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FinnAndersen

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  1. You are obviously more informed than me. In any case, its your model and I'm not in a position to critisize your choices. I have a penchant for near mint planes and that probably upsets my judgement. You have still built a very impressive model, don't forget that.
  2. I've seen some builds where the modeller did not get the right forward rake on the u/c legs. That definitely puts the 'stang on its toes. Correcting u/c leg lengths is for the educated 😉
  3. Do you honestly believe that W/C Johnson's fitter would let the Wingco's plane get that dirty and tattered? 'Cause I don't. That rant notwithstanding, you've done an impressive job. Congrats. /Finn
  4. Checked my Whirlwind references (I've got a very soft spot for "Crickey"). Valiant airframe album #4 has both DE, DG and sky undersides, spinners and fuselage band AND OG (or Mixed gey), DG and MSG with sky spinner and fuselage band. I suppose you could do it any way you want, as the planes was repainted around October 1941. HTH Finn
  5. Agreed. A pity, as it was getting interesting 🙂
  6. They are nice, well done. I've got a pair of my own, intended to be built as a pair of post war RDAF birds. If I only come near to your standard, I'll be satisfied.
  7. Well done. A man cannot have too few XII's. It seems that you've avoided to pitfalls I fell in doing the previous version. I very tempted to have another go at a XII 🙂 /Finn
  8. A plastic pipette, like this one https://www.temu.com/ul/kuiper/un9.html?subj=coupon-un&_bg_fs=1&_p_jump_id=895&_x_vst_scene=adg&goods_id=601099527276798&sku_id=17592263791150&adg_ctx=a-6fde5d48~c-073844e2~f-d054f034&_x_ads_sub_channel=shopping&_p_rfs=1&_x_ns_prz_type=-1&_x_ns_sku_id=17592263791150&mrk_rec=1&_x_ads_channel=google&_x_gmc_account=5076073866&_x_login_type=Google&_x_ads_account=5695467342&_x_ads_set=20797576552&_x_ads_id=155487865083&_x_ads_creative_id=681708980119&_x_ns_source=g&_x_ns_gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgan6t5KhhAMV2qmDBx296gGoEAQYByABEgIQi_D_BwE&_x_ns_placement=&_x_ns_match_type=&_x_ns_ad_position=&_x_ns_product_id=17592263791150&_x_ns_target=&_x_ns_devicemodel=&_x_ns_wbraid=Cj4KCAiAt5euBhBaEi4AIFKbsOTgOBZhzwzoXyL1qcfVFxuYJugEEUt54vArMHqUEtZbK-UwCYc0j8mFGgI8tA&_x_ns_gbraid=0AAAAAo4mICHY8zMA8fVMA8GdH_rNMBMzX&_x_ns_targetid=pla-2195477599320&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgan6t5KhhAMV2qmDBx296gGoEAQYByABEgIQi_D_BwE
  9. Don't you have the kit part? Surely that would give you a shape and size? From the picture it seems that the clear blister, without flat panel, was the same size as the original?
  10. I never said it could not be done 🙂 , it's just difficult. Each one must use his own strengths and mine is cutting off noses and sticking them on other planes. Congratulations on a well done job /Finn
  11. Very interesting project. Not sure what you mean by "Looks like fabric". Was the plane not made of aluminium? Also note the tear along the starboard forward door edge. Looks like the fuselage is broken there too can't wait to see your result. Keep us posted /Finn
  12. Is it just me or is the cannon at little too long? Perhaps an effect of missing the outer (or inner) stub ?
  13. Fantastic stuff. Hats off to brilliant research. Recommended.
  14. Is somebody able to pass this question past ChatGPT? Seems we're running out of knowledge and into guessing anyway. AI is theoretically able to tranverse all of the internet, so why not try? /Finn
  15. I can hardly believe what you have achieved. I my little world this is just impossible and yet you have pulled it off. One of the key things wrong with the original model is the Canopy, specifically the windscreen. Replacing that item, works wonders for the look of the model. Along with your other refinements, you have elevated the model from a crude toy to a piece of art. Hats off and 3 cheers... /Finn
  16. Have your kit wheels gone missing? I have a very old Monogram model and those wheels do not look at all as P-51 wheels. Not surprising as the F-82 wheels would carry almost double the weight of the P-51 /Finn
  17. It's very useful to be able to post picture here, e.g. When you have finished your B-17 and want to show us the proud result. I believe there's somewhere a tutorial about doing this. If you try and fail to find it, ask for help, we'll try to help out /Finn
  18. Wonder if you could scan the instructions and put it here? /Finn
  19. What a miss 🙂. Anyway, and perhaps a red heering, I know that the Norwegian squadron had their spinners adorned with stripes in their national colours: red, white, blue although not on the tip of the spinner. It's a very nice little detail, and one that will make your model stand out, so go for it. /Finn
  20. As far as I can see, you have "stripes" on the tail fin and rudder too. Believe its a fault in the reproduction of the photo. /Finn
  21. Buffaloes are a PITA and you may find that the Hasegawa is not quite correct for the version you choose. Decals aside, you can always use decals from a different aircraft, provided they have the right size. One very real problem is the size of squadron codes. There exists sheets of generic codes, often in 20" or 24" size. The trouble is that the RAF (and presumably the RAAF) employed sign painters to paint the codes. This they did without stencils and sometimes in odd sizes, e.g. 41 Sqn. RAF which consistently had codes 22" high on their Spitfires, even post war. Some use a Silhouette printer to make masks for this purpose, but it's not easy in this scale. ALPS printers are long gone, so... The last thing I would attempt was trying to paint codes by hand, but given enough practise, it may be done. /Finn
  22. only know of this https://www.redroomodels.com/product/dk-decals-no-453-sqn-raaf-1-72-scale/ /Finn
  23. WOW, this is one I've been searching for years, since reading Clostermans "The Big Show" where he mentions "Bay" as fearing neither God or the Devil. Excellent model, captures the thoroughbred look of a Tempest. /Finn PS: I also have a Silhouette cutter. Any chance you could send me your cutter files? Would be much appreciated.
  24. Colour is of course a very troublesome entity and you are quite right, these photo's may well be somewhat off when compared to paint samples, however when I see a roundel, I know that it most likely was yellow, blue, white and red, and I can identify these colours even if distorted by the photographic process I was more interested in the level of detail of the photo. Most likely it was taken by a professional photographer using a 6X6 system camera. It does not get much better. /Finn
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