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Very Nice Yearbook there Boss Man Lovely Work

Hi fidgeh Google "Spruecutters" Or search for Them on you tube they are From Singapore I think and use Tamiya extra thin (Green Cap) Briefly dry fit as always then Place the two halfs to be glued together leave a slight gap run a thin bead of extra thin and use capillary action down the seam then wait about 10 seconds to let the glue soften the plastic a bit then put together and gently squeeze if you have done it right the excess glue will ooze out a thin bead of plastic and chemically seal the two halves as it works by slightly melting the plastic then you can clean up the joint with some abrasive or get some finishing sanding sponges phil flory and Paul Little cars sell the finishing sponges this works even with a slightly bad join although obviously not a big gap watch the video all will hopefully become clearer Tamiya extra thin is strong stuff do not apply too much as you will possibly melt more than just the seam (I melted some Italeri Tank tracks doing this )

That Looks Nice So far I have Voyager In The Stash you should see the Decal Sheet and the size of the thing thats why its still in its box my Ikea display case isn't big enough Watching with Interest

Bloody Lovely that is I have Eduards ME 262 In 1\44 Masking the Canopy

Looking Good Don One thing though everytime I Look at your Avatar It turns my stomach Who Is It

Its Tiny! Masking the canopy I nearly went blind even with an optivisor , The Model Is the Eduard duo Pack which has 2 1/44 Me 262 Being Eduard The moldings are crisp and have recessed panel lines and all the detail is there except the pit is very basic thank goodness I hope she doesn't sit on her tail I put tiny fishing weights in the fuselage as per Bret Green On Hyperscale your not wrong and the painting schemes look quite Complex but FUN I Think It was under a tenner for the Kit Cheers

I Like that idea managed to remove the overspray with a cocktail stick lightly dipped in thinners and rubbing away the excess Cheers

Hi tank152 I See your point On The Side of the Tamiya Box Art there are faded blobs in A Khaki Colour which I copied and drew onto the mask then cut out the shapes to try and duplicate this Mottling I don't feel Competent enough to try this Freehand yet Thats why Cheers

Hi All Following on from my Last Post I Have been Practising With my Iwata HP-CS And have resprayed the Fiesler V1 Upper RLM Green Also Sorted out the lighting and can now see the wet Spray you have talked about which helps me guage how much paint Iam Applying Also I Purchased an Iwata Preset Handle from Paul at Little Cars and this to me just makes the whole process less tense as you can only throw the lever as far as you have set the Preset Handle which for me brought a somewhat predictable and easily controllable painting experience and also remembered to spray at 15 PSI which was much better I digress again I have got a small amount of Green overspray on the Hell Blau under side how would I remove this without damaging the underlying colour which has a coat of Klear over the top Its Tamiya Acrylics and thinned with X20A Finally I made masks with Canon Photo Paper and just held these on with my finger and lightly sprayed over the top seemed to work well with no Paint ridge and a nice soft edge I think my Faith and confidence is returning and I had FUN My 13 year old daughter had a little go and got the hang of the AB Very quickly

Thats a Really Nice Spit Tamiyas Mk 1 Just falls together doesnt It Lovely Kit Good Job

Well done Max Lovely Job

pte 1643 Thanks for the Help I Love my Eclipse and yours looks Brand New Nice Lines indeed As I have said further up the post Iam all set to try again and will definately be going for it this weekend Cheers Justin

Any time Roys If you fancy the Iwata Eclipse Preset handle Paul at Little Cars has them for £ 27 Not cheap but having practiced with it The travel of the Main trigger is nicely restricted and the brush still looks and feels nice and I can see that for the money it looks like it will Last a long time UPDATE I Can report very Positive results having now tried the Preset Handle It works superbly well cheers Justin

Hi Jetblast and Phil Phil Many Congrats To the AB'S World Champs again at Last and may I say the NZ Did a fine Job Hosting The Tournament Well Done Back On Topic Thanks for the Advice I have been Practicing every day with water sprayed at an old Junker Model Just to get the feel of the trigger and action Its always been Smooth but firm I noticed I have a tendency to whilst pushing down on the trigger and pulling back after a few goes to lift up and just be blowing air I got round this by really being aware of doing this and trying to keep the AB Consistently Painting could be a bit of weakness in that finger I don't really know I will have a play around with the lighting and see what I can do Also the day in question I think the paint was too thin or too high Pressure and what I should have done was realise this was not going to go well and walk away calm down and try again trouble is the damage was done by then and I was annoyed with myself another thing I had not modelled at all for one reason or another for 3 months and when i started this session My AB Did not Perform as expected usually with the Eclipse their is no dramas and its very Predictable but I have worked out that the AB Is fine my Paint mix was too thin and I must have pulled back too far on the trigger with too much Pressure I have masked up again and am ready to try again have got the preset handle for the eclipse to hopefully nullify my ham fistedness or at least help a bit Sorry for the rambling once i start i find it hard to stop maybe i need therapy Cheers All Justin

Hi Roys I can help you here as I had a Triple action handle for my HP C-S If the make you are interested Is Made by a guy called Gentry Riley (well known in USA Airbrushing circles) Then Personally I wouldn't bother For me it messed up the Look Balance and Feel of the Eclipse and I had Problems with what I can only describe as Light Rust/ Corrosion On The Spring and inside the barrel of the Triple action Handle I have Just got the Iwata Preset Handle and the quality Is up to the usual Iwata Standard and does not seem to affect the brushed performance Bit Pricey as all Iwata Parts are Also The Crown Cap will protect your needle when you get close however If you are careful you can just remove the needle cap This is only my experience of the Triple action handle Others may differ HTH Justin