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  1. It's 2:30 AM and this one is complete!

     

    Managed the superhero option, pretty chuffed about that given how complicated the kit was.

     

    Anyway, here's a few photos, I'm off to bed!.  Maybe I shouldn't have stayed up this late with work tomorrow today 🤔

     

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    Pleasure building with you all!

     

     

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  2. 17 hours in and we're oh-so close to completion:

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    Just need those decals to settle in a little and I can give it a final clear-coat, a touch of weathering, and attach all the bits and pieces.

     

    Also, you can see in the photo I decided to do up both canopies.  The "closed" one fits well enough that it doesn't look out of place when not glued.  This will allowe me to swap between the two.

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  3. 32 minutes ago, stevehnz said:

    I'm most impressed by the seat belts in this scale, etch?

     

    That's right!

     

     

    Progress at 9 hours:

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    Progress at 9 hours and 2 minutes thanks to spray-can primer:

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    Took quite a while to build up, lots and lots of small parts, especially the wing trailing edges (a flap, an aileron and a lower radiator door to position on each wing, plus photoetch radiators).  In good news though, I've fully painted and assembled and weathered the landing gear.  Hopefully I won't get finished with the main paint scheme and find another detail I have to build.

     

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  4. Hello everyone!

     

    I was browsing the hobby shop last weekend looking for something to build today.  Eduard's S-199 stood out on the shelf and I immediately thought "Profipack edition?  That's no good for a blitzbuild.  Not with all that pre-painted cockpit detail, and pre-cut maks for the canopy and wheels.......hang on a second!"

     

    So here we are!

     

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    Starting at 8:00AM Sunday.

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    Already wondering if I'll regret the time taken for some of these photoetch bits that I could have easily ignored.

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    Off to the spray booth!

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  5. On 2/1/2023 at 6:49 AM, Ed Russell said:

    Let me reassure you that the profiles are correct and the classic box art is not.

     

     

    On the topic of that airplane, I'm currently building this kit and realised the instructions and box art show it without the white leading edges.  Is that true?  I've never seen a Boomerang with the white tail but not the white leading edges.

     

    I've only seen a couple of photos of A46-117 and none show the leading edge clearly enough to tell either way.

     

  6. OK, here's the result!  16 hours and 9 minutes after starting (assuming I don't have to wait for the decal setting solution to finish doing its thing), I present Mustang A68-1, the first CA-17 assembled by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation in Fishermens Bend, Victoria.  I used decals from Red Roo Models and took A68-43's tail number, with the centre of the 4 cut out to make a 1.  Reference photos I looked at had visible stencil data, so I used all of the ones Airfix provided.  The CA-17s were assembled from kits supplied by North American (unlike the localy fabricated CA-18s) so I figured the stencils would probably be the same.  My research also pointed to A68-1 having none of the Australian local modifications, making it easy to produce straight out of the Airfix box.

     

    Anyway, here are some quick photos from my phone, a gallery post will follow.

     

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    As always it's been a pleasure building along with you all.  Goodnight and good luck with your builds!

     

    Beggsy.

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  7. OK, all the stencil details are done at 11:34PM.  Might just get this done before midnight!

     

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    So there's a Mustang fresh from the factory, before customisation.  I guess I'll have to reveal the final scheme next!  All that's left is a few more decals and painting the gun barrels.

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  8. 28 minutes ago, Luke1199 said:

    Coming along nicely, the metal looks great!

     

    1 hour ago, Bertie McBoatface said:

    Your shiny Mustang looks great.

     

    The prop spinner is about the shiniest result I've ever had with these paints.

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    The main airframe is now sitting to let it's landing gear set.  All airbrushing is done and it's not even midnight here.  What is going on!?!?!

     

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  9. Been going for 10 hours now and its almost time to make it silver.

     

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    I'm not too concerned about the time, it's a fairly simple decal scheme after this and I've been painting all the fiddly bits at the same time.  Could be famous last words, but we'll see!

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  10. OK, the fuselage and wing sub-assemblies are together.  Just waiting on some filler to dry before sanding and painting.  Good time for lunch, I reckon.

     

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    As for what I'm listening to, it's been the hour-long concert arrangement of "Good Boy, Good Boy" by Donut here.

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    He only knows the one song. It got a bit repetetive after a while.  The lyrics are "Good Boy, Good Boy", followed by and instrumental whistling section, then "Happy Boy", more whistling, and repeat.  A chart topping classic? No.  Adorably cute?  Absolutely.

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  11. Hi everyone!  I missed this first blitzbuild this year so I'm keen to make amends and contribute this weekend.

     

    I'll be building Airfix's 1/72 Mustang.

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    So, off we go!

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    That was quick and easy :)

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    Just kidding!  I've built this kit a couple of times now in various paint schemes.  This one will be something new using aftermarket decals.  What will it be?  You'll find out soon.

     

    Just like every other time I've built these parts, the control column snapped when removing it from the sprue.  Luckilly it was easy to glue back together.

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    It only took a little bit of assembly to be ready for the paint booth.

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    I shot a few colours at it in the first session.

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    This interior colour may give you a hint about the aircraft's eventual paint scheme.

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    And then I hand painted some details, plus some dry brushing and a black wash. 

     

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    Now I'm waiting for the instrument panel decal to set while reading up on everyone else's builds.  I should probably eat some breakfast too.  Back soon with more progress!

     

     

     

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  12. And so it begins:

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    The first round of sanding wasn't too bad.  Most of the putty was easily accessible to the 800 grit sanding stick.

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    However, there was one gap that was too big for putty.  I could have closed it up by squeezing the fuselage halves a bit, but then I'd have had a massive step to the wing piece.

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    .040 inch Evergreen styrene to the rescue!

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    Once the super glue holding that in cures, it will be trimmed back and another round of putty applied.  I suspect I'll need one more after that too, before these gaps fully disappear.

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  13. 5 minutes ago, Michael louey said:

    (mine is from a Aviation Megastore in the Netherlands)

     

    Same here. It was a mid-lockdown "I-haven't-spent-much-money-recently-so-I'll-try-and-ignore-the-eye-watering-shipping-price" kind of a purchase.

     

    6 minutes ago, Michael louey said:

    The CMR kit is ok, the main area needing attention being the wings which take a bit of effort to align and blend.

     

    So far, I'm pleased to report that the wings of the Kora kit were dead straight.

  14. 17 minutes ago, Dunny said:

    Great tip on the Vallejo flat coat too - I've always sworn by Tamiya but will give it a go as I do like their acrylics.

    Just be fore-warned that you'll want a lot of thinner.  The stuff has the consistency of PVA glue straight out of the bottle!

     

    I made a bit more progress this evening, and got the main fuselage components glued together.  Unfortunately, I had to cut the sides off the instrument panel to make it fit.  It's still a bit tall too.  In fact, the bottom edge of the panel is almost behind the rudder pedals.

     

    Oh well.

     

    I'm going to crack on with filling and sanding all the gaps before I attach any more parts, to avoid the very real possibility of breaking them off again.  If you don't hear from me for a few days.....I'll still be filling and sanding I suspect.

     

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    The interior is pretty hard to see...

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    ...except when using the flash on the camera

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    Good enough, I reckon!

     

     

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