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Another build complete this one taking 4 months (although I had some big problems with this one). First thing a quote from Michael Caine "Use the difficulty" https://youtu.be/GAB89fOdA-I?si=Zyd-squval1Irham Never has this been more appropriate for a build. The build itself wasn't too bad.. quite a few fit issues, flash, and not quite as detailed as Id really have liked. So some building up of the cockpit, hiding the engine away (lost of distortion in engine beareers etc.) But considering this is a 1970s moulding it could be worse.. Then comes the BIG issue after an almost perfect brush paint job, gloss varnish then decals the matt vanish goes full on white! Plenty of research and reading later trying to find a solution other then what I already know of spraying some gloss on comes to nothing. A quick spray of gloss only half removes the white (it was only a light matt coat too) and the varnish reacts with the decal fix on the decals and anywhere solution once was, crinkles the decals (2 to falling off the decals had been left for nearly a week before varnish) and I think its ruined and its still white in places!! Some thinking and bouncing idears off fellow modellers and a brain wave...it looks like frost so lets make it defrosting in the sun, with a canopy cover to drape over the tail or to avoid ruining the canopy if I should decide to refurbish it in the future. So here is Spitfire Vb 1:24 scale defrosting in the sun and a reminder to me at least to use the difficulty. And I still couln't get the cowlings to sit right.

thats perfect THANK YOU!! Just what I was looking for!

Im building a 303 squadron machine so the Home Counties, but it was more general.

Question for the collective. What would happen to operational spitfires at night in winter during the war... would they try to get everything in to a hangar if they where available? or a canopy cover? Is there any pics of covered spits for the period? Thanks

Ill have to look them up. Thanks for the recommendation I hope the temperature didnt efefct it.. It was 11c outside and it goes straight into a warm airing cupboard after spraying. I fear that maybe the solution....see if airfix can supply new decals

Thank you both. The bottle I was using for something else. The model is only painted in enamel paints and enamel spray with enamel gloss under the decals then the problematic matt enamel varnish and now 2 thin ish coats of gloss on top since that’s what humbrol own page recommends to try absorbing the bloom.

Just put a coat of matt varnish on my 1:24 spitfire and it went like this. Tried the tip from humbrol and other (ive had success with before) of a gloss coat on top The gloss reacted with the decal fix solution (yes it was fully dry for a few days) and didn't absorb all the matting agent... looking for additional suggestions to remove the rest of the whiting or any other thoughts to hide it. (the other wing isnt as bad this is the worst section)

Thanks Troy. It looks like as you said the gear retraction is a gimmick which is probably why everything is a bit off plus combined with the excess of flash and sink marks etc. I thank you for the links as they confirmed its not just my kit suffering with theses problems.

Has anybody built the 1:24 spitfire Vb kit...I'm having issues with the gear and wing attachment and looking for advice if ive missed something or instructions are wrong etc.. Instructions show a cannon plus 2 machine guns in each wing and the gear in a slot but the cannon barrels are too thick to join the wing halves together and the gear locked down pushes the wing apart and excessively cambers the wheel (if the cannon is left out) and the wheel is too thick if I put the gear up. Scalemates instructions (step 16-19) Havent I messed up something or is it bad/wrong....Hive mind advice please.

Maybe I'll have to renew the Roden club membership then... btw do we get a badge? 🤣 I downloaded some wood plans to try... not braved how to yet though!

Im thinking of getting a "standard" B-36 too maybe the 1:72 revell boxing? 😅 Thank you all. So whats the club benefits of joining the Roden club? 🤣

Looks really good. Ive had vallejo recommended to me a few times but haven't been brave enough to find and try them yet.

From what I can see this is the first time an NB-36H has been posted in the RFI section and my first ever experiance with a Roden kit. So here is the Roden NB-36H nuclear test aircraft an aircraft well worth reading up on as not only was it a test for the use of reactors in the air but also for the use of potentially powering an aircraft with a nuclear reactor, its self a worrying concept with todays knowledge of radiation etc. Extract from wikipedia for info on the conversion of a B-36H into the NB-36H "The original crew and avionics cabin was replaced by a massive lead- and rubber-lined 11 ton crew section for a pilot, copilot, flight engineer and two nuclear engineers. Even the small windows had 25-to-30-centimeter-thick (10–12 in) lead glass.The aircraft was fitted with a 1-megawatt air-cooled reactor, with a weight of 35,000 pounds (16,000 kg). This was hung on a hook in the middle bomb bay to allow for easy loading and unloading, so that the radioactive source could be kept safely underground between the test flights. A monitoring system dubbed "Project Halitosis" measured radioactive gases from the reactor." With this being my first Roden I didnt really know what to expect beyound what was told to me by one of my fellow IG modellers. So what did I find?....Well the plastic varies between parts, the fuselage being quite thick and hard the wings being thiner and softer. Overall fit was ok a little filler needed on the fuelage half seams and a little extra on the wing joint (wing goes onto fueslage not slotted in) the worst fit was with the engine intakes of the wing leading edge this needed quite a bit of fill and sand fill and sand to get the smooth look of the real thing and the prop spinners needed some work to get a flush fit with the back plate. Overall surface detail is good just could do with being a little deeper. Biggest faults with this kit is 1- the decals lots of edging that I couldn't cut off on the paper as it seems to tare the decal (I had to trim some once dry on model), 2- Instructions the decal numbers are wrong in quite a few places following them aimlessly I ended up with the fueslage striped on the engines and the next day the engine stripes on the fueslage. Yes the engine stripes where too long but I thought they where just longer then needed. So a little dive into the spare decals and a bit of air india 707 spare trim cut to size fixed that. 3- The nose weight needs more then stated, I had to remove the cockpit glass and slip in some lead strips and pva glue to stop it nose bouncing (it didn't tail sit but did hover.) 4- The holes in the wheels for the axel is far larger then the axel size resulting in a hard time getting a non cambered or loose wheel. 5- The decals unfortunatly are out of alinment when printing resulting in that staggered annoyance. Would I make another Roden?.. Yes but I would ceratinly look at the instructions much more closely. Built OOB using plastikote mettalic silver, plastikote brilliant metallic silver, Revell 90, 99, 91, Humbrol 15, 24, 33 So here she is the "BMF" NB-36H (taking the pics I noted the tail reg slipped on one side!)

Do love a Trident especially one so well made.

stunning build!