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Ok, I couldn't resist.... For a kit originally designed in 1963 by the British... and repopped who knows how many times by the Japanese before this copy from 1980, I gotta say, fit is not bad at all! Work on the BUFF continues...

Well.... Wifey-Clause was good to me! 😂 Somewhere she found a tiny little Hasegawa 1/72 Kawasaki Ki-61 model kit from 1980, still sealed up. I did some research and it was originally a Revell Great Britain kit dating allllll the way back to 1963! This one was a repop from Japan 🇯🇵 in 1980 apparently after Hasegawa copied the mold in the mid 70s. And then she got me this.... The Beast....Tamiya 1/48 F-35A....I've heard this is one of the best engineered kits to ever come out so I'm sure I'll find a way to screw it up! 😁 😂

@Thom - Yes.....and no...LOL. That was the BEST result I could get after a solid HOUR of fiddling with the interior parts. The cockpit fit is fine, the interior bomb bay is snug, but it's fine. I believe the fault lies in the long part with the three "bumps" on the top of the body. I ended up prying apart the front half of the plane and literally cutting away almost all the extra plastic on one side of that part. Perhaps I glued it in it slightly at an angle, I'm not sure, but it looked fine to me when I did it a few days ago. Whatever, the result will be fine once I sand and rescribe, I already puttied it and sanded a bit and it's livable. Pressing on!

Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄 🤶 🤗!!! Over here, unfortunately I have to report that the mating together of the two halves of the BUFF hasn't gone smoothly. Seriously Academy??? In this day and age? I mean yeh, it's a 2020 model, but still... I've seen better fits on Testors kits from the 80s. Uhhggg. Lots of putty, sanding and rescribing (which I'm NOT good at at all) in my future I'm afraid.

amazing stuff!!!

I'll pass on this one due to tarriff BS and the fact I don't even remember seeing that in DYRL. Was it on screen for more than .03 seconds? It's been a looooong time since I watched it. I remember the TV version fairly well..

@tekering - wow!! You're a madman! I love it! In my next life I would love to design and build architectural models. Will it be lit up from inside?

I gotta admit, for a bare plastic kit OOB build, with only a panel lining and a few details, that looks pretty damn good! 😯

Ohhhh I missed the teeny tiny HINT print .... I got nothin.

It's gotta be for the massive SDF-1???

I can now report ALL major parts of PE are completed for the Texas! The cranes were the last big hurtle! Also can report all quad 20mm guns are completed...seven parts a piece for those tiny little buggers...and..work now continues on the single 50 cals and more baskets! Pressing on! (Not pictured, work on the B.U.F.F. continues as well, got the engines built and on the wings this morning)

Is it wrong I'm SERIOUSLY considering forking over some $$$ for a sealed original Monogram 1/35 Starfighter model off Evilbay for a Christmas present to myself in honor of Gil??? Not many left out there, soooo wish a modern GOOD model company would make a new one!!!

@electric indigo YEEESS!!!!! The Starfighters were and are still amazing looking!!!

Ohh man, this one hurts! R.I.P. Captain Rogers!

aaaaaaand I'm going to be out of town on New Year's Eve.......Thanks wife!!!! 😂😂😂🫣