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Nice work all round!
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A brilliant pair of builds Mike. The wing camo on the '110 is unusual, I don't think I've seen that type of pattern before.
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Super work! Cutlass turned out really sharp.
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Love them both!

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Great looking builds Mike.

I have a feeling I've seen that Kitty Hawk Banshee before - Have you ever posted it on facebook?

Edit (just looked again): I have seen it before lol - I've heard it's a Kittyhawk kit and therefore unbuildable - so you did a great job!
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Sir T wrote:Great looking builds Mike.

I have a feeling I've seen that Kitty Hawk Banshee before - Have you ever posted it on facebook?

Edit (just looked again): I have seen it before lol - I've heard it's a Kittyhawk kit and therefore unbuildable - so you did a great job!
Yep, its been on my Facebook page and doubtless been shared by fellow modellers on there too.
It is not entirely accurate , shape wise around the intake and wing to fuselage join, but its head and shoulders above the very old and basic Hawk kit from way back when.
It was also published in last months issue of Model Airplane International magazine, so you may have seen it there?
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Mikeew wrote:
Sir T wrote:Great looking builds Mike.

I have a feeling I've seen that Kitty Hawk Banshee before - Have you ever posted it on facebook?

Edit (just looked again): I have seen it before lol - I've heard it's a Kittyhawk kit and therefore unbuildable - so you did a great job!
Yep, its been on my Facebook page and doubtless been shared by fellow modellers on there too.
It is not entirely accurate , shape wise around the intake and wing to fuselage join, but its head and shoulders above the very old and basic Hawk kit from way back when.
It was also published in last months issue of Model Airplane International magazine, so you may have seen it there?
It's a great looking build Mike - No I've seen it on the Friends of KH group page. I was a member of the SMCG for a while but I left as it was one of the most negative modelling communities I've ever encountered - That and I didn't like the pandering to certain peoples egos.
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I've been working on the Revell 1/72 Tornado ECR "Tigermeet 2011"
The kt is a breeze to assemble, the decals are less fun :???:

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Yikes! That is a challenge, for sure!
But very striking!

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Fantastic work on both, thanks for sharing.
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Looking good Mike. Do you know if that Daco Products decal solution is quite a bit stronger than the Microscale "red" bottle solution that I normally use to persuade decals to conform with awkward surfaces?
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Thanks chaps.
ShaunW, yes it's VERY strong. Probably twice as strong as microsol
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That sir, is most impressive!
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Nice Tonka Tiger.
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Very nice work on the Tornado. The decals look great. I can see how they could make one nervous though. Do you start from one end and work your way to the other to keep the spaced properly? I have never build an aircraft with such extensive coverage with decals.
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