Even
amidst the mid-winter heater crisis and my ongoing health issues, there has
been some activity on the workbench.
The main
effort has been with a dish of warm water (which doesn’t stay warm very long,
unfortunately). I have been decaling the latest RAF Eurofighter, using the
newest tool Revell kit. Also, I’ve been on a long journey to get the Arctic
Rose DC-3 completed. That DC-3, using Thunderbird decals (a reprint of the
original Whiskey Jack version) has been something of a trial. The decals are admirably
thin, but prone to break when moved from wet sheet to model. I’ve given up on
applying any of the green stripe in a section larger than maybe 3”. And I want
it to have a chance to snuggle down with setting solution between adding
sections. I’ve got about half of the job done. The Eurofighter, using an
Xtradecal RAF update, has been easier, but still consists of a lot of very
small and very white markings.
But
construction has not been ignored. The four kits that entered the construction
queue (Italeri Eurofighter, Azur/Frrom Northrop Delta, HobbyBoss Me-163B, and
Meng F-102) have progressed through the cockpit phase and have most of the
major assembly complete. Next come some seam work and masking of canopies.
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