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Wow! Gorgeous!!! I can't believe there was no masking... oh to dream - parts breakdown must have been awesome. Love the subtle textures and shading. Congrats @Papa Rat.

That process was quite unintentional - it was a desperate repair job on botched clearcoat (Mr. Hobby lacquer) reaction to the Tamiya (Acrylic) paint underneath with the added complication that I had already applied the decals. After the repairs were done, I tried that thinned ink with sponge/brush technique and it was an ok first attempt. I need to get better before I try it on a F-14 TPS scheme.

That looks amazing @Papa Rat!!! I remember spending all this time in my youth trying to get a perfect flat smooth coat of paint and now we are seeing all these amazing weathering effects of paint fading and textures to liven up flat areas of colour - what a turnaround! So you airbrushed through the stuffing? Did you hold the stuffing or lay it on the surface to shoot through?

Oh @pengbuzz I am so sorry to hear about your bad news. You have our thoughts and prayers. There really is nothing anyone can say or do that can make this any better, only time will heal. I remember some of the happy news you mentioned when she would secretly buy you something that you've been wanting or replace some model that broke - it was pretty special how she would hunt for these items for you. All I can say is remember all the good that she brought into your world and carry on the best you can in her name and honour. Condolences, my friend and hope you return someday when you're ready. All the best, William

That's looking amazing @Papa Rat - looks like a modern kit, can't believe how well you've resurrected those old 80's kits. I just goes to show its not the kit but the person behind the knife! Wow! I'm loving your display cases and all that amazingly cool stuff!!! @derex3592

I loved those tiny turrets (didn't know you could use those on the OG Battlestar as well) - here's them on my NuBattlestar;

Huh, do the side engines not light up now on this Reconnaissance Pod?

Hmm, not of fan of either Italeri or Revell... maybe I should just wait.

@electric indigoOMG another great orange scheme! I remember that matchbox kit and it too was one of my earliest builds as a child. Can't wait to see what you do with the 1/48 brother, its such a tiny aircraft. What is the best JAS-39E Grippen kit out there in 1/72? I'd love to build one up in Canadian colors and I hope they choose that instead the F-35! @Chas Love Crusher Joe mechanics and love that Minerva - looking good!

Wow! @electric indigo Such nice sharp details and I LOVE Orange - my favourite schemes. I love the nice clean look, so tired of all these weathered planes lately (doesn't anyone have pride anymore in properly maintaining equipment?!)

Oh yeah! I can't believe how good those kits are!!! I'm still waiting for this Tie Bomber to make it in 1/72 scale from Bandai. No more AMT kits for me, I think I still have PTSD from the 80s-90s doing their Star Trek kits

Hey that looks amazingly weathered @Papa Rat - congrats! Hey @derex3592 that B-52 turned out amazing! Did the flat coat over top bring back the lightness after that gloss coat darkened everything?

OMG! That's amazing!!!

Hey @tekering I didn't know you did 3D printing, is it PLA or resin? How fine? I'd love someone to do some 1/72 F-22 landing gears someday.

Absolutely gorgeous!!!