Tomohawk or Kittyhawk? They changed the name after P40-D I think. Anyway it's on my list. Just finished reading Derek Robinson's 'A good clean fight'. Put me in the mood to make one. Anyway lovely build.

Thanks, it's faffy, but if you look closely at the photos of the original Frisco Kid (my second post), the real nose cone wasn't exactly perfect.

*limeworks

Emphasis is usually structural first and foremost. Weather resistance next. Also, trying to prolong the life of the original stonework using sympathetic conservation techniques, usually lifeworks, indent repairs using a (as near as possible) match of the type of original stonework and lime mortar.

3mm masking tape around the bottom of the cone adjusted until straight and made a little loop of 6mm tamiya tape for the crown and just sat it on top.Spent a wee while adjusting everything until it looked right. More 6mm tape bellow the 3mm and bob's your uncle.

Thanks Stef.

Hi Dave, I'm a trained Monumental Mason, but work in Historic Building conservation around Oxfordshire and Berkshire.

A few more pics inc the original.

Now, his statue is in the Rood screen of St. Albans Abbey as one of the seven martyrs. Carved by the late Sculptor Rory Young helped by his assistant, my wife.

Tell me about it. Binned a Gecko K2y Ambulance last year. Over engineered and massively confusing instructions. Also sprews have quite heavy jointing to parts, trying to clean up a 1.5mm wide radius arm after removing it from the sprew made me question my life choices. Never again.

Blending flesh tones is really hard when you start. It really comes down to practice makes perfect. I'm still on the low slopes, but getting better. I recommend VMS Varnish HD Matt for matt coating, it's clear out of the bottle so no milky residue.

It is, very nice, as my avatar suggests.