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Nobody has ever told me that I've forgotten my nav lights but then again, nobody has told me that I've made a crap model.:laugh:

A nice haul of kits there PC, a kit collector in all of us. Do we have enough life left to build our stashes...doubt it.:fraidnot:

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Nice work Gents - all four looking good :)

Jon - do whatever you feel like with the nav lights and then forget 'em! Life's too short...

Great stash PC - it must be really hard to decide what to build next. A couple of Bristols? Now that's an idea for me :)

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2 hours ago, hairystick said:

I've been to hobby shops which were far less well stocked than PC's place!

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I suspect that those are in fact the walls of an illicit Temple to Modelling and not a stash at all. Midwesterners are apparently a kind bunch of people, thrifty, and breathe sparkly air:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/18/midwest-is-the-best-studies_n_5500725.html

 

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4 hours ago, Procopius said:

 

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With regard to the stash. “The first step of solving the problem is admitting you have a problem”. I can’t see any thing awry here so feel free to build those 1/32s and your earliest convenience. :rambo:

 

J

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40 minutes ago, johnd said:

As above, do as you feel like for the nav lights but if you're not going to cut them out I'd say silver rather than red/green.

 

John.

I think that's the way I am leaning too.

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I note that, in the world of injustice, our favourite Midwesterner* has not one but two, count 'em, two TSR.2 kits in the gentleman's scale and I have none. None I tell you. T'ain't right...:P

 

He also has an entire flight of Lightnings, which while not such a cause for jealousy, does seem a tad, hmm, ambitious? :pilot:

 

He does not appear to have a Goose I can steal, so still stuck on that front.

 

Stash envy is a terrible thing, but then so is basement envy, and I have both :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*other inferior Midwesterners may be available, but I know nothing of such pale imitations...

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9 hours ago, Procopius said:

My nickname at work is "Actually", because that's how I begin every third sentence. I know I have a problem and I'm working to fix myself. 

Avereda Jnr’s household nickname is “Actually,Technically, Basically” as every sentence he utters contains one of these words, sometimes all of them.

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8 hours ago, Procopius said:

The Bisley cowlings just need to dry and then can be assembled:

 

25900828728_7496534dd3_b.jpg2018-01-18_10-51-13 by Edward IX, on Flickr

 

The tailplanes are also on, reinforced with grey gloop after the photo was taken:

 

27994162549_14f15ee117_b.jpg20180118_221119 by Edward IX, on Flickr

 

About what you can hope for with a butt join. Tamiya Extra Thin has slain its thousands, but Humbrol cement slew its ten thousands here; its adhesive properties were remarkable. 

 

Stash photo time!

 

39062880464_5a1ffecb6f_b.jpg20180118_221835 by Edward IX, on Flickr

 

39062880194_c96ae5b75d_b.jpg20180118_221819 by Edward IX, on Flickr

 

27994162009_042959a664_b.jpg20180118_221423 by Edward IX, on Flickr

 

27994160559_87e8190ee3_b.jpg20180118_221541 by Edward IX, on Flickr

 

24902860977_0d41898ba4_b.jpg20180118_221430 by Edward IX, on Flickr

 

24902861067_77d051b80f_b.jpg20180118_221508 by Edward IX, on Flickr

 

39772680011_b1b9c1de26_b.jpg20180118_221535 by Edward IX, on Flickr

 

39772679221_c6e68ea4fa_b.jpg20180118_221549 by Edward IX, on Flickr

 

39772678331_55c3017dbf_b.jpg20180118_221602 by Edward IX, on Flickr

 

39062868264_da793a9306_b.jpg20180118_221612 by Edward IX, on Flickr

 

39772677261_a71ab87bd7_b.jpg20180118_221625 by Edward IX, on Flickr

 

On some level this all represents a profound failure to find completion within myself as a human being.

Looks like you have less hunters than I remember, which could classed as progress in reducing the stash, just in case someone is saying there is too many...

 

Rob

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5 hours ago, CedB said:

Nice work Gents - all four looking good :)

Jon - do whatever you feel like with the nav lights and then forget 'em! Life's too short...

Great stash PC - it must be really hard to decide what to build next. A couple of Bristols? Now that's an idea for me :)

 

I see you resisted the temptation for a fnaar fnaaar or two .....

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So I am officially an idiot 

 

Interior green on the Mk I cockpit, so far so good:

 

24912880757_68304a782f_c.jpgBlenheim oops by jongwinnett, on Flickr

 

Might as well undercoat the turrets while I have paint in the airbrush, doh!

 

39072829504_babf7732c3_c.jpgBlenheim oops by jongwinnett, on Flickr

 

Forgot to mask the openings...

 

So I fully expect overspray on the insides. If it won't clear off, I have spares, but will have another tedious masking job. I applied a Mk 1 thumb to cover the opening, but doubt it was sufficient. All in the low bake oven (airing cupboard) overnight to harden off. 

 

A few few hiccups are to be expected, airbrushing is still a novelty!

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Looks good Jon; for masking gaps like the turret openings I recommend a cut-off piece of old washing up sponge; incredibly compressible it will spring back to fill an opening and can be removed with tweezers afterward... bit late with that information, I suppose, sorry :blush:

 

Cheers,

 

Stew

 

Edit - good for landing gear bays and the like too...

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14 hours ago, Procopius said:

On some level this all represents a profound failure to find completion within myself as a human being.

Ah now, I wouldn't say that, but be the lord Harry, that's a mighty collection.  Nice to see a Westland Wyvern among the completed models.

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Yes John  I can highly recommend the sponge technique. Good luck with the over / in spray. I’m sure you’ll sort it after the canopy miracle the other day. I think you must have magic fixit fairies in your end of the woods. 

 

John

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Impatience got the better of me. I think it'll be ok, and gave the insides a wipe clean with thinner, but on closer inspection the cockpit glazing joints are as rough as, so will need work and then a respray tomorrow.

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3 hours ago, Stew Dapple said:

Looks good Jon; for masking gaps like the turret openings I recommend a cut-off piece of old washing up sponge; incredibly compressible it will spring back to fill an opening and can be removed with tweezers afterward... bit late with that information, I suppose, sorry :blush:

 

Cheers,

 

Stew

 

Edit - good for landing gear bays and the like too...

Dampened paper towels/facial tissues/toilet paper work, too. Toilet paper, however, should be dampened only with tap water!

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