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No major drama with this so far though the dive brakes etc look like being a challenge.

Somehow I missed uploading this lot of pictures. This was a very quick project done from a random idea. Most of you know of the mythical creature called the ” Carpet Monster ” – he who eats lost model parts. Well the Putty Hog is a cousin. He is the creature that turns model kits into Putty Hogs , of course the Matchbox trench digger helps out too. The total parts list is an old Frog 1/72 FW 190D-9, a hog figure from Disney from that despicable ripoff of the Japanese 70’s cartoon Kimba the White Lion ( and to avoid lawyers I will not name it),  a used Tamiya  putty tube from a friend and putty hog poo  made from Milliput, Tamiya putty and Citadel green stuff. The only real modelling done was to paint an appropriate hole at the rear of the hog on my wife’s suggestion that it didn’t appear real otherwise.

During the week I got this closed up. Now up to stage 2 of the PSR cycle. As always I have used a Citadel paints silver to highlight any missed bits of filling work. Both bombs have fallen off the rack and these will now stay off until I finish painting, should have known better on that. There were no major surprises on joining the two halves, just a fair bit of dry fitting. Filler of choice was Citadel Liquid Green Stuff. This is a better version the the Squadron product that does not smell and does not shrink. The only downside is it’s tendency to dry out unless sealed properly. Now I’ve gotta get  onto today’s work.