Mark99

Great job, a cracking build, well done

What a great example. Love the finish

Just thought I’d add onto this. I purchased a H&S Evolution Silverline, it had its first test run today on my SM.79. It reminded me of many years ago, when I started working in the car business for a while. I drove around then in an old Fiesta, but the first car I delivered in my job was a Mercedes E Class. What a difference it was, so much better and easier to drive And so my new Evolution is not only easier to use and a breeze to clean, but the paint job I produced was much better than my normal standard. Tomorrow brings an attempt on the lovely squiggly camo pattern, but I think I will be able to manage it well with the 0.2 nozzle Thanks again for the recommendation, advice much appreciated Cheers Mark

A great finish, really impressed

A lovely build and a great finish. I don’t really do 1/72 but this tempts me!

What a collection of great builds, lovely work

Fantastic work. Could only dream of that, really impressive

A lovely build, I really like the maintanence additions, very interesting

Thanks Graham, good point. I’m hoping brass rod will also help my unfortunate habit of breaking gun barrels off when painting and decaling 🤨

Thanks for the replies, really great. I am quite happy with a TLAR approach, just wasn’t sure what sizes to order. I didn’t think of measuring kit parts for a guide 🤪 Obvious really! Cheers for the info, really helpful Mark

I’ve been reading around the posts, but I can’t see the answer to my query. I want to try using some of Albion Alloys tubing for replacing gun barrels, but they obviously come in different sizes and I don’t know what to get. I’m sure there’s a simple way of working it out, but I’m dyscalculaic (number dyslexic) and I just cannot understand how I would convert it, e.g. a 1/48 aircraft gun barrel, does that equate to a 1mm tube for example? I appreciate that it may not be an exact science, but ideally there exists a simple table to guide me in the right direction. Can anyone help? Cheers Mark

Thanks for all the info guys, it’s really helpful and clarifies things. I’m sure there will be fans of Iwata and H&S as you say, but the Evolution Silverline was one I’d already looked at, although wasn’t sure. It seems as though it will suit my needs very well and falls within my expected price range too. Your feedback is useful thank you, I shall be purchasing one! Cheers Mark

So, I bit the bullet and purchased a basic PremiAir airbrush a couple of years ago, to see if I got on with using one. I found it improved my painting quite a bit, but now feel it’s probably time to move on as my painting feels limited. But blimey, what a choice and range and I feel quite perplexed as to what to get! It doesn’t need to be the best there is and I’m not a novice using one. I prefer gravity feed, maybe different size nozzles or cups though? I have a good compressor and air tank set up Due to my large size and shovel like hands I mainly build 1/48 aircraft and 1/35 armour, my paint of choice is normally Vallejo Model Air Any suggestions as to what a good choice may be? Budget can be flexible if I can find the right one Cheers Mark

Been lurking in the background for a while, thought it was about time to join. Been modelling on and off for over 40 years, but returned consistently in the last few years. Moved house in December and now have the luxury of my own room/office/man cave/work area. How wonderful it is to leave things out, do bits here and there and not have to put things away after. I make models for pleasure, they are average and I’m not overly proud of the standard of most of them. But I do it because I enjoy it and that’s the main thing for me Mark