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I've been using these a lot but wonder if I am missing a trick to get a better finish. What method and tools do you use? For example, at present I use an old handkerchief to buff! Martin
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Now OOP?
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Evenin' all! After about three months of work, here's my Airfix Lightning, finished in the box scheme of XN793, based at Gütersloh with 92 squadron. (WIP here.) Scratchbuilt detail was added in the cockpit, to the ejector seat, and in the wheel wells. One of my few real criticisms of this kit is that the cockpit is a little bland, with none of the lovely sidewall detail seen in the recent early Harrier kits, and really benefits from a bit of tarting up with the old plasticard and wire. I also corrected a couple of minor errors such as the omission of the gun exhaust ports, the failure to flesh out the Firestreaks with fin fairings (try saying that after a few glasses of Rioja!), and the slightly oversized underwing serials. Finish is predominantly Humbrol Metalcote from a rattle can, with the recommended Humbrol 25 for the blue spine. I used a brush to pick out some panels with Revell Aqua acryllics - I think this effect is often overdone on BMF finishes, but I'm quite pleased with the subtle effect I obtained here. Nose ring is Bare Metal Foil-the first time I've plucked up the courage to use this amazing stuff-but certainly not the last! On the whole this is a superb kit with very few weak points, and as the first decent 1:72 representations of one of Britain's most iconic aircraft, deserves more hype than it recieved! The only downsides are an irritating and tricky moulding flaw across the canopy, the aforementioned cockpit, and perhaps the lack of depth to the APU exhaust on the rear fuselage. Hope you like it! [/url] Thank HEAVENS we can now throw our Trumpeter kits overarm into the nearest dustbin!
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