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Brass landing gear was given a 30 bath in vineager . Oleo scissors glued on with supper glue . Next to get some primer on them. Model was primed with the David Hasen technique parts Mr Base White and Mr color Zinc Green . Now to polis the primer with fine sanding sponge and then start painted the Tamiya LP white . IMG_2270 by b007scott, on Flickr 71347063621__BF2F2720-C5D7-4346-9483-84A8D36B5FCA by b007scott, on Flickr 71347052063__5373E028-CDF0-43EC-8BDA-BFE1C61E0619 by b007scott, on Flickr 71347051009__DE8560E8-35CF-452D-8DA5-6BC565450777 by

Finally back to working on the F-110A . Last time i worked on this a few year ago i got the decals on then last night i got the decals seal with gloss coat. Got the Eduard Brassin struts in the mail and cleaned up and test fitted . Horizontal stabilzer and center hot section painted with tamiya LPpaints and mix per instruction . Model been sanded down with 3000 grit tamiya sanding sponge Nose and windshield was painted with Tamiya LP-3 . Next to start sprying primer . IMG_2219 by b007scott, on Flickr IMG_2220 by b007scott, on Flickr IMG_2252 by b007scott, o

Time to build another favorite WWII fighter of mine the awesome Grumman F6F Hellcat. The Haseagwa Hellcat is the best kit out htere . So here is my progress from the last few days . I used some aftermarket pieces in the cockpit . I have the super sweet Furball Hellcat decals to use. Just not sure which version . Test fitted the Obscureco cowling which fits perfect . IMG_1971 by b007scott, on Flickr IMG_1941 by b007scott, on Flickr 71195541692__79C85EF7-2CA0-46DC-B5AD-8E91E73CE69C by b007scott, on Flickr IMG_1945 by b007scott, on Flickr

time to build my favorite aircraft the awesome Lockheed F-104 . I will be using the out of production cutting edge cockpit with is really nice , THe super nice Caracal decal sheet recently came out and is a must pic of for you decal collection . IMG_1255 by b007scott, on Flickr IMG_1254 by b007scott, on Flickr IMG_1170 by b007scott, on Flickr IMG_0308 by b007scott, on Flickr IMG_1166 by b007scott, on Flickr For the open window attacemnet area i used a angle piece of palstic. Once the glued dried i sanded the top down to

Mr. B tbt sis really looking great !

Spent a week getting the vertical and the tail wing painted. Sprayed first the Tamiya XF-54 Dark Sea Gray . Then I used a 0.5 mechanical pencil to draw the demarcation line for the camo . Free handed sprayed the Tamiya XF-811 RAF Dark Grren . On the trailing edge there is a small composite looking peice that was masked ioff and sprayed with a mix of Tamiya TAn and Tamiya Kakhi . Armory wheels was primed with Mr finishing surfacer 1500 .Wheel hubs sprayed with my metal mix and tired painted with mr colot tire black . 57BF8298-891A-4863-8D60-DF2C2B4FC68C by b007scott, on Flickr

Various subassembles primered with mr finishing surfacer 1500 primer . Wet sanded with Tamiya 1500 sanding sponge . For the metal i mixed a bottle of 50% Mr color super metallic super fine silver and 50% Tamiya LP-11 . Tail and underide of the back wing section was sprayed with Tamiy XF-54 Dark sea grey . FOD covers an d crew ladder sprayed with Tamiya tape . I decided to use the Armory Resin wheels on the build. They cleaned up pretty easy. I clipped tht nose strut axel off and drilled them out . Wheels will be attached with a metal pin in the end . 4F86A281-82C6-48BB-ADDB-AF2A

Well after cleaning up the HPModel Javelin seat and building a mount for it to fit on the square on the cockpit tub I've come to a conclusion the seats are way too small . The seats was barely above the cockpit not looking right and also looking way to small . So after lots of dry fitting i decided to cut the cushion separate from the frame , sanded the sides of the frame off and with some mods to the backside the cushion it fits in the kit seat frame. 3C154221-9177-4E88-AE5B-B880288DB864 by b007scott, on Flickr 6C102B31-27B0-46B3-86EF-C74E61CD9508 by b007scott, on Flickr

Before installing the wheel wells i sprayed withem with Tamiya LP-11 areas need to be covered that the airbrush cant reach after installed . They will get sprayed again on the model when the bottom get sprayed with metal coat . When it came time to glue the intake lip on there was a small gap between the intke lip and fuseloge . I filled it with brsuhing mr color surfacer 1500 primder on then sanding oce dry . Wing installation was noit bad left wing went on great had some issues with the right wing which was easy to fix . Amazed at the size of the surface this plane was massive . Still ple

Followed Antii K's idea on Britmodeler on how he did the burner cans . I went used a razor saw to cut the kick parts in half .I need to clean the burner cans up next . After i installed the burner can tubes on the lower airframe i had to sand the very end of them so the burner cans would fit flush . Once burner cans and FOD covers are attached I'll slide them on last . Forgot to mention the assembley of the burner cans it not the greatest fit ! By doing what I did the fit it much better . 81C21A6C-EB98-439B-8B96-9FCEAFE742CD by b007scott, on Flickr BBEC7F0A-777A-4440-8FAE-86D

Spent the last few days working on the cockpit . I sprayed three various shades of black to give it that weathered look . Used model master and tamiya paints for the detailing , I weathered the area where the feet rubbed off paint with dry brushing model master silverSpent the last few days working on the cockpit . I sprayed three various shades of black to give it that weathered look . Used model master and tamiya paints for the detailing , I weathered the area where the feet rubbed off paint with dry brushing model master silver . Once I finish the forward section ill start o the act section

Time for another big RAF Fighter on the bench . I got some Xttra decals and quick boost air scoops coming . Starting with the cockpit tonight . Scratch build the throttles and added some extra detail . Few other cockpit parts t clean up then time to start spraying some color . 09059C3B-3582-444A-A429-C3B54E04B58B by b007scott, on Flickr 55E759FF-93AC-4B0D-BF5E-E251813CB7CB by b007scott, on Flickr 18BA096A-A906-4633-B295-DEBF180B006C by b007scott, on Flickr A165C070-EF6A-4945-8894-726C91F4BB2F by b007scott, on Flickr 776BC365-F763-4335-A2D2-D941FF0B316E by b007scott, o

Just finished the Buccaneer last night . Started on this beginning of last November . Really great kit and fit . Built out of the box for the first build . For paints i used Mr color , Ak real colors and Tamiya LP . Only areas i did light wash was the cockpit and whheel wells . One thing i really liked about the kit was the FOD colors and crew ladders . I plan on another Navy one and RAF one when it comes out . 76ED9994-DDA8-49DB-B4B0-12D40D54FFD5 by b007scott, on Flickr 29079EB7-EAE2-46A1-B351-04C0D3D0B15D by b007scott, on Flickr 3D6DBEFF-2CE0-416E-B661-212

Wing line decals are a pain no matter what scale . Carrier film and getting them strait is a pain in the ass ! Like you said masking is much better and the results are nice !!

Landing gear finally attached with the Mig Ammo white glue . Spent the day finishing up the ejection seats . I used some model master painted=s for dry brushing . Neutral gray was used to pop the details on on the ejection seat frame. Drybrushed model master medium green and olivedrad used on the cushions ad highlights to the cushions . 3A4EE41F-854E-4D2A-B67C-055160E0CD0F by b007scott, on Flickr 1D7804BE-2319-4853-9742-BDA5D8D31C7E by b007scott, on Flickr D7181E17-0974-4BD5-BB57-0EE6AFCA3DD9 by b007scott, on Flickr A9AA635C-59B0-4880-8328-EFA887