Black Knight
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Very nice indeed. The finish looks just proper on it.
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Cant help with an answer about replacement decals, but about the yellowing; put in the sunshine for a while [might take days or even a week or two] or under UV light,[ may take several hours] - that usually reduces the yellowing, sometimes getting rid of it completely. Give the decals a coat of Liquid Decal Film, incase they might be cracked and break up when soaked.
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Lovely Bentley.
I used Humbrol Clearfix to glaze the windscreen on mine.
Prieser do 'drivers' in 1/87 scale, some of which fit these cars nicely.
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The only reference I have for B17 gives;
Upperwing = 84 inch Type 'B'
Fuselage = 36 inch Type 'C1'
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Dont write-off rattle cans yet though. A goodly range of colours [& shades of colours] can be obtained from your local car accessory shop or Halfords.
I have three airbushes. One is the Humbrol basic, excellent for larger areas, the other two are chinese clones of Badger; one is double action and t'other is single action; both cost me under £25 [each].
For large plain coloured areas I'd recommend the Humbrol [or Badger] basic with its glass jar, but as its a suction feed you need a good compressor. The spray of these will go down to about the size of a 10p.
With a gravity feed you'd need at least a 7ml cup to suit your needs. My single-action has a 2ml cup and that doesnt go far on plain areas. Its max cover is about a 50p, then down to pencil lines. The double-action brush is similar but has a 14ml cup. I rarely use it now as I cant get the hang of double-action, I prefer the single.
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I had a problem that sound similar to yours.
The problem ended up to be a tiny, I mean tiny, 10 on a pin head small, flake of dried paint. It took me days, literally, trying to spray, cleaning out etcetera, until this flake decided to come out.
Perhaps there is a tiny blockage that wont be moved by low psi, but does with the higher?
just a thought,
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Also; have a look here -
http://modelingmadness.com/review/w1/gb/foster0400.htm
and: the kit has an odd feature [i'll probably get this the wrong way around] it has 16 bomb cells but only 15 holes for the bombs to fall through.
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One can buy paint for real tyres in car accessory shops. The usual colour is standard black, but white, blue, yellow, red and green are available. A 250ml tin is not frightenly expensive.
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I would advise misting on your first two coats then a third a bit heavier. I've found the solvent carrier in most Humbrol sprays can be, as they say, 'hot' and it can cause severe orange peel if blasted on in one coat. The misting on helps to prevent this.
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That is nice. It would probably have been better than the B52 [maybe?]
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May I add a couple?
1) A dogfight but no shoot-down. Early 1940 a Cervia Autogyro on weather patrol over France, near border with Germany was set upon by three Messerschmitt 109. They seemed to expend all their ammo, and probably fuel too, before leaving the Cervia alone. The umarmed and unharmed Cervia returned to base with the vital weather info.
2) 1948 - RAF Spitfires engaged and shot down Egyptian Spitfires, over Palestine, on two occasions.
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The cannon barrels look shorter than normal. Have they been cut down?
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Get yourself down to your nearest B&Q or HomeBase store. Go to the saw cutting area. There you'll find a 'bin' with off cuts of wood. You may find some off-cuts of MDF. Grab a load, get a docket from one of the workers. Either store only charges about £1 or £2 for a load of these off cuts. Last week I got nearly half-a-trolley worth for 20p. **
Get your treasure home and cut it up yourself. MDF gives a nice finish. You can spray it, brush paint it, flock/grass it, or what ever takes your fancy.
HTH
Fred
** I got bits ranging from 8" x 2'6" down to 4" x 8" in various thickness'
PS: Some builders merchants also have off-cuts which they'll sell you cheaply.
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Basically the only difference between the Titanic and Brittanic was; the Brittanic was about 1ft shorter and had twice the number of lifeboats, displaced differently. So any Titanic, with extra lifeboats can be used.
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Why not go down to 28mm? [or is it 32 or 40mm??] Warhammer stuff is very detailed, easy to paint, not toooooooooo expensive, a good range, plastic [mostly] £15 gets you a box of about 8 figures with lots of alternate parts - which are available cheaply off ebay sellers, so its easy to mix up creations.
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Andrea Minatures do white metal figures of the characters from Star Wars and I think from some other films. They cost from about £20 to £35 each
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Looks nice enough. I do like the simpler models occasionally. I'll have to get one of these.
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When I helped in a model shop I did help buyers of all ages. Many new to the modelling just wanted a simple kit, few parts, that they could assemble in an afternoon or evening. They liked the older Airfix kits because they had fewer parts, especially the smaller fiddly ones. If it looked like a Spitfire/Hurricane/Hawk/Harrier thats all they wanted. We offered an 'after sales' service to the customers. After being introduced to simple kits they went on to the more complicated ones. Given the choices of the better kits the customers still went for the Airfix kits.
We had this Hurricane in stock, but kept selling out of it. It was very popular.
Not all modellers are dedicated to accuracy [or not], the vast majority want a simple 'craft' thing to do in their spare time. Thy do not care that there is no cockpit detail. They just build a kit oob, then put it on a shelf near the TV where the family can see it and admire it.
Sorry I've gone off topic rather, and waffled.
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I use the fibre-glass resin all the time. It is brittle, but this can be lessened a bit by using talc as a filler. I've never had any problem with it flowing and getting the smallest detail from the mould.
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You want Smudger2 off this forum, see this thread
Steve.
Thats the chap. As a newbie here I did not know he was also on this forum.
I have one of his Buchon conversion sets and its quite good. It wont need too much work to do the conversion.
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The Buchon we are familiar with was the 1112 and used the 4 blade prop, an earlier version, the 1111 used a three blade prop.
I believe Pegasus does/did a complete 1112 in 1/72 plus there is a seller on ebay [ a member of the Airfix Trib Forum] sells some conversion parts to convert any 1/72 109 G6 to the 1112 Buchon.
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Its a real cracker,
Fred
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From reading numerous biographies, the regular full time RAF aircrew [not the AAF] would buy a car between them. As it spent most of the time on the airfield it was rarely taxed. Popular cars were Morris 8, Ford ten, Vauxhall, occasionally an Austin, a Ruby or Big Seven. Individual pilots sometimes bought motorcycles, often the more racey types, [right now I can't name them]. Hire purchase was available since the late 1880s but pilots were superstitious about taking on the payments. During the 1920s and 30s motorcycles and cars were available on H.P. A motorcycle typically cost between £50 and £100. Cars started at about £150 up to £250, for the smaller sporty types.
The types of cars I've mentioned are available in railway scale for 1/72 scale. Some are available in 1/48 in white metal but are rarer than rocking horse poo. Some of the vehicles and motorcycles are available in 1/24th. In 1/32 its mostly the more exotic/racey types available but Fords are reasonably easy to get. Gowland and Gowland did quite a few cars in 1/32 which would suit if you can find them.
F.
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Neatly done,
RMS BRITANNIC.
in Maritime WWI to 1939
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Plese dont trust that web discussion; there are numerous factual errors within it.