Apologies to Pix for purloining his lead in, but couldn’t resist the temptation.
This is the latest off my bench, a Hasegawa 1/48 Rufe. Built OOB with PE seat belts added and AM decals from AeroMaster. Painted with ModelMaster enamels. Only half as big as the Trumpeter 1/24 kit and maybe only half as nice, but a pretty easy build except for masking the [censored] canopy.
Comments welcome. Thanks for letting me share.
rjk it looks awesome. well done.
joe
looks pretty good
An awsome looking bird, thanks for the pics.
great plane mate
Wow, the roof turned out really nice! Thanks for the pics.
That is very sharp. Excellent workmanship but where is the shot of the interior? I want to see those seat belts!
Joe, gunney, Dave, seangrb, Filibert, Swanny, Thanks for the feedback & comments. Glad you liked it.
Swanny, I just got my digital camera a couple of weeks ago and the bird was already buttoned up so I didn’t get any interior shots. They are there, honest injun, from an Eduard IJNAF fret.
nicely done rick!!![tup][tup][tup] i love it. later.
An absolutely stunning piece of work Rick. You can certainly be proud of this one! I see what you mean about masking the canopy though! Well done.
Bob
Nice, really really nice. I looked at that exact same kit today when I was buying my new brush. I might do it now ;).
That is one clean build. Sweet looking bird, Rick!
Paul
Beautyful model.
top job [tup][tup]
Chris, Bob, woodbeck3, Paul, monrad, Thanks for your feedback and generous comments. Much appreciated.
woodbeck3, If you buy it, you’ll enjoy the build. It’s basically the same kit as the Hasegawa 1/48 Zekes , but with the obvious differences in wing & floats. It also comes with the beaching dolly for display which is very nice.
Rick, great job! That same model’s next on my list, hopefully to be started this weekend. I was dreading the canopy to begin with . . . your comment really scared me. 
I hope mine ends up looking half that good.
-Jonathan
Very nice looking build.
Nice bird Rick!!! I’m always glad to see other modelers builds!!! Kinda kicks me into gear to finish up some of my builds…well…maybe after this next beer…LOL
Jonathon, AJACKETSFAN, Heath, Thanks for looking and for the kind words.
Jonathon, Good luck on your build. The canopy isn’t easy because of all the frames but if you take your time and use care, it will come out well.
nice looking target bird plane there
Hey, thanks Chris. This one was definitely not a tank buster.