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Thanks Jurgen !

Glad you like it so far.

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Its a shame your builds are only scale models. You put so much realism into them it looks like a crew could climb in, tap a few gauges, fire up the engines and take off.

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Beautiful Work, I aspire to reach your standards.

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Thanks Awood and Harrowbeer !

Awood - I’m searching for a metallic paint that smells like engines & fuel. [:p]

Thanks again !

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Hey Pixi,
Great work I’ve been to you website a many a time and just drull everytime I’m in there I wish I had your time, but the 1:1 scale KC-135’s ( I stil preffer the A-10) keeps me busy as mush as you in 1/48 scale, I have a question for you what brand & model of airbrush do you use? and how mush air pressure are you running at?
because everyone of your kits look awsome and they are getting better each time out

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Thanks cuda !

I use a Badger 150 airbrush, and mostly Model Master enamels. My pressure is low. I spray large areas not much more than an inch from the surface, using minimal paint flow. I try to cover only as much at a time as the spraygun painting the full-size aircraft would. It’s usually panel by panel. Fro this reason, my pressure is usually set at 9 psi. It’s probably more work than many would want to do, but I prefer the results.

Thanks again !

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Stunning stuff pix ! You are a real widowmaker.[:)]

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Looking good Bill.
I have two of these kits and have yet to build one yet.
That was one nice aircraft.

Mike

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thanks again fellow Baystater. that’s a beautiful plane. don’t forget to also find a paint for the gun areas with the heady stink of cordite built in.

randy

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Thanks obiwan, Mike, and rds1 !

obiwan - I hadn’t thought oif that. I guess this does make ma a “Widowmaker” !

Mike - With dryfitting and care, the kit can be built pretty much “glitch-free.” The only areas of concern I had were the seam where the booms meet the wing’s trailing edge (sheet styrene plugs) , and the canopy (it’s a little narrow). Even for a twin-boom arrangement, the alignment was true and not fiddly.

rds1 - unfortunately, the Alcad Steel I use just smells like Alcad (yuck !).

Thanks again !

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Pixi;
now that’s the reason they look great, what brand of regulator are you using?, is it a Badger reg with a Badger compessor? or another brand of compressor?