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    Thanks PC - that's a great help. Matt it is, and I will mask the canopy, unlike on my Anson shown here (thanks again for the hyperlink tip - using it all the time now). Any tips on (easily) removing matt coat (I used Vallejo Model Air)? If not I'll put it down to three crew, a cold morning and condensation.
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    Thanks Jon - you're very kind and made my day! OK, I've done bit of weathering and painted the cannons (thanks PC). What next? Do I need to top coat? If so which of these options: - Vallejo matt coat - Humbrol 135 satin acrylic (should I think this prior to AB?) - Something else I'd need to buy or - Do nothing Help always appreciated. See post 187 for appearance before weathering.
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    Thanks Giorgio, bad example on my part showing my inexperience here. Could someone experienced suggest, for us Newbies, an RAF set? And, maybe, Luftwaffe? Purely selfish on my part as I tend to do European WWII.
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    Thanks MG, you've made an old man very happy. OK, not that old, but still very happy. Yes! PC posted a picture further up the thread and Wiki says that tipping V1s was one of the first 'tests' for the XIV. I just hope I can get the CofGs right so they hang correctly together (ooer missus!)
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    ... and some that did happen, and then didn't, like the TSR2. Still one of my saddest memories even though I was young(ish) at the time. I have TSR2 The Untold Story Full Documentary as one of my YouTube favourites.
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    CedB replied to dr_gn's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Amazing detail, looks gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
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    Thanks guys! Just attacked it with a 10a - hahaha! Tipping, of course! I'll try to take a photo that matches your favourite PC (now there's a challenge!)
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    Now I need to make some sort of frame to hang these, after the decals dry overnight (hopefully settled):
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    Progress today. Ready for decals: These are old decals remember and after my experience with the Whittle and Anson I'm nervous. They've had a coat of Microscale Decal film and I'm following Paul Budzik's advice to cut as close to the decals as possible, leaving just a tag to pick them up with. (Just noticed Paul's posted another set of videos, this time on airbrushing. Must watch those later). A bit later, and after a bit of a struggle teasing the decals off their paper, all went well: except that bit on the edges of the roundel. I've wetted it with Sol so we'll see what happens.
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    As you say Stew, happy sad feelings all round.
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    Yes! I'll follow it, in only to see if bacteria have better tastes than a lot of humans. Bit advanced I guess - and you need to get the cockpit away from the airframe, at speed. I thought we had to wait for the F111 for that idea, but Heinkel put it in their 176 in 1939! Apparently Martin Baker came up with a design where the co-pilot ejected and the rest of the crews' seats moved around on a sort of track. This was considered 'too expensive', a great morale booster at the time.
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    "I bought a cheeseburger from there on the 19th of January for an experiment and to this day it is still looking and smelling the same as it did the day I bought it. Something not right there." Perhaps you should do a WIP thread on weekly progress! "This Box art I adore just something magic and optimistic about it." This reminded me of an anecdote from a Vulcan Navigator* I met in my brief RAF career (stop me if you've heard it)... The box art clearly shows the hatch just in front of the nose wheel. Apparently most accidents occurred on landing / take off when, obviously, the "very sharp" nose wheel was down. 'The book' suggested that, if the crew needed to 'depart', that the pilot and co-pilot, prior to ejecting (they had the only ejector seats for 'economic' reasons), maintained a stable flight path whilst the rest of the crew: sat in the hatchway reached down and grasped the door's ram dropped through the door and 'threw themselves away' from the sharp nosewheel Not optimal. The revised procedure, apparently, involved the crew pulling some of the cable from the ejector seat, wrapping it around the pilot's neck and saying "You're not going anywhere without us, are you?". * This was in the mess bar so please take with a pinch of salt (or a few pints)
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    Hi Jaffa. You're not 'hijacking' - that's what the forums are here for! I've done an analysis of the RAF WWII set 71.189 (sad man) after Alex Vallejo's comment that others had found more problems. I wasted a lot of time, effort and emotion by using the wrong colour on my Spit XIV so sorry if this appears to be a rant! Firstly let me say these are great paints for airbrushing (IMHO). There are a few problems with the sets: whether you need all the colours in the set. Probably not. Even the 8 colour 'Day fighters' set has PRU Blue. whether all the colours you need are included. I think not. There's no matt black for example and none of the colours you'll need if you want to paint a pilot. the accuracy of the guidance in the pamphlet (see below) the accuracy of the colours themselves (perhaps a matter of opinion but also of great debate on BM). Try searching for 'Olive Drab' and you'll see what I mean. I think now, even though I've been attracted by the packaging and bought two 16 colour sets myself, that you're better buying separate colours. It doesn't take long to click a few entries on a decently organised website. Anyway, my analysis* (if you're interested) showed that, for the RAF set (all 71.nnn colours): Interior Green supplied is 095 'Pale Green' and should be 010 Interior Green Dark Green supplied is 016 Grun RLM73 and should be 012 Dark Green Sky and Eau de Nil / Duck Egg Green supplied as 013 Yellow Olive. This is a 'hard colour' and the subject of much discussion, but I don't think it's yellow or olive! Ocean Grey supplied is 048 or 097 (for mixed). No colour in the range for this Medium Sea Grey supplied is 047 US Grey and should be 049 MSG Dark Sea Grey supplied is 097 Base Grey and should be 048 or 110 * Just mine and I'm not a professional so may be wrong. E&OE! (Errors and Omissions Excepted)
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    Great end to a great build Stew - thanks for letting us look in. Gorgeous result and great detail, both historically and on the model.
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    The Loyd has obviously restored your mojo - Llooking good Jon! (Picking up the accent. That's Welsh though innit?)
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    Sorry to our 'overseas' friends but YOU MUST BE A UNITED KINGDOM RESIDENT & OVER 18 YEARS OF AGE TO ENTER * Just surfing whist having my Sunday morning cuppa and saw this raffle for some amazing prizes from the XH558 guys. Bought 5 tickets and crossing my fingers... Prizes: Fly in a Lancaster as part of a luxury holiday in Canada for two Fly in a Spitfire alongside XH558 Fly with The Blades Aerobatic Team in formation with XH558 and others. I've bought 5 tickets... go on, you know you want to, and XH558 benefits from the cash (I assume?) * Edit: Good news though PC... Mrs B hates flying, so when I win there will be a spare seat in the Lanc.
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    Mine arrived yesterday (SWMBO has Amazon prime so I got these). And they MAKE THINGS REALLY BIG once you get them adjusted (by moving the lenses until you see a single image, of course). I've obviously dropped or bashed my .2mm as it was bent, so ditto your comment on checking these things occasionally. Paul at Modelling Tools / Little Cars is my Guru on this and doesn't recommend reamers as he says they can split the nozzle if you don't take care. Makes sense. There's a 20 odd minute video from an Iwata guru here on cleaning airbrushes...
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    Ah! Been there... The worse thing is when you try to share the joke and they just stare at you, blankly. I told Mrs B about Stew's Mr Hobby Belly - nothing. Guess you had to be there.
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    "inappropriate time"? Tell all!
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    Oi! What are doing dragging me into strange forums? That looks cute though... Perhaps when I've filled my ceiling.
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    Don't apologise Bill - you take it easy, look after yourself and we'll be ready when you are.
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    Or, at 61, perhaps both in my case??!!
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    Uh, duh, what a dork I am! I've just: - AK True Metalled the cannons Gunmetal - AK True Metalled the wheel hubs steel (not too impressed by the colour) and - Mr Metal Color Iron on the exhausts. I'm not used to all the 'after paint' prep yet and I'd completely forgotten. I'm not too bothered about the wheels and I expect the exhausts will be OK, but I'll have to mask the cannons I guess. Rats. Only slightly cheered by the post you made Stew about the Klear coat on your Defiant! Great minds and all that...
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    How about "Keep the sprues, every one, until model is really done". I wish I'd thought of this earlier, because... Next on my list was 'make rear view mirror' and then I noticed the hole in the top of the canopy. Hmmm. I usually tidy up as I go along and dispose of sprue waste once I've finished with the parts. And other rubbish. Like the instructions. So search through the 'paper waste' bin (see recycling above) and find the instructions. Aha! Part 22 is the mirror! So search through the 'plastic waste' bag and look for the sprue with the part on. The really small part. It only took me a minute... to empty the bag out on the floor. It then took me about 20 minutes sifting through grey sprues, and then clear ones, until I found it. Remember this? Well, there's the mirror. Top right. Here's what's left... look closer - see it?: No look! Closer! Part 22. Oh good grief. That'll need some cleaning up, and I can hear the carpet monster growling. Anyway, no teasing. After fiddly stripe painting, progress so far: Fit the mirror and then she's ready for a coat of Klear which will need to dry overnight. (Pegs come first, a 50's burst!) What do you think of the nav lights using the new pens? Be honest! Edit: No! Have to metal stuff up first.
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    Aha, thanks PC, you're a star! I reckon the pegs are inboard (see pics in my post here) so they're 50 cals. Great! No messing about then for me! Catchy. Of course I'll probably not need this again (especially as you're always willing to help) but I am a little worried about the number of other 'aide memoires' like this that you may have in your head... Thanks again, more later (hopefully).
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