Howlindawg

I haven't added to the stash in ages but this was a Birthday gift from my brother.

Is that the 150 Express? It's a very nice restoration.

I'm going cross-eyed just thinking about undertaking that build in 1/144th! 🤪

I accumulated 20 or so WNW kits over the years. I must admit, given the prices they fetch, I'm very tempted to liquidate some of them. 🤑

So I'm all caught up and looking forward to some paint, perhaps even some custard. A great job (as always) John.

I haven't posted here in a while simply because I had to take a firm grasp of my previously, rapidly expanding stash! 😊 However, I just couldn't resist these goodies from Aviattic. So I guess that's two 1/32 DR1s planned for the winter period... and neither will be red!

And a rather striking yellow one.

Well it was a good plan... The Chinese purchase didn't materialise because the vendor couldn't arrange air freight to Ireland. The local shop has been shut down under COVID so no joy there. So it fell to the ever reliable @Duncan B to hook me up with a kit. Thanks Duncan, looking forward to this one, I just need to pick a scheme.

That's good news. I have one ordered from my local shop and another flying pigeon class from China. It looks like the official import will get here first.

That's just a lovely, lovely build. Great choice of scheme, fantastic paint and well done to Meng for getting the kits out and into punters hands. Well done Guy, it's a credit to you... as usual!

Are you sure? Did it say "Scrumpy" on the bottle?

Well, a pie floater is traditional Aussie street food. Basically a quality pie of your choice served upside down and submerged in pea soup. Absolutely delicious with a dash of Worchester sauce. There was a place called Harry's in Darling Harbour in Sydney that did a great version. Dammit, now I'm drooling on my keyboard!

You forgot the Pie Floater!

That particular IP is long since redone with Micro Kristal Klear. At the time I did wonder whether it could have had something to do with the depth of CA used. Would thinner layers be less prone to frosting perhaps. 🤔

I used CA blobs many times to replicate gauge glass on IPs. No issues with frosting until I used the same technique on the IP of my WNW camel and it was an unmitigated disaster. I have no idea why if fogged so badly on that occasion but I haven't retried the technique since. I don't think it was due to CA brand as I tend to only use Roket. Maybe I'll retry on something 'not too precious' and use accelerator this time but perhaps not a WNW.