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Alec K Autor
Thanks all for great positive comments and suggestions. Appreciated! But don't hold your breath before the next update, it will be a minute.
@Thomas K: I was eyeing your build for inspiration, very well done 👍
@Gorby: I used your line, nearly verbatim, with my non-modeling unit. There was a pause, followed by a rather unsympathetic laugh ("laugh" is me putting it rather mildly). Hope that answers your question… 😄
@Marius: Thanks much for the watch-outs and recommendations. I did study your builds as part of my research, very helpful. I'll definitely watch the gun symmetry. I did encounter the stabilizer gap issue already, what a pain to fix! With regards to the air exhaust (I presume you are referring to the jet exhaust fairing), I still have some detailing to do there so again thanks for the reminder. Thank you again for following and making recommendations.

Zbynek Honzik
Alec, I'm following the process closely and I'm enjoying it very much. It's a great inspiration. And your work as a magician, conjuring a masterpiece out of this kit, is fascinating.
I look forward to seeing your progress.

J35J
Excellent!👍🏻

Damian Güttner
That's crazy!!!!
Model building at its best and that on this scale !!!
The best I've seen here.
Hats off !!

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Nice one!

Jennifer Franklin
That is an absolutely gorgeous plane.

Jakub Fiala
Excellent result, Alec!
I hope the jet will be Czechoslovak. Delfín or Albatros 😉

Alec K Autor
Aha! Those are definitely on the list. Alas, next one will be of slightly earlier vintage and from a less savory kit producer 😉. But, it will sport the Czech rounders 👍

Jennifer Franklin
It is an incredible build, and I have continued to enjoy the logs and learned a lot from them.

Romain Sablou
Beautiful job ! Impressive dedication to details and accuracy 👌

bughunter
I "only" wondered about the scale. I spotted the 1:35 scale and was sure that there is no kit in this scale, then I found the "scratch build" on on of your pics.

Marcel Klemmer
Thank you for sharing the pictures👍👍👍

Spanjaard
impressive, thanks for sharing.

Alec K Autor
Glad you liked it gents, it was a great event. The "Humor in modeling" category is always fun to see and this year there were some great entries (they can sometimes be, ehm, not very imaginative...). As far as the age of attendees goes, that is indeed the hot topic within IPMS-USA membership. Steps are being taken to attract younger modelers (a separate Gundam category will be at next year's contest).

gorby
Just finished looking though your albums of the show and I lost count of the times I said "WOW!". Remarkable standard of work on display. Thanks for taking the time to post the photos Alec. 👍

Alec K Autor
Yeah, the dioramas was not that well represented at these Nationals (just my perception) but what was there was very good. Pics 34+ are by Steve Hustad: he does incredible 1/72 scale dios, mostly wrecked German stuff. I sat through his seminar, makes me wanna do a dio 🙂

bughunter
Wow - really great paintings here! Thanks!

Alec K Autor
Right? Those figure painters are next level, and I mostly took pics of the larger figures as the small ones are just too small for my eyes without the Optivisor 😄

Neuling
Thanks a lot for sharing! Great modelling on display!

Alec K Autor
You bet Neuling, glad you like it. And yes, many great builds were on display.