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Well damn! ya that looks like the same thing, but with a waaaay whizzier packaging. I wish there was a way to find dead centre cutting circles with it

I use a "Shadowline" circle cutter, like a bearing and race with an adjustable knife attached. The knife is adjustable on a slide of 1.5" so it can cut up to a circle of 3" As well, I also use a compass cutter. The compass cutter is great for overlaying concentric circles because each circle...

That was my thinking as well when it was offered to me….well that and, how the hell am I going to build this?

Having scratch built most details it seems a little off to use decals for markings so, with that in mind I've begun adding the roundels. The markings are mostly done now and the roundels can be masked and camouflage painting can now be added. In my opinion, the whole reason to build...

The playing continues (for now) I just got a smoking deal on a Trumpeter 1/32 F-14 D so I ordered a bunch of resin p.e and decals for it (just to make up for how much I didn't pay for it) I've put some paint on and, finished construction of the Pratts and, added some Alclad "Airframe aluminum"...

Thanks for all the encouraging comments, it definitely keeps moral up on the build. I spent the last couple of days working on the cowls and have decided I'd like to try fitting the B-17 cowls to the model (but haven't washed up the kit cowls as yet either) so I've gone ahead and added (purely...

Nicely done tribute to your friend! that’s also the reason I’m building a vac Hudson

Iiiiiimmmmm baaaaackkkkk I've made up some props using spare hubs from a HK Models B-17 and 1/48 bomb noses, prop shafts from telescoped aluminum tubes to make all the bits compatible And fitted the wings...sounds easy when I say it that way. Well I had the wings fitted and was sanding...

Funny how we, as modellers try our best to mimic the details of real life….I once saw a 1978 dodge “Little red express” truck with a 360 with a 4bbl Thermoquad where the nuts had been lost to mount the carb. To the intake manifold so it had been wired down in place with about 50-60 lashings of...

I've begun working on the oil coolers, online pictures of the real thing (as well as Classic Airframes 1/48 models) suggest the shape included in the kit(?) would need modification. I reshaped the upper open side to fit the bottom of the nacelle better as well as shorten the cooler, add vanes...

I ran into a bit of a road block..kind of stumped me through various attempts at correcting/fitting the exhaust shroud(s) I ended up coming up with a fix, hard to explain how I made it work, other than sharp knife, sanding stick, razor saw and some blind optimism. The exhaust shroud has a tube...

If I remember correctly the wheels are a kind of milled aluminum (definitely not chrome) with a clear coat overtop and a painted accent color on the insides…?

Not likely!

A surprisingly good fit, Engines & Things P&W 1830 resin engine(s) (now no longer in business, I was lucky enough to get these on a large discount as they were closing down) Thanks for looking

still plugging away, main gear bays painted, flying surfaces built up. Main gear bays painted, flying surfaces built up. Filling and sanding like an old drywall job. In all honesty it hasn't been as bad as I thought it would be. I added a strip of 10 cm by .010" thick styrene to the wing joint...

love it! do we get to see?

Yes, you’re correct, the images shown are just to rest fit the guns in the drilled holes and give an idea of alignment. In actual fact when (if ever) completed the model,is, the barrels will be cut down to around 3 to 5 mm long protruding from the fairings I kind of mucked up the ball turret in...

Thanks for the encouraging comments, makes it easier to maintain a momentum on the build. I've begun adding panel lines and rivet details to the fuselage. A lot of the details may (will) need to be touched up after adding the flying surfaces and puttying those joins but I wanted to get as much...

I'm trying to fit guns adding fairings from a Ju-87 and have added the last of the structure to the inside of the gear bays, I'll add a couple more pipes (gizmology) to the bays then the pivot points for the main gear legs, then close up the wings I guess. making and adding ribs to the...

a bit more moving forward (kind of diagonally forward but still) The nose and canopy are installed and filling/ fairing/ filleting in is mostly done. the clear parts (to remain clear) have been masked off to reduce damage from filler and sanding Having done much head scratching and...