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absolutely stunning! chris

Ok with white I use Alclad white primer as it is great to airbrush directly from the bottle. I then uses Tamiya white - get a new bottle shake it and then add thinners to top it up to the ridge - good shake and bobs your uncle chris

Well you are all wrong as apparently its going to be a 1:24 F14 Tomcat with real engines - gonna go down a storm in the US and make lots of money 😉 Mr Airfix told me this himself

looks great - I've not used those metal colours but might to have a go with them now! chris

absolutely superb!

this is a great build - thanks for sharing...

Ok this is great and many thanks for all the information - gives me plenty to think about!

This is a good thread and here's another question if I may? Can you build an F3 from the current Airfix F1 kit? Looks to me like just a different fin but I may be wrong! Chris

absolutely stunning!

Ok many thanks guys this is really helpful. Great reference photos as well chris

Afternoon folks - I'm currently building the Tamiya 1:48 Lancaster and am wondering about the windows along the fuselage. Are these windows blanked out? I ask as the decals on the side of the fuselage cover one or two of the windows and I'm not sure if I should have these windows as windows or blacked over? thanks chris

Ok that's interesting - I've not thought of using gloss black before so will give that a try. Superb build and inspiration to get on with my one. Need to finish my Tamiya big Lanc first though!

Stunning! The weathering is outstandingly- did you pre or post shade? chris

interesting - I've used Alclad primer for years and recently have had similar problems. It has been my 'go to'primer because it is so good! I thought it was my airbrush but I'm not so sure... chris

Yes that's very nice indeed - the weathering is very effective chris

wow superb photos and I'm not jealous at all! 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan could be all the calling I need to book my trip!

wow that's a good resource!

Wow that's a great build! chris

ok so I took the plunge with my Italeri Tonka kit and actually the fit so far has been quite good! Detail not as good as the HoobyBoss one but ok. Doing this one in flight again and just checking to see which schemes to do This is two days worth of work... chris

thanks Eng and you are spot on about the HobbyBoss kit! I havent got the Revell one yet but it does sound good I have to say. Out of madness I started the Italeri one - will see how that turns out! chris

Many thanks - I used Gunze H334 for the Barley Greay and H315 for the undersides Chris

Ok so over the last couple of weeks I have been finishing off projects that I started some time ago and this is one I started over 2 years ago! It is the HobbyBoss 1:48 Tornado F3 which I had given up on as the fit was poor and I got bored of it. Anyway I decided to have another go at it and this is the result. Its not bad but far from perfect but 'in flight' it looks pretty good in the special scheme. It was largely out of the box with resin seats and Xtradecal decals. Paints were Gunze and Tamiya with some Alclad. I love the Tornado F3 and am eagerly awaiting build reviews on the Revell kit which I am hoping is much better than the HobbyBoss one cheers chris

many thanks - I Painted the whole think Matt black and then the camo was Tamiya XF 52 and XF60 chris

Many thanks - I tidied it up first as I couldn't have taken the photos as it was that messy! This is more normal:

thats a beautiful build - subtle but effective weathering chris