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The interior before closing all that lovely detail up. If this is not a modellers cliche I do what is. 

And for Australians of a certain age toilet graffiti that was surprising

After the last few weeks of rain modelling has been more organisational than practical. Painting has not been an option in this moisture laden environment. I have removed all my paint etc stands to the back shed and taken the chance to better utilise my drawers. The results are below

The above drawer illustrates I do not have OCD or all the RLM codes would be easily readable on the right hand side.

I did dig out a Micro Mir 1.35 kit of a mini sub for a little bit of work on the weekend. It is very typical ex Iron curtain in manufacturing style. It has a slightly brittle plastic with some poorly engraved lines in part. For big parts like the main body there are lots of moulding gates. There is also insufficient bracing pieces over the long body.

Surprisingly there is a full cockpit area.It is a little sparse but very little will be visible through the  bubble canopy. Below are a few progress shots.