I’ve actually worked on three kits this week die to the weather today. I’ve done some more assembly on the Ki61 so the body and wings are together but not joined to each other yet. No issues on the apart from a little sanding after using some Ironlak chrome to look for any joint problems. I’m now up to adding in the rear spine part which along with the engine cover needs a little fettling. This may in part due to me painting the insides of these parts.

The Raumer S had some pre shading added with Ironlak black and just this arvo I did a quick spray if the Vallejo Dark Yellow. This seems to come out as quite a bit drier than Tamiya’s version and in a greater quantity but maybe that was me holding the can back a little further. More uses will straighten this out.

Lastly is the Ekranoplane. Because it’s so hot 45 minutes was all I could manage in the garage. On the plus side it’s all my own man cave but on the negative side there are some days that are too hot or cold to do anything. Today was such a day.

Given it is a kit of a not large number of large parts even in 1.144 I dragged this inside and sat on the lounge mostly watching Australian Survivor. Judge me if you want but at least it’s not MAFS or it’s ilk.

This was a snip and sand exercise but at least it’s started and I can do some assembly another day.

There are some smaller parts still to do another day from the A sprue.