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  1. almac
    Thanks Stix and Sean. Decals tomorrow hopefully. Cheers, Allan
  2. almac
    Thanks Cookie. Yes the Talon paint is very tough I've never had a problem masking it. Shame it's not available any more. Cheers Allan
  3. almac
    Very impressive work there Rich. Allan
  4. almac
    morning everyone. Managed to grab an hour this morning to paint the olive drab anti-glare panel. My progress has slowed due to annoying things like work ,family etc but hopefully next week I'll have some spare time. Cheers Allan
  5. almac
    Thanks everyone for your comments they are always appreciated. Cheers, Allan
  6. almac
    Looking good there. Very nice.
  7. almac
    That looks very impressive so far, it looks an interesting technique. I might try it out at some time. Allan
  8. almac
    That is one seriously impressive cockpit. cheers Allan
  9. almac
    I primed it with Halfords grey primer which is an automotive primer in the UK. Once dried I buffed it with a cloth to smooth the finish. I think it is enamel,certainly smells like it,but dries quickly and gives a nice even surface for the paint. I'm debating whether I should try and give a few panels a different NMF to vary the finish. Not something I've done before but worth trying and hopefully I won't ruin what I've done so far.Cheers Allan
  10. almac
    Evening all. Wee bit more progress tonight with some of the markings applied. the yellow stripes will be edged with black decal. hopefully the weekend will see more progress. Cheers Allan
  11. almac
    Excellent work there Steve,most impressive. Cheers Allan
  12. almac
    Well I've finally made some more progress this afternoon. I used Talon acrylic aluminium for the NMF and I think it looks ok. Cheers Allan
  13. almac
    Excellent work on the cowl.
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    Despite me singing the praises of the fit of this kit when I primed it the seams on the underside of the fuselage appeared like majic. I thought I had sorted this at the clean up stage but obviously not. I do think that I maybe didn't take as much care as I should have as I believe when I expect a kit to fit well I may not give it the same attention as others. Does that make sense to anyone? Anyways you are making good progress it's looking good so far. Cheers Allan
  15. almac
    Excellent choice. 'Tony' is one of my favourite Jugs. I did it last year in 1/72 from the xtradecal sheet. Looking forward to seeing it. Cheers Allan
  16. almac
    Cheers Plastix. No more progress last few days but hopefully tonight I'll get as far as priming. Cheers Allan
  17. almac
    Jimmy that is one nice B-25. Good work there. Allan
  18. almac
    Looking good so far Sean. That's an interesting decal sheet with some different markings from the norm. Cheers Allan
  19. almac
    Teriffic work so I'm watching this one with interest.
  20. almac
    I'm looking forward to seeing how this goes. The Brazilian p-47 looks great.
  21. almac
    Well I'm either going to use Talon acrylic aluminium or Citadel mithril silver. I was looking at some earlier builds and I'm not sure. I also used Revell aqua silver which doesn't look too bad as well. If this was the summer I fancy trying Humbrol metalcote 27001 but the garage is sub-zero just now and I don't fancy spraying this indoors. Cheers Allan
  22. almac
    Nice work so far. I've built several of these revell p-47s and I've found it's a good fitting kit with no major issues although on every one I've built I had to trim the cylinder heads to get the cowling to fit. Word of warning about the Aztec decals I have the same sheet and they look great on the sheet but I found them to be very difficult to use and I gave up on them. I could not get them to settle into the panel lines no matter what I tried as they seemed impervious to setting solutions. I hope you have better luck. Cheers Allan
  23. almac
    Evening all. Small bit of progress tonight with the canopy masks fitted. Hopefully I can get it primed tomorrow so I can start the fun part the NMF paint! Just noticed looking at this picture a couple of the masks are a wee bit squinty and need straightening. These pics certainly show up the mistakes,don't they? Cheers Allan
  24. almac
    Coming along nicely Jimmy. Cockpit looks good.
  25. almac
    Evening all. Some more progress last night. Tidied up the poorly fitting gun inserts,made a start on the engine and got the canopy on which almost does not need glue it's that good a fit. Here's some pics.
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