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  1. BluesModeller
    Spotted it in IKEA. I think it may have been a lid for something you had to buy separate. Nice and cheap, but looks nice enough. I think I’m in trouble for pulling an all nighter to get these finished. Way, way too tired to go to the shops now! 😉
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    Well, this one fought me to the end! The final gloss coat to seal the decals in went cloudy. I think it reacted with the decal solvents. Really thought I’d ruined it at the final stage, but thankfully a few extra coats seems to have fixed it. I also snapped off one of the pointy bits on the wing tips but that was a fairly easy fix. Can’t believe such a simple looking kit took so long to do but I’m glad I stuck with it. Not because it’s an amazing looking model (It isn’t) but it’s provided some valuable lessons for future builds. More photos in the gallery later, but for now thanks for following along!
  3. BluesModeller
    Done and dusted!!! Pretty happy with the end result. Less drama than the 747. The nose area could be better and the finish a bit shinier, but not too bad either. Will post some better photos in the gallery later. Thanks for viewing!
  4. BluesModeller
    Come on… You’ve gone out and photographed the real thing!!! Absolutely fantastic build. Love the colour and the backdrop is just perfect for the look of the model.
  5. BluesModeller
    Nice build !
  6. BluesModeller
    Decals are on, just a final gloss coat and a couple of minor touch ups and it’s done and dusted at last! Was able to use most of the original decal sheet unlike the 747. Only issue was getting the red, white and blue stripe to conform to the shape of the nose. It just wouldn’t and eventually broke up. Thankfully, I had my homemade decals to hand and was able to use part of that sheet to complete the decalling. Still didn’t want to conform as well as I hoped but with a few coats of Microsol I got there, although it did attack the ink so some touch ups are needed. Only other issue is that the decals are not scaled / shaped right so the front isn’t completely accurate but it doesn’t look that bad either so I’ll leave it. Hopefully have this and the 747 in the gallery by tonight or tomorrow at the latest!
  7. BluesModeller
    All the decals are on. The Inkjet decals worked well and went on without issue. The only area I had trouble with (Aside from the red stripe mentioned in earlier posts) was the white surround of the doors. No feasible way of replicating it so it’ll have to do in that regard. Also, there are five doors on each side. Oddly, Matchbox only provide enough for four on each side. Just a dreadful set of decals all round! The one decal from the original sheet that did work was the “Coniston Water” name. Quite pleased with that! Just need to finish the engines and she’s done!
  8. BluesModeller
    Red stripe done! Not too bad. Little bit of cleaning up with a cocktail stick but as good as I could have hoped. Just don’t zoom in! 🤪
  9. BluesModeller
    Stunning bit of modelling!
  10. BluesModeller
    I’ve printed the decals onto white and clear paper to pick and choose what works best. Should work out for most of the decals. Biggest issue with this stripe is that it’s half a millimetre wide. I have to trim right up to the red so the white doesn’t show. It becomes too fragile to use. A few more coats of clear and cutting into smaller sections may have worked thinking about it…
  11. BluesModeller
    First homemade decal went on ok. I used Halfords clear lacquer and the stuff has worked brilliantly. Can’t fault it at all. For the fed stripe down the fuselage I tried to use the original decals which now had 5 coats of Halfords clear, two coats of Microscale decal film and two coats of Rust-Oleum Clear (which is rubbish). Not only did the decal still fall apart but what I did get on the model became invisible against the blue! So, even if they had held together I still would have run into trouble. I’m about to try my homemade ones but I suspect they too will be too translucent to use. My only option then will be to carefully mask and spray the stripe. Extremely frustrating as I thought this would be a quick, fun build. On the other hand I’m learning some new skills! Edit: Looks like I’m masking and spraying the stripe. Wish me luck!
  12. BluesModeller
    Very nice! She a good looking ship. Even the QM2 looks good from certain angles although I agree a lot the modern ships look like an office building has been stuck on top of the hull sideways. But the QE2 had a certain elegance.
  13. BluesModeller
    Very nice 727! Those Posca pens are great for small details and touch ups. Very fragile though. What gloss did you use for your final coat? Your model has a nice lustre to it.
  14. BluesModeller
    The original decals are not playing ball even with decal restorer applied. I’m making some home made decals which is taking some time. She’s all ready and looking pretty shiny… Hoping the decals work out or I’m up a certain creak without a paddle. The 747 can be resprayed white and I can use the Air Canada set from the Revell kit. Don’t want to and hopefully won’t have to, but if my home made replacements don’t work then it’ll have to be as it is. Not very exciting I know. We’ll see….
  15. BluesModeller
    Currently in decal hell with this build. I applied a coat of Microscale decal film to both the 747 and 727 decal sheets and on both sheets the blue ink (and just the blue ink) smudged. That should have been a warning. After two coats as instructed I went to apply the tail decal and it fell apart immediately. I did, however, scan the decals before faffing with them so we’ll see how we get on with the home made variety. Currently editing them with Gimp as some will need to be printed on transparent paper. Arghhh!!!
  16. BluesModeller
    Nice subject choice and a superb build Chris! Time for a bigger shelf! 😉
  17. BluesModeller
    Superb!
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    Not 100% sure why this happened to be honest Ray… You could be right with this particular paint. I’ve since resprayed it and it still feels a little gummy and fragile after several hours. Perhaps that in combination with leaving the tape on too long. I’ll get it glossed ready for decals tomorrow. Feels like it will flake off just looking at it!
  19. BluesModeller
    Cracking lineup Neil! Agree with Alex, Landor for the win! Although they all look classy.
  20. BluesModeller
    Very crisp and clean build!
  21. BluesModeller
    Giant man grabs airline in mid flight? Brilliant model! I would certainly pay more for a model with that amount of detail but many of the current big name kit makers would seriously need to pull their socks up to do it well.
  22. BluesModeller
    Love it! The stripes on the tail livery combined with the runway give a real sense of motion. Brush painted too.. Wow!
  23. BluesModeller
    Annnnddd…. Disaster strikes! The Tamiya masking tape has reacted with the Tamiya Chrome Silver and left marks all over the finish. I’ll gently sand it back, mask the other bits and re-do it. If I had time I’d get all the paint off and start again using the Mr Hobby Super Metallic II Chrome Silver I got recently for another project. The Tamiya looks ok but it’s a bit grainy whereas the. Mr Hobby looks much more like polished aluminium even if it’s not advertised as that. Lessons learned though, and that can only be a good thing even if it doesn’t seem like it at the time.
  24. BluesModeller
    This is taking a little longer than I initially planned. My time to get all the airbrush stuff out, paint and clean up is pretty limited as I don’t have a dedicated room to leave everything set up and I don’t want to be spraying when family is around. so, I thought it best to get a few models up to the painting stage and do it all together and am now surrounded by dozens of parts for various models attached to bamboo sticks! I think I’ll stick to doing no more than two at a time!!! But, I am nearly there with this 747 and my 727. Couple of minor touch ups, gloss coat and decals and it’s done. Here she is as it stands… Edit: Juast panicked looking at that second pic. Thought the paintwork was damaged on the wing near the top. Just light reflecting off the glossy paint!
  25. BluesModeller
    An absolutely fantastic little model Roger!!!
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