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That's a lot of plastic strip stuck there. There's a few scratch builders who won't be doing much for a while.
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Sword Lightning T4 - OCU RAF Middleton St George
goggsy replied to Touchstone42's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Lovely job, that bulkhead looks good. You could get away with putting an extra bit of evergreen sheet over the part you aren't happy with; alternatively, what about a piece of manufacturer coloured black foil from a wine bottle? It's metallic and the black is very fine and to scale. In future it might help to put a pinprick from an awl where you want to drill- it stops the bit slipping.- 15 replies
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1/72nd Hasegawa TBF-1 Avenger Target Tug, RNZAF, 1956
goggsy replied to tonyot's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
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It's likely to be, yes. Even now it's quite inaccessible. There's a shooters track nearby but I suspect it wasn't there at the time. Apparently the local farmer who's land it is was supposed to be on the plane for a trip to an agricultural show somewhere- it was chartered especially for that purpose. When it didn't turn up he went home to find the police waiting for him to ask for his help to access the site. There's a lot of scarring and disturbance on the hillside to this day, some of which may be due to the crash. There may well be stuff buried under the surface as when you wal
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Great job. What's left of this aircraft is still on the side of Croglin Fell where it crashed. There isn't very much really, just a few fragments of metal and bits of glass and vinyl.
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Airfix 1/72 Avro Vulcan B.2 *OLD KIT*Finished*
goggsy replied to falcon's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Can see it now, looks great. Thanks for amending that, I’ve never seen photos do that on here before. -
Airfix 1/72 Avro Vulcan B.2 *OLD KIT*Finished*
goggsy replied to falcon's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
I don’t know if it’s just my screen but the photos appear to be horribly pixelated? Looks like a nice job aside from that but it actually appears like Lego on my screen? -
'The Italian Job' C-74 Globemaster
goggsy replied to Neil's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
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Really nice work. I can see a lot of effort went into that BMF, which looks great by the way. Did you ever read “Whip” by Martin Caidin? It was a sort of novelisation of the work of these machines, with the subtitle “He’d take on every damnJapanesein the Pacific if they’d let him”. A true classic.
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How to prevent co-workers from touching models
goggsy replied to WelshZeCorgi's topic in Modelling Tips
I’m pretty sure I saw some convincing looking health & safety warning sign stickers for sale at a show once, something along the lines of “Risk of Broken Fingers”. Wish I’d brought a few now. Nobody gets left unsupervised in my hobby room now as in my experience most people are basically cretins who want to “see if the propellers go round” for some reason. -
I just went for both as they were getting on for ten years old and were pretty worn. If I’d just bent the tip of a relatively new needle that would have been different but I didn’t see the point in farting around.
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Is it white and grainy? If so that suggests that the varnish is drying before it hits the surface. Better thinning may take care of that, or maybe some flow enhancer. I usually thin with cellulose, seems to work ok with this stuff which I find is the best Matt I’ve ever used.
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How to paint dials - No joy here.......How??
goggsy replied to Homerlovesbeer's topic in Modelling Tips
What colour is the base kit? If it’s light grey like most models then I’d just paint it black as you have done then lightly sand the raised detail. The paint on the raised areas will be removed, et voila you have a perfectly finished dial with almost white details. That’s what i do anyway. -
Quick update - I replaced the (eye wateringly expensive) needle and nozzle and it’s all good now. I also replaced the nozzle cap which had picked up a dent somewhere and may have been throwing the spray pattern off a bit. For info when I use IPA I cut it with flow enhancer to prevent tip drying, seems to do the trick usually,