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Not really much done due to the weather, concrete floored garages are just not conducive in this sort of weather.

I’ve resprayed select bits on the Mine clearer and a little sanding on the bin. It’s now had a coat of primer that I’m not really happy with. Card is not a great material and seems to get furry if you sand it at all. I’ll have to do more spraying to see if I’m happier after that. I’ve definitely not sprayed it enough yet.

An indication of how cold it is is that the below hat is now being worn in addition to the winter jacket.

Apart from a 11km walk which was meant to be more like half that the week has consisted of a fair bit of modelling.

The Ki61 is still moving slowly forward with more small bits like the U/C being worked on. The aerial is looking better but will still need to be fitted and fettled when it’s closer to painting time.

The other mine clearer also got a coat of Dunkelgelb via the spray can and needs a little extra coat for a few missed bits.

An attempt was made to do some airbrushing practice but problems with using Xtracrylics has made me switch to Vallejo. Unfortunately even this didn’t work so a switch of airbrushes and a tear down will be needed next week as the mojo had run out yesterday.

Lastly was the skip bin which had a construction surge from one side to all four and some filler added to round out the weekend’s efforts.

Lastly I did order some stuff from BNA including a preorder for the 1.32 Hs 129 I want but who knows when it will arrive.

After a less than stellar week it was nice to get back to some modelling. It was mostly working on the Ki61. I have a couple of small issues to tidy up. The wing root join on the underside needed a two stage PSR cycle to get that sorted and a few small parts needed tidying up to get it nearly read for painting. Last up is the U/C area with the wheels needing finishing off still. Getting the hub/rubber interface to work is still ongoing. I think I’m up to at least my third coat on the rubber portion and the gear legs still.need sone painting. Lastly is the aerial which just doesn’t want to sit properly so another round of Milliput was needed. The last bit is eating up a bit of effort.

Nothing much else got done apart from listening to the Just Making Conversation podcast on Mojo.

Over the week I’ve been opening up some of my storage boxes and having a good kit fondle and discovering some gems, some started and some yet to be. More on this later.

And yes it’s cold, time for the winter jacket as I model in a garage.

A summary of this week’s modelling.