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  2. Does anyone do decals for the “Regal Beagle” Basset XS770? The only reference I can find is to an out-of-print and out-of-stock AirDecal sheet (#7205). Is there another source?
  3. Apparently it's been sent to australia, like all bad boys.🦘
  4. @f111guru—thank you for the confirmation on the NMF leading edges. It’s funny you mentioned the painted over di-electric panels with post Combat Lancer tail markings. Clearly on the Combat Lancer aircraft, they weren’t painted over and were some form of unpainted material. I am having the Dickens of a time coming to peace on how to paint these areas. Hasegawa tells you a grey on the tail and then period photos are mostly tan-brown with grey seemingly mixed in based on lighting. The nose panels are a bit of the same story. Most decals are all brown, but on period pictures the top and bottom panels appear almost randome tan to brown. Most builders seem to paint over these (correctly) given the period they are representing. Ron, great points on this subject as well based on @Shorty84’s great question. Really appreciate the ECM info from @RAGATIGER’s question too. Are there thoughts out there on how to tackle this? Maybe in my model paint mixes I am not thinking enough out of the box—ie, start with a metallic or integrate a metallic? Thank you all for the great help as I plan this project (FWIW, I am setting on representing 66-0016) Best to all Erwin
  5. At the risk of repeating things, I am so sorry to hear your news Heather. You have my greatest sympathies. As someone said before, we might not know you in person but we are here thinking positive thoughts for you. I can claim to have met you briefly at SMW '22 on the BoB display. Your positivity was responsible for me getting back into this hobby and actually start making models again (thank you), rather than just looking in wonder at what everyone else had done and worrying about all the new technology now being applied in the hobby compared to 30-odd years previously. In your own time, I'll look forward to seeing this fantastic thread continue when you feel able. regards Rob
  6. Beautiful banana jet 🍌 12 leads the field
  7. Hi, Small progress from today. I installed spinners on props Glued the canopy and used filler around as well as I gave some think coat of Humbrol 63 as background color (Giallo Mimetico) I have problem with certain shape of: 1. The surface oil coolers installed on bottoms of wings 2. The exhaust pipes. Due to changes in engines the pre war civil machine had them likely different... I have to look like it was solved in an existing resin kit of SM 74. We will see - in insides the details were in a weak relation to drawings... Regards J-W
  8. The similarity is only at first glance. Doblhoff - like the post-war French Djinn or the British Fairey ULH - had an engine serving as a gas generator. Here it was a piston engine, also driving a propeller (which made the Doblhoff more of a gyroplane than a helicopter), and the above-mentioned post-war babies had gases produced by a turbine engine. But they all had gas channels running through the rotor head and blades to nozzles at the rotor blade tips. Due to the lack of reaction torque, they could not have had a tail rotor. However, the Polish Trzmiel (Bumblebee) - like the YH-32 Hornet and the Dutch Kolibrie - had a much simpler structure. The blades were not hollow, the head had no special seals, because the rotor was turned by tiny jet engines at the ends of the blades. And the tail rotor was only used for yaw control (the Hornet had a regular rudder instead of a rotor). Cheers Michael
  9. This looks great. I remember building this and PZL P7a years ago.
  10. Casey has posted mixes that include ANA 510 Maroon, which I assume is the similar colour as Maroon. In some photos the back face is unpainted: https://www.airplanes-online.com/p40-warhawk.htm Of course the back face may have been painted later.
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  12. I have built a number of Lancasters/Halibags and have found that the best sequence is dark earth - mask it - spray dark green - then mask that before doing the night, as that means you already have half the masking done before applying the darkest colour. Another hint is to add a drop or two of brick red to the black paint as this seems to kill the dead black of the tinned paint. Other modellers may have different sequences, however this works for me and saves an enormous amount of masking time and expense. To a certain extent it also depends on the quality of your airbrush - if you can spray a very fine line then you may not need to mask the brown and green pattern. My own brush will not allow such finesse. This is a great project with a wonderful back story and I look forward to seeing it finished.
  13. Polar exploration, especially using aircraft, is a special interest of mine. I've built a few models on the subject and this is my latest: The semi-rigid airship Norge, which in May, 1926 flew from Svalbard, Norway to Teller, Alaska via the North Pole in an expedition led by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. There is some debate as to whether Norge was the first aircraft to reach the pole, but it is certain that this was the first flight over the polar ice cap between Europe and America. First, here are a few photos of the Norge: The kit is from Classic Airships is 3D-printed in 1/700 scale, which puts the overall length at exactly 6-inches. With only a handful of parts, the biggest challenge was smoothing out the very rough surface of the printed parts: Multiple applications of Mr Surfacer, airbrushed on and sanded between coats, finally gave me an acceptable result and I proceeded with assembly, painting and decals. Here it is nearly finished: The kit includes a 3d-printed mooring mast, and I considered building a mini-scenario around it. But, ultimately I decided to go another route and create a shadow box instead: Not much else to say . . . this was a quick build, relatively easy, and with a not-your-usual-model as a result! Thanks for viewing! - Bill
  14. Hi John, Yes, the Aviattic linen weave decals and Lukgraph wood decal are 'see through' An appropriate base coat colour is needed before applying. The Lukgraph decal was cut from a sheet in my 'Lloyd C.V kit, which I didn't use. You can order wood effect decal from: https://lukgraph.pl/en_GB/c/Decals/50 https://www.aviattic.co.uk/linen-effect--streaking-and-wood-grain-decals.html Mike
  15. Here is comparison: Target: ANA623 | Glossy Sea Blue 623 | GU 2.1, 17.1, 36.3, RGB: #464D55 (L*=32.69, a=-1.50, b=-5.32), Light source/angle=D65/10, RGB conversion=srgb Closest sample in: Tamiya Areosol (compared with 1 samples) DE00: 2.99 - #3F4D59 - AS-8 | Navy Blue | 0.5 | 5.0 | 18.1 (L*=32.47, a=-3.22, b=-8.38) It is a borderline match, with ~3.0DE color difference. Having near identical lightness level the difference comes only from difference of color and saturation. It is too blue and too green (and because of that - it is more saturated blue) Additionally, it has flat surface, while the target should be satin. Real amount of difference is not shown well by RGB simulations. Please look at the spectral data:
  16. It is known that several squadrons of Spitfires, particularly Mk IXs, had their armament changed under Mod. 1029, starting in early 1944. The first 100 Spitfire Mk XIVs (including RB140-189) were built with the C wing, after which all had the E wing, starting in April 1944: NH688 & 689 would have been among the last Mk XIVs to be built with the C wing. Regarding Tony Gaze's victory over an Me 262 on February 14, his combat report specifies that he was flying a Mk XIVE, however, as noted above he was possibly flying NH714...
  17. @Knight_Flyer The regular 1/72 Shinden kit was just re-released by Hasegawa. Is this movie version any different?
  18. Both of the Hiens look great. An excellent job on both. Thanks for sharing.
  19. Have to agree with everyone that you did a superb job on this somewhat older kit and breathed new life into it. Great work and thanks for sharing.
  20. Thank you all for your kind comments 👍
  21. You did an excellent job on this Spitfire and the diorama you made really sets the kit off and makes a statement. Thanks for sharing.
  22. Good job on the Ki 27. Very nice clean build. Thanks for sharing.
  23. Lovely work .... and a great result. It looks fantastic! Keith ☺️
  24. Very nice looking Folgore. The addition of the pilot figure and dog add to the appeal of the finished kit. Thanks for sharing.
  25. What the pictures don’t show is just how big this rascal is. Nicely done 😉.
  26. Major construction work is now complete - the wings and tail have had their joints taken care of and some primer sprayed over the top to tie everything in: I’m really pleased with how the look of the model is beginning to capture the shape of a Halifax - Contrail got it right with their original moulding and it looks the part. I can now begin to think about adding the smaller details such as the landing gear bays and gear as well as the bomb bay. Plastic card at the ready… More when there’s more! Tom
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