NeilOP

I really like what you have done with the lifeboat, some great inspiration for the plain vac form life boat on my Yawl project. And thanks for the tip on the RN paint set, that will come in handy for my next couple of projects.

Next layer of paint on, now to let it go off before the next. Thanks Rob, as much as I struggle with the Humbrol acrylic in my airbrush, I'm getting great smooth gloss results from the spray cans. Thanks Neil

That is a good point so something to think about. I did want to set in a sea scene so i need to think about the setting I want to go for before I cut the hull. Thanks

I picked up an old HMS Belfast kit nice and cheap as there were a few bits missing which Airfix replaced for me. Anyway I want to build this as a waterline model and need a bit of advice on this. I'm new to plastic model ships so I've never converted a full hull before. I noticed there is a channel on the inside of the hull at about the waterline level but it looks a bit high. Is this channel a cut line to build it as a waterline model and its in the correct place? Thanks

So I'm back in business on this after a little break due to work, moving house and building a couple of winged things. Here is what I've been doing over the past couple of weeks. I have finished off a couple more layers of primer, filling, sanding and and then a final primer coat of Halfords Primer. The first primer layer I put down before the final filler was Valejo polyurethane filler. I've not had much joy with this, it clogged up my airbrush and it never gave me a smooth edge when I sanded through to the layer bellow even after allowing it to cure for a few days. I also completed the deck planking, I started the first few with wood glue by pinned it as I did with the hull planks but this was slow work. After the end of my finger wend numb (which is still tingling after over a week!) from pushing in the pins I decided to use CA which made quick work of it and used wood glue for the last 'filler' planks at each side. The problem with the CA is I couldn't re position it so there are a couple of planks are a bit low at each end, so lesson learnt to be a bit more careful when positioning them. I noticed some re-positional 90 second glue in B&Q the other day so I'll probably use that next time. After masking off the deck I put down a final primer using Halford primer which I'm really impressed with, I had seen in recommended on this forum but never used it. I also used the Halfords plastic primer on a plastic 1/700 O class destroyer I've been working on while waiting for things to dry/paint to cure on this project (which I will post when its finished) that also worked a treat and no cleaning my airbrush for one tiny part! I'm not sure if there is a major difference between the plastic and regular primer but made sense to use plastic on plastic? Any way... I like to use acrylic paint over enamel but I've been having clogging problems with Humbrol paint in my airbrush, I though it might be the age of it as I bought it when I started this project a couple of years ago but I have some 3 year old tamiya paint which still airbrushes great. So for this and because of the size of this I though I would use the Humbrol acrylic spray as there is a shop a 5 minute walk from home that sells the entire Humbrol range at a decent price. The primer is a bit dark so I've ended up layering almost a full can of the red 19 to kill the grey but I'm happy with the gloss finish. So that is where I'm up to, I've been waiting since Saturday for the red to cure properly so I can mask off and pain the next colour. One of my other jobs it the strip the paint from the mast with white spirit once I find a suitable container long enough. The first attempt was to brush paint some Humbrol acrylic gloss I had but the finish is awful so I'm going to try again with the spray can. Thanks

Nice! What did you use for the Azure Blue?

I got mine from here http://www.spruemart.co.uk/ You get nice subtle rivets

Great thanks, most stuff I do in 1/48

Can anyone tell me where I can get on of those wheel type tools for making rivet marks in plastic? Thanks

Can anyone tell me where I can get on of those wheel type tools for making rivet marks in plastic? Thanks

Hello, I've not done a group build before and a sea king is on my to do list so could I get in on this please?

Fantastic!

I've been watching this with great interest, they are fantastic. I'm working on a tropical MkVb, what brand paint do you use, in particular for the Azure? Cheers

Thanks for the encouragement! I have a few kits on the go at the moment to experiment with different techniques. The chipping was a tip I picked up from Airfix modelling world, its diluted off-white applied with a fine brush.

Thanks, this will keep me going on my next build