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Thanks OC... there’s even more you can’t see, some of the black boxes and wiring/pipes got pretty fiddly....

I imagine you have tried thinning tamiya paints with mr. Color leveling thinner? That’s what I used and this is my first time airbrushing and it seemed pretty easy.... for military paint jobs anyway, they ain’t no show car...😎😀

Ooops forgot the oil and oxygen tanks....

Well, I worked over some area’s and have all the cockpit stuff done except for the instrument panel.... waiting for the airscale decals for it.... started work on the Napier engine, filling in a couple huge pin marks that will be right on top of the Sabre motor....

Ooops yeah, I posted this in a different thread, here’s the box again..... wipes are not included..... but necessary!

1 hour ago, Canute said:

Work carefully cleaning up the flash, some of it may be attachment points for other parts. 

I found that out the hard way, lucky it still fit ok... that is one area where the airfix instructions are lacking, it doesn’t always show clearly where everything attaches. I thought I cleaned up the parts on the areas that will show, but the camera is pretty brutal at showing flaws.... need a bit of work in a few areas

Well if this was family feud, 85 out of a hundred people polled said....... Caldercraft!  if you are looking for historical and scale accuracy - well that is until the new Amati 1/64 scale version comes out in the next few months to years..... both designs by the same guy... Chris Watton of Vanguard Models now.....

Hey! My Dad had a 67 olds delmont 88 with a 425 in it....  you guys are pretty creepy alright.. once a year right?

Well this is the one that started the bug.... I was gonna wait to start this but I’m waiting for stuff on all my other builds... I am going to build this with the aid of the Airfix magazine builds by James Hatch and Brett Green, leaning more to the Hatch version specifically.....  so here is the start of the cockpit- it looks more weathered in person, I’m finding that weathering silver/aluminum is more difficult than greens and black.....looks like I need to sand and fill some pin marks on the seat, I thought they would be covered by a seat cushion but not on this version? There is definitely a lot more flash/cleanup to do on this kit vs the 1/48 Airfix kits I’m doing. Any input or suggestions are definitely welcome!  

Yep, the PE really makes things pop and your airbrush work looks great Tom!

Oh yeah... I’d say I got bit..... I really like these new kits...

Yep, I’ve been there number times, they used to sell the RC Foamies we used to make....  Griffwerks Foamies

Jeff, I didn’t know either and they have a local pickup option or I think they will send it to us locals for free during the lockdown.... 
 

Thanks Kurt, I need more tools! Those look pretty nifty, I would imagine it only takes a few ruined PE pieces to make you wish you had one!

Oh yeah Ken, I don’t even consider cockpit masks and even camo masks for my first paint jobs aftermarket... more like necessities for me! I’m going to look into those cockpit kits, I got one for the P51 cause I ruined the kit decal, but I think I will look at some others too...

Yeah I agree OC, I love the engine details and some interior wing stuff that shows guns and ammo - that’s how I plan to depict the Typhoon I’ve got, but most of that is designed in the kit. But the Brassin stuff sure does look a lot better!

Thanks Mike, yeah I’ve seen that site - that’s how I found out about Kitlinx.com , an online seller that is local to me, well sorta, about 50 miles one way...

Do you guys think P.E. and other media detail kits are worth the investment? If it’s cockpit or areas that will be displayed I think yes but seems like there is a lot that gets covered up.... is it just the fun of building and knowing it’s there or do you use pics to preserve the existence? I’m trying to decide if I should detail out the Revell B-25 I have.... plus are there special tools or anything I need to get if I decide to do it?

2 hours ago, glbarlow said:

- the yellow ochre painted brass on a blue painted background has a nice relief that paper couldn't achieve.  Again, just one opinion. Paper isn't for me.

I felt the same way till I saw what Chuck is accomplishing with his Winchelsea- that looks pretty darn good, but I’m waiting to see if others can make them look that good! New tech will always catch up with us....

Mark, I have been ordering from a pretty popular online vendor that is local for me but a drop shipper I think,  kitlinx.com  - some stuff says in stock but most of it says 2 weeks- is there a stateside ”go to” store that has great inventory and reasonable shipping?

Hi Tom, any more progress on this? Sent you a PM....

Lou

So, there are a lot of assemblies that connect to the main cockpit frame, the cooling ductwork and exchangers, the tailwheel housing etc. Due to a big screw up on the instrument panel decal I am now at a work stoppage on this one too... I didn’t have any decal solvent or setting solution and this decal just would not conform to the instruments and was lifting... I read on the old internet that you can use acetone as a setting solvent...... NOT!! Man it dissolved it as soon as I touched it with the wet brush..... heart kind of sank but I found a Eduard cockpit detail set (FE 1074) for $13 but it’s gonna take a couple weeks to get here. I also did a preliminary painting of the cockpit sides but need to wait for the detail set to move on.... wellllll....... I am learning a lot and that was the intent of these builds so......

Yeah, this is a mystery ship - looks like a sloop of war or a corvette? Perhaps some type of brig?  In any case it is going to be developed before the Bristol as well.... I thought the Bristol would have been close to being released by now, but these smaller designs have been the focus for a while now to facilitate more demand and establish the brand? Hoping it will create an established lineup to support development of a few larger ships that obviously take more time and investment to produce. Chris has stated a few times now that Bristol will be developed after this latest design. And possibly something even larger after her...

Ken, I’ve seen it used on wing walkways and such but not in a contemporary cockpit, at least not on the ones I worked on.... F4, A7, F16, etc... although there was a lot in a C-130....

Thanks Lou, I started by painting the floorboards in front a medium brown and after it dried I painted 

 the black over it, then I took some isopropyl on a brush and exposed the brown paint, mixed in some light tan and yellow highlights and used a dry brush technique to blend them till it looked like a worn down plywood floor... I didn’t know P-51’s had a wood floor till I started doing research for these builds, I read somewhere that they were painted with flat black paint mixed with sand for a non skid surface, so that’s what I envisioned.....

Ok with me, should I delete these posts? Can you move the reply’s to the new thread?