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On that subject i went the model shop today for some paint and noticed a 1/24 Airfix BF109 , curious as to weather it was the 1970s version re issued i checked it out when i got home and its an all new tooling. Yea as usual i am the last to know :-) , so i thought i would look at the reviews, i...

A few years ago i would of gone nuts over that when i was into resin upgrades. You wonder where it will all end and will there still be styrene kits in 10 years time?

I wish i could follow this thread as well but i cant see the pictures :-( it does work with VPN but its an absolute pain as it leave something on my cache that disables all my passwords and auto fill so even when its switched off i have to clear my cache or i cant do daily on line tasks like...

Great customer service is putting all the bits in the box in the first place 🤣

Not a great start today. I have been trying to find a way of getting the majority of the body built so i can spray it assembled but i cant see its possible. The body wraps round a lot of chassis parts that protrude ( like suspension and steering) so to assemble the body you would also need to...

Well i got up this morning, made a cup of coffee and sat down thinking i would spend an hour building a thread from all the off bits i posted and .............as if by magic...........one has appeared :-) Many thanks Bob , really appreciate the work you have done here. (y)

I feel for you Paul. we had a series over here on TV about the day to day work of Airfix and before they put a model on the market they had a guy, not related to the company at all, who would build their models in prototype form and report back, he is also the guy that builds for the photo...

its surprising what a difference a small change can make, fits perfectly now. I should have started a thread but its a bit late now.

Hey..look on the bright side....my paint is drying quickly :-)

60% so not a problem. Another hot one today but the forecast is down to 80F tomorrow :-) the real problem here with going out is Diesel is the equivalent of $12.75 a gallon and petrol is $10 a gallon, Thanks Donald 🤣

Found an original MS11 under restoration and it looks to me like that bulkhead should be vertical which would explain my problems, soon fix that :)

Slam the brakes on, throw out the anchors chaps, Houston we have a problem The trick with these kits is to forward plan as far as you can then double it :) It looks likei am steaming ahead but its all balanced and taped together. This shows how you mix white metal and resin Note above the...

Slovakia ? She is lucky those tanks are only on plinths :-)

Oh thats good, i didnt want to leave there already :-)

Not large scale ?