Crisis over, canopy sourced and fitted via the Hobby 2000 kit, which I'll turn into a 'C'at some point. That kit comes with masks so that's a bonus and these were used. The gun pack was fitted after sourcing a blanking plate for the ventral recess, the kit is for a B-2 bomber with some of the parts for a B-2N nightfighter. As supplied this sat too low so it was trimmed to fit better. The canopy frame was painted RLM 66 Schwarzgrau before the whole aircraft was primed and given a couple of thin coats of RLM 76 Lichtblau, which showed where further work is needed.
Whilst waiting for the Hobby 2000 kit I made a start on the Hasegawa kit of the Focke-Wulf Ta 154 A-0. As expected this has far more detail than the PM offering especially in the cockpit area. The decals for the instruments had to be trimmed to fit better. The instructions call for 5gms of weight in the very small area in the nose so I added a lot more into the engine nacelles but still ended up with a tail-sitter. I have a feeling the nose leg is too long but will check closer. Once the canopy had been masked, with again the frame painted the internal colour, primer was applied followed by an overall coat of RLM 76. I brush painted the RLM 75 Grauviolett areas first using Vallejo paint but this dried too dark and shiny so I applied a second coat using Humbrol paint. Once dry a coat of Klear gave a base for the decals some of which are from the kit, these had a tendency to wrap over if you're not careful, and some spares from a previous PM conversion. As TQ+XE is the 'go to' marking for the majority of A-0 builds I found markings for +XI online. As there are various interpretations of the camouflage of +XE I feel ok with mine for +XI as I only had a portside view to work from. There's still a few more decals to apply and paint to touch up/in fill.

Thanks for taking and posting the pictures.
No, safeguarding required!

Thanks for taking and posting the pictures.
As you say, a great night with plenty of humour and banter to accompany the super models on the table. Well done to Graham for his flying boat, a very worthy winner.
Finally even the discussion on safeguarding was well received and plenty of good observations being made.

Looked like a great night, sorry I missed it. Was Barney undercover?

more people enjoying a night out with chat and bantor

Well done Graham

Next lot

Thanks for a great night - even with all the new rules and regulations yoho yoho yoh

Industious or what? Great modelling Dave.

It was a good show. Plenty of great models to see.