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cheers guys... will try solder... Fuji T-1 cockpit is non-existent so will try on that (neat little kit tho..... )

still progressing well ..... how do you get the vertical items (bulkhead/IP) to conform to the curves?

you know when you've been tangoed.... erm glad you know ;-) but hey they look their best when they are finished ;-)

well I am sure with 18 months nitice I can get something to fit..... count me in

not sure how to develop this one but 2012 will be the 100th anniversary of the death of Wilbur Wright.... (May 30th to be exact)... perhaps something on aircraft pioneers...... maybe prototypes........

now this I have to see.... build mostly 1/72 (solely) so looking forward to some scratch building expertise at that scale......

i am just about through 1 bottle ofrevell enamel thinner and have a humbrol bottle to start - I know the proprietry stuff is expensive - never had a problem that cant be attributed to me not mixing the paint properly..... think at the moment I am not adding enough thinner.....

still moving along nicely... but I am a bit sad that you actually had to do something I recognised (gap filling)...... would;ve hoped you would magically create gap-free modelling ;-) anyway.... keep up the good work.... am content watching rather than sticking bits of metal to my fingers with super-glue ;-)

i could scratch build (hahahaha) a mooring frame and complete the Widgeon (the flamin undercaarriage was not strong enough for the wheels... pesky Airfix)... but Dragonfly for now

Thanks Julien, for the Fuji I am noty sure either (awaiting the kit)... the box artwork looks NMF but guess it could be a silver finish.... anyway thats for the future.....

thanks for that... ok so Alcad seems like it is worth trying out...... that will wait til the new year while I finish other kits.......

there is one of these in the "RFI" section... it really is Captain Scarlett.... and you are telling me it was a real plane - did it every get off the page? cant wait to see what you do with it......

I like very much.... we have 3-4 "jet powered prop planes"... nice to see one the other way round........ and great work on the build too

great work Honza... I still have your F/A-18 in mind for when I get round to build my baby one..... will keep watching EDIT just checked the ARC thread you gave... and that "looks" simple.... gonna try it on the MB326 (wish I hadnt unmasked it now but will have to be careful......)... one question... have a very light underside... should I go with +white and +grey (rather than +grey and +black) to do the shading?

with Andy... its a helmet with a visor cover on it.....

simple answer.... North Viet MiG17 was the F variant.... the kit I have is D/E so wont put myself forward for this GB (with that model anyway, if a new one comes along....).... will switch to the Soviet/Foreign Service GB

cheers Mish.. the A-37B Dragonfly it is... the MB326 is progressing well so I will leave the baby for this GB......

assume the Falklands has been done recently but it will be the 30th anniversary..... one that had occurred to me (doesnt fit in with an anniversary) was Lend Lease.... so anything used under the lend lease WWII agreement......

2nd colour, and attempted sort of digital....... IMG_9486 by rob_william_worth, on Flickr IMG_9484 by rob_william_worth, on Flickr IMG_9483 by rob_william_worth, on Flickr IMG_9482 by rob_william_worth, on Flickr IMG_9485 by rob_william_worth, on Flickr I am plesently suprised at the finsih... probably about 50% good... will look better (well to me anyway) when I have the final colour and all the edges are angular... the masking took the time to do rather than the painting... but hey, for a first effort its passable

2nd colour, and attempted sort of digital....... IMG_9486 by rob_william_worth, on Flickr IMG_9484 by rob_william_worth, on Flickr IMG_9483 by rob_william_worth, on Flickr IMG_9482 by rob_william_worth, on Flickr IMG_9485 by rob_william_worth, on Flickr I am plesently suprised at the finsih... probably about 50% good... will look better (well to me anyway) when I have the final colour and all the edges are angular... the masking took the time to do rather than the painting... but hey, for a first effort its passable EDIT for the first time both SWMBO and my son thought my paint was "cool".... hope for my hobby yet ;-)

as promised some photos to show the closed up fuselage _MG_9497 by rob_william_worth, on Flickr _MG_9495 by rob_william_worth, on Flickr _MG_9494 by rob_william_worth, on Flickr _MG_9491 by rob_william_worth, on Flickr

thanks Mish... if I can confirm which variant of MiG17 the North Vietnamese used (and I can source decals (trip to the decal bank) I will then approach the 2 mods

well thanks guys - thought Alcad would be a pain.... well anyway dont have the kits yet so plenty of time to read .. and have a tester (NMF Grumman Goose.....) to practice on

OK guys, am sure this has been asked in the past but cant spot a thread.... what non-Alclad II options are there for NMF (thinking chrome/aluminium for an early Mig-17 (and perhaps a Fuji T-1A if that calls for it (box looks like it does).... Not confident enough for Alclad so would be enamel as preference.... do humbrol make anything that will work to give an approximation of NMF cheers

have closed up the fuselage and made the wings... also 2 drop tanks and the 2 SUU weapons pods (not exactly sure what type of weapon they are)... photos to follow once I have painted the exhasut interior (forgot that bit) and combined fuselage & wings.