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Rui S
Beautiful work. Very well done, indeed 👍

S B Författare
@Arif and @Rui: Thank you very much for your support and your kind comments. 👍👍👍

George Williams
Coming along great.

Peter G Författare
Does anyone else here wash their parts before painting or am I just wasting my time?

John Hughes
gruppofalchi.com/fil..7---Boeing-F4B-4.pdf

naval-encyclopedia.c..w2/us/boeing-f4b.php

fiddlersgreen.net/mo..raft/Boeing-F4B.html

These should give you a good start. Google is your friend in cases like this.

Bart L Författare
those are pretty good resources, from what I can tell the Box art and decals are not portraying an actual plane, Every photo that depicts the felix the cat has a different color stripe, red, black, the decal sheet comes with white? I think the problem is there is no "famous" version of this plane, LIke the Butch Ohare wildcat or the flying tigers p40. this was a non famous plane. I might just have to make something non historically accurate because I already painted

plus I should have put the rigging on while I was building, It needs to be tight, like it is under stress. thread will look floppy

René (Lord Bilbo) Bartholemy
Taking a seat.
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Michael Kohl
I cherish the later Special Hobby kits and I am anxious about your build report.

Finn
I'm in

István Szücs
Watching!

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here!

Olivier
Any seat left ?
Ok, I'll take this one.
Thank you.

Rui S Författare
@ Mark, thank you for your nice words, I'm glad you think so. I think so too;
@ Olivier, Always space for the mates, You are more than welcome and if you see something incorrect, please alert me 😉
At the moment I'm inventing some PE for the exhaust muffler protections (non-existent in this kit) and next, I will Try to scratch the Nebelkerzenabwurfvorrichtung, seen in the photo reference, also non-existent in this kit.

Martin Oostrom
Excellent painting

István Szücs
Great work so far!

gorby
Nice.
More photos would be good.

Rui S
Nice collection 👍

Daniele Riavini
WOW! 😯

Steven Van Dyck Författare
With the finishing of the base this project is done. The base was sprayed with white primer and hot orange from opposite directions, creating a nice optical effect. I glued the tank to the base, it will be in the KMK contest on 1 june.

S M
Well done! With that base it is like a set from a Polish Stargate 😄 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Neil Författare
Hi @Edouard and @Nick, thank you both for your extremely kind and encouraging comments 🙂 Yes, I do love to build these old kits too straight out of the box. Accepting I'm cheating somewhat and avoiding complication by not utilising aftermarket or similar. I will be chuffed to bits if my build album offers any other modeller a tip or two - that would make me very proud. I've painted a few kits using a 'hairy stick' now, with a variety of manufacturers of paint, my advice, thin it well and use multiple coats 👍 I built this one a few years back now and could do better if I attempted again - I did enjoy the scheme for sure. @nick I'll definitely take a perusal through your builds also. Thank you both again and thanks to all who've recently liked too 🙂 👍

Rui S
Neil, sorry, but I do not think, not utilising aftermarket it's cheating, I think it's it's quite completely the opposite 😄 😉 So You must be very proud of your achivemments, of course. 👍 But hey that's just my too cent...
It would be bad for us all if, on a second attempt, we did a worse job than we did on the first.🤔 it could happen, but it would be bad.
Keep on with the great modelling Mate 🙂

Stephan Fässler Författare
Finally got some acceptable pre-shading done, after one year in 🙂 cheers

Erik Off
I love the Victor, but I don't like old kits, so I have the new one from Airfix. 😄 Because filling and sanding is not for me either.
Good build and the VMS paint is extremely matt. I like their products, I think many of them are better than the ever-present stuff from AK & Co.

Stephan Fässler Författare
Thanks Erik.,I bought this one just for testing and I guess the Airfix will be much better in details. Love VMS

Ingmar Stöhr
Those cage aerials are a daunting task. Congratulation for the results!
The copper wire from electrical applications will have a thin isolation coat. And they might even have residues of oil from manufacturing on them. Maybe it helps to burn off the coating with a lighter? Usually I don't have issues with copper wire and super glue, but it might help.

Steven Van Dyck Författare
It's done now, the ships are placed into the showcase with all aerials and boats fixed. These boats kept coming off until the last, I advise to keep them uninstalled until after rigging. Two tricolores were painted on alufoil. The fourth Loire plane was pended from the crane but the barycentre is wrong, so a slackline had to be added to get the nose down.

scalemates
merged 👍

Zsolt Czegle Författare
Thank you Rui

Zsolt Czegle Författare
Today I made some progress: pinwash is done.

George Williams
What a shame.

Eric Thornton
Hey Arif. What paint did you use for the desert camo color?

Arif Saeed Författare
Hi Eric paint used was MRP Desert Pink on a black base Mr Surfacer Primer

George Williams
What a pity.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Super nice! 👍🥰

Guy Rump
Superb! 👍

aojun Författare
@Desert Marlin Thank you! This kit requires careful work, but the effort is well rewarded.

aojun Författare
@Clement This kit becomes difficult if we want to achieve a good finish. Thank you!

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Anthony lfk
Very nice, clean and tidy built kit you have hear. The color also lively ! Well Done!

Rui S
Nice 👍

Anthony lfk
Looks like you are very read modeler, i can see it really shows in your built

Desert Marlin Författare
I plan on building the other two variants of the Tamiya G-6...

Anthony lfk
Great built and paint job ! that is one gorgeous BF109 !

Desert Marlin Författare
Thanks guys!!! We all fight that urge to "clean up" which I think is one of the best parts of the build! I exercise as much patience as I can muster! Cheers!!!

Anthony lfk
i haven't seen your work yet but already impressed with your workstation, looks very busy !

Petr Kokeš Författare
Thanks, Robin!

Anthony lfk
Ah the infamous Dragon Fly, nicely done sea camo !

Finn
Well done

Amenofys Författare
Thanks Finn!

John Ballman
Very well done, Thanks for sharing your work.
JB

Anthony lfk
Very nice, clean and nest, spotless canopy. Well Done!

Mr James
Lovely job indeed and very well presented

Anthony lfk Författare
Thank you James, i always wanted to make a good first impression even with a mediocre build & painted kit, it does enhance the viewer's visual experience.