airbrush out, I also shot a bunch of colors on more armor.

First off, I got a basecoat on the two British Airfield vehicles:

The Tilly first:





Then the Bedford fuel truck:





I also got the windows on the Russian truck masked so I could re-paint the cab roof since it got scuffed up when I put it on:



You can see I also added the wheels and headlights and painted them up.

Next up, since my German MAN truck was already painted black, I masked off the black I wanted to keep with more Silly Putty:



Next step: shooting the brown color....





Once that was all dry, I removed the Silly Putty to see how it looked. I'm very pleased:



The cab is still loosely dry-fit; after all, I have to repaint the interior and then add the glazing to the windows.



Here it is sitting on the chassis:



Since I was doing all that to this truck, I also completed all these steps with the German M-109. First the Silly Putty over the black:



Next the brown color over the exposed areas:





And later removal of all the Silly Putty:





Now I need to find the missing decals.... or use some alternates from my backup stash.


Finally, I painted the seat and interior of the Vauxhall ambulance:



Afterward, I temporarily added the cargo bay and shot the whole thing with gloss to prepare it for decals:



Now I have at least eight or nine models ready for decals. Once I get the time and energy, I'll make an attempt to roll some of these eight or nine over the finish line.

Until then, thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.

Nice progress on all the kits!

You really do have a lot going on here Mark. I always like popping in here and checking out all the cool progress bud. Thumbs up man!!

Thanks for the awesome replies guys! I always love coming back here to see what everyone posts.

Bruce, I think I'm getting better!

Everything is looking superb Duke - nice work.

I'm really pleased to hear you're feeling better!

Regards

Stuart

Thanks Stuart! I had a followup with my radiologist and he said I'm improving well, but to stop pushing myself. I still need to rest and recuperate some more since I am still healing. He was concerned that I could relapse. I can see his point.

My wife is on vacation until next Monday; so I don't know how much time I'll have to post pics before I head out to San Diego's Comicon on Tuesday. I'll try to get my latest progress posted if I can before I go. It ain't much as I've been stealing time in the Hobby Room whenever I can between the activities she has planned.

So, stay tuned. It might be awhile, but there will be more to come.

Duke—if you get a chance to take pictures of the 1:8 EVA Pod from Moebius I would love to see ‘em. I missed out on the Atomic City run so this could be my second chance.