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Definitely need to find some decent Space X logo decals.

Trying to NOT get AMS so I will carefully do just a clean, straight build. Managed to get the speed brakes on fairly flush.

Going to check over the parts and clean them up before giving them a bath.

Thought I had already put a shot up here that included the pitot tube.

Box cover.

Waterline hull together & clamped - not that it was warped or anything. I just felt the need to clamp something...

Box top with aftermarket guages.

One reason why I am loath to just throw some things into the trash. I have a spare 1/48 Hasegawa Nozzle/Burner Can that ...

Kinda what I'm going for.

While the top of the wings does have quite a few rivets, they are rather petite and I think I should be able to alleviat...

I just realized I should have taken a 'Before' photo before starting to clean it up and removing the crumbling decals.

One of the famous series of Capa images.

The real deal.

The real deal.

Kinda what I'm going for.

Lead ship of her Destroyer Escort Class.

Prototype No. 2 in the Navy Demo scheme.

A bit on the dirty/dusty side but until I get a case for it I will wait to clean it up.

Vinson off Southern California during 1983 cruise.

The box art.

The newer-release cockpit tub will fit in the right way but NOT with the old release bang seat. Gonna have to scratch a ...

Got the tub, road & idler wheels done.

Polish M1A2 Abrams tanks being readied for delivery to Ukraine.

Box contents.

Start timestamp. Did clean up the tire centers but that was it so far.

Starting day.

F-104C Starfighters over Grand Canyon 1960.

The kit box - got it online at a scratch 'n dent sale!

I realize now that I cut away FAR too much! LOL Well, I have plenty of filler types!! Actually just using the Fujimi bur...

In the bath.

Easy peezy if you're not looking too closely! ;-D Gonna have to do some serious cutting & filing to the trailing edge an...

770th AAAGBn with 120 mm at Yakima Firing Center, ca. 1952

The initial start.

The parts after disassembly. Lots of room for lighting.

The start in May 2010.

Romulan BoP production still from 'The Balance of Terror' episode.

Preserved '802'

Starting the upper hull.

The stripped hull and parts. Still have to clean up the parts themselves and find some masts, radars & at least a few li...

The EBay rescue.

Fuselage started.

Kit parts & timestamp.

Using the decal sheet from an old Hasegawa boxing.

Kit parts and timestamp.

The washed and (hopefully dried) kit parts.

The parts - well, most of them. The major parts were taped together YEARS ago! LOL

Port Warp Nacelle Fwd

Most of the parts of the two kits I will be using.

The kit pretty much as I received it.

Horrific seem line on that front fuselage but I was in a hurry at the time. Really need to clean up that windscreen also.

Finished glamour shot 1

Version I was doing.

The parts from the vintage Revell 'Blue Angels' boxing

Cleanup begins.

Clean up & removing the decals. People disparage the old Aurora, Lindberg, Renwal, ect decals but these sure didn't want...

So it begins. The instructions leave a LOT to be desired! LOL

This was a boat cruise build and I'm in the process of cleaning it up and repairing earthquake damage on it. Installing ...

Bought off EBay with another LCT and a BUNCH of other Ships/Subs that were built/half built. Both were missing the ramp,...

The interior photo didn't turn out as well as I had hoped.

Group Build start

Fender locators bent from YEARS in storage!

Landing gear doors needed shims and - since I was concerned about light leaks from the cockpit to the exhaust I painted ...

Going to need a bit of putty here and there but nothing to bad.

I have the two prop blades in a bag.

Getting the wing/fuselage fit issues worked out. I like to manipulate the plastic and add styrene shims if needed to all...

Finished in the Museum

Putting in some semblance of a cockpit. Leftover Fujimi (?) parts.

The plastic & aftermarket (Traveler's) decals. I had received this as a bagged kit (no box).

Kinda hope it sort of looks like this when I'm done!

I grabbed a couple of newer tool stick actuators to plop into the office. Well, at first they wouldn't go in because the...

The parts as I got them. Was a bagged kit - no instructions or decals.

Kit hull top

Assembled it just to see what I wanted to do with it. I figure a grey wash overall, with a black wash in select areas an...

Front

Project start

My Kit

With the exception of painting & installing the pitot tube, this Hun is done! ;-)

The Swallow parts

Sprucing up the bare interior.

I'm actually using a Korean knock-off of the Hasegawa 1/72 Tiger. Not too awful bad, just some odd molding imperfections...

Picked up some supplies at the Walmart before heading out!

Since I plan on putting it on a stand, I am building it 'gear up' so I cut down on some work!

Flying off to the shelf!

It should look sort of like this when I'm done! LOL

Most of the suspension done, don't care much for the white plastic.