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  2. Avspecs is working on the next one already and a recent interview showed the wing together. This Mossie is currently in a hangar down in Wanaka, ready for this weekend's big airshow.
  3. Given the painting skills he's shown off on his builds, I hope he's doing his part and helping out? James
  4. I have never said it would, it is a water colour and will not stand re-wetting and will run, wipe off if aqueous liquids are applied over it. IPA is real killer on it. Oil paints, enamels are fine for washes, rendering etc. As I have already said Mission's customer care and website do them and us no favours. Not the only paint manufacturer to fall into this category. With the poly additive however the paint then becomes more impervious to aqueous liquids, perhaps this is what they mean? I have nothing to do with Mission but once I understood there paints qualities and saw it for what it is, an organic water based paint sans poly additive, then managing its use became quiet simple. I have never regarded Mission as an "acrylic" whatever that may mean in the current modelling lexicon.
  5. That's worked very well, it nicely captures the look of a faded airframe James
  6. Thanks mate Thanks Mark That's high praise coming from a man with your skills James
  7. It'll easily take an FV-432, but a Warrior might be a stretch. It's too bad the UK no longer has the M-109A2 in service, because it could take one of those.
  8. Thanks everyone Regarding the exhaust stains, I spent a lot of time going through my reference books and photos online, and this is actually not that heavy for a 110. There's a lot of photos with stains at least twice as wide (and as dense) out there James
  9. It should get some love any day now, the hop season is done, my weary limbs are just about healed & I'm running out of excuses. I did actually sand back a bit of card I'd glued on the wingtip after removing the kit wingtip tank, the tank from the Platz T-33 has less sticking off it than does the resin photo tank from MAS. Steve.
  10. Top work John. I’m very much enjoying your build. James
  11. Nice work James Its good to see a 110 in desert camo rather than the usual greys. James
  12. From their FAQ, washes section. "No need for a clear barrier coat. (...) MMP paints will accept all types of washes with out damage to the paint. " If it can't stand distilled water, it won't survive a wash made from it. I did suspect it may fall apart under decal softener but I did not expect it to flow down under a water droplet based on their own FAQ. It behaves like gum arabic watercolor. If it is the case, it should be clearly marketed as such.
  13. Hi all, work has been slow on the King. I went online looking for a Haynes manual but at 56 UK Pounds for postage from the US, I balked at that! Len Newman has helped me with some cabin ref photos. Many thanks Len. Missing from the kit is a stowage rack positioned between the radar operators station and the flare rack. I used the large cabin bulkhead from the Mk1 kit option as a guild the the shape of the stowage end panels, the remained was just strips of cut plasticard. I fashioned the cover sheet (not shown) from photocopy paper. There are some other bits o add to the walls and roof, I'll get to them later... I also got he seats assembled and painted. The seat belts are from the Eduard detail set 49-1397. That's all folks, I'm going to concentrate on my Sea Vixen build in the Frog Squad II GB. Colin
  14. You’ve got a great looking 110 there, the weathering looks spot-on to me and the overall impression very realistic.
  15. cockpit tub built up and fuselage closed, used Eduard seatbelts DSC_0005 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0008 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr wings also built up, filled some panel lines that weren´t there anymore on the XVIII DSC_0009 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0010 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr
  16. @Maddoxx77 My ACE shot kal has rubber tracks and the destructions advise a gloss coat to protect the plastic from chemical reaction with the plastic. Reminded me of something I read years ago along the same lines. My Famos have the same issue so I will gloss those wheels too. Just a thought.
  17. There is also the original Hase B (sold as a J, but it has thin wings), which is utterly terrible. The Airfix and Revell are quite decent regarding shapes, but are - old, and show this.
  18. fuselage halves glued together decided to do the weapon bays closed, less work 😁 DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr the engineering of the wings and vertical stabilizers is a bit unlucky, some unneccesary seams to fill DSC_0004 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr
  19. added bomb racks and rocket mounts from the sparesbox DSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr
  20. I've been away from this build for a while as I was getting the Gannet (see elsewhere in this GB). I finally got all the filling and sand done, lots of places that needed lots of attention! So after fitting the replacement wing fences, which I made from brass shimstock. I used a jewellers fret saw to cut a slot the width of the fence stock. Little filling was required. In the background can be seen the wing fold covers half round plastic rod. I need to adjust the shape of the observers side window. Then finish off the store pylons undercarriage and the store, which include the Buddy refueling pod. As there is no intake or exhaust detail, I'm electing to add the blanking plates Using masking tape to trace the shape f the intakes, I cut two blanks from thin plasticard. The using my modified spring bow compass, I cut two blanks for the exhausts. So, this is where I am this morning. She's in the spray shop for a coat of primer at present. More later... Colin
  21. I have the UK airlines release of this kit and it's very nice - if tiny. But mostly I just hope that when they run out of new schemes they upscale it to 1/72. It's a real head scratcher to me why no mainstream producer has ever kitted this - hundreds of schemes to choose from, civil and military, and the option to tweak the moulds and do the military Andover version with rear-loading ramp. Total lack of patriotism from Airfix when they brought out the rival Dutch F27 way back when. Did no one pick up the S&M moulds or CAD when Mel sadly passed away a few years ago?
  22. Excellent work, it looks so real and so lethal. Good job the war ended when it did.
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