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Given that I made the initial suggestion to have a second round, I feel obligated to make an entry! Oh no.... anyway! I'm sure I'll find time between exam prep. 

I'll be digging into this pile of plastic from Beacon Models. I'll probably do the Bf109E-7/Trop.

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In last year's Christmas Blitzbuild I did one of these. It's a great little kit, ideally suited to blitzbuilding.

 

 

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I was considering the pink Spitfire for one of the Blitzbuilds - definitely the easiest paint job (once you decide what shade of pink you need...)

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5 hours ago, Tim R-T-C said:

I was considering the pink Spitfire for one of the Blitzbuilds - definitely the easiest paint job (once you decide what shade of pink you need...)

If I had the correct paint I'd think about doing it. 

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5 hours ago, Adam Poultney said:

If I had the correct paint I'd think about doing it. 

 

If you, or anyone, has a rattle can paint reference for the PRU Pink, I'm all ears 😁

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6 hours ago, Hockeyboy76 said:

Looking forward to seeing how good these kits are

I've done a couple of builds of the 109 and one of the Spitfire already, from the initial release. They're lovely little kits. 

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With understably few parts for the interior, the cockpit didn't take long. The fuselage halves are together and I've added the fairing for a 250kg bomb to the wings

 

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it's looking more like a 109 now! I used the masks included in the boxed E-3/4 kit. No way I want to mask canopies in this scale!

 

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Nice work Adam. Even just placing those canopy masks looks like brain surgery to me.

 

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2 hours ago, PHIL B said:

Nice work Adam. Even just placing those canopy masks looks like brain surgery to me.

 

Phil.

Certainly an accurate assessment! My advice was to include masks in all releases. I'll be holding off on building any without masks until they're available separately 

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This particular 109 had mismatched wings. Once it's finished it'll look interesting, but the disadvantage for a blitzbuild is that I'm painting the camo twice!

 

 

 

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15 minutes ago, Adam Poultney said:

Certainly an accurate assessment! My advice was to include masks in all releases. I'll be holding off on building any without masks until they're available separately 

I quite agree Adam. I have a brace of Sweet's Hurricanes which have been shelved due to my refusal to mask their canopies!

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Plenty of progress taking us into the new year! The majority of the paint work is done. I'll be doing the gloss coat for decals next. 

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I'm going to leave this for tonight now. I'll aim to get it finished in the morning. 

I've started on the decals. They are fantastic quality, being produced by Cartograf. I'm particularly impressed that the tail band fits perfectly- usually I expect these to be troublesome so I prefer, in general, to paint them. I noticed on the paint guide that the band is absent in the top and bottom profiles, but the decal fits all the way around. I'm mildly amused that this slipped past proof reading given that I'm in the proof reading discord! Oh well, minor details. 

The swastika is in two pieces. I don't like the way it's split, I'd prefer straight down the middle. The way they are split, you should apply one part, let it set, then do the other. The aircraft code decals for the fuselage overlap the white band, so those will be left until tomorrow as well. 

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Some quick and fine painting indeed!

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Morning all, I slept in a little longer than intended. With only an hour to go until the 24 hour mark, I've completed the decals. 

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And at the 24 hour mark, give or take a few minutes, it's done. 

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For a sense of scale:

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