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I certainly don't believe that you have to have all these gizmos but, I'm getting on in years and my hands are no longer as steady as they used to be and I find it easier just to swipe with an airbrush rather than try intricate hand painting. I too have a few of Halfords ubiquitous cans of white and primer which I use from time to time. Oh did I also mention that I just like buying gadgets Thanks for all your replies and I'm really enjoying myself now

Well, who needs an airbrush when you can do a job like that with a good old-fashioned brush? Beautiful job there. I might post a pic or 2 when I've finished......whenever that might be!!

OK, I just worked it out. I missed the step of peeling back the translucent film and laying it on the full size camo pattern THEN cutting out the individual masks and sticking these on the fuselage. This proves that advancing years is inversely proportional to increases in common sense!

Many, many years ago, I got a Frog? Westland Whirlwind as a birthday present from my Dad. Everything you could possibly need was in the box. One tinlet of Humbrol enamel, one paint brush, a couple of RAF roundels and, of course, the tube of Britfix stringy glue! I have built many models over the years on an irregular basis but now, being retired, I've taken it up again with a vengeance! None of that guey Britfix now but thick cyano, thin cyano, CA kicker (where did that come from?) extra thin cement, various blades, snippers, Mr Surfacer,sanding sticks, sanding blocks even 2 airbrushes and God knows how many jars of paint. The results have gone from rubbish to not so bad but now I've hit a problem. I'm doing a Jaguar & Tornado (both GR1's) in RAF camo. Of course RAF camo demarcation lines are always hard and to do this with an airbrush is way beyond my skills level. After a lot of google-ing I saw the suggestion of sizing up the instructions on the computer and then printing onto low-tack film cut out the camo pattern and stick to the fuselage and shoot the colours. So went to Hobby craft and got some Createx film. Problem solved! Well, no. Not until I had got the exact size on Photoshop, printed this onto a sheet of the film (the paper side) only to discover it was the translucent film that was tacky not the paper! I suppose I could fix this by flipping the photoshop image and using the clear film as the mask but surely there is a better way. And I thought everything was coming together nicely...............

Just joined this site recently and haven't posted until today. Just had to say that this build has really impressed me. I love the weathering and these exhaust stains are just something else. Outstanding Jim