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ahhh cheers nothing i can do now haha thought it was strange to have no underside markings i examined the decal instructions and wondered why there was nothing on the underside might be a fault on the instructions (or i have just been a daft bugger and missed it somehow)

Academy F4F-4 first kit in a year or two i have managed to finish decals were awful i know academy decals have a bad name but they were absolute sods. Not the best ive done but thought id upload it anyway

Academy Me 262 1/72 GenLt Adolf Galland JV44 1945 Thought id upload my latest completed model built out of the box. Overall a good kit but the fact the panel lines on the engine halves dont match up is the only bad thing i can aim at this kit. Any comments or questions welcome let me know what you think..... the weathering around the engines is actually a lot more subtle the photo has made it quite stark cheers

Gorgeous nothing more to say about it

Looks brilliant the weathering on the bare metal looks superb

Stunning the weathering looks superb

Very nicely done. Unusual diorama really adds to the standard of the modelling

Alreet thanks for all the great comments Thanks. The humbrol pigments seem very good on first use i simply applied them using a small paintbrush straight from the pot then sealed them using a light spray of humbrol matt acrylic spray. Ive added a few points below which i hope help. Positive points: *Easy to use straight from the pot *good colour range i have a few already and they seem to blend fairly well. (although I did mainly use the plain black on this model) *they go on quite smooth which i mention because they do look quite course in the pot. *Slow build up of pigments on the model is essential (see Negative points) but provides some very suble effects *Adhere very well to a matt coat (not tested on a gloss finish) but they do need sealed after with a topcoat (unless you like messing hands every time you handle your model haha) Negative points: * If applied to thick they can be a nightmare to remove as they did not come off with a cotton bud soaked in water as other pigments do if you make a mistake. (Although it did blend any accidental streaks in nicely with the rest of the finish) hope that helps Thanks. this is the sequence which i painted everything hope it helps 1. I pre shaded all the panel lines with matt black first 2. I Then Airbrushed the green over the entire top half of the model. 3. Tamiya Tape was cut into the relevant shapes for the camo scheme and apllied to the model as per the diagram in the instructions and all seams sealed with maskol 4. The Sand areas where then given a light coat and then preshaded with matt black again before a final sand coat was applied over the top. 5. The tape was removed and the top half of the model masked in preparation for the black underside. 6. Flat Black was sprayed over the whole underside then each panel was sprayed with a lighter grey leaving black around the edges. 7. Nato Black was then sprayed over the top to blend the previous two layers and achieve the depth of colour required. 8. A gloss coat and decals followed. Sealed with another gloss coat then a matt coat was applied ready for the powders. 9. Powders where applied then sealed with a final matt coat Cheers Thanks again everyone for all the great comments next up a ME262 i think

Thought id upload my latest aircraft. The kit went together with no problems however the fit of the canopy caused a bit of trouble. Its not my best model but im fairly happy with it as i had a few problems with the gloss coat being a little bit patchy in some places. Painted with Tamiya Acrylics, humbrol acrylic clear sprays and weathered using humbrols new black weathering powders. Any thoughts welcome. Cheers

Superb Build

Very nice build. Top Job

Looks Cracking mate cant wait to see it in the flesh. If my MiG 15 turns out anything like it i'll be chuffed. regards Lee

Thanks for the compliments I originally put alot more of an explanation on the original post but my browser crashed so i had to redo the whole thing. incase anyone was curious the kit is pretty much out of the box bar the cockpit door glazing is made from clear acetate and the prop and spinner which where raided from the bits box and modified (i believe that they may be an early spitfires prop but they looked about right compaired to refernce photos) I did modify the kit prop to see if it was usable but the spit parts looked marginally better. the undercarriage has been carefully carved to provide a bit more detail aerial is stretched sprue. painted using tamiya acyrilics yeah the amount of filler on the wing roots is unbelievable i got round it with a small strip of plasticard fillered then sanded to shape. th kit requires so much filler in places my mate at work suggested id be better off carving an airacobra out of a block of wood rather than use the kit the kit does require work to get to a decent standard but overall its a decent kit when built. only downside the amount of filler cost more than the plane did haha. cheers for the comments

thought id upload this for anyones comments or thoughts cheers

simply sensational

thats a fantastic looking model and the a top job on the rigging too

Fantastic is the only word to describe this build like

Thank looks cracking tim the pre shading has come out well on it

Thanks for all the comments and Tim i may purchase the MKI spit as i quite enjoyed this one but im resisting at the minute no doubt i'll cave when u come back to work like

Hey thanks for the comments sorry i normally put the kit and scale in the description. Its the 1/72nd Airfix kit thats just been released recently. its a nice build but a few of the details such as the fuel filler in front of the cockpit is lost when joining and sanding the fuselage. I got round this by using evregreen rod of two sizes cut and glued to the fuselage then sanded to almost level to replace this detail. oherwise no real problems with this kit.

Alreet thought id put up my most recent attempt at aviation modelling im normally a AFV and Railway modeller but recently been hooked on aircraft (I entirely blame my mate tim at work for that) and this is my 3rd finished kit after my zero and gladiator. I tried pre-shading on the camo scheme but had some problems with the underside going really stark when the gloss coat was applied for the decals. its lightly weathered using a light dusting of pastels although this doesnt always show in the photos. any comments suggestions for next time are welcome cheers. underside is alot darker that it should be i have no idea what happened with the gloss coat but theres nowt i can do now like> cheers next up i think a supermarine stranraer

Hi thanks for all the comments yes tim i did rig it with stretched sprue like u said. it took a while to get it right as i've never done it before but once i got the technique it was suprisingly easy. that kit may be getting a look in too. As for the questions/comments about the humbrol metalcote it comes out really grainy from the aerosol and i wasnt pleased with the effect at all.(buffing made no difference at all) to combat this a very light misting of tamiya chrome silver was applied over the most grainy areas to tone it down and along the edge behind the cockpit to give a bit of tonal variation between the natural metal and silver painted surfaces. this still looked iffy(wish id just sprayed it with the tamiya silver from the beginning) so i utilised seval coats of humbrol gloss varnish and a very light pass of matt to take the edge off the gloss and it became tolerable so thats how it stayed. Cheers

Thought id upload the pics of the gladiator ive just finished. I bought it to test humbrol metalcote aluminium spray prior to use on a 1/48th lightning any comments welcome Cheers

Hi Just thought id upload a few pics of some of my weathered/converted locos. Comments Welcome.