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yes indeed !!

........can't help but think of the words: "Baby, don't fear the reaper.." :blush: Really nice aircraft build. :bow: Did you do any special trimming of the reaper decal to prevent seeing decal film ? it was not nessesary, decals worked good on the silver, have had no silvering :giggles: :...

Definitely a Val in "Cherry" condition.

Great looking build !

Manny1943 wrote:I woulda preferred the tan to be a little more tan but its hard to tell exact shades using bad photography...BUTT, I am diggin this bird a lot. I need one !

DITTO !

any chance of posing that little Heinkel next to a P-47 or P-38 of the same scale?

LyleW wrote:Because Lyle's bad eyes saw a squirrel!

That's OK......time for me to buy new eyeglasses for reading, too !

Really superb build.

I recently acquired a 1/48 version at a swap meet, so am very interested about this build.

Thanks for posting details.

Seeing that build- I can't help but remember all those AURORA airliner kits from the 1960s

Nice and neat !

Did all of those pesky little wheels touch the table when you added the landing gear?
I seem to recall some AURORA kits having a problem with that.

Also... the newer formula (wait, have they since switched back?) that they tried out a few years back seemed to start "skinning" the 2nd or 3rd time you had the tin open. Meanwhile, I still have some tins from wayyyyy back, 10-15 years, that are fine, so long as I keep that cap area clean...

Viewing your build conjures up my memory of seeing an article in Scale Modeler- many decades ago :blush: -detailing the conversion of a Monogram A6M5 into a two seat trainer. Checking the review on Internet Modeler http://www.internetmodeler.com/2000/may/aviation/claude.htm the comment is made that ...