Tamiya P-51D Bare metal jacket

Kerry COX
I ordered the Tamiya kit through a company in Hong Kong called "Lucky Models", and landed here in two weeks for Au $104.00, yet to buy it through any store in Australia, I was looking at Au$160.00. THEN, all the brass was $104.00....................go figure. 🙂 👍

wilky
We get ripped off all the time

Soeren R.
Lucky Models is an awesome shop with really nice prices overall😉

Btw count me in for this project

Holger Kranich
Whooooo with all bells and whistles! I am in! Got the kit at home, too!

Peter Hardy
Looks like we have another PE junkie in our midst! Way to go Kezza!

Kerry COX
Thank you all my friends. 🙂 👍
This makes three builds on my bench.
The F-100D, The P-38 and soon, the 'tang'. 😉
It's nice to get back to the hangar if you get my drift. 🙂
Mostly, these will be for the 'Nationals' held in Melbourne next year.
To have blokes like David Dalton, the mariatime Aussie champ and Peter Hardy as my friends and motivators, it's not hard to keep grounded and focused on what makes the effort all worthwhile. 👍

Holger Kranich
We demand a group-photo from you and Peter!😉 With a beer. But keep your shirts on.😉

Kerry COX
That can be arranged. hehehehehe 🙂

Clifford Keesler
I'm in. Awesome project.

Maciej Bellos
Kerry, taking a seat too!

Stephan Ryll
I'll take a seat 🙂 don't forget to breath while playing with the bigEd😉

Nathan Dempsey
Looks like this one is gonna be etch city! I've had excellent service from Lucky Model...

Kerry COX
I should be charging 'admission' here. Jeez, I'd make a bloody fortune. ! hahahahaha 🙂 🙂 🙂
It has just hit me what I have let myself in for here. !
BMF and etch all in one giant leap. !!!!!!👍
But I do like an audience though. :-/

Bryn Crandell
Look at all the extras. I'm in!

Peter Hardy
Hmmm, I might get half a slab outa this Kez?

Kerry COX
Only half Peter. ? Mmmmmmm

Peter Hardy
Well I figure by the time I get there you'll have partaken of the other half!

Kerry COX
And it is so easy to do James. 🙂
Thanks mate. 👍

Stephan Ryll
Looking very good Kezza 👍

Kerry COX
This is going to be a build like no other I have ever done. Details are all the go now, so that I can do.

Peter Hardy
Enjoying this Kez, kinda thrilling watching it all come together. Looks like a beautiful kit too.

Munkyslut
Perfecto! Awesome graphics

Kerry COX
Peter and Monkeyhoar thanks for the vote of confidence lads, but I promise you wont be dissapointed in what I have planned for the engine. 🙂 🙂🙂
This is the third of the Tamiya mustangs now, and this I will devote a lot of time and energy too. 👍

Clifford Keesler
Looking awesome Kezza!.

Kerry COX
Thank you Mr Keesler. 👍. I appreciate your kind words mate. 😉

Spanjaard
Interesting 🙂

Kerry COX
Yes. I totally agree with you too Spanjaard. 👍

Bryn Crandell
Kerry what glue do you use versus Tamiya Extra thin?

Kerry COX
It is a plumbers liquid glue. It's clear and like Tamiya and like water. MEK. It's used by plumbers to 'prep' a pvc pipe before the blue bonding agent is used.
I prefer it because it dries really quickly.
'bonds' really hard.
It doesn't 'chew' into the plastic like Tamiya if you over administer, but is so much easier to use.
If you do get any 'over flow', the affected area can be cleaned up in a matter of seconds without a whole lot of softened plastic getting in the way.

This link is all about MEK.

railpage.com.au/f-p1345185.htm

Also Bryn. I decant a small amount into a empty Tamiya glue bottle for convenience.
Like any solvents, make sure you ventilate your work area too.
Just to be on the safe side.

Munkyslut
I run a chain of plumbers merchants & we stock several brands of Methyl Ethyl Ketone, the American ones are the best. Come in 125ml & 250ml screw top cans.

Kerry COX
In my humble opinion, it is the very best type of liquid glue one can use. I love it. 🙂 👍

Holger Kranich
I have a liter of that stuff with a pipette to go. Love it absolutely!

Kerry COX
Holger. You have to admit that it is WAY better than any other liquid glue you have used. And dries and bonds so quickly too. ! 👍 😉

Holger Kranich
I admit everything... 😉 But MEK is absolute a super stuff!
But take care of your finger prints! They burn faster in the styrene than you want to. 😎

You say, you apply it from an old TTC bottle? Thats a good idea! I will try that, too! Actually i apply it with this:

scalemates.com/kits/..w-applicator--233203

Kerry COX
Wow. I have never seen one of those. !
I 'discovered' MEK when I went to a railroad modellers exhibition in Brisbane about three years ago. !
Having asked a retailer if he had something else I wanted, and he said he had something else I may want to try. !
And from that moment on, I have used nothing else.

Richmond
Kerry in respect of picture 55 - "Semi gloss black, with every nut and bolt head picked out silver with AK interactive wax paint". Was that using AK True Metal applied as a dry brush?

Michael Hickey
Beautiful work so far on the Mustang. 👍👍👍

Kerry COX
Richmond. I used the tip of a bamboo skewer to apply the AK tube wax paint and a black artists pen to correct any over paint.

Nathan Dempsey
The Touch -n-Flow applicator is awesome, it gives you greater control!

Richmond
Kerry - that's seems to be pretty fine brush work.

Kerry COX
All care and dedication to a good end, and no brushes were involved, as it was a case of dip the sharp bamboo skewer in the silver AK Interactive tube paint, enough to leave some of it where placed without it running all over everything else. 😉

Richmond
Sorry I mean skewer work 🙂

Clifford Keesler
I'm speechless. I am going to try the MEK.

Kerry COX
Good morning every one. 🙂
And to Michael Hickey especially, I do apologise for not saying my thank you to you for your kind words on my build progress. Thanks mate. 😉 👍
And to Lode, Richmond, Clifford and Nathan, I say thank you too gentlemen. 🙂 👍
Now, back to the subject of preferred glues and the benefits there of. ! 🙂
Besides MEK being a wonderful glue in the way it performs as an adhesive. 👍
The other advantage is that IF you make the mistake of touching any surface and the glue manages to make it under your finger and leaves behind any mark/mess.
That damage is immediately repairable and you will find virtually no visible damage remains.
Unlike the tamiya glue that really eats into the plastic. The MEK evaporates instantaneously.
MEK will also let you hold parts together for just a few seconds, to achieve a bond that will hold, where as, the Tamiya join will take ages to 'go off' or cure, forcing you to clamp a lot of joins and wait ages before you can get back to working on your build.
MEK still allows you that opportunity once you have applied the glue, to 'work' parts into a better alignment too, with the joins not being as rigid or un-forgiving as 'super glue' while drying.
All the usual rules of using a liquid glue still apply when using MEK, just be sure you use just enough to create a bond that will hold.
Or in other words, don't over apply to cause overfill of a joint.
In fact, you will find yourselves using way less MEK than you currently use with Tamiya glues, as the effect is more pronounced and quick.
A better result all round is what I am trying to say. 🙂 👍
Cheers. 👍

Michael Hickey
cheers Kerry, no need for an apology all is good mate.🙂👍

Clifford Keesler
Agree with Michael mate, no worries. Thank you for the wisdom of the MEK. A can of it sure will last a lot longer than a small bottle of Tamiya extra thin. So that will save money in the long run, as I pay 6.00 a bottle for the Tamiya.

Ingo F
Looks good so far. 👍 Nice PE work mate.

Kerry COX
Clifford and Ingo. The MEK is so worth the money. Au$10.00 500Ml, and Au$10.00 for Tamiya. Jeez. !
Ingo, as for the PE, well. ! I have just started on the gun bay set up and my Lord. ! What a challenge that will be. WOW. 👍
I have just finished folding the belts of ammo, and the base of the shells are created to look 3D, like the real shell casings.👍
The access doors will be a thrill.......NOT. hahahahahaha🙂
Images yet to come. 👍

Ingo F
At the end it will be more PE than plastic?😉

Kerry COX
Ingo, what the PE is replacing is quite a bit of the instruments and black boxes, and all the internals of the wheel wells and gun bays. 🙂
I have done the kit is what I call "Sub assembly" mode.
Building everything ready for painting and adding all the pe before adding the kit components and all out of sequence.
I will post some images of all my bags I have named with the parts inside.
The engine will be the most critical as I am fully adding all the oil and hydraulic lines with copper wire and electrical wiring like the real bird.
It should turn out ok. 😉

Stephan Ryll
A lot of detail Kerry 👍

Kerry COX
No one will know it's there except me.🙂
But ain't that the way it is with most of the stuff we do. ? hahahahaha 🙂 🙂 🙂

Kerry COX
Hi Lode. 👍 🙂
I thought that the PE on the Arizona was difficult. !
Jeez. This P-51 has it on everything.
Even the main landing gear has 5 pieces, and the gun mounts has15. !
Thoroughly worth the expense of buying the update kit, as it replicates everything exactly, even down to the small pivot mounts for the support struts that helps keep the access doors on the ammo bay open. !
I will take images of that bit and post it.
Just amazing fun really. 🙂 🙂 🙂 👍

Clifford Keesler
You sir are the master!.

Kerry COX
Clifford. That is such a nice thing to say mate. Thank you. 👍 🙂
But following the eduard 'instructions' is like trying to understand Egyptian hieroglyphics. ! 🙁
Vague to say the least. 🙁
But patience is the key to it. As with any new way of doing things. It just takes a little getting used to. 👍
All of these bits, though fully assembled, will all be bagged for painting, then the final assembly will follow. 👍

Kerry COX
Lode and James, thank you for your support and encouraging words. 😉
I am mainly posting these images for those who have it or are thinking about getting one. 👍
As so far, there have been no real 'heads up' situations to be aware of, but what there is have been avoided by not 'building' it until all sub assemblies have been prepared with masking latex or parrafilm.
BTW. Today I will be making a video on how to use parrafilm for the best results and possibly some BMF work too, as it is our club meeting day today and there will be a whole lot of keen cameramen ready to assist with all the close up work I need you to see. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Holger Kranich
Oh cool, Kezza! I´m looking Forward your advice for BMF and Parafilm.

Kerry COX
Holger. As unprofessional as I am. 🙂
My friend and mentor, David Dalton helped me put together two videos, but mostly, I liked the one about parrafilm. 🙂 👍
I will post them tonight and give you the link once it's uploaded (a long time. !)
The BMF one was a bit of a flop, but fun in the attempt. hahahahaha 🙂 🙂👍

Youtube Video

Youtube Video

Nigel
Inspiring!

I bought this kit from Plaza Japan, but it went AWOL in the post. Plaza were very good about refunding, and I ended up getting a Zoukei-Mura instead. Will still build it up bare metal, so I'm looking to this project for overall pointers! 🙂

(Is it just me, or is there a problem with the videos?)

Kerry COX
No problem with the videos. As what you DON'T do is click on the black screen with the arrow.
But rather hit the links above the black fields and it will open up for you.

Nathan Dempsey
Great info on the Parafilm Kerry. I seem to remember someone at a local show talking about using this, so seeing it in action was very useful. I'll have to try it out soon!

Kerry COX
It is so versatile Nathan. 👍
It can be used in so many different was. It's limited by your imagination. 😉

Bart Goesaert
Pwieuw... talking about PE-madness.... but you are doing a great job...

Nigel
Aha, I was clicking the black screens with the arrow! Doh!

Where do you get Parafilm from? It's been a long time since I worked in a lab!😉

Stephan Ryll
Thank you Kezza for sharing your knowledge 👍 it was very helpful 🙂

Richmond
Kerry - where in Australia did you get the Parafilm?

Kerry COX
Richmond, I ordered it online from here. google.com.au/aclk?s..YQ2CkIuwI&adurl=

Richmond
Thanks

Kerry COX
James. Cheers mate, and I am having heaps of fun. So much in fact, I have ordered the P-51K, (Pacific Theatre) kit. 🙂 👍 From Plaza Japan for $116 Au. !
Everywhere else it's close to the $200.00 mark.

Nigel
I'm thinking that Parafilm might make a useful alternative to tape for low-tack masking. Just need to be careful of 'oil staining', but worth a try!?

Kerry COX
James and Nigel. Thank you both for the feed back on the videos. 👍
James, as for 'trust', that all comes down to using a powerful magnification goggles and keenly watching the angle the tip of the blade is going to take.
Don't think that the ridge your following will 'guide' you, as it won't, because that is only a line to follow. AND, the weight of the blade is enough to make the 'cut' .
The stretching of the film in effect reduces the thickness of the film and soft enough for the blade to get through, and if you apply enough pressure when 'setting' the film in place, that will be all you need for the cut to happen without marking the clear part with the blade.
The thing to avoid is actually letting the blade mark the surface, and if that happens, it is usually so miniscule, you would be hard up finding any damage.
Gently is the key, as it's not like your cutting through masking tape, but a membrane that is finer that is softer than baby skin.
Nigel M, As for any remnants or marks left from the film it's self, that does NOT happen, and can remain on the parts covered for months with no difficulty when removing it at a later time.
It was a big thrill doing the vids, as I had David holding the camera and following all I was doing, rather than have it tripod mounted and remembering to stay 'In shot'. hahahahaha
The thing with parrafilm, is that once you have a first time success, it is so much easier every time after that.
Cheers and thank you both.
Kezz. 👍 🙂 😉

Clifford Keesler
Great videos Kezz, very informative. Now the thing is, can you get it in the U.S. have never seen it before.

Kerry COX
Cliff, it is made in the USA, originally by the "American can company". And all you do is ask Google for "Parrafilm 'M'. " and where do you get it in the USA.

And here is the link for the USA outlet. 🙂 bemis.com/na/product..oratape/parafilm-lab

Clifford Keesler
Thank you very much sir. I am most surely going to give it a go.

Kerry COX
It is used extensively in the horticultural industry for wrapping stems when splicing cuttings to other plants, also, in all medical labs and especially in pathology..................... as well as scale modelling. hahahahaha 😉 👍

wilky
Ah, so that is why you know about cutting "baby skin"

Kerry COX
My hands are as soft as baby skin, mostly because I gave up working for a living. 🙂 🙂 🙂 👍 hehehehehe

wilky
My hands are unusually soft.
So much so that one day when meeting a farmer (I live in Coleraine) I shook his hand and he remarked "well you don't work" and when I said that I am a grave digger and dig them with a crow bar and shovel he was stunned

Bart Goesaert
Wonderfull work amazing details

Kerry COX
Bart. Your most kind my friend. 👍
Thank you. 🙂

Stephan Ryll
Very nice progress Kezza 👍

Kerry COX
Stephan. Thanks mate. 🙂 It is progressing as well as I was hoping it would. 🙂
As with all complex builds, the preparation time is the biggest user of time.
But I wouldn't have it any other way. 👍 LOL. :-0

Kerry COX
James. Thank you my friend. 👍
I was never impressed with that 'day glow' yellow a lot of modellers have used for the ZC, and what appeared in the Tamiya publication that came with the kit was more to my liking. 🙂
I have wired the radio and battery packs, plus, I am about to sort out the hydraulic system on the engine. But all is as the images dictate, but wether it will all fit 'under the hood' is an other question. hehehehehehe

Bart Goesaert
Beautiful... Thought the difference netwerk zinc chromate green and yellow was defined by built in Britain or the US

Kerry COX
That had never occured to me Bart. 👍
But now you mention it, I can understand the many variations. 👍
Cheers. 😉

Tim Heimer
Sweet! This in 1/32! I loved my 1/48 but this will be awesome! Bart that is cool that you shared that! I had no idea on that. Thank you!

Kerry COX
Lode. Your silver tongue will get you into trouble one day, but right now, your kind praise means so much and always has. 👍
Thank you to all my buddies for your looking in and your helpful and supportive words. 🙂
I have been sourcing as much material from other builders on other forums who have done wonderful things with the builds they have done, and I am hoping that copying a lot of what they have pioneered, I can be assured that what I do will match theirs. 👍
Building kits used to be pretty straightforward and simple business, but with all these extras and 'after market' products, the hobby has, in a lot of ways, become quite stressful, as helpful and needed as these items are.
So I can say with some surety, the next two Mustangs will be quite a challenge, as I will give the PE and other bits a rest and get back to basics. 👍
🙂
Cheers, and, "Lest We Forget". (ANZAC Day here in Australia and New Zealand. Remembrance Day.)

Clifford Keesler
I'm speechless, is all I can say.

Kerry COX
It took a bit of finding after I deleted the album, but at the suggestion of my good friends, I have decided to leave the P-51 build on site for those who may find some of my work worthwhile reference material. 👍 🙂

Tim Heimer
I am so sorry to hear what happened! For what its worth...Shhhh...But I've done the same thing...and it hurts I know!

Peter Hardy
Thanks for leaving it up Kez. I love to cruise through some of your older builds from time to time. Appreciate you won't have wonderful memories attached to the project now but ...

Kerry COX
Thanks lads. 🙁
It was one of the worst things that has ever happened while modelling.
All the time that little voice kept saying. 'Put the fuckin' lid on it drongo.' ! 🙁

Bart Goesaert
What did I miss? World have been a pity to loose this...

Nigel
Thanks for reposting it, Kerry. I was planning to use it for pointers in my own build. 👍

Kerry COX
Bart, I screwed up mate. 🙁
Nigel, I do appreciate your comment and that there was some use for it with your looking in on what I had done up to the mishap. Thanks guys. 👍
Now I don't feel so bad. 👍 🙂

Holger Kranich
Thou shall not feel pitty! Thou shallt pull the pin of the holy handgrenade of antiochia and count to three, and then throw it in the bin with the blasphemous Tamiya kit, wich brought you shaking hands and a miserable mishap with Aceton! ROFL! 😄😄😄

Burn it! Burn it!

Kerry COX
Holger. 👍 Not until I have dissolved as much of the plastic away from all the PE I can save. !
Then it is burned to a crisp. hahahahahahaha

Clifford Keesler
My old computer took a dump, and I just got my new one. What did I miss? What happenend to the P-51?

Tim Heimer
Unfortunately, There was a mishap with, as I recall acetone being spilt and plastic was melted.

Kerry COX
Clifford, I knocked over my FULL bottle of Acetone, and 1/4 of it was out of the bottle, all over my ready to assemble bits, but all is good now, having used the enemy to help rescue all the PE ready for the other P-51 I have coming from Japan. 🙂 👍
The most damaged parts were the main wing and uppers, of which, most of the PE was attached to.
Most of the parts were in plastic bags, sealed, thankfully saving a huge damage bill, but also, with a couple of bags opened for quick access, those being the main landing struts and wheels copping a bit of overflow.
I have made it sound more dramatic than what actually got destroyed, and for that I do apologise.
But it has served as a warning to me not to be so cavalier about what happens on a work bench. 👍
I have some images of parts damaged, but it will be a while before I have the courage post them.

Bart Goesaert
Unfortunately you are not the first, and also not the last...

Kerry COX
Hi Bart. 👍
Yes, I totally agree mate, 🙂

Slavo Hazucha
I returned to the hobby recently after almost 20 years and managed to spill almost everything in at least semi-liquid form in the short time after... Also checked the achievement of gluing both my hands simultaneously to a plastic/PE assembly, four fingers total... 🙂 Some of your affected parts look rather grisly but do not lack a certain style (143-144 in particular) - maybe an idea for an "Aliens vs Mustangs" action diorama with some acid blood spilling damage?😉

Kerry COX
Slavo. Thank you for the reassuring words of the misfortunes on your work bench. 🙂 I do feel a whole lot better for it mate. 👍
I have figured out how to keep most parts alive, but will be ordering the spru's of the damaged parts, and thankfully, I will need only two. 🙂
As I am not a sci-fi creative type, The aliens will just have to wait.
(Welcome back to the frustrations of scale modelling mate. hehehehehe)

Holger Kranich
Oh the parts really are a mess!

Peter Hardy
Looks like Xmas came early Kez!

Bart Goesaert
the horror... the sheer horror...

Nothing was really lost... just a bit of putty/mr surfacer on the top surface of the wings sanding them smooth and there you have it, all rivet detail filled as per real filled, aluminium painted and polished wing to reduce drag... I know, boring sight, but it seems only lines visible were inspection covers and ammunition covers... but that doesn't look like much on a model...

Tim Heimer
SWEET NEWS!

Kerry COX
No wonder I survived this calamity. !
As without a 'sounding board', I would have easily walked away and quit doing this unforgiving hobby. 😉
Thanks for your support and suggestions and sharing. I needed it. 👍
Cheers a thousand times over.
Kez 👍

Christian Bruer
Hi Kerry, sadly I stepped over this WIP reading the bad News of the mishap. But luckily you can save most of it an can go on with the excellent work you did so far. Shit happens everywhere and everytime, but what I have learned, breath deeply and than go on again. So keep up the good work!!!
Cheers, Christian

Kerry COX
To all my fellow modellers who have seen and heard what I did in my lapse of sensibility, thank you all for your understanding, support and encouragement to keep my chin up. 🙂
It just couldn't have come at a worse time. Just as the final assembly was about to happen after all that 'prep' work was now completed, the most time consuming and tedious aspect of modelling was finally at an end. But I am still trying to figure out what the hell I was doing with a full opened 1ltr bottle of acetone on my work bench, having finished all the sub assemblies and prep work needed for the end result. 🙁
I am paranoid of all the liquids I have to deal with, especially the glue bottle. ! 🙁
Extreme caution is now the staple of all my activities at the bench.
I feel that it is also a case of the utter inconvenience of my idiocy that really sticks in my craw. Knowing I am smarter than that.
Put it down to old age I keep telling myself.
In finishing.
Thank you all for being so cool about what a goon I was. 🙂 🙂 👍

Derek Huggett
'Old age'!
Q. "What do we 'senior' people want?"
A. "Respect!"
Q. "When do we want it?"
A. "Want what.....?"
👍 🙂

Peter Hardy
Kez, I know you are frustrated and, knowing you as well as I do, probably a little embarrassed as well. You made a mistake, a stuff up everybody here does as well. Don't put yourself to the sword over it please! It just makes you as human as the rest of us!!!!!!! I remember a little while ago I ejected the entire contents of a bottle of liquid mask over myself, my project, my hobby desk and everything on it. My shorts still have it in the very fabric weave. Although a few people here believe I cannot make a mistake (lol) I did. Very humbling but, my personal mask of mystery became very transparent!! You have to end up having a laugh about it!! As you are well aware I am very quick to laugh at myself and on that particular day, all my friends laughed as well!!!

Kerry COX
Thank you one and all. 👍 🙂
You can't see it, but there is a smile a mile wide on my dial at the moment. 🙂
Cheers.
Kezza. 👍

Tim Heimer
Kerry, that is why we are called HUMAN! We make mistakes and we help each other out.

Kerry COX
Cheers for your comforting words Tim. 😉 👍

Bryn Crandell
Holy hell!. That was a mess. I am glad to see you have been comforted by some new plastic. That should get you back in the groove Kerry. Shit happens and should be looked at as the past and move then move forward. I have done the same but with Micro-Sol on a sheet of decals. So I feel you pain.

Clifford Keesler
I know you will overcome, and turn out a masterpiece.

Kerry COX
A big 'Good Morning' Bryn and Clifford. 🙂
LOL, 🙂 As a matter of fact, I was just looking at some reference images as to where all the lines and wiring goes in the wheel well section, figuring out where I need to drill all the holes and where to place the pulleys for the rudder cables to track. 👍
The hydraulic lines look to be the most challenging part of the whole build. 🙂

It seems like last month all this trouble happened I did to myself, but here I am less than a week into the regroupe and I am feeling great. hahahahahaha
I am.............................crazy. but happy. 🙂 🙂 🙂 👍
Thanks for your help and support. 👍
It is most valued. 🙂

Kerry COX
James. Thank you so very much mate, 🙂
I have tried to replicate as much as I could of the predominant plumbing, to the point of wanting to leave it all open for viewing, so, in doing it that way, I decided to put the exhaust pipes on the block without the 'shield/cover' system on offer.
Wanting to display the whole aircraft in a fully exposed situation. 😉
Most of the plumbing I had to pre shape to what I thought would look like a natural position and also to incorporate the bends that would help overcome the stiffness of what copper pipes look like in the images I am using to achieve a reasonable result.
The next step is the bare metal foil. !!!
So...............Tally HO. !

Clifford Keesler
I am just speechless is all I can say, beautiful.

Kerry COX
LOL. Thank Clifford. 😉

Peter Hardy
Bloody amazing Kez. Just stunning. Yoda strikes again!

Tim Heimer
I know who i'm calling if I need some plumbing done around here! LOL

Holger Kranich
Looks really nice! Tora tora tora!

Kerry COX
Wow. ! Don't you guys know how to make a fella feel good. ! 🙂 🙂 👍
Thanks so much for all your compliments. 👍 🙂
And to think, that not long ago, a fair bit of this build ended up in the dumpster. !

Stephan Ryll
Wonderful progress Kezza 👍 looking very good 🙂

Slavo Hazucha
Comeback of the year!😉

Bart Goesaert
Beautiful work on the wires... So, 2 times more of this?

Kerry COX
Bart, Slavo and Stephan. 🙂 This really has been a labor of love.
Pushing myself like I have never done before, and now I am seeing how well it is turning out, I can't really see the other two to be as big a deal as this one has.
But boy oh boy !, kidding it hasn't been the best fun I have had in a long time. 😉 👍
Thanks to all my good mates for helping me make it through the gloom and doom to where it is now. 👍
Greatly appreciated. 🙂 🙂 🙂 👍

Tim Heimer
ya, where just like family but without the craziness on holidays! LOl! 🙂 The craziness is always here every day.

Holger Kranich
Crazy? Who is crazy? Me? Who say´s i am crazy? Muahahaha 😄

Clifford Keesler
Are you sure it's not you Holger? LOL. Nah it's me.

Kerry COX
The best collection of derelicts if ever there was, and all of them are my mates. 👍 👍 😉

Tim Heimer
ROTFLMAO!

Kerry COX
😉

Peter Hardy
Thankfully, I am outside the asylum fence looking in at the inmates!