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JamesP

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  1. Brown sauce, and if we are feeling dirty a fried egg.
  2. I feel like I need to go and add some more detail to my 1/72 Frog kit
  3. Good to know you are OK. Unfortunately, someone else was also taken ill with heart issues I believe.
  4. I would seriously think about moving it a week either way so that it doesn't clash with the SW show at Bovington that now runs over both Saturday and Sunday. Previously when at Yeovilton it was on the Sat and many traders valiantly attended both shows over the weekend.
  5. Great to see someone else tackle this kit. It was my most challenging build. My one piece of advice upfront would be to replace all the locating pins with wire/rod of the appropriate size for the receiving hole, almost all are undersized.
  6. So the slots are the right size and the tongue is too thick Might be easier to just replace it with card. I plan to build mine in a bare metal scheme and then refurb my Frogspawn kit in the lilac scheme with the kit decals. I hoping that it might be possible to have the nose poseable using magnets.
  7. I thought this when I built the Black Shadow but was informed they weren’t valves but for weights to balance the wheel. They didn’t seem to be always present in photos I could find.
  8. Model Alliance decals but the kit is pretty much OOB. Small alterations to improve fit. Judge for yourself https://uamf.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=475&t=24145
  9. Am I missing something? Both interiors have walls and seats in as much as I can see of either.
  10. I always thought the C19 variant attractive whereas the WWII variants didn’t raise an eyebrow. So I’ve the later Aeroclub release in the stash too. Glad to see Valom are giving it a go though.
  11. I've seen positive reviews on the t'internet, the main draw seems to be that they closely match the old (not the old-old) Citadel colours. If you want the original colours (Titillating Pink anyone?) have look a Warcolours' Nostagia range https://www.warcolours.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=76 Further, to not answer your question.... I'm holding off buying any more acrylics for figure painting until I can try the Army Painter 'Warpaint:Fanatic' range due out in March, the current Warpaints are very hit and miss but have some nice colours as well as being cheap compared to most ranges. 'Fanatic' is a complete reformulation with up x3 more pigment and a new medium to help make that flow well. I have tried the new 3rd Gen AK acrylic, superb but very matt - which is what probably helps with the coverage.
  12. Thanks for the replies; I've cleaned many a paint lid and even have a dedicated blunt X-Acto knife for the job. I'm not looking for a paint mixer/contraption, got one, love it Yes the old paints don't skin over and dry out half as much as the new ones I'm specifically asking about dropper bottles and any potential issues with enamel paint eg will they blow up . I don't intend to decant all my paints just those I dip into regularly. I've bought some fresh tins of Hu33 and will experiment with the job lot of dropper bottles I use to decant my citadel paints into.
  13. In 40yrs I don’t think I’ve ever gotten to the bottom of a Humbrol tinlet as they always dry up before you do. Matt black is the worse as I’m constantly using it in small amounts. Now I realise that enamels are sold in tins as they are flammable but has anyone tried decanting them to a dropper bottle? Do they keep? What are pros and cons?
  14. Do Chinook blades fold? Will this be an option? As otherwise it takes up too much room for me.
  15. I remember in a model mag from the 80’s was a picture of a diorama using the Airfix skeleton slump against a sign which said “Waiting for the Airfix Chinook”.
  16. The Bulldog is a great choice... ... you can thank me later. Inpact 1/48 kit built May 2023
  17. A year of extremes looking at the Lotus and Starfire. I think the MGC is my favourite though
  18. Top notch work David especially with the classic kits.
  19. Glad you remembered as it’s a superb collection of models
  20. Many thanks. I replaced the awful kit decals with some from the Airfix Yellow Jacks and cut the flashes from decal paper.
  21. Thanks. It was an experiment after watching some YT videos on using contrasting colours for shadows. I started with spraying a purple maroon from underneath and then the turquoise from above
  22. Thanks. It’s very difficult to take good photos of even at this scale.
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