Patrick Hagelstein Is there a front row seat left?

Jos Jansen ...I join Patrick on the front row, absolutely!!

Patrick Hagelstein Want some popcorn, Jos?

Clifford Keesler Welcome guys. Hopefully I will get some work done on the thing tomorrow. LOL. I am also trying to get a FB-111A done for my son for Christmas. He worked on them when he was in the Air Force.

Clifford Keesler Finally some progress on my SCM aggressor group build. Pilot is just stuck in for now. I will add shoulder harnesses and seat belts during final assembely.

Patrick Hagelstein That IS some progress for sure!

Stephan Ryll Looking very good Clifford

Clifford Keesler Thank you Patrick and Stephan. Your kind words mean a lot.

Clifford Keesler Thank you very much Hans and Roland, for your very kind words.

Stephan Ryll Very nice work Clifford

Clifford Keesler Thank you Stephan.

Daniel Turned out great, really like how the panel lines look

Clifford Keesler Thank you Daniel. I gave it a pin wash with Tamiya grey panel line accent. It actually flowed for me, for once. LOL.

babak chalangi NICE

Nathan Dempsey Great work there Clifford. You always give me hope when I think about building my old kits.

Clifford Keesler Thank you babak and Nathan, you flatter me.

Clifford Keesler Thank you Roland and arne vd burg. @ Kermits, my wife wouldn't dare go in my work room with a vacuum. Decal search luck, I found everything. Decals are all on. I took some new pictures.

Clifford Keesler Hope to finish this beast tomorrow.

Kermits pants Your very lucky having a dedicated room. The build looks amazing by the way, beautiful in fact. Reminiscent of a Mig 28 from a certain Hollywood blockbuster...i can hear the music lol

Stephan Ryll That bird is Comming along nicely Clifford

Clifford Keesler Thank you Kermits and Stephan for your kind words. @Kermits, that is what she is supposed to be a Mig-28UB, there is an actual F-5F done in this scheme at the Naval Fighter weapons school.

Wim van der Luijt Great looking bird Clifford, I'm building the same kit for the Agressor GB in a different scheme. Quick question: what PE is that in the cockpit? your inventory show plain brass PE but in the pics it looks like pre painted PE? I'm slightly underwhelmed by the kit parts and would like to replace them.

Clifford Keesler They are the dream Model PE set for the AFV F-5F kit. They worked well, Just had to remove the molded in radar scope on the instrument panel.

Clifford Keesler It's finally got legs. LOL.

Treehugger Q: How did you airbrush on the camo to get the diffuse edges?

Stephan Ryll Very nice work Clifford

Donald Dickson II Looks great sir! Another awesome build in the books.

Clifford Keesler Thank you very Stephan and Donald. @ Treehugger, believe it or not I sprayed the camo freehand with the airbrush. That is how I get the diffuse edges.

Bryn Crandell Superb looking voodoo. Well done sir. I want to get my freehand skills that good with the airbrush.

Clifford Keesler Thank you very much Bryn, I am flattered. I have only been airbrushing about 2 years I think. It took me along time to give up "the old hairy stick" Air Brushes scared the willies out of me. I use a .02 needle and about 10-15psi to get the effects I like. And the airbrush I use the most is the 25.00 Master Air Brush I bought first. I have 4 Iwata's and one I have never used, and the others I use rarely. I have 1 Iwata that I use for nothing but Lacquers, So anything I paint Metalizer, I use that brush. I don't do many NMF finishes, they still scare me to death. LOL.

Bryn Crandell I follow the same techniques. I have a Paasche H, 2 Paasche VLs, a Badger Partiot and an Aztec. I use the Aztec for spraying Future primarily. I have one of the VLs dedicaed to NMFs. Otherwise I bounce between the others.

Clifford Keesler Cool. I really need to use my other one's more. I forgot I also have 2 badgers, I stuck them in this minature plastic trash can I have and stuck them on the shelf. I bought them to use on the NMF's as they are easier to clean but I have to use my big compressor with them, as they use different size connectors, and I have only been able to find the adapters that fit my bigger compressor.

T Urban Have fun! Just finished one.

Clifford Keesler Thank you.

Bernd Korte Nice subject!

Clifford Keesler Thank you Bernd, glad you like it. I hope I can do it well.

Nathan Dempsey I've got this kit so I can't wait to see you build yours.

Clifford Keesler The fuselage is all re-scribed and the fuselage halves joined. I am in the process of re-scribing the wings now, I will try and get some photo's up tomorrow. Am also working on another FB-111A Dark Vark. This one from the 509th BW.

Michael Hickey Cool, one of my favorite jets of all time.

Maciej Bellos Following!

Nathan Dempsey Clifford you are king of the rescribe! I love my old scriber, but I just bought a Tamiya one to try out. Maybe I should go in there and try it out on one of my Monogram Voodoos.

Clifford Keesler I have a Tamiya scriber, and a Trumpeter one. I have used my Tamiya one so much, I have worn the writing off of it. I need to get some new blades. LOL. Welcome aboard Michael and Maciej.

Augie Oo watching... Love this kit wanna see how it looks

Hans Robben Me too, I didn't rescribe my CF101 so anxious to see what could have been.

Clifford Keesler Welcome aboard Augie and Hans. Pull up a seat, and I will see if I can make it worth your attention. LOL.

Maciej Bellos My second 48er. Following with great interest!

Clifford Keesler Welcome aboard Maciej.