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  1. Ahh okay, I'd like to think their products would be top quality stuff if their supplying to car modifiers. Thankyou for letting me know about them.
  2. I've never heard of Hiroboy before what are there paints like?
  3. Ahh okay, I'll have a look at Riolett they sound good. I think I know roughly where he is, I might have a drive over there one day when I'm ready an have a word with him. Thankyou for your help.
  4. I'll definitely look into possibly using Nicks Automotive Paints, I live in Harwich so it's not too far to drive for me. Do you get your paints mixed from a RAL code?
  5. Hello all, Thankyou for your replies and advice. I've used the tamiya fine light grey primer before and have heard of people using the halfords primer with some success but I've never used it myself. The main reason I have for using spray can's is the amount of paint that I would likely use given the size of the model. On another note what are peoples opinions of the humbrol spray paints? I used there gloss varnish a while ago and I found it absolutely awful to use and made an right mess of the model I'd built.
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    Spray cans

    Hello all, I am hoping in the next few weeks to start building airfix's 1/24th scale Mosquito in an intruder scheme. My question to you all is what are the best spray can paints to use for the correct colour matches? The colours I'd be needing are grey primer, RAF interior green, Medium sea grey, dark green and night (black). I'm thinking I'd rather use spray cans rather than airbrush or brush paint it as there is a lot of model! I've seen that tamiya do the correct colours but the can's seem quite small and a tad pricey. My initial thought was to get some cans of the correct colours mixed up at an local automotive paint suppliers, don't know if anyone has had experience of doing this before? Thanks in advance! Matt.
  7. Wonderful thankyou for letting me know those squadron numbers and types operated, I'll certainly take a look at those. I am also considering building a airfix Mosquito PR.XVI as machine operated by 618sqd using some left overs from blackbird models conversions 4 bladed props, arrestor hook etc. Would anyone have any information on how those PR.XVI's were configured?
  8. I knew that the single stage mosquito's operated in tropical conditions were normally fitted with different air intakes but as the B.XVI and B.35 are two stage machine's I wasn't sure if there might of been a difference with those too?
  9. Brilliant thankyou both for the information, I'll have to try and track down a copy of the issue. Don't suppose if anyone knows if any other modifications were made to allow the Mosquito to operate in the tropical climate of the Pacific? I know the lancasters destined for the tiger force had larger radiators/ intakes fitted.
  10. Hello all, I am possibly thinking of building a Pathfinders mosquito of the tiger force. I believe the intention would of been to equip these with H2S, does anyone have any idea what markings/ colour scheme would of been used with these aircraft? I know the Mosquitos that were fitted with H2S in Europe tended to stay in there sea grey over green scheme. Obviously the Lancasters of the tiger force were painted white over black so would the Mosquito's of been painted similarly? Thanks, Matt.
  11. Hello all, thankyou for all of your help it's much appreciated. I have been able to track down the Magna Models conversion set now thanks to a member of this site 👍 Looking forward to building this conversion as it'll be my first civil subject I've built (I normally build WW2 allied subjects). I'll keep everyone posted! 🙂
  12. I've had a look on the Blackbird models website, nothing listed. I think I'm going to try and make the various mods myself and scratchbuild it. Just need to find some civil decals.
  13. Hi all, thankyou for your help. I'd heard about the Magna Models conversion but haven't been able to find one yet, I'm hoping that Freightdog models may release it again as I'm sure I've seen the same conversion under their name. Don't suppose anyone has or know's the dimensions of the bomb bay cargo bulge so that I could work out how to scale it down to 1/72? I'm thinking I might be able to make it out of multiple layers of plastic card sanded to shape.
  14. Hi all, I am thinking about possibly converting an Airfix Halifax to represent a Halton. Does anyone know of anyone who produces a conversion set or decals for these aircraft? I think I can probably do the conversion without a dedicated set but decals could end up being the larger problem. Thanks, Matt.
  15. Maybe, I wondered about cutting a normal mosquito exhaust shroud and adding a piece into it too lengthen it, pretty sure I've got another set from a previous build somewhere. The photos shows the nf.xxx I want to build with covered exhausts.
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