hopkp Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 37 minutes ago, 71chally said: It seems fashionable now to weather and pre-shade the hell out of a subject, sometimes it seems without looking at references first. I have to admit I'm not a fan either of the current 'fashion' of painting aircraft models as if they were tanks that had spent a hard winter on the Russian front. 'Less is definitely more' when it comes to weathering aircraft models, though admittedly there are exceptions (e.g., some current USN aircraft) where heavy weathering is supported by photographic evidence. The underside in particular of that Meteor is WAY overdone in my view, though it's not my model, so everyone to their own, I guess..... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triumphfan Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 I recently completed one of these kits. It builds ok, typical short run, the instructions should only be used for assembly guidance as there are horrific errors with the colour and decal directions. Worth looking carefully at refs before painting and decalling. Wholeheartedly agree with the comments about the finish on the review build. Atb, Steve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted May 16, 2020 Share Posted May 16, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, 71chally said: @stever219 When you first get to the page from the link you should have a translate to English option come up in a box top right of screen, in Google Chrome anyway. Thanks James. Sadly on crummy old Safari I’m denied that option. Further trawling coming up........ Edited May 16, 2020 by stever219 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 On 4/17/2020 at 4:33 PM, Ali62 said: Peter, glad I could help. The books are fantastic all three volumes all covering different aircraft and era's. I have a feeling you will pay kings ransom money for vol 1 and 2 as they have been out of print for a few years, vol.3 looks as it is still available, but with Roger passing away in August last year this is an end to an era unfortunately. All the best in the book hunt. Very sad news that Roger has died - I didn't know that. I had a number of e-mail conversations with Roger over the years and that would explain why he didn't answer my last one. Great guy and superb books. Luckily I have all 3 volumes. Going back to the NF.14 cockpit - in many of the pictures in Roger's book and others like below - the radar display appears as two prominent white/off white circular displays. Has anyone got any clearer pictures of this area? Could be just light reflecting off the glass but it is very prominent it lots of pictures. Cheers Malcolm Cheers Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scimitar F1 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Very sad to here that Roger has passed too. The three books were a labour of love and it showed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) On 5/16/2020 at 11:13 PM, hopkp said: I have to admit I'm not a fan either of the current 'fashion' of painting aircraft models as if they were tanks that had spent a hard winter on the Russian front. 'Less is definitely more' when it comes to weathering aircraft models, though admittedly there are exceptions (e.g., some current USN aircraft) where heavy weathering is supported by photographic evidence. The underside in particular of that Meteor is WAY overdone in my view, though it's not my model, so everyone to their own, I guess..... Horrible finish, frankly. He is evidently a talented modeller, but I don't think he actually looked at a photo of a real NF.14 before he painted it. Two seconds and here's one that tells you what they actually looked like. From flickr. Edited June 29, 2020 by Truro Model Builder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Puff Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Malcolm, I think you're right - those "white/off white circular displays" on the radar are just the result of light reflecting off the glass faces of the instruments. The only time I've ever seen an NF.14 they weren't just white discs, but black dials with white detail and glass faces. No photos, unfortunately - the battery in the camera had died earlier that morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Dedicated masks by MH Models - ref. X48097 - A.W. Meteor NF. Mk.14 Source: http://www.mhmodels.cz/sablony_48.php V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaggy Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Tis a shame we never got a NF.11/NF.13 version of the kit... For me, the NF.14 is cool, but those birdcage canopies on the NF.11/13 (despite being a NIGHTMARE for modellers) are just awesome. D 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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