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AliGauld

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  1. Well, it's been rather a productive day. First of all a light wash. Followed by some oil work. The undercarriage got a oil wash then the Prop, wheels, pitot and aerial were fitted and it's time for a matt coat. I'll get some dust and dirt on her tomorrow along with a final tinted flat coat and then unmasking and aerial wires rigged. That should just about do it. Thanks for looking, Cheers, Alistair
  2. Jings Chris this just keeping getting better and better. Not a tail sitter - Result. Cheers, Alistair
  3. Sterling work so far Mr, Duff. Mine arrived yesterday and I will be following along with great interest. Looking forward to further progress. Cheers, Alistair
  4. Thanks Chris. Mr. Mark Setter did the trick and they've all settled nicely. Thanks Mark and Roger, That is extremely kind of both of you. You both have encouraged and helped me to try to improve my stuff but it's the usual story, I'm my own worst critic and I know where the flaws are. Still keep pushing me though as it's so much fun doing this. Cheers, Alistair
  5. Glad to see you back at these Chris. The Nimrod is looking great. Looking forward to some more. Cheers, Alistair
  6. Thanks very much Kevin, Mark and Roger's build are crackers and I will trail happily in their shadows. Cheers, Alistair
  7. An absolute belter Mark. To repeat what Roger said. Your good is something the rest of us can only aspire to. That leaves me trailing about 4 laps back but I'll try to get there soon. Cheers, Alistair
  8. Now you're talking. What a result. That looks amazing. I do hope you've managed to get enough weight in the tanks to get het level. Cheers, Alistair
  9. Thanks Roger. They settled down after one treatment. Thanks Mark, they did indeed. I'll go and have a look. Thanks so much that is most kind. Cheers, Alistair
  10. Thanks very much Steve. Most kind of you. I usually use Colourcoats and have only had a couple of light dots lift before. More sheer bloody-mindedness I would suggest. Cheers, Alistair
  11. Thanks WP, I still have no idea what caused it but I'll be keeping an wary eye out in future. I don't think it would have happened if I'd been using Colourcoats as the top coat but didn't have the colours. Cheers, Alistair
  12. Thanks Mark, Should be a bit better when I get them settled in properly. Cheers, Alistair
  13. Stickers applied. The numbers on the wing leading edge are going to require some work but I've hit them all with Mr. Mark Softer and should manage to get another application on before work. Thanks for looking, Cheers, Alistair
  14. Thanks Mark, At least I've not given it a test flight....... yet. Thanks Roger, I'm hoping to get at least some on today before work. Thanks Chris, The paint was just frustrating but I hope I got somewhere close in the end. Cheers, Alistair
  15. I can only echo the above. Looks braw and the subtle effects just add the "Je ne sais quoi" Cheers, Alistair
  16. Thanks very much Mark. It's saved me on more than one occasion and I got it cheap as it is the Lime Green coloured one that nobody wanted to order. Fnar fnar. Cheers, Alistair
  17. Thanks Andy, Yes it was XF-16. It certainly caught me by surprise but there is always the possibility that it was something I did. The chipping was just done with some Vallejo Model Air Steel on a bit of torn sponge packing. That was dabbed off on a bit of kitchen roll until it's nearly clean then lightly applied held in a pair of locking tweezers. I just wanted something light and subtle which will show up against the oil filter when that goes on. Hope that helps, Cheers, Alistair
  18. Thanks Mark, It may take a little longer than I planned to get the stickers on. I had dropped the Infinity yesterday during a white spray but thought i'd gotten away with it. However, I was cleaning it afterwards and found that there was a small chunk out of the nozzle tip and a slight bend on the needle tip. The needle is now fixed thanks to my Sharpen Air tool but I'm awaiting a new nozzle winging it's way from Martin at Air-Craft.net. I've just received the despatch email and based on previous orders this will arrive tomorrow. Meanwhile a little light chipping. And I decided it was time to get this on it's feet. Thanks for looking, Cheers, Alistair
  19. Ooh bring it on, Looking forward to this one. Cheers, Alistair
  20. Thanks Adrian, I can only think that it's the aluminium underneath that's causing the issue as I've never had Tamiya lift so much before and very rarely since I've started using Mr. Rapid Thinner. The tape was well de-tacked before placement. Thanks very much John. It was a bit frustrating as i'd think I'd sorted it only for more to appear. Still, it's done now and I've just finished the touch ups. I'll get a clear coat on as soon as I can to protect it all, but might just do a little chipping first. Cheers, Alistair
  21. A frustrating few hours spent pondering this. More spraying more paint lift. I've come to the conclusion that Tamiya Paints don't like sitting on top of their Flat Aluminium. Anyway this is what we have now. There are still one or two touch ups required but I'll deal with them tomorrow. Thanks for looking, Cheers, Alistair
  22. Thanks Amos, I think I've also seen at least one photo of them with a plate, but would welcome any advice/suggestions from the Britmodeller Massif. Cheers, Alistair
  23. What can I say - just outstanding. Fantastic stuff. Cheers, Alistair
  24. As I'm on a shift change today I thought I'd get a little done before the Night Shift. I was just going to use all the stickers but as i had a bit of time decided to mask off and paint the tail band and wing walkways. Then a bit of paint. Out to Tesco's and on my return it was unmasked. Well, I appear to have had some paint lift. I'll need to let that settle and have a thunk aboot it. Thanks for looking, Cheers, Alistair
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