Potato Pete Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 (edited) Another Portuguese T-6 -this time the Academy kit which looks quite nice. The decals will be from LF Models - I'll be doing the one with the fluorescent orange tail below. Given my complete failure to achieve anything in the Panzer III GB, I will be building this pretty much out the box, probably just adding some seat belts. Cheers Pete Edited April 6, 2021 by Julien pictures way too big 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Welcome to our little gaggle Pete! I am not seeing an image, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potato Pete Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 Hmmmm, seems to be working at this end - if a bit slow uploading. I'm using Imgbox tp host - if it proves sticky I'll move to something else. In the meantime, these are the decals I'll be using https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/LFMC72249?result-token=90utd Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potato Pete Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 (edited) Testing..... Edited April 8, 2021 by Potato Pete pictures way too big 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Got it! Looks great Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Yes, Pete, a great choice and, as John says, welcome to the GB :). She should build up very nicely :). Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potato Pete Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) A little progress today. Painted up the cockpit parts with Humbrol light olive, which is probably a bit dark to be honest. Here are the sidewalls. Nice fine detail, but not sure how accurate it actually is. However it responds well to a wash and dry brushing. The instrument panels also have very fine raised detail which dry brushes up with a bit of care. Pleased with the results given my usual hamfisted approach to painting. Hopefully stick it all together tomorrow and add some seatbelts. Pete Edited April 8, 2021 by Potato Pete pictures way too big Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potato Pete Posted April 5, 2021 Author Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) Cockpit now assembled, with some photo etch seat belts attached. And sealed up, no issues here. Happy with things so far. There's a slight seam between the cockpit rear decking and bulkhead but I intend to cover that with a blob of paint and hope for the best. Pete Edited April 8, 2021 by Potato Pete pictures way too big 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 That is a promising start Pete, this looks like a far nicer kit than the Heller one I made in the Heller GB recently, I'll follow this along. As an aside, you might like to think about resizing your photos. That last one is over 5mbs & that will be why they are slow to load. Something with a max width of 1024px works well for the forum, overly large photos are hell for those following these threads on their mobile devices or with a slower connection. Steve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 @Potato Pete your picture files are way too big, over 4 times the recommended size. Anyone on mobile data or less than stella broad band will struggle. Please resize and resubmit Thx 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potato Pete Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 Will do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 On 4/6/2021 at 2:32 PM, Julien said: Please resize and resubmit Please do. I make mine less than 200kb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potato Pete Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 OK, think we're there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Those look much better Pete. I'm at work at moment so on phone & they loaded real fast & hardly stole any data. Result . 👍 Thanks for sorting it. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 For forums I crop to 1400px x 700px as a general rule, extending the height to around 1000px as required. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potato Pete Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 Now with wings and tailplane attached. As Brad has said, just a bit of tidying up around the front of the wheel wells. I'll have to think about getting some paint for the beasty 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Looking good Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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