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Made to Measure by acrylicdisplaycases.co.uk, 3mm case on black ash base with black velvet inner. Nice but not cheap, delivered it is almost as expensive as the basic Nisha Kit was when I bought it!- 206 replies
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The “Nisha” is now in it’s new home, decided that having gone to the trouble of adding sails it needed protection from dust.
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Looking good! 👍
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The walnut parts can be very brittle along the grain. If you can, make some new ones from the sheet the kit parts came from. For drilling try putting tape on top and drill through that, it can help reduce the damage caused by drilling, also I'd use a hand held pin vice to drill rather than an electric drill as it might be too fast and causing the fragile Walnut grain to lift as you drill.
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I've not seen the water slide instrument panels before, I got the traditional P.E. ones, it will be interesting to compare.
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Congratulations on your prizes, looks a very well supported event which is nice to see.
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Handley Page Heyford by RGL - FINISHED - Matchbox - 1/72
AJohnson replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
That takes me back, the coloured sprues for those that couldn’t afford the paints! Yep, that one hit every branch when it fell out of the Tree Ugly Tree! But I’ll be following for old times sake! 👍 -
Especially in the “Non-ship” part of MSW, bit more of a chilled 😎 vibe around here. I think you are putting in a load of effort visualising your build Mike and I for one are enjoying seeing the development. 😁
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Here's my take on a Malta Vb, (1/48 Airfix, new mould), with European theatre sky underside, not the Azure blue. Similar to those pictures Andy.
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Great start Mike, looking forward to seeing the Finnish scheme for this, something different.
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My vote is for the second green, just based on the pictures with the greys, but they look totally different when next to the brown! ?
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Those look very neat Edward 👍
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Very neat looking seats Craig, you have set the bar high for when I finally get around to mine! Good luck with the show next weekend, let us know how you get on.
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This is so subjective, my gut is still with the lighter blue/grey but it is marginal. Andy your kit, go with what looks good to you in the flesh. Even good digital pics are a facsimile of the real thing. Either way you will make a great job of the camo. I’m not sure if you have laid another trap for the “squeaky ones”, is that the sound of a chainsaw I hear? 🤔🤣
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I agree with @Egilman the Grey I think was more on the blue side, now that stated, that is entirely based on seeing restored examples in the flesh and historic colour photographs, but they commonly have a bluish tinge. Just my 2p, so I’d plumb for the right one. Also out in the field paint very quickly oxidises and fades/bleaches, which is why many of the contemporary field photographs do look paler and perhaps bluer. The left one is too “warm” a grey for me. Sorry not helping! 🤣
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Welcome to MSW Michael from North Yorkshire That is a great model, especially at that scale!
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Looking good! 😁 I'll have to live through you on the build at the moment, but when rooms look like this, I can't see the Admiral being happy if I joined you just yet! On the plus side it is woodwork! 😆
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Looking really good David, very neat and agree an zoom in on your splice would be good, it looks great.
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It is slowly coming back to UK shores, the new 1/24 Spitfire IXc is made in the UK after many years of the kits being made in France then Asia. Humbrol paints have been re-shored for some time, just a shame the quality and longevity of them is so poor (the enamels I am on about). I have some old enamels that are decades old (no exaggeration) and the are fine with a good stir, the new Humbrol paints you are lucky if they last more than two years once opened.
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That is dedication to re-scribe all the raised panel lines, but I has paid off, great looking model.
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Hi Craig, yeah Airfix only provide Humbrol Colour numbers, simply because they are the same company (both brands belong to Hornby Plc now). So you can see why they promote their own paints, but as Andy says there are plenty of conversion www sites out there that compare the wider international brands and standards like FS etc. I am slowly moving over to the Colourcoats range by Sovereign Paints as the quality of their enamels and colour accuracy is much better than Humbrol imho. I received my batch of Dark Sea grey this week from them. 😁
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That bucket is a fine model in its own right, very nice. I hope you do a Nisha some time I will definitely follow you on that build! 😁
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Good idea, Dave, I like a bit of ingenuity! 👏
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What Mike said, truly outstanding craftsmanship! 🤯😱
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So do I! 🤣 They all live in the garage! 😢
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