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I love it! Even if I do need my sunglasses on to look

Very nice indeed! Just as I thought I was sick of seeing Vulcans, this beauty pops up and proves me wrong! Ash

Touch ups (mostly) done, next the wing walkways and then a bit of varnish! I am currently in two minds of how to weather this, I have seen a couple of images that show some severe chipping on the wing roots and leading edges, so I may give that a go with aluminium paint and a fine brush. Examples as shown here (not my photos): Cheers! Ash

Hi all, I neglected to take many photos during the process, doh! But I’ve sprayed all the main colours of the aircraft now. Pre-shaded the underside, no shading on the top side yet, I intend to do some post shading once I’ve completed the plethora of touch ups that are required. On another note, lifecolor sprays very nicely! Cheers Ash

Thankyou all for your comments, I think that although I do still want to purchase a new brush, (after reading most likely an Iwata eclipse or Hp-B), I may wait and treat myself for Christmas however. I agree wholeheartedly about Acrylics, they are very temperamental @Ray_W, unfortunately my current living circumstances prevent using anything stronger except on a very limited scale. I do intend to migrate to lacquers etc, I have used MRP and was gobsmacked at the difference in quality of finish. @Ade H thanks for your suggestion, I may have to try this. I have always thinned significantly and lowered the pressure (10-15psi) to attempt close up work. Having looked at the H and S ultra manual it recommends 29 psi, so spraying way under this may explain some of the issues i am having. As for the preset, I have now discovered my brush doesn't support one! drat. Thanks again for everyone's input. Ash

Did you have any joy with this @Michael Morris?

Hi everyone, I am currently trying to talk myself into getting a new airbrush but thought i would ask the forum for opinions first, before i potentially waste my money! So, I am currently running acrylics through an H and S Ultra (my first airbrush with either 0.2mm or 0.4 mm nozzles), can't say it has ever ran perfectly, although this is likely operator error! So my most recent build in 1/48th scale i am trying to do a freehand soft-edged camo, but just cant get my brush to play ball, even thinned appropriately with retarder, the paint just doesn't want to come out as an even stream or at all, leaving me quite frustrated. So, having tried several times over the last 2 years to do detail work with this airbrush, I have decided to potentially upgrade, I am particularly keen on a brush which has a handle preset to enable better paint control for detail. So, on searching the internet I have come across two options that might take my fancy: Either the Iwata Eclipse HP-CS (0.35mm nozzle) which I can purchase a handle preset for, this will cost me around £160-170. Or, the H and S Infinity Cr plus, which comes with the handle preset as standard. 1 nozzle is ~ £170 , 2 in 1 ~ £215. I am swaying towards the Iwata as i have read a couple of reviews claiming that it can spray acrylics better as opposed to the harder and steenbeck range. So, before I spend my hard earned bucks, if anyone has two pence to add, I would be grateful. Cheers Ash

Now the PITA with the cowling is sorted I have finally managed to get some primer onto this, everything looking quite nice. The Vallejo primer goes down nice and smooth when sprayed right, would definitely recommend. Only issue is it doesn’t feather particularly well when it’s sanded down. On another note my spraying box is looking a little worse for wear. Might be time to replace it! Next up was spraying the wheel wells and the wheels themselves. I then masked the wells and resprayed primer to cover the green up. Next job was the National colours on the rudder, I had no inclination to try and use the decals for this so mixed some colours to match the roundels and here we are: Only a little bleed out from the red and I’m quite happy with the result! A bit of pre-shading on the underside is to follow! Ash

Hi Pat, sign me up please! Ash

Hi all, next update is mostly me fixing a balls up of mine. If you look on my last post you can see the protrusion of the engine crank case from the cowling (or lack thereof). Apparently it is a known fault of these kits that the engine sits too far back, so when the prop is installed, it would foul the cowling guns. In my naivety I thought the quick post engine would rectify this, but alas no. So following this annoying discovery (as the cowling actually fitted quite nicely) I had to cut off the cowling, remove the engine put some washers behind the engine to ensure it was protruding enough. After replacing the engine and cowling the fit was somewhat worse due to some material being removed from the cowling during the removal process, shown here on the port side where I have had to liberally apply mr dissolved putty: The end result being a crankcase which suitable protrudes from the cowling (you can see I also tackled the interior headrest seam): Here is where she presently is, up on her legs with canopy applied: Cheers Ash P.S I also made another boo boo when I test fitted the wing machine guns and one decided the disappear within the wing… I can hear it rattling but can’t get it out! A replacement will have to be sourced.

Time for another update I think. I have assembled the majority of the aircraft now, I found the fit to be lacking, but nothing that a bit of sanding and filling can’t overcome! The worst fit was the wing to fuselage join at the wing roots and at the underside of the wing root leading edge. The fuselage wasn’t great either but nothing out of the ordinary! ^ here you can see the poor fit at the front and also some of the extra detail the Eduard photo etch has added to the undercarriage bays. And here we have the Quickboost engine with the pushrods I added myself with copper wire. I’ll get a picture of the finished article next update. And here we have the finished airframe (well, nearly), starting to look like a P-36! Cheers Ash

Thanks @Todders i think it might be time to dust it off and give it a crack! It’s a beautiful aircraft and rumour has it Eduard is going to release a new tool In the mid-term potentially! I’ve been stung by this as I have a Hobbycraft P-35 In the stash that has now been made obsolete by the nee Dora Wings offering… Ash

First update time! Over the past few days I’ve been tinkering away with the cockpit, the etch and resin seat really make a difference to what is quite basic OOB. In fact I was pleasantly surprised by the resin seat, in my opinion, it looks so much better than PE and is much easier to use! Anyway, I primed the cockpit with Vallejo primer and sprayed MM acrylic Zinc Chromate green for the interior colour. This sprayed wonderfully, which was frustrating as more often than not I find this brand clogs my airbrush up quite easily. I picked out small details with Vallejo acrylics, namely aluminium, leather, black and a mix of white and brown for the harnesses. After this I put a satin coat over the top and used a dark brown wash to pick out some details. Here is a close up of the seat and IP: As I stated previously, I was very happy with the seat, the wash really brings it to life too. With the IP I tried the method of adding Micro Kristal Klear to simulate the dial glass (it is still drying in this photo). Cheers! Ash

Thanks Chaps.

Funnily enough @BillF67, we (the firm I work for) manufactured tornado windscreens and canopies too, so that would tally! Ash Edit - I would also add that @PeterB’s explanation of glare protection would also tally, as the Tornado canopies had a gold sheen rather than a tint if that makes sense ?