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Why has no one mentioned Pease Pudding yet?
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Hi Nightwing and welcome aboard. What's your modelling poison - vehicles, armour, aircraft??
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I'll take the King's shilling on this one, sign me up please.
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Great progress, looks unusual with the RPs. Will be fantastic when the markings go on.
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- RAF Cold War 1/48.
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I will most certainly be there.
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Hi Larry and welcome to our merry band.
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Hawker Hurricane IIc, 34 Squadron, Palel, Burma, 1943
mackem01 replied to russ c's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
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1/48 AMT A-20G in D-Day markings
mackem01 replied to Collin's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
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Hi, I've bought one of these for the 48th Boston I'm attempting in a current GB. I've never used these before and assumed they were peel off items - is that correct as mine do not want to come off. Can anyone educate me in the finer points of these things. I need to get it right as there's no instructions in the pack and an awful lot of glazing on a Boston!
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Very much so.......thank-you.
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Hi MM, if all goes according to plan, I fancy a European intruder in grey/green/night undersides, failing that then something deserty!
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OK, so we are just over a week in and a suitable candidate has been selected. I had several options open to me and after much humming and ha-ing I chose this, more on looks alone than anything else: In 48th she's big and impressive and just the sort of thing to keep me busy. With that said I made a start with the usual internal painting and small assemblies Spruced up the cockpit with the Yahu IP, it gives my lack-lustre talent a leg up and makes all the difference: A little bit of paint in the rear crew compartment: Finally the seats and belts were added: Started to put a little detail in the nose compartment as it is noticeably bare and quite visible. As I couldn't find a decent picture this is just guess work! As the kit part on my kit is little more than an amorphous blob of plastic, I will try to fashion a bomb-sight that looks a little better, and I think we should have the fuselage join by the next installment. More later folks.....
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Put me down too. Now to find a manageable sized kit.
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Love this release and I'm hoping that Airfix are testing the water for future interwar releases. It is an area ripe with possible releases.
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Just putting a place holder here as I'd like to join in. Will be rummaging through the stash later for a suitable candidate.
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Camera / test equipment installation perhaps?
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Welcome aboard Willie, great to have you here.
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Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIc 1/48 Arma Hobby
mackem01 replied to Ettore's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
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Lots of great insights and advice there which I'm very grateful for. Having a weekend away so will put all this to good use when I return.
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Hi ckw, they were both builds I started for GB's. First was a Classic Airframes Vampire NF10. The kit had a fit where it touches vibe, parts would not line up, and to cap it off the radome was smaller diameter-wise than the fuselage. Second kit was Airfix Hawker Sea Fury. It assembled OK but seemed "under tension". My guess proved right when I tried to put the wing centre section on and it literally sprang apart. That was it, I walked away and four months later I went into the den to clear the bits (that was yesterday). May search through the stash later to see if anything takes my fancy.
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I've been absent on here for quite some time now. After a couple of bad turns with the last two kits, I just walked away from the bench. I'm now looking at going back but just wondering how to approach that. Should I try to take up where I left off and possibly sicken myself again or should I start afresh with something else and see how that goes? I've never walked away for this long before so would appreciate any suggestions.
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Welcome aboard K0ala, good to have you here. I'm a brush painter too (with mixed results 😄