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Im planning to build the shuttleworth collections Spitfire Vc AR501 from the Airfix new tool 1/72 Spitfire Vc, I belive this kit has the parts to make a clipped wing version with a normal air filter. What I also need is a six stack exhaust for it, does anyone havecany recommendations for an after market exhaust? Thanks Mark CT

A little work tonight CFS badges went on and the underwing XH3 decal replaced, The photos show the decal to be very proud of the surface that isn't the case in reality I think its the single light source being 90° from the camera, anyway have some Micro Set doing its work on it as I type. Next I need to draw the No step areas these are the same basic shape as the ones on the Airfix sheet with a couple of differences mainly text positioning and font and they are black not red. I'll use a scan of the Airfix sheet as a starting point and get drawing them over the next few days. Thanks for looking CT

Hopefully will finish the CFS badge tonight. I need to do the crew names. There are 2 names on each side does anyone know if it would be the same names on each side? Ie pilot & crew chief on both sides or would they be different on each side ie 2 pilots names on the left & 2 crew members on the right? I have the crew names for its final flight printed but if there were other names does anyone know what they were back in 1986? Thanks CT

What? Your my mentor Ste, I'm following your lead😆 laggardly ? Oh no another big word I'm going to have to look up.🙄 Decal paper & Microscale decal film at the ready Nice pictures thanks for those Rob So I've knocked up the serials and applied them to the wing, Masking tape is to get them 90° to the longitudinal axis and all aligned as they are split around the main gear doors. The XH3 on the left wing seems to have gained a stretched X so I'll replace that decal. In preparation for the CFS badge on the fuselage I've cut a white background shape from white block trim film stock on the silhouette cutter. The decal has been printed on clear decal film. so would have a grey background if applied direct. New XH3 decal & CFS badge printed & drying to be applied later. Thats all for now Laters CT

Very nicely done and good surface finish, Excellent attention to detail with the double row of fasteners on top of the engine cowl built 3 of this kit a year a go so I know its issues. good job 👍 Mark

Hasn't six years gone fast, time I did a bit more on this, The build originally got put on hold as I had found out that a decal company (since defunct) had decals for the vintage pair in the pipeline, It had been confirmed to me by the owner. I was asked not to spill the beans on the project to which I kept my word. So I put the build on hold and waited, and waited, and waited some more. The company made their announcement then I waited a bit more. and the rest is history. the decals never materialised. I build other stuff in the mean time but never really got back to this or its twin engined counterpart. Earlier this week I decided maybe I should get on with it again. having re-read this thread to jog my memory as to where I was upto I decided the next best stage was to gloss it up and start decaling. So last couple of days it has had two coats of Humbrol gloss cote and left to set for 24hrs. All I masked was the cockpit. The antiglare panel will be resprayed matt black at the end of the build. along with matt clear in the undercarriage and flap bays. Made a start with the decals tonight. Roundels and fin flash have come from the Airfix sheet, rest will have to be inkjet printed as I go along. bit by bit. Just a couple of decals but enough for now. CT

Could try putting a post on the wanted section and specifying the parts needed.

Good point, I'm using a HP ENVY 5540 printer, this seems ok with it.

Never had it jam or come off (touch wood), I just use Tamiya tape, and only one piece on the upper/leading edge these days.

The way I approach this is to print first out your decal sheet on the centre of an ordinary A4 sheet of paper, now cut out a piece of decal paper just bigger than the area of your wanted decal sheet and tape this over the image with masking tape. Feed this back into the printer and print again. now you decals have been printed on the same place on the A4 sheet but they went on to the decal paper that was taped over the top. Leave to dry, apply decal film, apply to model. admire model, smile! CT

Try these:- https://www.fantasyprintshop.co.uk/decals/train-decals/stripes-0-25-9mm-train-decals/

Is that like scale colour?😁

Imagine your real world item is 2cm cube made from metal 2cm x 2cm x2cm is 8cm³ Your 1/2 scale model of this cube is also made from the same metal and is 1cmx1cmx1cm = 1cm³ 1/2 the scale but 1/8 the volume. volume equates to weight.

Invest in some microscale decal film. I have tried a variety of varnishes and this beats them all hands down. Simply brushed on. Leaves no brushmarks and self levels. Perfect.

The difference is cubed. So your Fw190 is 4900kg X1000 to convert it to grams = 4,900,000g Divided by 32÷32÷32 = 149.536 as you have already done So 149grams Short cut is divide by 32768 that is (32×32×32) Or an even better short cut is divide by 32.768 and that will give you a scale weight in grams from a real world weight in kg. For 1:48 scale 48×48×48=110592 For 1:24 scale 24×24×24=13824 For 1:72 scale 72×72×72=373248 Hope this helps CT

Four Mustangs from the Mustang group build Mustang Mk III from No. 315 Polish Squadron flown by Squadron leader Eugeniusz Horbaczewski at RAF Brenzette Scale 1:72 Kit Academy P51B Decals from Academy Kit Paint MRP Weathering Flory grey wash, Mig oil brushers, Tamiya weathering masters, AK weathering pencils. Matt clear coat MRP Aftermarket, Eduard Canopy mask. Little lens landing light Scratch built Landing cover from OHP film, Ariel from 0.1mm nickel rod WIP RFI threads Mustang P51B 43-12214 Rebel Queen flown F/O Fred Glover 336th squadron 4th fighter group at RAF Debden 1944 Scale 1:72 Kit Academy P51B Decals from Academy Kit & home inkjet printed Paint MRP Weathering Flory grey wash, Mig oil brushers, Tamiya weathering masters, AK weathering pencils. Matt clear coat MRP Aftermarket, Eduard Canopy mask. Little lens landing light Scratch built Landing cover from OHP film, Canopy door hinges, Aerial & brass tube guns. WIP RFI threads Mustang P51B 42-106448 The Hun Hunter 'Texas flown Henry William Brown 334th squadron 355th fighter group at RAF Steeple Morden 1944 Scale 1:72 Kit Academy P51B Decals from Airfix P51B Kit & home inkjet printed, Codes painted Paint MRP Weathering Flory grey wash, Mig oil brushers, Tamiya weathering masters, AK weathering pencils. Matt clear coat MRP Aftermarket, Eduard Canopy mask. Little lens landing light Scratch built Landing light cover from OHP film, Canopy door hinges, Aerial & brass tube guns. WIP RFI threads Mustang Mk IV KM262 Dooleybird flown Flt Lt Arthur 'Joe' Doley No.19 Squadron at RAF Acklington 1945 Scale 1:72 Kit Airfix P51D with Freightdog Mustang IV resin conversion Decals inspired from Matchbox kit but used Model Alliance sheet, Roundels from Academy P51B, Overwing roundels & nose checks/spinner airbrushed Stencils from Airfix P51D , Home printed Inkjet decals for propeller logos Paint MRP / Alclad Weathering Flory grey wash, Mig oil brushers, Tamiya weathering masters, AK weathering pencils. Matt clear coat MRP Aftermarket, Eduard Canopy mask. WIP RFI threads and lastly:- Red Bull Mig 17 NX117BR Flown by the late Bill Reesman in the USA airshow circuit. Aircraft is now in the Planes of fame museum, Chino, CA Airfix 1:72 Mig 17F Paint:- MRP, Alclad, Humbrol Satin Cote. Decals: Ebay cottage industry seller. Stars replaced with smaller ones cut on a Silhouette cutter. After market:- Ejection seat and smoke pods from same seller as decals, Master models brass pitot & guns, Eduard canopy mask.. Scratch built:- 3D printed nose pitot, under fuselage antenna, under wing antenna, ejection seat firing handle. Brass tube used to replace a lost master models gun. Plastic rod landing gear position indicator pins. RFI thread WIP thread is on the Flory models Mig SIG group build moving on from 2020 Here's to a prosperous 2021 CT

These are sold as Dental Vacuum forming machines perfect for small parts such as canopys, had one for a few years UK seller https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dental-Molding-Former-Thermoforming-Vacuum-Forming-Material-Machine-220V-UK/223769090638 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Excellent-Quality-Forming-Machine-Equipmem/dp/B00ZTZNCRO

Red Bull Mig 17 NX117BR Flown by the late Bill Reesman in the USA airshow circuit. Aircraft is now in the Planes of fame museum, Chino, CA Kit:- Airfix 1:72 Mig 17F Paints:- MRP, Alclad, Humbrol Satin Cote. Decals:- Ebay cottage industry seller. Stars replaced with smaller ones cut on a Silhouette cutter. After market:- Ejection seat and smoke pods from same seller as decals Master models brass pitot & guns Eduard canopy mask.. Scratch build 3D printed nose pitot, under fuselage antenna, under wing antenna, ejection seat firing handle. Brass tube used to replace a lost master models gun. Plastic rod landing gear position indicator pins. Mark

Mustang Mk IV KM262 Dooleybird flown Flt Lt Arthur 'Joe' Doley No.19 Squadron at RAF Acklington 1945 Scale 1:72 Kit Airfix P51D with Freightdog Mustang IV resin conversion Decals inspired from Matchbox kit but used Model Alliance sheet, Roundels from Academy P51B, Overwing roundels & nose checks/spinner airbrushed Stencils from Airfix P51D , Home printed Inkjet decals for propeller logos Paint MRP / Alclad Weathering Flory grey wash, Mig oil brushers, Tamiya weathering masters, AK wethering pencils. Matt clear coat MRP Aftermarket, Eduard Canopy mask. Part of a quad of Mustangs in the recent Mustang group build Thanks for looking CT

Wow, now that is some proper skill you have.

Mustang P51B 42-106448 The Hun Hunter 'Texas flown Henry William Brown 334th squadron 355th fighter group at RAF Steeple Morden 1944 Scale 1:72 Kit Academy P51B Decals from Airfix P51B Kit & home inkjet printed, Codes painted Paint MRP Weathering Flory grey wash, Mig oil brushers, Tamiya weathering masters, AK weathering pencils. Matt clear coat MRP Aftermarket, Eduard Canopy mask. Little lens landing light Scratch built Landing light cover from OHP film, Canopy door hinges, Aerial & brass tube guns. Part of a quad of Mustangs in the recent Mustang group build https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_William_Brown Thanks for looking CT

Mustang P51B 43-12214 Rebel Queen flown F/O Fred Glover 336th squadron 4th fighter group at RAF Debden 1944 Scale 1:72 Kit Academy P51B Decals from Academy Kit & home inkjet printed Paint MRP Weathering Flory grey wash, Mig oil brushers, Tamiya weathering masters, AK wethering pencils. Matt clear coat MRP Aftermarket, Eduard Canopy mask. Little lens landing light Scratch built Landing cover from OHP film, Canopy door hinges, Aerial & brass tube guns. Part of a quad of Mustangs in the current Mustang group build Thanks for looking CT

Open canopies usually look great on most types, but something has been bugging me on this one but wasn't sure how to fix it. Its those giant 4 inch blocks of plastic representing the hinges. On this video from Kermit Weeks it can be seen how they should look. I'm going to cut off the blocks and replace the cockpit ledge with some plasticard and rod representations. Ive cut a strip of 0.125mm card 1.5mm x 10mm and scribed line down the middle. Next I glued 2 pieces of 0.3mm rod 1mm long for the hinges. This was fiddly to say the least and took a while. Managed to make two of them and painted them interior green with aluminium on the hinges. Once I had test fitted them I cut the old blocks off and filed the edge of the door flush. Think they now look much better. Ive also done the same with the Queen. Stay safe and keep up the social distancing. CT

I used ALC106 white aluminium but I think it works on any of the low shine Alclads. Give it a try and see what works. Also it is very good for varying the shades using tiny trace amounts of black, white, Grey or colour for different panels on NMF aircraft. CT

Very nice. Good glossy finish.