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    Revell 1-48 Mosquito B Mk. IV

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

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    I also built this  -  its real fiddly and yes a few poor fits  first  - the two front fuselage pieces  (the floor at the front from quite a way back and Just behind the entrance door all the way  towards the nose  - needs a lot of sanding so the fuselage sides will meet.

    Also parts  84,85 and 88  are for the main undercarriage legs/mudguards  - and yes fiddly to cut away  (side cutters with a pointed nose are really needed here).

     

    The fit of the engine nacells  are fiddly  and need carefull filling with a rounded file to get them to slide over the wing into place at both ends.

     

    Also then watch out with the main u/c units as getting them down into position in the nacells is near impossible  as the u/c units are wider then the opening,  I solved mine by sanding the lower leg sections down abit flush with the oil tanks,  also  the u/c units  are slightly too short by about 3/4mm   I made this difference up by gluing inside the wells  were the legs sit  - some plastic flat stock  then sat the  u/c units  ontop of that.

    The rear parts of the legs are also fiddly and need (Gentle bending)  to get them in posiion in thier lugs - then glued well.

     

    Also when you fit the canopy together its fiddly as there are seperate small glazing sections that have to be added, then the fit on the fuselage can be a bit hit and miss  - I suggest a few dry runs before you glue it down.

     

    I should also have said  the fit of the rear fuselage to the front is also a bit of a pain  and needs careful  placing to get it to lign up.

     

    The wings mate with the fuselage well  - but the cut outs in the wings for the plastic spars need a bit of sanding inside to let them fully fit.

     

    Apart from those the rest of the kit is a joy to build.

     

    Hope this helps.

     

    Erk.

    Italeri 1/48 Chinook RAF

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

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    4 hours ago, At Sea said:

    Looks great!  Watching with interest as I have one of these although I do declare I have no idea where I am going to put it once done! LOL

    Indeed,   its quite a large kit.

     

    Erk.

    1 hour ago, Biggles87 said:

    Good start.

    Two weeks eh, that amount of work would have taken me two months!

     

    John

    Thanks John.

     

    Erk.

    Italeri 1/48 Chinook RAF

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted

    Hi all,

     

    I started this build about Two weeks ago  - I will  jump straight to the present,   I  have assembled and painted/weathered the cockpit - main floor, fitted the main rows of bench seating and decided to convert the last Three seats (each side)  at the rear into  folded up seats,   I have also detailed the rear  bulkhead sections above the rear ramp, the other  inner wall needs the same detail  - then plenty more work before I can  close up the fuselage.

     

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    Kinetic 1/48 Sea Harrier FRS.1 with scratch base, she represents XZ-457 and was also at the Farnborough Airshow in Sep 1982.

    in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft

    Posted

    20 minutes ago, Josh G said:

    Very nice, how was the build? (One of the reasons I ask is because I'm going to get their Pucara)

    Superb, no real Issues  and very little flash - also  very good instructions  and very well protected parts on the spru's.

     

    All in all  one of the best kits I have built, I place Kinetic up there with Eduard  for top ratted kits and build quality.

     

    Erk.

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    Clear coats.......need to find a better solution.

    in Paint

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    34 minutes ago, Matthew1974 said:

    Are you thinning the Vallejo varnish with their airbrush thinner (71.161), maybe with a couple of drops of their flow improver (71.262) added as well?  I use Vallejo polyurethane flat varnish (26.651) thinned to about 50:50 (they are thick) with their airbrush thinner and some flow improver and spray at a bout 12 psi.  As long as I go in light misted coats, I achieve a dead flat finish.  However, if the flat coat is not your final stage (for me it usually is), like all Vallejo products it can be delicate so weathering should be done patiently and not with too heavy or strong of a hand.  Also, give it enough time to cure.  I have not used the 100% acrylic resin varnishes, but I would have thought the same prep is involved, and they probably dry more resilient than the polyurethane stuff.  Have you made sure the varnish is fully mixed?  You can use pliers to gently pull the top of to allow for a complete mixing with a stirrer.

    Be careful with the Mr. Color flat...  It is too flat and too rough in my opinion.  I agree Mr. Color sprays beautifully I have heard great things about their GX series clear flat (http://www.mr-hobby.com/en/itemDetail.php?iId=2580) which has a much finer grain.

    I brush paint everything as I do not own a sprayer,  also I have tried diluting but with  boiled tap water after it has gone cold, also  I shook the living daylights out of the bottle first before emtying half the bottle into a jar and then mixed in the water to 50/50 mix, then I thoroughly  mixed and shook the jar for about ten minutes  - I have been doing the stiring and shaking  before every coat applied lightly with a brush about 5 times now  but each coat is staying a satin finish.

     

    Erk.

    Vallejo Acrylic Flat Red

    in Paint

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    I  have also been having issues with Vallejo Dark Prussian Blue  (supposed to be a Matt)   both the Flat Red and  Blue  are not drying Matt  but are retaining a sheen lika a satin  despite  giving them each a thorough shake and stir  and even having a good bit of Flat Medium  mixed into the jar,  no matter what I do I can not get them to go Flat/Matt, even trying to apply Vallejo Matt Varnish ontop  still will not flat them  - after five or six attempts.

     

    Erk.

    Attack on La Haye Sainte (Waterloo)

    in Figure Work In Progress

    Posted

    On 27/08/2020 at 13:57, Niall said:

    A couple of comments on colours.

     

    In the Napoleonic period colours were not like modern dyes and would fade and wash out quite fast. One description of the Scots Greys at Waterloo notes that their cartridge belts were pink, from the dye in the jackets being washed out and soaked into the pipeclay used to whiten the belts.

     

    Also British red coats were a dark red, almost brick red, for privates and corporals and scarlet for sergeants and officers. Scarlet coats for all ranks was not adopted until after sometime after the Crimean war.

     

    I  could see what you mean after  checking out pics on the net, so I have re done some already  making the uniform more brick - red ochre colour  by adding some oak brown to to my flat red.

     

    Mind you I am now having problems getting a really flat paint finish from both the Vallejo Acrylic paints (red and blue especially) and even the Vallejo Acrylic Matt varnish  - tried every trick in the book  - shook it / stired it till may hand fell off,  wattered it with distilled water to about  40/60  (40 = water)   even added some Vallejo Matt Medium  -   and done several thin coats  heated  with a hairdryer between coats  - but still not going flat  - more like a  satin finish.

    Its funny cuz blacks, whites  etc  are loverly  and flat  right out the bottle.

     

    Erk.

    Attack on La Haye Sainte (Waterloo)

    in Figure Work In Progress

    Posted

    Hi all,   more progress  - so  after talking with the shop where I got my paints from they decided to  send me Two new bottles of Vallejo Flat Red and  Dark Prussian Blue, but they also sent me a freeby  of Vallejo Flat Medium,   they told me by adding a bit  of this to the paints it will help to dull them and achieve more of a flat finish.

     

    Anyway on with the figures  - more work on the 5th KGL.

     

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    Vallejo Acrylic Flat Red

    in Paint

    Posted · Edited by ERK

    20 hours ago, Evil_Toast_RSA said:

    It's how the paint is formulated to a certain shade of red, and red is a notoriously difficult paint to apply, especially brushed over black.

     

    If your trying to match XF-7, try Vermillion (70.909) or Carmine (70.908)? 

    Its in Vallejo's  Waterloo colour set  supposed to be accurate for the British uniforms of the Infantry regiments at Waterloo,   it just looks weird in the bottle or jar that I am now using  - it looks really pink like a salmon pink colour, weird.

     

    Erk.

    Attack on La Haye Sainte (Waterloo)

    in Figure Work In Progress

    Posted

    Only trouble I am having now  after changing over from Tamiya Acrylics to Vallejo is  -  the Flat Red  does not look  very red in the pot - looks more like a salmon pinky colour,  also despite giving the paints a thorough stir (till my hand hurt)  they are not  going very flat  and are keeping a sheen to them.

    I am applying the paint ontop of Vallejo Black Surface Primer thats had a couple of days to dry, so that should not be an issue.

     

    Erk.

    Attack on La Haye Sainte (Waterloo)

    in Figure Work In Progress

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, Jim Wasley said:

    These figures look great,and the red on the right figure looks OK to me.

    Jim.

    Yeah  its strange, in the  pot it looks like a dark pinky salmon but after a few coats are on it dries red,   shame about the shiny finish - only happens with the red and blue, the white  and bauge  are nice and flat, I read up on the net its down to the pigments not mixing aswel  despite sriring the living daylights out of them.

     

    Erk.

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