wellsprop Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Loving this build! Ben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 (edited) Somehow I'd missed this, Bill, but your tale of giving St D a good kicking are now duly festooned with likes. The transformation to an old kit, very much of its time, is a lesson to us all. I went to the Salisbury show yesterday (great fun, as always, and escaped with merely a book, a couple of new detail brushes and the usual gash handful of sanding sticks - not a single new kit, which I think is some kind of record for me!). Anyway, as always I was looking through the old kits for sale (one day I will find my Holy Grail 1/48 Dynavector Scimitar), and there were several old Airfix Swordfish. I was wondering to myself why anyone would bother when the new tooling from the same company is so good... but you have answered that question here. Old kits can still make great models! Edited June 5, 2016 by Ex-FAAWAFU 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Totally agree with Hendie, that canopy sure does update it, great progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Your really turning this old kit into a show stopper! Great work on the canopy and all that interior framing Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 7, 2016 Author Share Posted June 7, 2016 Just a quicky (I remember them, but vaguely) I managed to get the transfers on over yesterday and tonight The mainplanes have been matted down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 7, 2016 Author Share Posted June 7, 2016 Here is a representation  Debs honey you are a star Ascoteer sent me a set of the decs from the Airfix AOP6 lovely madame, and just what I needed  Wings being fitted night all 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 now that is looking luvverly Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 +1 from me - very nice Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Russell Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 It looks extremely nice. The camo has gone on beautifully. Wings on please, wings on! What a lovely model.Best regardsTony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 (edited) I regret to report that although the wing 'matting' went well yesterday this morning, in warm dry conditions the Humbrol matt varnish decided to go 'greyout' I'll pop a pic in later but for now I'm struggling to search out a cure It's grey dry but if I wet it the grey vanishes I'm fed up... Edited June 8, 2016 by perdu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Aero Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 I just scanned this yesterday. A horrid little contact print about 4 cm by 2 cm. John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 I regret to report that although the wing 'matting' went well yesterday this morning, in warm dry conditions the Humbrol matt varnish decided to go 'greyout' I'll pop a pic in later but for now I'm struggling to search out a cure It's grey dry but if I wet it the grey vanishes I'm fed up... I was wondering where the "woe" was hiding as the photo's looked great. Can you do a really fine micromesh wet sand ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Damn this weather - bad luck Bill, but I'm sure you'll sort it out; she is worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 (edited) I think I'll be trying the wet'n'dry micromesh I'm tempted to see if it can clear with a clear varnish layer but I'll most likely be micromeshing Just 'cos it was Hendie's idea. John thank you for that old, very charming picture Edited June 8, 2016 by perdu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 (edited) The curse of Humbrol matt varnish strikes again! Drop kick it through the goal posts of varnish hell! Switch to Alclad matt, sprays nice and fine and never any greying. It's looking superb by the way. Edited June 8, 2016 by Tomoshenko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascoteer Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Glad the transfers worked out OK Bill. With the varnish greying, try re-klearing and then a different matt varnish when the Klear is fully hard. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 (edited) Since I always do what the ladies say I tried that after attempting to polish it smooth with Micromesh Micromesh just didn't touch the surface even wetted so I tried the other thing First, this morning's bl*** mess "A grey pall settled over the mysterious forest and wrapped everything in a deep dull depression..." Anyway, nuff of the duff movie directions for The Masque Of The Red Death scene one Here's wot I got Vincent Price is just off camera, having his slap attended to... Stoppit Anyway memo to Messrs Airfix... Hey guys please don't waste yellow ink on your transfer sheets unless you are going to back them up by a secret undercoat of white.. Doh There really are lines of rescue info underneath that extinguisher emblem And now the first coats of Clear are going on I am leaving the sides until every other piece has dried Unfortunately the sanding has damaged the upper layers in places, maybe not enough to show though B Edited June 8, 2016 by perdu 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 This looks like a 'save' Bill. That Humbrol Matt is a nuisance. Years (13) ago I remember it going milky and ruining an old tool Airfix Defiant that otherwise I'd made look pretty decent Sometimes it would take weeks, if ever, to dry. I agree on the Alclad II Matt. It's smelly but it works really well. Don't worry about the paint damage on top; it's 'weathering' Best regards Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdo Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 (edited) Lovely work!!! Didn't Biggles fly one of these for the "Air Police"? Edited June 8, 2016 by Murdo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ascoteer Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Ah man-vegetables! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brandy Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 I think our Debs is politely trying to say "bo***cks"....I may be wrong...... Nice save though! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Matte coats are the invention of Satan! I've yet to find one I trust or that I can get to reliably work. It looks like you've saved your little Auster, though, Bill. Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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