Recent content by Heavens Eagle

@ jknaus Glad you were able to obtain one of the WNW Lancasters! I just looked on AliExpress and they still have the MkI/MkIII kits for $672 or so US. No Damnbuster kits left I guess. I was happy to get the MarkI/III back when Andy got them in originally. Also Kotare is having a sale with...

The new 1/32nd scale Eduard kits are going to be a mix of printed cockpit and parts and molded styrene parts. I don't remember what they are calling them, but they are supposed to be much better detail and the printed parts actually tend to cost less than the expensive molds needed in order to...

Ouch!

Cool! I think I had forgotten about this thread. I have a couple of P-51s in the stash, a B by Trumpeter and a D by Dragon (?) Both in 1/32nd of course.

That looks really good Paddy! The weathering with colors like silver over colored paint works well since the silver color goes on so thin that it looks like the colored paint has worn down to it, rather than actually trying to wear the paint down

This is exactly what Saúl (Sharkmouth) and Bob (moon puppy) are talking about. Only difference is a slightly larger piece with 4 smaller crystals and a decent pack of what I am calling micro mixing cups.

Something I have been thinking about doing to maybe get a little more participation on this group build is this. I am going to make a Quad CA, paint applicator pad that uses 4 small sapphire watch crystals. The crystals are flat and being sapphire they are super hard. This make it easy to...

We don't have a Ringo ..... yet. But I am sure "someone" out there will do so eventually. :bigrin:

Yeah, I did about a dozen cut outs to try and make a clear crystal for the large tachometer instrument. Even when I got it "really close" it just wasn't going to work worth a flip, so I gave that up. Have the tool and it is a decent tool, but they also need to have replacement cutting tips...

Part of what happened with my build last year was the kit was kind of a mess. It was supposed to be a single seat fighter with the decals that came with it. That meant it should have had a DIFFERENT canopy which it didn't. Then the fit was pretty bad. The fact that I finally finished it was...

@Sharkmouth That's an interesting tid bit of info. Thanks for posting it Saúl. Not even going to try and do a modification for MMM.

It has the same issues. I looked at the photos and the measuring grid is NOT under the pointer. That is for sure. The loose fit on parts is probably similar. There is no reason the fit on the parts I pointed out should be that loose and sloppy. The finish on the parts and the fit to the...

These are 1/4 inch and larger than I wanted. I am using one each of 5/32, and 1/8th. You can hear them click, but they are smaller and seem to work just fine with the Vallejo bottles. Also the NEW Vallejo bottles seem to seal up better than the older ones. They also have a zip strip at the...

Interesting Saúl. I usually just stick with Louisiana as it has flavor and the bite is just right for me at this point.