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  1. 1/48 Halifax MkI… 1/48 Halifax MkI… 1/48 Halifax MkI… 1/48 Halifax MkI… 1/48 Halifax MkI… Did I mention a 1/48 Halifax MkI..?
  2. Personally, I’m not into too weathered models but it must be said it looks very convincing and the wear and tear done very well indeed - it all looks so natural and it’s lovely to see a well worn aircraft depicted without the dreaded ‘patchwork quilt’ effect. Your painting skills are top notch. The only criticism I have is you’ve hidden the engine - a man with your pairing skills could have had a field day with that! Tom
  3. Thanks, both - I didn’t take any as I didn’t really think anyone would be interested! I’ve got plans to do another sooner rather than later in the Landor retirement livery so I’ll snap a few pictures when the time comes. Cheers, Alan… but how could you not love the 747! Blasphemy! And yes - moving this around the workspace was a breeze!
  4. Yes indeed - Peter is a genius! And thank you!
  5. I too was sad to see them go. There’s just something about the 747. Seeing them all lined up for scrapping brought a tear to my eye. Many thanks - although I never had the privilege of the Upper Deck. I’ve flown on many 747s over the years (including a Qantas -SP!) but was always cattle class in the back 😂
  6. It’ll be numerous shifts with the airbrush I imagine. The poor compressor will no doubt overheat if I try to do it in one go! Thanks, James - and it’s a 1/72 Airbus A330 MRRT. Not mine I hasten to add, it’s my dad’s. He’s got a build thread going on here too.
  7. Yes indeed - it’s been beautifully done and real testament to Peter’s talents. Do keep in mind the original part was hand crafted in someone’s garage many moons ago and other than the transparencies the overall kit is pretty accurate overall. A product of its time. You’ll succumb one day. Resistance is futile 😂
  8. More transparency work of late, this time huge steps have been taken with the canopy. The kit part was always suspect in my opinion - it just looked too big, windscreen shape was totally off and the sides too vertical: Something like this would really bug me, so I was thinking about making my own by either doing a master and vacforming it or alternatively doing the framing, much like the bomb aimer’s section, and dropping in the clear pieces using acetate. Then I had an idea… why not get in touch with one of the greatest model makers of our time, Peter at Airscale? And low and behold… And a comparison with the kit part: Here we now have a beautifully printed cockpit framing that will sit on top of a new vac canopy. As the pictures show I originally cut the fuselage to fit the kit part so some work is going to be needed here to get the fit right, but I’m delighted with Peter’s handy work! I’m currently working in finishing off the gear bays so the cockpit will have to wait for a while, but for once I can’t wait to get started on the cockpit and it’s interior - which is usually a job I hate! More when there’s more… Tom
  9. Honestly, just use the Sanger white backing. With time to dry, they’ll be fine and didn’t cause me any problems whatsoever.
  10. Final parts have been added on the B-52 as I'm hoping to get some paint on her when the Easter Holidays come around. The BUFF is festooned with a vide array of different aerials to these have all be fashioned and attached from plastic card: And some final glamour-shots before she gets some Gunship Grey... I would invite some of you good folks around for a spot of dinner, but as you can see the dining room table is otherwise engaged! I just need to make the small pylon for the targeting pod between the engines on the right wing and do some final scribing around the tail cone, as we're good to go! More when there's more, Tom
  11. Afternoon all, Latest completion from me - Revell’s 1/144th scale Boeing 747-400 with DrawDecal’s British Airways decals. It’s been built out of the box, other than my usual mod to these kits in adding some height on the cockpit crown area with some Milliput to correct the profile. Although it’s getting a little long in the tooth now, the kit still builds reasonably well once excess flash is removed! I was really sad when BA retired the 747 - not only is it one of my favourite commercial aircraft but I’d flown on them more than any other type and thought I’d do my own little tribute to ‘The Queen of the Skies’. The real thing was my last 747 flight when she brought me back from Australia once… the ‘Kangaroo Route’ is now 777 or 787 and it’s not quite the same. Long live the Queen! All the best, Tom
  12. That is superb. I initially thought you'd inserted some photos of the real thing as a comparison at first - particularly the night time pictures - as they are so realistic. Amazing! Tom
  13. From memory I used decal strip for the squadron stripes. The numbers went down ok as I described above - white underlay first, then the red over the top. It looks daunting but works well
  14. Thanks, James - and yes, the rear turret is different but I have a vacform turret for that. Nose and cockpit are the same, however.
  15. When I applied the decals to mine, I applied all the white backgrounds first and then let them dry for a good couple of days. It’s then just a case of applying the coloured decals on top. If you try to put the coloured parts over the white straight away, it’ll end in disaster…
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