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A Group of Gals - Two Revell B-17Gs and a Hasey Friend


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Thanks Keith, Bill, hendie, Richie, Steve, Simon, Terry and Giorgio.

 

This morning I was reminded that there's one thing I hate almost as much as stencils - walkway lines:

 

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One done.

Now then, numbering stencils must be a pain for the sheet designers but watch out for these:

 

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There's two stencils against each number. Don't go sticking both in the same place.

As if you would.

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2 hours ago, CedB said:

This morning I was reminded that there's one thing I hate almost as much as stencils - walkway lines:

There's a good fix for that: mask and paint.... just saying..  :whistle: :D

 

They look just great, though :clap:

 

Ciao

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3 hours ago, giemme said:

There's a good fix for that: mask and paint.... just saying..  :whistle: :D

 

They look just great, though :clap:

 

Ciao

Thanks Giorgio :) 

 

Er, see comments on previous pages re 'masking' :D 

 

Stencils? Worth it?

 

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Can you see the ones on the nacelles? Quite.

 

Done now:

 

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may have left some stencils off. 

Four of them.

Can you see which ones?

My point precisely…

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15 hours ago, CedB said:

may have left some stencils off. 

Four of them.

Can you see which ones?

My point precisely…

Well I did notice some yellow letters sitting there amongst the unloved.

 

I hope...

 

 

:)

 

Where the clear parts of a decal still show you could try dabbing a minor blob of \Clear/Alclad Aqua Gloss in the exact spot where they will land and drop the decal off the carrier onto the exact spot hence allowing the air to be entirely excluded.

 

This tip courtesy of dr/gn lately of this parish and was passed to me in his hospitable welcome to the artform of modern model making after making his acquaintance on-line when I decided to return to childish ways and discovered it was an entirely different life style to that I left behind in the 1980s.

 

The 'Gals' is a build I keep coming back to and revelling in, so glad you have taken up cudgels again.

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Arrgghhhhh! 1/72 stencils, the stuff of nightmares. Pointless nightmares at that. Your point is well made, even zooming right in I can barely see most of them.

 

Richie

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7 minutes ago, Spookytooth said:

Great stuff Ced, as for the stencils, unless you are looking through a magnifier does it matter.

 

Simon.

Absolutely not

 

I will have a Royal Navy Phantom on the  go later this year, the 5 zillion stencils?

 

Not a chance.

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Thanks James, Roger, Richie, Simon, Johnny and Adrian.

 

On 07/01/2023 at 08:20, perdu said:

Where the clear parts of a decal still show you could try dabbing a minor blob of \Clear/Alclad Aqua Gloss in the exact spot where they will land and drop the decal off the carrier onto the exact spot hence allowing the air to be entirely excluded.

 

This tip courtesy of dr/gn lately of this parish and was passed to me in his hospitable welcome to the artform of modern model making after making his acquaintance on-line when I decided to return to childish ways and discovered it was an entirely different life style to that I left behind in the 1980s.

 

The 'Gals' is a build I keep coming back to and revelling in, so glad you have taken up cudgels again.

 

OK Bill, my Guru, I'll give that a try:

 

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…along with your other stencil tip of putting a drop of water on the stencil rather than floating it:

 

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Anyone see what that says? Me neither. Something Anti-Ice Tank Vent?

 

This side now done:

 

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Just three stencils that side:

 

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Then I turned the page on the instructions and…

 

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Gaaaaaaaaaah! Oh good grief.

 

For the ceiling I only applied one:

 

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Can you guess which one? A star for correct answers (arf).

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Thanks Giorgio and hendie.

 

Transfers need sealing eh? Trouble is the OD bits are matt and the rest? I decided to use satin on the shiny bits:

 

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Matt tomorrow, then I can unmask and add the sticky out bits.

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On 1/15/2023 at 7:17 PM, hendie said:

Won't it need both wings Ced?

 

Classic.

 

12 hours ago, CedB said:

Matt tomorrow, then I can unmask and add the sticky out bits.

 

Looking good, Ced (the B17 for them as ’aven’t read ‘Eats, Shoots & Leaves’ :D)

 

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21 minutes ago, Fritag said:

Looking good, Ced (the B17 for them as ’aven’t read ‘Eats, Shoots & Leaves’ :D)

Re-iterating the above, confused by reference to a volume referred to 'though.

 

I have never read said volume but did attend school that day.

 

Always appreciate a timely, spatially applied comma Steve.

 

 

 

 

 

Ced I love this B-17 thingy, but you still ain't getting me up on one!

 

:) 

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