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  1. BP85
    This is looking great. Will be following this with interest.
  2. BP85
    I can third Galleria, both matt and gloss.
  3. BP85
    Right. That wasn't the most fun job in the world, masking up for the stripes took a good hour or two and ultimately didn't prove adequate as will be seen In the above not the leaking of the black into the white bands, especially bad around the fuselage. My guess is that the paint has travelled along the panel lines which means I need to me more careful to make sure I get the tape into the panel lines or I'm mixing too thin or laying down too much, or a combination of all three. I decided to touch up the white with a brush using some thinned Tamiya white, forgetting how poorly Tamiya paints with a brush. Not ideal but I'm fairly pleased with the results. Next up - another gloss coat Ben
  4. BP85
    Small update. Got her taped up and laid some Tamiya Flat White down for the invasion stripes over the weekend. Hopefully will at least get the masking done for the black this week Ben
  5. BP85
    Ah, I have been following this, read the whole thread at the weekend and very much enjoyed it Ben
  6. BP85
    Thanks, CC. Really enjoying this kit now I've got back into it. I haven't seen much at all in the way of sink marks, needed a little fighting putting the larger pieces together but overall I'm pleased with how it's turning out and the detail is brilliant. Thanks for the heads up on the D-9, I'm planning on doing it open so that's good to hear. Thanks for the comments. Is your first gen IX on here at all? Would be interested to see how it is coming along. Ben
  7. BP85
    Hi All, After a clear coat at the weekend I taped her up to do the yellow leading edges and sky band on the tail Again all Tamiya, yellow and sky colours. I didn't bother masking where the invasion stripes will go as no need. Fairly pleased with the results Will hopefully get at least the white of the stripes done at the weekend. Thanks for following Ben
  8. BP85
    Looking great so far. I have one of these in the stash and thinking about doing it as RAF D-day build
  9. BP85
    I am currently building an ICM Mk IX. Very detailed and nice soft plastic but there were some fit issues. Looking forward to seeing how yours comes along
  10. BP85
    I didn't know you could thin Tamiya with Mr Levelling Thinner, I've only ever used Tamiya thinners. What ratio do you mix at?
  11. BP85
    Looking great! Love the stripes. Which brand paint do you use?
  12. BP85
    Hi All, After losing my mojo for this build a bit and in intense few months at work I decided to pick it up again and get some paint on it. I've given up on the panel lines that I scribed a little too deep and hope that various layers of paint and varnish and weathering will hide them a bit. I'm pretty pleased with how the underside came out with the tonal variation with the white marbling on top of the black (I didn't get a picture of this). For the green I only sprayed where there won't be invasion stripes so that's why there seems to be gaps or ropey edges. Colours used (all 1 paint/3 thinners): underside - Tamiya XF-83; topside - Tamiya XF-82 and XF-81. Next steps are to do the sky blue band, the yellow strip where there guns are on the leading edge and then the invasion stripes. Didn't do a WIP for this but in the downtime I picked up an old Airfix 1/72 Mk V to practice invasion stripes and and pretty pleased with how it is coming along. Just some weathering and a matt coat to go on this one
  13. BP85
    Thanks @clive_t. I'm going to give them a little sand to try andake them a little shallower but not much after that. One or two glue marks and some poor first time Miliput work means I will be puttying, sanding and filling tomorrow so apologies for the lack of any camouflage tomorrow! Ben
  14. BP85
    Hi All, After leaving the PPP to cure for a day I gave the wing surfaces a sanding and reapplied PPP where I had missed. After leaving again to cure overnight and after procuring some Dymo tape I went back to work on re-scribing the panel lines. Much happier with the straightness of the lines although I have probably gone a bit deep. Will hopefully reduce the depth with a bit of sanding. Definitely not a perfect or even a probably good job but it will have to do for now to avoid this becoming a Sisyphean task. Next on with some black Ultimate Primer. Sprayed at 20psi straight out of the bottle. First time using it and I have to say that I am quite impressed. And now for drying, will probably leave it overnight to cure on my bespoke drying rack. Camouflage tomorrow. Definitely got my mojo back for this build. Thank you for all the tips and encouragement. Ben
  15. BP85
    Excellent work so far. Keeping a keen eye on this as I would like to add one to the stash. Will you be re-scribing the filled in panel lines? Ben
  16. BP85
    Sorry to see that you are also a victim of Humbrol. I had a similar problem with my Hunter As @keith in the uksaid, prime and go again as I did on the Hunter. No need to waste a good model. I bought a bottle of W&N Galeria gloss and it has worked beautifully for me.
  17. BP85
    Hi All, Some new weapons for my fight against this kit arrived today. Seen a lot about PPP and I can't say that I am disappointed. Far easier to apply than the Humbrol stuff and easier than Miliput for the small gaps. I also got some Ultimate Primer as I'm not too keen on using the rattle cans and would like to prime from my airbrush. I have given the problematic wing roots a filling and smoothed it over to ease the sanding process. I have also filled in the starboard Wing panel lines that I butchered last week with the scriber. These will have to be rescribed at some point and I'm really not looking forward to that. I'm going to leave the PPP a good day or so to cure so that it hopefully doesn't all fall out when it comes to sanding and re-scribing. Hopefully then I will be able to get the primer on her this weekend. Thanks for dropping in. Ben
  18. BP85
    Sorry to hear about the setback. Still looking great as am sure will the final result. Ben
  19. BP85
    Thank you, Dave. I only bought this kit by accident as it was very cheap, this was before I realised that the Hunter is a bit of a 'thing' in the hobby. I can see myself building a few more of these over the coming years. Ben
  20. BP85
    Yes, very much appreciate you recommending them. The do conform very nicely to what little surface detail their is. I used a little Micro Set in the process but didn't really have much need for the Micro Sol. I'm probably going to chicken out on the big underwing registration numbers as ideally these would have been cut to shape before I assembled the landing gear, but hey ho. As it is gear down anyway the underside won't be too visible when on display. But yes, we'll all know they're missing! Ben
  21. BP85
    Hello again, after no progress this weekend due to a few days off in Jersey I couldn't resist getting some stickers on her during my lunch break (working from home again). Firstly the Galeria seems to be pretty magical as a gloss coat. Seems to have cured rock hard and the decals were sliding around all over the place making them very easy to position. Not all way plain sailing though, I managed to destroy the port fuselage serial number so had to take one from another scheme (still an Aden one and the right colour). The second screw up was the topside wing roundels; for these I was looking at the wrong instructions and put the just red and blue ones on. Realising my mistake and once they were dry I placed the correct ones over the top. This was a mistake as the blue and white from the underneath roundels are showing through the white parts. Not ideal. Aside from the mistakes they have really helped to bring her alive. Just a few more of the fiddly ones to go and then I will add either the matt coat and call her done or add some weathering. I'm not really sure about weathering a cold War jet as all I have built before are WWII props. As a side note the postman, for a reason I shall not be explaining to my dear other half, dropped this off today. A quick look in the box and it looks pretty decent quality. Thank you for dropping in. This Hunter is coming awfully close to my first ever finish since resuming the hobby (or is lifestyle more accurate?) last year. Ben
  22. BP85
    Thanks, Rob. I will be cracking on with it, hopefully will have an update post by this weekend depending on work. I do remember raised panel lines, I have a few older kits in my stash with them but they're stories for another day!
  23. BP85
    Don't mind me. Looking forward to the Victors
  24. BP85
    After about 24 hours of curing I am very impressed with the gloss finish from the airbrushed W&N Galeria. If it takes the decals well this will definitely be my go to gloss. Hopefully I will get some stickers on the old girl at lunchtime.
  25. BP85
    Morning all, Following the disaster that was the Humbrol Clear gloss (which is now in the bin) and re-blackbasing and re-camouflaging my W&N Gloss Varnish arrived (about £12 for 500ml so should last a while): After a bit of fiddling around I decided to spray this un-thinned, primarily because I can't find anything conclusive on a suitable thinning agent, at 30psi as it is a bit more viscous than what I am used to. It seems to go down quite nice and even and for now at least, it looks shiny. I will give it a day on the drying window sill and see how she looks in the morning, hopefully no clouding and no frosting!! Hopefully I will get a chance to get the transfers on tomorrow and then think about weathering. Feels like the end is close with this what was meant to be a single weekend stash-reduction build.
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