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  1. Hi all This is my last project. I realy wanted to make something like this: but it turned out like this
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  2. Hi all, sorry for not posting much recently, you know how things go at things go at times! Here is a project that is nearing completion, well, hopefully finished for this Sunday for ModelKraft. Those who follow me on Facebook, Twitter or my blog will be familiar with the project. For those that don't here is a brief run down. I first built XH135 two years ago, had the idea then to build XH134 and XH131 to complete the trio of 39 Sqdn's Canberra PR9's, the last three Canberra's in RAF service. This became a reality earlier this year after the purchase of two more Airfix PR9's along with the Retirement Scheme decals for XH134. The aircraft are completed and now I am finishing off the base and figures for on the aircraft and ground crew. Fingers crossed that the base is finished for Sunday. So here is a few photos for you to see.
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  3. After my relative disaster with my Zvezda Fw190 I have returned with this Tamiya Bf109E4 including the Owl PeilG IV conversion in the markings of 10/NJG1. This model was started along with an ICM 109 in the Hotel over the weekend of SMW last November. The basic airframes were completed then they sat waiting for other projects to get finished before I came back to them. Painted using the same technique as my Bf110E Nightfighter using Tamiya's NATO Black then highlights and shading with various mixes of the base colour. The decals and the PeilG are from Owl, it is probably the case that the letters should be red instead of the standard RLM 77 for nightfighter codes but I couldn't face hand painting them so grey they stayed. (See Tank152's photos of the real thing below) I'm happier with this one and there is a sneak peek on how the ICM kit is coming along at the end, sorry for the amount of photos but I'm really pleased with the way they turned out too. Enjoy And the sneaky peek; Duncan B
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  4. I felt I needed to do a modelling conclusion to this, so here it is. In terms of accurizing the Trumpeter model, there a several things that you can do - as you can see from this build. However 'Im going to split them into 3 categories: Easy, Medium and You-must-be-mad All require you to be confident with the use of modelling tools, but the easy ones would be suitable for someone looking to a first not-OOB build. So, Easy: ( n.b. this wil improve the look of your Vampire but not correct some of its inherent inaccuracies). Correct the wing tips. Correct the rudder shape. Both are just sanding stick jobs. Correct the shape of the outer main gear doors. Again a sanding stick job. You can leave the wheel well shape, but if you plan on a Vampire with no wing tanks- at least the doors will look better this way. Correct the shape of the wing tanks. Slightly more aggressive sanding required, but the plastic will take it. Correct the shape of the rear canopy. Another sanding stick job, but protect the clear part with some masking tape first. If you do this you'll have to pose the canopy open as otherwise you'll have a gap at the rear of the cockpit opening, unless you move onto... Medium: Definite improvements to the look and sit of the model with these. Redo the wheel well shapes. Not hard but you need to confident in cutting and finishing plasticard, and blending it into the kit. Redo the rear cockpit opening shape. As above, and required if you do the canopy fix above and want to show it closed. Narrow the chord on the tailplane. Again confidence required in cutting a major part into sections and rejoining them. Fill the weird panel lines on the rudders, and rescribe the trim tabs, and rescribe the bottom rudder line (missing on kit) Sand the upper nose profile to a better shape, and re-scribe the panel lines. I've put this in medium as you will go very close to going through the plastic, and it may be advisable to back it up from inside with something like milliput first. But it will improve the nose profile. Shorten the UC legs. This will improve the sit of the model, but requires some confident scalpel and filing work. Fix the engine exhaust - hopefully my idea wil give you some confidence to do this. You-must-be-mad. Serious butchery required Correct the nose shape - full on cut, pinch, shut and make good madness here. But as you can see its doable. Redo the intake shape. Again its a confidence issue. Redo the rear gun troughs. filling require and some tight redrilling and finishing needed ( possibly a "medium" to do if you are in the mood) I did all of the above, to prove to myself they could be done; but now here are some of the crazier things I considered ... Narrow the fuselage and reposition the wings. I did think about this, but it basically involves cutting the main parts into sections and realigning everything: Have fun! Deepen the intakes a little, and add some ducting. Narrow the cockpit opening width and either mould or find a new canopy and windscreen. These last three basically involve a total rebuild, and as such I considered this impractical. You might as well buy the AlleyCat model. Is there anything on the Alleycat model that could be improved? Yes! - I didn't do this, but it would not have been hard. The wing chord is a fraction wide. Sanding back the leading edge a little would improve the look here, I think, but you would need some experience in working resin and re-finishing it. So there you go. You can of course just build the Trumpeter model, enjoy its fine fit and not worry about the shape problems. But if you fancy a go - then try some of the above. Just doing the wing tips and rudder will improve the model's look. Cheers - and a big thanks to John Adams for his plans, and to all that contributed. Jonners
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  5. Lowmojoitis this week Still managed to make one prop and began final fairing and polishing the canopy joints No it isn't fitted in, just a cruel optical illusion. Popped on top of the cowling for a test shot I think the blades look reasonable so I'm thinking of casting from this and making a couple the same Here is the finished item, blades feathered for parking with covers to be added Fitted the ramp hinges too, these look near enough right I did make some about five times bigger...ooops I'm happier now with the cockpit cover/canopy and have been smoothing a little thick putty over it, in real life it looks far smoother In real life it will look smoother than this when finished lots of polishing to do and occasional screen trimming too followed up with vacuuming out the dust inside the cockpit I reckon Look at the mess in there A little bit more to detail, humps and vents on the P&Ws etcetera And I gave the opened door a coat of Tamiya primer ready to green.grey up soon too More after the weekend chaps But I doubt if I'll post much more of this stage, prolly wait til painting is underway Bill
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  6. Visited RAF Cosford the other day with two of the Quality Street Gang and a great day was had by all.
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  7. Built for the What if 2 GB on MMM http://z15.invisionfree.com/Mainly_Military/index.php?showtopic=3864 Russian designers flee to Britain and are set to work in various low key offices. With the desperate need for faster, more advanced jet fighters, a design by Artem Mikoyan is put forward by the Miles aircraft company. Using a radical new swept wing design, it promises to be a Nazi beater.
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  8. The excellent Special Hobby kit out of the box. If I recall there were no problems on the kit except the resin engines were just a little too large circumference to fit in the resin cowls, sanding fixed it. And a gap at the back of the cowls filled with plastic card. ciao baby! [/url]
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  9. Hello all. I am nick from Greece and this is my first topic here. I have been watching the forum for a while but this is the first time I post a WIP. I am new to modeling and this is my seventh model so far. My project is the the old Su-25 from OEZ with after market 1. cokpit from neomega 2. EDUARD interior 48416 and exterior set 48421 3. EDUARD BRAsSIN Su-25 pilons 648054 4. EDUARD Masks EX079 5. EDUARD BRASSIN R-60 / AA-8 Aphid 1/48 648082 6. EDUARD BRASSIN Rocket launcher B-8M1 1/48 648041 7. NORTH STAR MODELS Kh-29 L (NATO AS-14 Kedge A) with AKU-58 (pylon) 8. NORTH STAR MODELS Kh-25 MT (NATO Karen-10) with APU-68 I want to build this aircraft of the UKRAINE air force with splitter camo The build started from the cockpit from the canopy that I added plastic to replicate the frame: I continued with the cockpit from neomega that is very good in detail as well is the fit. I painted the cockpit with AKAN colors. hhThe disappointment came at the wheel whells that came with zero detail. So I decided to scratch new from EVERGREEN plastic. The result is this: I painted with Gunze and AKAN colors and it looks like this: II painted the EDUARD seat (I did not used neomega) I closed the fuselage and the cockpit inside: after that it was time to make the main gear whells. The kit had as I said zero detail and looked like this: So Evergreen to the rescue again. The result is satisfying for me because it is really the first time I attempt to scratch something: And a picture of the total progress so far: I would be pleased to hear your comments
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  10. Hi folks, the other Brengun Tiffie kit is due soon and it will cover the mid production versions with car door canopy. My kit is enhanced with Brengun etched and some spares coming from older CMR kit. My personal take on this kit: The JP613 was personal mount of Squadron Leader Jiri Manak, the sole Czechoslovak leader of Typhoon-equipped squadron. On 28 August 1943 he led the squadron as Hurry bombers cover over Welmedinghe, The Netherlands, when JP613 was hit by flak and he was forced to land on water off shore. Fortunately he managed to lay down the beast successfully into wavy sea and later was captured. Eventually he survived the war and nazi lagers only to be later arrested by communists after coup's in 1948. After 1990 he was fully rehabilited and died in 1992. Cheers Libor
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  11. This is my first post on BM. I've build this one in just two days plus 5 hours spent on wiring on February 2013. I think that something outside my window have inspired me to do this . It's just a generic camo scheme with white winter finish applied over. i tried to show how this temporary paint could detiorate under hard Russian conditions. Enjoy! Thanks for watching! Eugene
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  12. Far better word - Venom!
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  13. The CV-16 USS Lexington began life at Bethlehem Steel in Quincy, MA., on July 15, 1941. This Essex class carrier, known as the “Blue Ghost”, was originally named the USS Cabot. It was renamed the Lexington after the loss of the first USS Lexington (CV-2) in the Battle of the Coral Sea. She was commissioned on February 17, 1943 under the command of Captain Felix Budwell Stump. The 'Lex', as she was affectionately called, played a significant role in World War II. She sailed to raid Kwajalein on December 4, 1943, destroying a cargo ship, 30 enemy aircraft, and damaging two cruisers. Later that night, Japanese parachute flares surrounded her, and she was hit by a torpedo on the starboard side, knocking out the steering gear. Damage control crews welded the damaged compartments shut, using heavy steel plates. An emergency hand-operated steering unit was used as she headed for Bremerton Washington on December 22 for full repairs. Japanese propaganda loved to rewrite the USS Lexington history. They said the Lex was sunk from that 1943 torpedo hit. She was reported sunk a second time in April of 1944, and a third time in June of 1944. Yet, the Blue Ghost remained afloat after fighting off a fierce attack by fighter planes based on Guam. During the Battle of the Philippine Sea, the USS Lexington saw a great victory with 300 enemy aircraft destroyed the first day. A carrier, a tanker, and a destroyer were destroyed on the second day. Japanese naval aviators were in such disarray, they tried to land on the Lexington only to be shot down by its gun crews. She endured a close call on November 5, 1944 when a flaming Japanese kamikaze plane crashed into her island, destroying most of the structure and spraying fire in all directions. The spot where the kamikaze hit is designated by the Japanese flag in the photo below. Within 20 minutes, the fire was under control and normal flight actions continued. Once again, Tokyo declared her destroyed even though casualties were light. As the war drew to a close, she continued to launch precautionary patrols over Japan, and dropped supplies to prisoner of war camps on Honshu. She left Tokyo Bay on December 3, 1945 and arrived in San Francisco on December 16. The USS Lexington was decommissioned at Bremerton, WA in April of 1947 and entered the Reserve Fleet there. She was designated attack carrier CVA-16 on October 1, 1952 and began conversion and modernization in September 1953, receiving the new angled flight deck. She was recommissioned on August 15, 1955 and was assigned San Diego as her home port. The Lex had a number of cruises with the 7th Fleet and underwent several overhauls before being ordered to replace the Antietam (CVS-36) as an aviation training carrier in 1962. Although her new designation was CVS-16, she resumed duty as an attack carrier during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Lexington operated out of her new home port, Pensacola, as well as Corpus Christi, and New Orleans well into the 1960s, qualifying student aviators and maintaining the high level of training for active duty and reserve officers. Her training became highly significant as she prepared men vital to the operations in Vietnam. She marked her 200,000th arrested landing on October 17, 1967, and was redesignated CVT-16 on January 1, 1969. She continued as a training carrier for the next 22 years until she was decommissioned on November 8, 1991. On June 15, 1992, the ship was donated as a museum. During the 1980′s the U.S. Navy came to realize that keeping in service its last remaining World War II Essex Class aircraft carrier was becoming increasingly expensive and that the USS Lexington would have to be replaced by a more modern ship. In August 1990, the Secretary of the Navy announced that the USS Forrestal would replace the USS Lexington as the U.S. Navy’s training carrier. Because of Corpus Christi Texas’ long and proud history with the US Navy and naval aviation in particular, the Corpus Christi Area Economic Development Commission formed a task force of prominent community leaders, known as Landing Force 16, to bring the “Blue Ghost” to the city. With an active fund-raising campaign in place and strong community support, the Corpus Christi City Council endorsed a $3 million dollar bond sale to finance the project. In August 1991, Landing Force 16 presented Corpus Christi’s proposal to Secretary of the Navy Lawrence Garrett, III. Although in stiff competition with several other communities, on the strength of community support, Lexington was awarded to the Corpus Christi team. On 29 January 1992, USS Lexington arrived at Naval Station Ingleside and became a permanent Texas resident. On 8 June 1992, the United States Navy officially signed over Lexington to city officials and on 17 June she was towed to her final berth on North Beach. The USS Lexington was opened to the public in October 1992. In the 20 years that the museum has been open to the public there has been some 5.5 million visitors to see the beautifully preserved aircraft carrier and its 20 aircraft exhibits on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation. I visited the carrier on 28 Oct this year where the following images were obtained. My only slight criticism is that the Naval historians have allowed some of the exhibits to be painted in unauthentic schemes and markings but that is a small gripe for what is an otherwise impressive display. On with the show. Guarding the entrance to the Lex is A-4B 142675/1 in Blue Angels scheme. On the lower deck are a number of WWII vintage aircraft and others being renovated. Seen here is SBD-3 Dauntless 06694 Rare surviving F-4A Phantom 143515/WH F-2H-2 Banshee 125052 F-9F-8T Cougar 147276/201 T-2C Buckeye 158898/A909 AH-1S 77-22754 in a very suspect US Army scheme! T-28B Trojan 138271/2S-314 TA-4J Skyhawk 158722/YU-61 F/A-18A Hornet 161942/1 SNJ-5 52020 KA-3B Skywarrior 138944 Thanks for looking. C&C always welcome. Mark
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  14. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled-(British-Airways)/Airbus-A380-841/2246283/L/&sid=aa95baeb05c328499ef62f213ac99d39
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  15. Looking really good. You could leave the wheels off and say you left it in Liverpool... Sean
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  16. I know ive probably caused enough grief with this, sorry, but Steve has a point, our airlines do get bumped straight off the page. Military stuff is posted more rapidly, therefore we get bumped off quicker, this means its harder for us Airliner nuts to find the civil stuff. Would it be possible to have a joint airliner WIP & RFI? Could you do it as trial basis for a few months and if it works keep it? Only a thought. Thanks Bradley
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  17. First, you need to know that the Minicraft Models of today has nothing (except the name) to do with the Minicraft of the 1990s. Back then it was owned by Al Trendle. Al retired almost 15 years ago and sold the company to one of his salesmen. He (the new owner) has since died, and it's his wife (who had also worked for the company) who is running things now. Back then Al Trendle called *all* the shots, and made all the decisions. Al used me as an advisor, but I came on the scene too late to get anything done about the god-awful stuff like the 707 and 757. Those were designed by someone with *no* knowledge of the real airplanes, and with no access to any even remotely accurate scale drawings. Those designs were done strictly off of photos (no measurements, no nothing). When I came on the scene he was already working on the 777, but had decided to use the cheapest way possible to get there on it. I provided detailed drawings, including suggested parts breakdowns, for all three 777 engine types to him, which went to the factory in China. As usual, the factory in China "improved" them (I'm not sure what the Chinese definition of "improve" is, but it's clearly different from mine), and they didn't use the cross sections nor the suggested parts breakdowns I provided at all. When the design work was done and a 150% scale (ie: 1/96) resin master was ready, Al flew me out to LA in 1999 to look at it and offer my thoughts. My first thought was, toss it in the trash and start over. Not really possible, unfortunately. The company in China had slavishly copied the Doyusha kit right down to the little assembly pegs and the weird landing gear, and substituted their versions of my engines on it. I told Al that if he issued a kit like that, Doyusha would have very good reason to sue him. He demanded changes here and there before the thing was tooled, but nowhere near all the changes I recommended. The result was the abomination of a 777 we have today. Today, Minicraft is a very different company. Norma Huff, the owner, is really trying to do things right. They're a very small company with limited resources, so they do the best they can with what they have to work with.
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  18. Here's an insight as to where this is heading:
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  19. Hi folks, Here is my attempt to update the old Matchbox Beau as a sacrifice to ensure that Airfix give us a new tool kit in 2014. I made a few changes / mods to the kit as I went along: Removed the fin fillet Removed the D/F loop opening Scratchbuilt a basic interior Substituted FROG long tailplanes for the kit ones Substituted Hasegawa cannon tray and radar nose for the kit ones Used Aeroclub Hercules cowls / engines / props (thanks, John!) Removed a couple of completely wrong panel lines, de-emphasised the others and rescribed tailplanes and machine gun panels on the upper wings, Reduced the dihedral on the outer wing panels by at least half Added gratings to the oil cooler intakes Substituted Hasegawa / scratch built carburettor intakes, Used aftermarket decals for HU-P ND221 of 406(Canadian) Sqn, from the profile in the Operation Overlord AIRFILE, Vol. 1 After that lot, I reckon we're definitely going to get a Beau from Airfix next year! regards, Martin
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  20. Oh my God!Knit anoser plane!
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  21. I have zero interest in military/classic aircraft (well not enough to model at the moment anyway) The thing is with the Ready for inspection and work in progress forums is that there are very few civil airliners there. I've just gone through the first 6 pages of the RFI forum and only found a few civil light aircraft topics. Now all I want to do is show a couple of pics of my last 757 build and my A346 in progress. I don't think they are worthy of the RFI or WIP forum and will get swallowed up by the massive amount of military/ classic stuff. I want the members in this forum to see them. It;'s the only one I visit after all.
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  23. Gorgeous Spitfire! Also great to discover there's still another DeVilbiss user in the world.....I'm running a Super 93 and a Sprite.
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  24. Main reason being the Peregrine engine. The needed production for the Merlin and didn't have the capacity to develop it further. The Whilwind eventually morphed into the Welkin, but as we had the superlative Mossie, it was not needed. Shame as they were both nice aircraft.
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  26. Well I'm doing my best for us all regarding the Beaufighter . . . http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234938423-matchbox-172nd-beaufighter-mkvif/ To clinch the deal, a few of you need to make the old Airfix tooling in the Obsolete Kits GB later in the year . . . I like your idea of a new Airfix Mossie (although the old one can scrub up well); hopefully it would be engineered so that both single and twin stage engine variants can be released. regards, Martin
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  27. In all the excitement of my trip to the US last September I never did clean up and post my Dunsfold shots! More here if you're interested: http://www.hanger51.org/airshows/2012/dunsfold-wings-wheels/?logout=1 Vulcan_4 by tony_inkster, on Flickr Tornado_3 by tony_inkster, on Flickr Spitfire and Mustang_1 by tony_inkster, on Flickr Red Arrows_1 by tony_inkster, on Flickr Hurricane_1 by tony_inkster, on Flickr BBMF_1 by tony_inkster, on Flickr
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  28. BE STILL MY BEATING MY HEART... The Mustang is MY FAVORITE Every time I see photos from DUXFORD ..I think One of these days I gotta just drive up there and watch the air show ... Those photos of your are OUTSTANDING ..even those who normally only like jets will like these.. Thank you for taking the time and the effort to post them and sharing them.. Simply Beautiful shots.. :
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  29. Well done Deacon! The weathering looks very convincing! Good too see the amount of subs here on the forum looks to be increasing.
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  30. FWIW, I don't believe it is shadow across the forward fuselage. the aircraft shadow on the ground indicates a very high sun with maybe an angle from the left tail rather than the front of the plane. The aircrafts shadow is very distinct, this darker area is much less so. RLM 74/75/76 schemes tended to have a higher demarcation than we're seeing here. I haven't read Andrew Arthy's book so I'm not going to argue with his profile on LEMB but I don't see the picture in the Kagero volume supporting it. In view of the lack (afaik) of any definitive evidence to the contrary, I'd be happy to go with Kagero's scheme, besides, I really rather like it & taking into acct some of the schemes on JG53s bf190Gs from the same theatre & time scale, its not so unlikely at all. Steve.
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  31. Can do - pm me your email address and I'll get cracking.
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  32. That prop looks good to me Bill, & the flightdeck's coming on nicely! keef
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  33. It's what's known as "flying in close formation."
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  34. Great pictures. Apparently some countries still have fixed wing naval aviation.
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  35. Nice build there. The shades of black can be tricky to render because, I would imagine, they can differ depending on what angle you look at the real thing. Different amounts of sheen on the tiles cause the problem rather than them being different colours. The real thing on the shiplift on the day of its rollout...
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  36. Looks spot on to me!
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  37. I have one on the sofa next to me. Extremely well moulded and detailed. not at all soft. Loads of weapons, differences catered for in cockpit (seats panel etc) between versions. Loads of weapons and different types of tanks Supurb decals by ISRADECAL, printed by Cartograph £25 posted from Luckymodel to UK. All in all a top package and great value.
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  38. Two scratchbuilt RT-2PM Topol (Nato Code = SS-25 Sickle) ICBM Transporter Erector Launcher (TEL's) Build thread HERE First one, as in the Transporter mode Second one, in the erected ready to launch mode.
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  39. It was definitely jinxed. And the gravity in my modelling room seems to have been increased by 300% There are more bits of models and tools on the floor than on the bench. I have discovered one or two things though: The best kicker for superglue is carpet. Tiddlywinks was invented by someone trying to attach two pieces of photoetch together. A paintbrush can remove more fluff and cat hair from the floor than any Dyson. A smudge of paint on a fingertip can cover a greater surface area than the same amount of paint from an airbrush. PVA glue dries completely clear except when on clothing. When sitting at a bench there is a reflex action of trying to catch a falling object before it hits the floor by quickly closing the legs together. Try not to do this if the object is a scalpel. If a part of a kit aligns itself perfectly first time, it will be the wrong way round. Trying to nudge a part gently into position when it is almost but not quite perfect will spin it through 90 degrees in at least one axis. Decals prefer a highly glossed surface to adhere to. Cotton buds, brushes, fingers and cocktail sticks work just as well. It's all fun, Paul
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  40. Good point. How about with an earlier Vickers bomber (albeit it in trainer form), illustrating the rate of development in less than twenty years:
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  41. Thanks Paul, I probably won't make the same mistake but I'm sure ill find something else to cock up!! It's the Revell tub, the part with the piping is part of it, a separate part so check your sprues!
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  42. In case it hasn't come up before, the Bentley drawings appeared in the November 1975 Scale Models: 3 pages of drawings, a full-page captioned cockpit sketch and 3 pages of photos/commentary by Arthur. From the old days when magazines were magazines and not just photo galleries and catalogues.
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  43. My wish is for an emerancy war destroyer it covers about 8 classes including HMS Cavilier
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  44. Just to show that I have made some progress with this recently, the majority of the decals have been applied and the black areas on the wings have been masked and sprayed. I never seem to have much luck with decals and rarely get that truly 'painted on' look that I'm aiming for [although the decals I applied on my Revell 1/72 Me P 1099 were the ones I've been happiest with recently]. They're not bad, but I still feel they could be better. Ironically, I really enjoyed working side by side on 2 models, and I think I'm going to try it again [especially as this model is dragging on a bit] so I'm thinking of starting on something else to kickstart this a bit! Thanks for looking Matt
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  45. Thanks for the comments chaps Carlos I never thought of that, I'll keep that in mind as the back up plan, going to continue with plan A of vacuuming them as it would be good practice for me on the technique. but ill keep your idea in mind, thanks. that spat of yours looks good, is that a proctor kit you've used looks like a Mewgull?, have 3 in the stash I'll have a good look at what you've done there. Paul J Sent you a PM, Thanks Phil Ogden Think I sold my share around 2000 when I started instructing and no longer needed it, have you got any pics of the interior? I seem to remember the seats were a light greensish grey with red lower interior side walls or am I thinking of another aircraft? from my log book st1 flight in it was 16/5/98 and last one was 31/1/01, But I think that was in my in my instructor roll and had sold the share a while before. Have 119 flights in it but don't know the total time but seem to remember I'd done over 100 hours in it. Edit 24/4/13 just added up my flights in it 105:30 total time on G-PAWL - The power of Microsoft Excel! Perdu I remember reading a scratch building article from a chap making the master patterns for the Welsh models EMB170 or 190 kit and it being mentioned that for laminating to use CA as poly can take days to set, appreciated this was a large thick volume he was working on, so prob would be irrelevant to my small spinner any way. but we live n learn, ill try poly next time. Good luck with the sherpa props been looking at it, that's some good work gone into it. Jazzie Thanks, have intentions to do a warrior too! BigBadBadge Might be able to help you with the windscreen I'm planning on vacuuming a new one for this based on the old one so could have replacement for you, I'll see how I go with it. Mark
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  46. Nice shots Tony. Looks like conditions were variable and a tad trying at times? I like the head -on shot of the Spit and 'Stang. The clouds lmake for a nice, dramatic backdrop. Thanks for sharing your photos.
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  47. Hi Busdriver, it was humbrol 3, can't recall the name. Start of the diorama below, its a little big for the Bentley alone but I hope to get the Bugatti in the same series and display the two together Wayne
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  48. Great start Neal, the snowspeeder is one of my favorite SW vehicles. Watching with interest.
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