samhobbs

I'd quite like to see Airfix produce a 1/48 Hawker typhoon, some Italian Aircraft e.g. Macchi C.202, C.205 etc, and an AgustaWestland Aw.159 Wildcat

Emodels has them in-stock at the moment, for £38 reduced from £42

Awesome job, is the kit any good, because I was tempted by one myself, when I saw it on emodels a few days ago.

Thanks for the advice, I have now managed to get the plastic to stick, using Humbrol Poly cement, just a shame all I had was those messy little tubes you get with starter/gift sets. Thanks Sam

Thanks, for the reply, I always do wash the sprues before construction, so I doubt that, the release agent is the issue, however it may just be me not scrubbing hard enough, who knows?

Hey, I'm currently building Italeri's 1/48 Hawker Hurricane Mk.1, beautiful kit in terms of detail, fit isn't so great. However, since the beginning of the build, I have had real trouble with the plastic Italeri has used. I simply cannot get it to stick together. Tamiya extra thin is my go to glue, and is what I used for all my builds, so naturally I tried that first, and even after 24hrs of drying time, the bonds snapped instantly, with little or no pressure applied. I then tried superglue, with the same result. after this I was pretty annoyed, so I broke out the Epoxy resin, which I was certain would work, and even after nearly 2 days to cure, no luck, as soon as I tried to sand the fuselage seam with sandpaper, the bond failed once again. So my question is has anyone else ever had this issue, and if so how did you resolve it. ] Thanks Sam

Hi, I have recently been contemplating making homemade thinners, for my acrylic paints, due to the much lower cost of them, (certainly in the long run) compared to buying branded thinners from companies such as Tamiya and Mig. I have read about mixing 99.9% IPA (Isopropyl Alcohol) with Distilled or de-ionised water, and then adding a few drops of a paint retarder and flow improver, however I have been wondering does anyone have any tried and tested ratios for the mix of IPA and water, as I'd rather not buy all the components and mix a useless batch of 'thinners' by getting the ratios wrong. Thanks, Sam

Yes it is the GX series the ones in the glass jars, do you know of any cheaper alternatives to the Mr color thinners, as I am on a tight budget. Thanks

I am looking into purchasing some of Mr Color's Super clear III gloss varnish, and was wondering 1. Is it pre-thinned and ready to spray with the airbrush, 2. If you do need to thin it can you use Isopropyl Alcohol, or does it have to be somekind of branded modelling thinners, and 3. if you can't use IPA to thin it what can you use other than Mr Color thinners etc. Thanks

Yeah the exhausts do sweep upwards slightly, which I found odd, but that is what was instructed.

Thanks for the recommendation, I will consider purchasing some.

I've had a number of problems with Microsol recently, namely decals will conform nicely to raised details, but will not bed down into recessed panel lines and rivets, this is on AK Interactive air series paints, with Johnsons Klear, I've also had Humbrol decal fix stripping Tamiya acrylic paints off my models, even when they were covered with numerous light coats of Johnsons Klear.

I have been modelling for a number of years now, and have tried both Microsol and Humbrol Decalfix, but have experienced problems with both of them, so I was wondering what are peoples opinions on the best decal solution/s out there, which are available in the UK. Thanks, Sam

Thank you everyone for the comments, The kit was very good, no putty was required at all. The detailed was equivalent to that of their 1/48 Spitfires.

Here are some completed build pics of my Eduard 1/72 Spitfire F Mk.IX, with Brassin engine set. The model was painted with AK Interactive Air Series colours, sprayed at 11 PSI, using my Sparmax Max3 airbrush. The model and engine were also weathered using AK Interactive products.

Had some issues with my camera lately, so I have been unable to photograph the build, however there are completed build pics in the the ready for inspection, area.

Please do follow along, this is definitely a great kit, hope you have fun building yours when you purchase it.

I made a start on this beautiful kit, that I got for my birthday last week, I will aslo be building the resin engine to go with it. I have made a start on the cockpit, all the cockpit pieces were painted AK Interactive air series Interior green AK-2303,thinned with a few drops of de-ionised water, and sprayed using my Sparmax Max3 airbrush. All the details, switches and buttons were painted with Vallejo model air white and NATO black using Tamiya small round brush. Then all the parts were given a wash, using the AK Interactive Engine & Turbine wash, I also highlighted the raised detail suing the Interior green colour mixed with a drop of Vallejo White. the photo etched instrument panel was super glued to the blank instrument panel supplied in the kit. I also started building the resin engine, once the parts were removed from the resin gates using a razor saw and cleaned up with a file, they were super glued together. I then proceeded to give the whole engine a coat of Vallejo model air NATO black. Then using a small brush I painted the wires and other raised details using Vallejo white, and Tamiya XF-7 flat red. Then I did a dry brush of Revell enamel aluminium metallic. I used AK Interactive's engine weathering set to weather the engine. I also cut the nose cowls off the spitfire fuselage using my razor to allow the engine to be fitted.

Beautiful work, especially on the weathering

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome, also thanks for the birthday wishes.

Hello, I'm Sam, I'm 15 years old and, I started modelling again about a year ago, after a 6-7 break. I enjoy modelling Second World War Era aircraft mainly but do enjoy building the odd armour kit from time to time. I purchased my first airbrush about 7 months ago, and so far really enjoying it. At the moment I seem to end up buying large kits usually 1/32, despite not having adequate space to store them. As a young kid, I built many Airfix starter kits, which I would knock out in a few hours at weekends, but since about September last year, 2016, I have started modelling more seriously, and devoting much of my free time to completing kits. I hope to start posting on here soon, as I have just received a bunch of new kits for my birthday, which was today, August 1st. I also have an Instagram account devoted to my scale modelling, called scalemodellinguk, for anyone who has Instagram here.

Hello, I'm Sam, I'm 15 years old and, I started modelling again about a year ago, after a 6-7 break. I enjoy modelling Second World War Era aircraft mainly but do enjoy building the odd armour kit from time to time. I purchased my first airbrush about 7 months ago, and so far really enjoying it. At the moment I seem to end up buying large kits usually 1/32, despite not having adequate space to store them. As a young kid, I built many Airfix starter kits, which I would knock out in a few hours at weekends, but since about September last year, 2016, I have started modelling more seriously, and devoting much of my free time to completing kits. I hope to started posting on here soon, as I have just received a bunch of new kits for my birthday, which was today, August 1st. I also have an Instagram account devoted to my scale modelling, called scalemodellinguk, for anyone who has Instagram here.