Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV

[electric indigo]

Deer Stalker & Long range EMP gun.

[Thom]

That is nice @electric indigo!

Clearing off the PPP filling gaps and cutting out and making new, clear marker lights for the ailerons.

[electric indigo]

That are some wild seams to clean up 😅

[Papa Rat]

@electric indigo really diggin this. Looks great!

@Thom yikes. You are putting in some work there. Is it common to have such large gaps on aircraft models?

[Thom]

3 hours ago, electric indigo said:

That are some wild seams to clean up 😅

@Papa Rat

Actually not that bad in the way of seems. Halves split horizontally, the most seem work was with the sides of the nose. The wings closed up pretty good. With the 'pontoons' over the wings, they were pretty gappy in real life, esp near the rear, and I won't be doing any sanding, but just using a wet q-tip to hydrate and wipe off excess.

All in all, the fit is alright. The one spot that I would work on more before the wings went together would be the wing fences. But I am liking this one.

Edited November 24, 2025 by Thom

[Papa Rat]

9 minutes ago, Thom said:

@Papa Rat

Actually not that bad in the way of seems. Halves split horizontally, the most seem work was with the sides of the nose. The wings closed up pretty good. With the 'pontoons' over the wings, they were pretty gappy in real life, esp near the rear, and I won't be doing any sanding, but just using a wet q-tip to hydrate and wipe off excess.

All in all, the fit is alright. The one spot that I would work on more before the wings went together would be the wing fences. But I am liking this one.

I think Electric Indigo mentioned seams. I was thinking about the larger gaps by the wing area. Anyway, thanks for the info. 👍

[Thom]

8 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

...the larger gaps by the wing area....

Where the leading edge of the wing meets up with the closer 'pontoon,' which is actually extra fuel and anionic housing? There is a hole there, but that is for a part that has not been added yet.

[Papa Rat]

28 minutes ago, Thom said:

Where the leading edge of the wing meets up with the closer 'pontoon,' which is actually extra fuel and anionic housing? There is a hole there, but that is for a part that has not been added yet.

Yeah… Hahaha. I see, that makes way more sense. 

[nightmareB4macross]

It’s leg day.

[Thom]

Looking good @nightmareB4macross

[electric indigo]

This is totally on my workbench. Please ignore the Nanobanana watermark 😜

 

[nightmareB4macross]

2 hours ago, electric indigo said:

This is totally on my workbench. Please ignore the Nanobanana watermark 😜

 

Yes siree they would!

[nightmareB4macross]

New leg profile is really looking good.

IMHO.

[Papa Rat]

So close. Decal time and then final construction!

 

Edited November 27, 2025 by Papa Rat

[Papa Rat]

2 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

New leg profile is really looking good.

IMHO.

Looking good!

[nightmareB4macross]

35 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

So close. Decal time and then final construction!

 

Look at all that beautiful detail.

The pearlescent white makes the building appear ethereal. 

Wow.

[Papa Rat]

19 minutes ago, nightmareB4macross said:

Look at all that beautiful detail.

The pearlescent white makes the building appear ethereal. 

Wow.

I agree. These smaller 1:144 scale Volks kits have plenty of nice detail. They really pop once you hit it with a panel wash. 
That pearly semi transparent plastic is really nice. I wish it was slightly more transparent so the frame colors would show a little more but I’m still loving it. Ethereal is a great description and I hope I do it justice. I just need to stick the landing. Fingers crossed. 😊

[Rock]

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! 

 

[Big s]

3 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

I agree. These smaller 1:144 scale Volks kits have plenty of nice detail. They really pop once you hit it with a panel wash. 
That pearly semi transparent plastic is really nice. I wish it was slightly more transparent so the frame colors would show a little more but I’m still loving it. Ethereal is a great description and I hope I do it justice. I just need to stick the landing. Fingers crossed. 😊

It’s looking great so far, can’t wait to see it all together 

[derex3592]

I think I'm there on the oils..... Bout to wrap up this Blackbird build! 

[Papa Rat]

1 hour ago, derex3592 said:

I think I'm there on the oils..... Bout to wrap up this Blackbird build! 

Wow, that’s looking great!

[Thom]

1 hour ago, derex3592 said:

I think I'm there on the oils..... Bout to wrap up this Blackbird build! 

The bird we didn't know we needed for Thanksgiving!!

 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

[nightmareB4macross]

5 hours ago, Thom said:

The bird we didn't know we needed for Thanksgiving!!

 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

We always need a beautiful bird such as the SR-71 for Thanksgiving.

All I get is crabs. 😜 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

[Thom]

10 minutes ago, nightmareB4macross said:

We always need a beautiful bird such as the SR-71 for Thanksgiving.

All I get is crabs. 😜 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

HAHAHA!!

[Papa Rat]

2 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

We always need a beautiful bird such as the SR-71 for Thanksgiving.

All I get is crabs. 😜 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

🤣

[Papa Rat]

Post pumpkin pie final touches. Don’t mind the table cloth. Lol

Was so excited to share. 1:144 LED Mirage V3. Will try for a better natural light pic in the morning.

 

Edited November 28, 2025 by Papa Rat

[Thom]

15 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

Post pumpkin pie final touches. Don’t mind the table cloth. Lol

Was so excited to share. Will try for a better natural light pic in the morning.

 

That ain't no turkey!! 

[Papa Rat]

5 minutes ago, Thom said:

That ain't no turkey!! 

Hahahaha

I do have a pickle coming up next though so there’s that. Lol

 

[SteveTheFish]

@derex3592 That Blackbird looks fantastic!

[Bolt]

8 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

We always need a beautiful bird such as the SR-71 for Thanksgiving.

All I get is crabs. 😜 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

Lol. Nice! I caught some dungeness yesterday and we had some with our turkey today. 

[tekering]

Just about done trashing the bug.

I was afraid I might've gone too far...

...but the client is apparently pleased. 😅

8 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Fabulous panel lining! 😍

Never seen those flame effects on the legs before.  Cool decals. 

[Thom]

14 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Hahahaha

I do have a pickle coming up next though so there’s that. Lol

 

Nice! I have a couple of these as well, but the big ones I am turned off from doing because of the odd shapes, such as with Breetai's ship. Did get a couple of the smaller ones a short while ago though.

@tekering A happy client is a paying client! Not having read the story, it's looks really good.

 

[Papa Rat]

@tekering I live in the PNW and see cars that beat up daily. No huge claw marks but definitely random panel colors and tons of rust. I think it’s looking great!

Oh, and thanks for the kind words ✌️The panel lines on this are so shallow so cleanup on those was a little hairy. Also the decals went down better than anticipated. I get so nervous applying them. Definitely a something I need practice with.

@Thom yeah this is my second ARII ship in the fleet. The sculpts on these are laughable and if you squint really hard they look great! Hahaha. Besides that I think the tiny SDF-1 that comes packed with it is the best part. 

Edited November 28, 2025 by Papa Rat

[pengbuzz]

19 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

We always need a beautiful bird such as the SR-71 for Thanksgiving.

All I get is crabs. 😜 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

Hmmm... position 439 of the Kama Sutra? O.o

[Thom]

3 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

Hmmm... position 439 of the Kama Sutra? O.o