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  1. Argh what a time for the Printer to die !!! :angry:

  2. 1/32 Jeannin Stahltaube (1914) https://t.co/8DRtJEAQbV

  3. 2 and a half days of masking, argh why am I doing this?

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    2. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      Second coat on. 1 hour painting after nearly 3 days of masking!

    3. Col.

      Col.

      It's all progress.

    4. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      Indeed it is and now I'm masking again but this time for the walk way lines.

  4. 2 days without breaking something or pulling decals off, I'm on a roll now.

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    2. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      Most worrying is how did the stuff get into the cockpit in the first place? They were clean when I masked them up!

    3. Col.

      Col.

      Wouldn't have got in via the wheel bays or radiator/oil cooler intakes? Guess why I'm thinking of them :-/

    4. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      I'm thinking along those lines, maybe the gun ports or exhaust cut outs. I've never had this problem in 1/72, I guess the holes are too small.

  5. 2 helicopters buzzing about at low level in my area. One fully lit up and the other totally blacked out. From the silhouette I'd say Pumas?

  6. 2 hens down in 2 days! Somethings breaking into the run and chewing their heads off. The hole's not big enough for anything larger than a rat or a weasel. Very worrying (especially for the other hens).

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    2. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      Don't know it's proper name, it's some sort of pipe trap. They go in and can't get back out, borrowed from local farmer.

    3. Col.

      Col.

      A pipe trap. Otherwise known as Pipe & Hammer trap. The hammer is available separately and can be replaced by a brick, shovel, any other handy implement as appropriate.

    4. Bonehammer

      Bonehammer

      I stand by my original suggestion, as today one of the pet chickens in my company facilities was found less its head. Whatever it is, it can teleport.

  7. 2 models finished in 10 minutes, maybe I will get through my stash before I'm 345 years old!

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    2. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      The fact that I'd been working on them both for 6 months maybe indicates the opposite!

    3. FalkeEins

      FalkeEins

      well done mate! .. I finished two in three days this last weekend, now it'll probably be a month before I bring myself to start anything else..just like to saviour the achievement awhile, that's my excuse!

    4. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      I have enough on the production line to keep me going for the rest of the year. It's trying not to start anything else that is the real challenge.

  8. 3 Phantom canopies all masked up

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    2. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      An FGR2 of 111Sqn circa 1977, an FG1 of 43 or 111Sqn in the air defence grey, circa 1983 and an F-4F in a fancy red and black anniversary scheme

    3. Stosh65

      Stosh65

      Excellent choice of squadrons!

    4. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      There were no other Phantom air defence Squadrons worthy of my time :)

  9. 34th Wedding Anniversary today

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    2. milktrip

      milktrip

      Congratulations! Hope you and Mrs B had a wonderful day.

    3. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      Cheers Aaron, we had a lovely day unpacking and manifesting BlackMike's models after the Dundee Show. Mrs B thoroughly enjoyed it I think as she was so overcome with emotion she was speechless when I suggested it.

    4. milktrip
  10. A good day's 'foraging' for models, came back with a very full car

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    2. Pete in Lincs

      Pete in Lincs

      My dribs and drabs have gone too! Call the plastic police!

    3. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      It's a fair cop!

    4. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      Anyway yesterday's fun foraging became today's 14 hour nightmare adding them all to the website. Tomorrow I might even manage to unload them from the car.

  11. Ahh, Stornaway Black Pudding :)

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    2. Albeback52

      Albeback52

      HP sauce???? Bleeeurrrrrghhh! HP sauce is the sauce of Satan. How dare anyone commit such heresy as putting this vile concoction on such a sublime delicacy!! All your sandwich needs Harry is MORE black pudding!!(Or maybe a slice of white pudding as well?)

    3. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      I didn't have the HP sauce on my Tiger Bread/Stornoway BP concoction last night.

    4. Albeback52

      Albeback52

      Lol!! Good for you Duncan. Tiger bread & Stornoway BP? That sounds divine!!

  12. Alongside for a couple of days due to weather. Time to start my Wyvern me thinks.

  13. Am I the only person struggling to get a seamless fit on the AZmodel 1/72 109G?

  14. And now for something completely different...the Condor V2 rocket!

    1. Col.

      Col.

      You've spelt Hawker Hunter wrong Duncan ;)

    2. colin

      colin

      At least it's got no mottling

    3. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      Ah yes the Hunter. Well this has only got 9 parts and no cockpit !

  15. Another completion, the tiny Brengun 1/72 Bachem Natter

    1. Albeback52

      Albeback52

      Nice little kits these. Currently planning one each of the "what if" versions.

    2. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      The only problem I had was with the fir of the canopy. I used a tiny bit of Mr Surfacer on the joint between the elevators and the fin too but that was it.

    3. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      "fit" not "fir" !

  16. Another due in stock this week Eduard 82117 1/48 Bf 109G-4 Profipack Edition https://t.co/mgf8ApBu3J

  17. Another great night at the Aberdeen Modeller's mafia.

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    2. Procopius

      Procopius

      I love you guys.

    3. Harry Lime

      Harry Lime

      Back at ya Bro! I live with two Strictly obsessed females who insist on watching bothe shows on Sat and Sun as well as the half hour one Mon to Fri. I'd rather be subjected to white noise and a KGB interrogation....

    4. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      So that's your excuse for recognising the badly sung theme tune on Tuesday night is it Mark? The White noise treatment would appear to be working.

  18. Another Lightning conversion to make, this time I have the Alleycat bits to use. Hooray!

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    2. jasman71

      jasman71

      The Sword F.1/2 and F.3 is on the Hannants website, due in September

    3. jasman71

      jasman71

      The Sword F.1/2 and F.3 is on the Hannants website, due in September

    4. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      I hope they get them right, if so I'll be buying a few.

  19. Argh, just painted the wings the wrong colour!

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    2. Col.

      Col.

      Sure it was good practice Duncan.

    3. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      Freehand painting a 1/72 Fw190 so it was a bit intense!

    4. Darby

      Darby

      If you paint the rest of it the wrong colour then the whole thing will look right but in a wrong sort of way....I think!?

  20. Argh, just removed some masking tape complete with 3 layers of paint and primer from right under the cockpit, nasty!

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    2. Col.
    3. Procopius

      Procopius

      Oof, hate it when that happens. What were you working on?

    4. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      1/48 .... well take a guess, what's your most non favourite WW2 aircraft?

  21. Argh, more gardening! SWIMBO's a hard taskmistress. I wish it would rain so I can get back to my Fw190.

    1. Brad

      Brad

      Black plastic and stones = no more weeding. Best thing I ever did in the garden.

    2. MikeW

      MikeW

      Gardening is my other pastime - but I hear what you are saying. Nothing like coming back to the bench after planting a lemon tree - 24 kgs of dirt under your fingernails,no matter how you scrub, and touching the fuselage to see if it is dry - and it wasn't.

  22. Argh, now the Montex mask is pulling the paint off!

    1. Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies

      Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies

      Is this one one of your 109s?

    2. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      Yep, must've been some grease on the plastic as the primer let go again.

  23. Argh! painting gloss red is no fun.

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    2. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      I may as well be!

    3. Darby

      Darby

      Try Gloss yellow or white for that blood pressure raising experience.

    4. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      For those I'd put a base coat of matt white down, works well. But couldn't do it for the red as it would have made it too bright.

  24. At last, finally finished something1 In fact I've finished 2x 1/48 Bf109s in the last 24 hours with another one only a few hours away from completion.

    1. FalkeEins

      FalkeEins

      ..every cloud ..and all that

    2. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      I've still a lot of KUTA candidates to finish before I can start something new though :(

      Still, mustn't grumble, lots of spare time for modelling at the moment.

    3. Duncan B

      Duncan B

      3rd one finished today. Now I've a long overdue tidy up to do.

  25. Back at work, boo!

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