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  1. Same for me. I was sceptical as to how it would work. I now use a cocktail stick to apply, directly from the tube rather than the nozzle.
  2. I've got one and started the build. So far impressions are good, I have one tiny short shot on one tail plane (the static discharges) but I can live with that. However the instructions are poor. Quite a bit of dry fitting to try to work out what the instructions mean.
  3. The gear seems strong enough, they are pretty robust. The main issue being the wheel to gear joint, as like you I used the eduard wheels so it's a superglue bond rather than a proper weld. However the actual legs don't lack in sturdiness
  4. you can definitely have the correct weight with no visibility, i filled the voids either side of the nose gear, the underside gun area (which isn't visible) the top turret -again not visible, and if you put weight in the engine nacelles it should be ok.
  5. So I got those propellors for mine, I found them quite warped and spent quite a while with some hot water trying to resolve, but they still weren't perfect. The vac form canopies look lovely, again I bought some, but these I didn't use - so you have spares available if you have issues. The main challenge is that you either have to make a different cut on the fuselage to match the intended vac canopy (causing issues if you have to revert) or you need to further cut the vac to fit the stock shape. The reason i didn't use it is you literally have the thickness of the clear parts to try to butt joint the front circular element with the top part and there is quite a large contact surface that needs to match well, the kit parts give you a mm or so of adjustment which i found very useful. You could create an internal frame to give you a bit more leeway. Ian
  6. The kit looks infinitely better than the box art and you've made a good job of it
  7. Alclad for me as well. Dry in minutes and very good aherence. The white is also a good 'colour' in its own right as it lays down very well indeed.
  8. Having just used these for mine they are very nice. The 1/48 PE set is great and has parts that the kit is missing.
  9. Hello Not my most productive of years, but relatively happy with my builds. I managed a final push and got three finished in December which helped. First up, the Hasegawa F-4J in RAF markings: Second of the year, my first ‘proper’ 1/72, the Revell F/A-18F: Then a 1/48 Academy P-47: An Eduard 1/48 Tempest: 1/48 Airfix Spitfire XII: Revell 1/48 Typhoon: My favourite and my first WNW kit, the 1/32 Pfalz DX.II: Monogram 1/48 B-29 Washington: And finally, Hobby Boss 1/48 Yak-38M Forger: Thanks for looking Ian
  10. Yes I saw it then. Don't do many shows, but probably some southern ones later in the year and smw. Trouble is it will fill the boot and therefore limit what else I can take (and more importantly bring back!)
  11. No idea I'm afraid as I was just shovelling it in at the end! I filled the top turret with lead shot and what you can see in the picture underneath (no room for he actual turret just the visible part). Then I pushed loads into the engine intakes when I found I had got it wrong. What I should have done is put some weight inside the engine nacel for the inboard engines as there is a load of room but thought I didn't need it. It shouldn't cause issues as its in line with the spar for strength. You need the c of g about 1 cm in front of the main gear leg holes as the gear leans forward when fitted.
  12. Thanks, there are precious few builds of a Washington, your work certainly inspired - did I see it at SMW as well?
  13. Hi Geno Yes, the canopy was a pig, the fuselage doesn't describe an accurate circle so fitting the front glazing required some manipulation with masking tape to the shape of the fuselage, conscious that too much pressure would crack the clear main part and also trying not to pop the rear glazing joint out as well. I did buy the squadron vac formed ones as I had hoped to provide a better view into the cockpit, but it basically had the same challenge plus the requirement to try to butt joint incredibly thin vac parts, at least the kit plastic had some leeway, so in the end the kit ones won. Ian
  14. Hi Thanks, it's huge way larger than anything I would wish to build again. It's about 2.5 feet by 2 feet. Storage - same as all of my kits, in the loft. I normally box them, this won't fit in anything I have so just under a sheet.
  15. Hello Another one of my recent builds, the Monogram 1/48 B-29. Our model club was donated this in early 2015 by one of the local British Legion and I picked up the task of building. I think every part was loose in the box, after a stock take surprisingly most parts where there with only the pitot tubes missing and a few broken bits that could be easily repaired. It turned out to be a fairly epic process, detail in places is quite nice - sadly inside where you can’t see most of it - and elsewhere quite crude. Despite myself, I did get some aftermarket - new props (hideously warped), Eduard Wheels and some Eduard external PE. First full scribing of a kit I have ever done, I did a part a day to spread out the load and it wasn't too bad in the end. I had issues with the parts holding when glued (Tamiya extra thin), never had this before, but numerous times I had seams popping, including after the final metal finish . The decals were wrecked when I got it and after some research decided I wanted to do an RAF Washington. I was just about to get some masks cut when a I found the new set of Costal Craft Decals at SMW . I painted the top with the AK Xtreme Metal and I have to say these are a revelation, after using these I will all but ditch my Alclad, for the simple reason that Xtreme Metal actually let me mask over it with impunity something that make life so much easier. Please excuse the aerial lines, I ran out of easy line and used fishing line instead, I think may man-cave was a different temperature last night when I did it, they were tight then, but have sagged now, I will replace with easy line when I get some more. To say it was a tail sitter is an understatement, it has a huge amount of lead in the front, in one of the front turrets and I still had to jam more lead in the engine intakes when I realised I hadn't allowed for the angle of the main gear, so I had calculated the COG a bit further back. Even now its basically neutral and will balance on just the main gear... Thanks for looking. Ian
  16. Hello Here is one of my latest builds and my first WNW kit. Overall I'm very happy with how it turned out. I used Bob’s buckles for the rigging and genuinely these were very simple to use, approx. 4 hours of work in total, just a steady hand required. Overall pretty impressed with the WNW kit, but I have to say that I found the instructions lacking in clarity, for me they need to either be instructions or an informative guide, trying to mix both made it difficult to follow some of the steps. Thanks for looking Ian
  17. Very productive, and some very nice builds.
  18. I've only had this with Tamiya tape when the paint underneath wasn't dry enough.
  19. And me! We need to put our money where our wish lists are if we are ever going to encourage new manufacturers to put the effort in
  20. Somewhat.... A donation from the local British legion to our club, so someone was obliged to do it...
  21. Yes saw it as well very nice. My smw was made by the fact that I managed to find a new production set of Washington decals! Now I can finish off my 1/48 version.
  22. True. And I'm certainly not anti the manoeuvre 'if' it occurred. however the implications wouldn't necessarily need to apply to the Vulcan or its crew, but it could show the caa that they cannot rely on display pilots adhering to agreed parameters for display, display pilots and displays themselves are under increased scrutiny and rightly or wrongly 'going off plan' may not be helpful right now...
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