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I picked this one up in Russia a few years ago, pre-Ukraine war. I think it was around $10. I didn't even notice it was a snap-tite model until I dusted it off yesterday. After the somewhat involved Eduard B-25, this one will be a fairly low-effort and simple build, straight out of the box. I'll...

Thanks! I plan to do multi-engines in 1/72 and fighters in 1/48. It's a matter of workbench and shelf space more than anything else. Not sure in what scale I'm going to do a P-38 🤔.

Thanks! I agree that generally exhaust doesn't get on top of the wings, but it seems the B-25J is an exception, because of the exhaust stacks spaced all around the cowling. What I'm missing, though, is that exhaust stains on allied aircraft usually had a streak of light grey. I think this was...

Complete! The most challenging part was the tiny photoetch antennas. That was really pushing the capability of my eyesight and finger dexterity. I did the weathering with Vallejo black wash. The hard part is making it look like exhaust and not dirty water stains. I'm reasonably happy with it...

Another mistake! But also a fix. I managed to lose the nose gear door somehow. It was way too thick and had no detail so it wasn't much of a loss. I improvised with a bit of the photoetch sprue.

I'm using Vallejo primer and I clean the surface beforehand with alcohol. It might be that I need to give it more time to dry. Otherwise I think acrylics are just inherently less durable than enamels.

I did consider fixing the gear later, but I was concerned about damaging the stump at a point it would be even harder to fix. So I went with the foam block for it to sit in. I use Vallejo paints mostly because they're easily available to me here. I'm an expat working in Abu Dhabi, and there's...

I'll check it out, thanks! I'm doing one of the other set of markings in the kit. First it was because I wanted one with the cheek guns, but later I also realized masking for the bat would be tricky. Even with a mask set, the Vallejo pulls up very, very easily.

Yes, while I'm pausing I'm cleaning it. Messy bench, messy mind, right? I do find there's a correlation between mistakes and the state of my workspace.

Hello all, I posted an introduction some months ago but haven't since. Part of that is because I was working on a Beaufighter than met a tragic end at the hands (paws?) of our cats. So, I went to this B-25. It's my first Eduard kit and my first time working with photoetch. I've been enjoying...

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Like Paul Simon said, you can call me Al.

It's the same Havoc in the top and bottom pictures. I mostly just wanted to share a photo of my workbench :coolio1: The ship is the Zvezda kit of the Varyag. Neat little kit, except the boats didn't quite get molded, so I only had enough to put them on one side. I hope the crew doesn't have to...

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It's an ok kit. No bomb bay, can't easily open the top gunner's position. Fit is so-so. All Vallejo acrylic paints.