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Wayne87

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  1. Oh yeah sorry. Blimey miles away. Good news its the same revell kit as they cost a fortune to get hold of at the moment!
  2. https://www.jumbliesmodels.com/plastic-kits-c3/aviation-kits-c4/revell-1-48-tornado-gr-4-farewell-scheme-aircraft-model-kit-p16820 Saw this online today and wondering if anyone has any info on it yet? Wondering if it’s a reboxed version of this one? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Revell-04924-Tornado-GR-4-Model/dp/B00TK0Z9VG
  3. Oh nice. Might try that myself. Did you need to thin it out?
  4. Love the subtle weathering, not over done at all. What varnish did you use to finish it off?
  5. So went with the Vallejo matte varnish to try and dull it down a bit. Was actually a really nice varnish to use once thinned out a bit!
  6. Thanks! Yeah I did like the finish on the first coat. I don’t know true it is about the varnish reacting with decals? Also do you use thinner with them varnishes as mine was so thick it barely made it out of the airbrush!
  7. I agree. I’m struggling to find a nice varnish that’s as easy to spray as the humbrol one. I did use a tamiya semi gloss x35 for the first coat. Which looked lovely and left a nice smooth finish with a small shine, was a pig to spray with my airbrush aswell. But read it doesn’t set well on decals so didn’t want to risk it.
  8. Finished the Eduard spitfire finally. Still searching for a nice easy to spray semi gloss/satin varnish to use. But used the humbrol gloss at a distance to try for a semi gloss look.
  9. Currently getting through this Eduard spitfire whilst in lockdown! The Eduard interior pe parts were really good. This is where I’m at so far. Going to airbrush it with humbrol gloss varnish for the decals soon. But does anyone know what’s the best satin/semi gloss varnish that will go straight through the airbrush without the need for thinning etc? I’m struggling to find one. The humbrol gloss flows lovely, but it leaves too much of a glossy finish imo. Also whilst I’m here. What’s the people’s opinions of what’s the best ‘reasonably priced’ airbrush on the market? I need a new one, the one I use is a cheap nasty kit, does the job, but isn’t easy to use!
  10. Just wondering if anyone knows the Eduard parts for this as I’m struggle to find the exact ones for it. I’ve seen a few 1/48 parts from Eduard for the 262 but they all look different.
  11. Just getting through this bronze tiger kit again. Only to realise there’s a rather large piece missing from the sealed packaging! Number 25 is missing. So that blows the idea of making this kit out of the window for now. I do believe the bronze tiger kit is just a rebranded version of an older typhoon kit, so I’m trying to track one of them down. I also believe there is a new eurofighter from revell which is a rebranding version of the bronze tiger. Spent loads on the Eduard kits and BOB decals for this so don’t wanna give up on it.
  12. Thanks for the kind comments! Doing another exactly the same without ‘hopefully’ any mistakes, and a matte finish instead as it looked a lot more matte in real life. If anyone doesn’t know, it was a livery used by the RAF in 2015 for a short time on one of their typhoon’s to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain.
  13. So finally finished this. Used the Revell bronze tiger kit and caracal BOB typhoon decals, which are fantastic by the way! With Eduard interior detailing. Hasnt gone without its issues though. Canopy clouded up from the glue, managed to get it off, although it cracked. Cleaned up ok. Then at the very last hurdle I caught the side decal with a bit of masking tape and split it! Have another kit and Eduard detail set, so will do another one as I’ve managed to sell this one. Going to try the Vallejo matte varnish next time though as I feel the gloss varnish is a bit too glossy for this plane.
  14. Smart! I have some caracal ones ready for my current typhoon. Just wondered if it’s worth getting more of the same or going for the xtradecal. Cheers!
  15. What’s people‘s experience with these decals? Want to build another BOB typhoon after this one, but there’s an option of decals. Which company makes better ones?
  16. Managed to, sort of, get over the ruined canopy plastic, ended up with a crack in it instead after trying to get it off again to polish out the clouded up clear plastic. But here is where I’m at so far...not too far to go.
  17. Excellent thanks guys. Have a large pot of gorilla pva wood glue. Will also get some g-s hypo and give it a go
  18. Arh okay, I’ll scale them right down on imgbox next time.
  19. Thanks! Yeah I was gutted, especially as I’ve been waiting to build this aircraft since I saw it display at duxford a couple of years ago. Getting another canopy from revell seems impossible online. Only small downside is one side of the canopy cracked whilst trying to get it off. Isn’t overly obvious but still there.
  20. After a fight to get it off, managed to kind of save the canopy. a little bit of tamiya plastic filler, sand and paint it should look like new. Lesson learnt, no super glue on canopy’s!
  21. Hi all. After my recent mishap with super clear on my canopy of my eurofighter. Im wondering what the best glue is for them? One which sticks well to both the clear canopy and the painted fuselage? Going to try and get off the ruined canopy tonight and attempt to buff it up the best I can.
  22. I can try and cut it back off. Not sure how easy that will be. But I haven’t got much choice. I have 2000 & 3000 sandpaper and 3M polish. I’m hoping that will sort it
  23. Think my options are, either try and rip it off and polish it back up somehow. Try and paint, or black out the windows. Or completely restart with a new kit?
  24. Here’s a few images of where I’m at at the moment. Taking a while! eduard cockpit fitted and about to enter the spray booth. One huge mistake is the canopy!! Decided to use super glue ridiculously thinly across the bottom of the canopy sticking to the fuselage. Seemed ok until I peeled the canopy mask off! It’s clouded like crazy! Even though I didn’t actually touch the glue on it. Anyone know if replacement parts are available? Or maybe something I can use to tint the glass? I’ve seen some eurofighters with tinted canopy’s.
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