The Cannuck is looking good.

Got the first set of decals on last night and today. They are taking a lot longer than I anticipated and very difficult to work with. They are thin, stubborn, do not like being moved once on the model, prone to tearing and resistant to microsol and set! I have had to give them a coat of microscale liquid decal film to strengthen them a bit.


Only another hundred or so to go.

Good luck with them decals, Stephen. The kit is looking really nice.

Thanks Ben. I've found that very hot water helps to soften and get them to settle down. I'm also going to try some thinned white glue under them. It's going to take a few days to get it all done though. They remind me of how Roden's decals used to be.
I have to commend Round2 models for giving us better quality and more accurate decals than in the AMT originals, but I do wish they had gone to someone like Cartograf to print them!

Hi everybody, real nice builds, Rob love your Phantom.
Here is my little contribution to honor Russell.

Time to catch up with Terrible Terrier. Whether it is the kit or the modeler, I had some fit problems. Much CA and some white glue to the rescue, plus sanding.




Russell was scandalized that in spite of my stable of airbrushes, that I would deign to use rattle cans. Yet, with my current situation, I am not able to fire up the a.b., so here's the jet with several coats of Dupli-Color:


I just sanded it down a bit to try to remove some sparklies. Next, decals!

Gonzalo,

Good start to the Berkut.

Phil,

Thank you for finishing Russell's Uhu, and building the He 280 that he always wanted to build.

Ben,

Beauty that CF-100 is!

I, too, had a paint interaction on my Hasegawa Tony - I think the gloss white primer had not cured long enough before I applied the Tamiya aircraft aluminum.

Stephen,

One of the few things that competed for Russell's modeling attention was Star Trek. Russell was a walking encyclopedia of Gene Roddenberry's creation. Your shuttle would please him.

Lap Man,

Splendid TRS2! What a beautiful aircraft.

Stephen---The shuttle really looks nice thus far.

Phil---Great work on the He-280!

Ben---You are almost there! Glad you got the tail issue worked out on the CF-100. Looks good!

Eric---Nice looking camo on the A-37.


Gonzalo---Nice progress on the Berkut. Great subject matter.


Frederick---- Good looking F-80, sir!

Russell would be very proud of each and every one of these projects.


Best wishes,

Ian

Fred, well done on the F-80.
I often use rattle cans for the pure ease. There is a slight learning curve so you don't pool it up, but, rattle cans are a savior.
I'm cheering for you to get her done!!!

Gonzalo, that Berkut is beautiful. What an incredible evolutionary design. Well done!!

Thanks, Russell had a few of his Trek models over on Model geek which were always nice to see. I remember he used to photoshop them into space backgrounds.
I'm persevering with it, whether I'll make the deadline is another question.
Good luck with the F-80.

The decals have been wonderful!

You guy's are turning out some super builds !





Terri

Hi Terri,

Thanks for stopping in.

That's amazing, Fred; and you did your magic in about only 10 days. Well done, indeed.

Good to hear from you, Terri. You'll be getting a ribbon soon for your wonderful P-51.

All my main colors are finally on. I hope to do decals tomorrow.

Ben,

A beauty!

Ben , that is looking really sharp . Can't wait to see her with the markings on !



Terri

Ben and Frederick-----Nice pair of natural metal plank wing jets. Ben, you had a lot of cutting and bending but the -100 really shaped up nicely.

Best wishes,

Ian

Just needs the landing gear and blast pipe.

Russell didn't care much about sports but he did follow the St Louis Cardinals. Their caps in 1950 were dark blue with a red bill. That is how I painted the pilot's brain bucket and avoided matching paint to the blue nose decals.

I know that Russell would have liked that F-80, Fred. Looking at it now, it reminds me of the F-104 he built and entered in the monthly contest here on AeroScale.

Thanks to everyone for their kind words

Here are the latest pictures, scheme got changed a little bit

Frederick: nice work on your F-80 real nice bird.

Ben; real interesting aircraft, cant wait to see it done.

Ian,: Nice Lank, love that aircraft.

Haven't been able to post pictures in the campaign Gallery, Ill try later