

Rob G
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7 hours ago, Casey said:
To quote: I ate'nt dead
I am working on something and hopefully at some point this year you wont need to have spreadsheets but will be able to use tool like this:
... to mix paints to match colors from known targets:
... even including the elusive ones (if paint set pigment allows, that is)
... or using much cheaper artist paints:
... or just to replicate paints between vendors
Thank you, Granny.
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On 2/24/2025 at 1:17 AM, Morantbay said:
Maybe we need a group build for "anything on the shelf more than 3 years". Might be the motivation many of us (me) are in desperate need of.
We do. Towards the end of every year and over into the new, there's the KUTA (Kick Up the Donkey) GB, which is specifically for finishing the shelf queens, how ever long they've been there. Anyone is welcome to join in. Have a look in the Group Builds section of the forum for the latest iteration.
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What's your usual paint?
I undercoat brass parts ( and everything else, usually) with rattle can Tamiya Primer in whatever grey or white is to hand, then paint over the top of it.
Guns are tricky - there are various 'gunmetal' flavoured paints available, I've never been convinced by any of the ones that I've tried, but I haven't tried them all. My usual approach is a good coat of matt black, then rub the side of a 2B pencil over the raised parts, then buff carefully with a soft cloth. You could use a matt very dark blue instead, if you want something different.
There are also chemical blackening solutions that can be bought or made with relative ease; I've tried a couple of the commercial ones and haven't been all that impressed, but that might just be me.
No doubt others will have other ideas.
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but epoxy glue'll stick'em
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Who wants to know?
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But will she?
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the wizard cries tears
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On 2/16/2025 at 2:55 AM, Enzo the Magnificent said:
Show us your previous Starfighter builds.
LOL. Not a chance.
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2 hours ago, Neddy said:
the first (and I think only) rear-engined car produced in the US
There were many experiments, production cars were few - the late 1940s Tucker 48, (another flat 6, interestingly), and the early 1930s Stout Scarab are about all that come to mind, if 50 and 9, respectively, can be considered "production".
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2 hours ago, dov said:
Did not know about this museum! Amazing!
I was there in April last year. If you're a rotorhead, it's a must see. Crammed full of the interesting, weird and wonderful. Free parking, too.
If you're going to spend time in Weston, be prepared for extortionate parking fees (as found in most places in the UK. Absolutely criminal.)
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of the 'non-state' variety
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^-- What Troy said, beat me by a minute.
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2 hours ago, Jan Skalka said:
Nice work, it's a change to see a relatively modern AFV in amongst the hordes of Tigers and Shermans.
As an FYI, those shafts have universal joints in them, not CV joints. And (observation, not criticism), typically for Trumpeter, they look pretty bad - given the time and effort that you've put into all the other little details, I'm surprised that you stuck with the kit versions.
It will be good to see colour on this one.
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1 hour ago, Ali62 said:
I have documents
As a long term fan of the M.52, I'd love to see them, surely the veil has been lifted by now (and it's no secret that the data was sent 'over there').
I'm up for at least a 72th kit, probably a 48nd instead / as well.
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12 minutes ago, Armor Novice said:
A unique machine, whose military reasoning is beyond me, an APC (?) which has the ability to attack enemy ships?
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I was schooled in Australia in the 70s/early 80s, and we learned 12 times tables - Aussie went decimal in 66, not quite a year before I was born (in Olde Englande, if it matters - I never learned £sd).
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I'd love to see inside the fuselage, I'm curious as to how much plastic the original owner had to remove to get the etched cockpit parts to fit - my kit has has had nearly 2mm removed from the inside of each half, and it's still tight in there.
I'll follow along, it may give me a spur to continue with mine.
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right above the sink
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it's in the harbo(u)r
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Yes, it did. I'd suspect that you haven't refreshed the page on your computer, and it's still showing the old version.
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ways to leave your
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Ditzler DAL-11068 is the original colour number (a laquer paint). Online chips, viewed on my calibrated monitor, look to be about what I'd expect of an early 1950s car colour - a slightly muddy mid blue.
You can't trust other people's models, or photographs.
I can't find an instruction sheet online, what paint do Moebius recommend?
I don't know if you've found this, but it may help
https://www.hudsonjet.hetclub.org/hudsonjetpaint.html
Also, if you're chasing authenticity, don't make the gloss level too high. A shine is OK, a wet look is wrong (and horrible to look at).
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we have the right
1/48 Tamiya F-4B, BuNo 153000, VF-114 'Aardvarks', April 1967. Finished 08/06.
in Vietnam GB
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As an FYI, this year's Phantom GB is exclusively for UK-operated aircraft - RR Spey powered (F-4K / M) and the small number of F-4J(UK).