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Awesome build. Great skill. What glue do you use when gluing painted parts together?

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superb work )

what airbrush kit setup would you recommend?

How much is 50 pounds in USD?

A FAA plane in RAF desert...🤨. Weird. GR8 build & vid, many thanx 👍👍

I went to Hannents today when visiting the RAF museum. I mentioned to them that although I had got stuff from them via the net I had no idea their physical shop was here and I only found out through your channel. The guys in the shop then showed me your models in their display case. They look even more amazing in real life!

I've learned to use white spirit to remove the carrier film for the decals. Just gently rub and it peels off without issue

What a beautiful build! And a wonderful aircraft. I can remember them when I was a young lad when the Australian Fleet Air Arm had them. And I've subscribed.

Another great build Luke, I'm glad you have gone away from pre shading your models now and more focusing on post shading

You should do a video build but no weathering. See how it comes out. Like Tamiya does.

Very nice job. FYI. The leading edge de-icing boots were black rubber, so never chipped to reveal bare metal.

Great result. I love seeing US aircraft in British markings, and this camo scheme works really well.

This was such an awesome build! The Jolly Rodger’s scheme is definitely my favorite on the F-14 and the F-18, it looks so good👍 Thanks for sharing… you’re an awesome builder! Just subbed to the channel🫡

One of the best looking planes the US produced during WW2

Great video. Absolutely outstanding paint and varnish finish.

Nice work 😀

How much did Eduard save by leaving off alignment tab plastic for the flying surfaces?

Brilliant job! Amazing details, excellent paint and weathering and outstanding final reveal.

Very nice decals & camouflage RAF roundels i like this aircraft.

I agree a simplistic kit a great result. Nice aircraft build Grumman Martlet Wildcat fighter plane.

Hi the exact part of my kit was broken like yours luckily I found it in the box.

Which type of glue do you use? When I’m trying glue two painted parts they are melt paint instead 🤔 PS Great Work as always!

Looks stunning! What do you use to take the final shots? It’s really crisp pictures!

How did I miss this one? Brilliant......👍🏻👏🏻👌🏻

Great build Luke. Just a little suggestion on faded or darkened colours: for the middle stone use buff or an off-white colour; to darken it use a tan or any light brown. For the Earth brown colour use tan or yellow & to darken use a red brown or olive drab colour. I’ve been experimenting with camo highlight & shadow colours for a while in preparation for the painting stage of the Eduard Mirage iiicz from the SAAF. It’s a step-by-step video build & I’m going to discuss selecting the correct colour to darken or lighten your base colour; without using white or black. If you’re interested I can send you a link once I’ve uploaded it.

Really nice.....and a very distinctly interesting subject!. I'm really taken by the Desert Air Force scheme(s). Great video again, young sir! 👌🏻👏🏻👍🏻

Very nice. I recently built the Eduard F4F-4 Wildcat with a chipped paint finish (US markings). I might need to get the Tamiya kit and build my first British aircraft. 😉 Peace and love.

Be a lot better looking model if details were painted b4 slapping model together along with boredom scripted monologue.

Beautiful work 👍

A few notes about the desert schemes - the Azure Blue underside that you sometimes see in Profiles is almost certainly fake. Given the nature of how these F4Fs were received by the Brits (originally being intended for the Greeks and painted overall NS Light Grey) and how they were rushed into service in North Africa, it's known that several of them never even received the Dark Earth portion of the scheme. In 1/72 (obviously not helpful for this kit) Xtradecal do provide some of the desert schemes on a Yanks with Roundels set, and possible on a second sheet as well. Those notes aside, I really enjoyed this build and video. It's been a good while since watching a build video very nearly tempted me to go order the kit, but this one handily accomplished that! Once I clear a few things off the bench I may just have to go for it. Looking forward to more!

Pretty awsome build. The chipping and the overall paint job, really like what you did with damage stencil decals, scary to watch, but the effect was very convincing. I have a motorized Tamiya version of this aircraft havent built it yet. Since its motorized i want to display taking off or touching down so im researching the water effects (splash or wave) and what it looked like. Anyway great looking build congratulations.

Very nice build.

I love that Ammo smart putty, no oily residue like Silly Putty.

Good job fading the fabric-covered flying surfaces. Even the Wildcat at the Yankee Air Museum's flying stable in Ypsilanti, Michigan, has a lot of contrast in those areas, despite being a show bird.

Excellent work, you don't see a lot of FAA aircraft in RAF Mediterranean camo.

I looked into 2 different Wildcats' wheel wells at 2 different air shows. It's a busy place. Go nuts with the details.

Well done mate looks supe good 👍

Well done my friend

The livery on that f4f is probably my favorite on the f4f lovely build also!

Pity you did not deal with joint where leading edge is connecting to fusulage and sides of canopy. Boths 10 minute jobs

What an interesting scheme, your techniques certainly brought it to life.

Tanto detalhe por dentro , e quando fecha o pastel , fica tudo escondido.

Beautifully built kit

Great build and interesting desert scheme ww2 Fleet Air Arm aircraft are often forgotten by kit manufactures

Very nice!

Well done! From my understanding the underside color has the same FS number as the gull grey used on navy phantoms.

Cracking work, amazing how different an airframe can look with a different scheme.

Great job amigo! Did that rattle can varnish/clear coat get ya?

Fab build Luke, any hints as to what we may be seeing from you next? Would love to see your take on a Legacy or Super Hornet. Cheers!