Hurri Up!

[depressed lemur]

Ok, gonna throw my hat into the ring with this.

 

 

The seal on box hasn't been broken, so I guess that it meets the requirements of this group build.

 

No idea what is inside, so time to kick off.

 

All photos will be taken using my phone, and posted via the Kindle. I must remember to enjoy this

 

 

[Valkyrie]

Oh a night shift, good luck il keep you company 

[depressed lemur]

Thanks Valkyrie, company is always appreciated.

Moving onwards i stuck inside gubbins together ready for the first paint. Currently music is Attack on the Winter Wall by Audiomachine. SWIMBO is downstairs making a curry for refuelling purposes.

 

 

 

Lots of bits

 

 

Some even stuck together.

 

 

A bit of liquid help.

 

The IPA in the background will not be sampled

 

More to follow

[Valkyrie]

Looks like a nice kit and good you are keeping hydrated too

 

Remember to post curry pics too 

[depressed lemur]

We are entering pause for tea territory.

 

Some paint has been applied and this seems a good time to pause.

 

 

Thanks for looking

[Hockeyboy76]

Nice work so far dude. Hope there’s not too many Crabbies or the Hurricane may become blurred. 

[depressed lemur]

Suitably regressed i am back at the desk.

Curry was nice with all expected extras involved

 

 

And as can be seen, the Crabbies has gone 😁.

 

The time is 22:02 and music is now by Two Steps From Hell

[Valkyrie]

Keep it up, you are certainly well fuelled for a night shift at the desk

[stevej60]

Great start,and I could just go a curry!

[depressed lemur]

Quick question,

Looking through my paints I have noticed that I only have AK Air Series paints for the green and brown and not much chance of changing this situation before end of play.

Has anyone used these?

Can they be used direct from the pot through an airbrush as per ModelAir?

What can they be diluted with? I only have Vallejo, Tamiya, Mr Color and IPA.

Will need to know to clean the airbrush after.

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[depressed lemur]

Oops, forgot the last update pics.

 

 

Lovely little four piece radiator. Very well planned out kit this one

 

 

And this is where I was an hour ago.

 

Since then we are almost ready for painting to begin

 

 

 

With everything masked up and ready to go

 

[Valkyrie]

Good quick work, nicely masked canopy

cant help with the paint question sorry, im a brush and rattle can guy still 

[depressed lemur]

Thanks Valkyrie, I decided to do a bit of experimenting.

AK Air Series does NOT like IPA, turns into a bit of a goo.

Mr Color and Tamiya seem ok, but Vallejo Airbrush Thinner works a treat.

 

Straight from the dropper seems to work as well

 

 

Dark earth coat on, now for the green.  This will be done freehand.

[stevej60]

Look's great.

[depressed lemur]

This is starting to get a bit tiring now. I have finished the upper surface but have no idea how long the paint will take to cure enough to mask off for the underside colour.

 

 

 

I think I may take a beer break and then try to mask off and see what happens. There is a good chance that we will see this fully painted tonight ready for decals tomorrow, or is that later today.

 

Thanks for looking

 

[CliffB]

That's looking very nice so far.

[depressed lemur]

Time to carry on.

For breakfast I had this

 

But not just bacon

 

 

An egg just makes it.

 

 

[depressed lemur]

The underside is now painted.

 

 

There was a bit of overdraft on the upper surface, but a touch up seems to have rectified that

 

 

There will now be a slight hiatus as the paint dries ready for decalling.

 

I will be taking the time to visit my dad who has just come out of hospital following a bit of internal modification in the kidney area. Guess it is the biological version of modelling.

 

Back soon

[depressed lemur]

Right,

 

I can finally call this one done.

 

As you can see, I have gone for a Belgian markings, partly because I like the colour,but mostly because there is less colours to spray.

 

 

 

And to prove the timing,

 

 

18:33 start, 17:42 finish, I believe that this means I managed the 24 hour limit.

 

 

 

 

This has been an interesting experience and one I am glad I took part in.

 

Thanks for looking

[Valkyrie]

Wowzas 24 hours and good effort 

[Jinxman]

I like it a lot - nice one!

[johnd]

It would take me 24 hours just to get the flippin' undercarriage done on that kit.

 

Well done,

John.

[depressed lemur]

Possibly outside the remit of the Blitz Build, but I just had to add a final dinner shot.

 

 

[stevej60]

And a stunning build is revealed,great work.

[Avereda]

Champion stuff, that pie and chips was well deserved