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    2023 Bunfight poll

    in Bunfight!

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    31 minutes ago, trickyrich said:

    WOOOOOHOOOO there's going to be bloodshed!!!!!!! :yahoo:

     

    You lot DO take this malarkey seriously don't you? 

     

    It seems to me that there's a preponderance of Hawker-accessible GBs this year - the obvious Tornado to Sea Fury, the Sopwith (incorporating 'awkers etc) and the not so obvious weather and STOL/VTOL themes. I may have to join in somewhere. 

     

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    Data storage advice sought

    in Chat

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    On 9/23/2022 at 2:56 AM, Enzo Matrix said:

     

     

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    I don't even know what I'm looking at here.  Where are the memory circuits?   I assume in the things which look like USB connectors.  This does explain why the units are apparently partitioned into two "2TB" drives. 

     

    That... is amazing. The lengths that people will go to to effect a scam is... wow.

     

    On the upside, it's easy to upgrade the storage capacity. :D

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    Why is this happening?

    in Airbrushes

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    That's a paint issue, not an airbrush issue. Something is causing the paint to be repelled from the surface. I'm not familiar with Vallejo, but given that it's a (very) water based acrylic, I'd say that almost anything could affect its ability to stick. Try a test on a bit of scrap and see if it still does it.

     

    Another thought - you may have applied it a bit too heavily. From my limited use of the MIG Ammo paints (essentially the same thing), you really need to apply very light coats to avoid runs and puddling. Very light coats, and several of them. 

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    Ambush! - U.S. SF Operators & pickup in 1/24

    in Work In Progress - Dioramas

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    Very nice. A suggestion for the chap jumping from the tray (he's late, BTW, all his mates are already in action. Was he having a snooze? :)) would be to drill through his hand and the tray side, and insert a brass pin (and if needed, another through the left knee - careful positioning and paintwork would hide that one). It's just a flesh wound! :DNo-one in their right mind is going to leap from a vehicle onto a box or stack of whatever - one of the biggest inbuilt fears that we have is falling,  and human beings are very good at instinctive self-preservation - making sure of our footing is one thing that we do without thought, even in stressful situations. I'd even go so far as to say that he's in danger of twisting or breaking an ankle on that gutter edge... 

     

    And a nit, if I may. Your boys need safety glasses or goggles. Standard equipment for most modern militaries, and an absolute must have for small forces operating remotely, the last thing they need is a debilitating eye injury that could've been prevented so easily. 

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    Spitfire XIV 'What If' project

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

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    That photo that you're using as a reference is wildly inaccurate. It reminds me of some images printed in cheap books in the 80s, those ones that were aimed at 'enthusiasts', but weren't well produced. Look at the bright, glowing greens in the fields and the almost fluorescent red of the roundel. Don't believe everything that you see online, and be very, very suspicious of any colour image reproduced anywhere, print or digital, unless you are absolutely certain of how it's been reproduced at every stage of its life (which you cannot be, unless you took the photo and have a working knowledge of colour management.) 

     

    As for the colour of your chosen paint, I've never seen any serious criticism of Xtracrylix PRU Blue. For the record, and I quote from someone who has a better idea of the truth than me, PRU Blue is a deep toned blue-grey with a subtle greenish cast.

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