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The start of R2 - his 'dome'.

Flying off to the shelf!

The real deal.

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

The washed and (hopefully dried) kit parts.

Front

Group Build start

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...

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

Picked up some supplies at the Walmart before heading out!

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

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

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

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

The start in May 2010.

I have the two prop blades in a bag.

Finished glamour shot 1

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

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

Starting day.

Kinda what I'm going for.

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

Kit parts & timestamp.

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

F-104C Starfighters over Grand Canyon 1960.

The initial start.

Version I was doing.

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

Fuselage started.

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

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

Cleanup begins.

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

The box art.

The real deal.

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

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...

Polish M1A2 Abrams tanks being readied for delivery to Ukraine.

Vinson off Southern California during 1983 cruise.

Prototype No. 2 in the Navy Demo scheme.

Box contents.

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

Finished in the Museum

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

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

Project start

Fender locators bent from YEARS in storage!

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

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

Box cover.

Definitely need to find some decent Space X logo decals.

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

Preserved '802'

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

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

Port Warp Nacelle Fwd

Using the decal sheet from an old Hasegawa boxing.

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

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

The parts from the vintage Revell 'Blue Angels' boxing

Sprucing up the bare interior.

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

Lead ship of her Destroyer Escort Class.

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

One of the famous series of Capa images.

In the bath.

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

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 ...

Got the tub, road & idler wheels done.

The Swallow parts

The EBay rescue.

My Kit

Kit hull top

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

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.

Box top with aftermarket guages.

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

Starting the upper hull.

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

The parts after disassembly. Lots of room for lighting.

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

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

Kit parts and timestamp.

Kinda what I'm going for.

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