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About fnick

  • Birthday 06/15/1977

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    Southampton, UK
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    Ship modelling (!), films, reading, rugby

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  1.    fnick reacted to a post in a topic: Medieval Fortified Village by Ekis - 1/87 scratch base kit Aedes Ars
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  15. fnick
    Yeah cos you made such a poor job of it...🙄😋 Just kidding superb job! Would like to see what you think you are good at! Cheers, Nick
  16.    fnick reacted to a post in a topic: 1930 BENTLEY 4.5 LITRE by MadDogMcQ - AIRFIX 1:12th Scale
  17.    fnick reacted to a post in a topic: Ford Mustang 65 by Fnick - Revell 1:24 - Finished
  18. fnick
    Congratulations Ekis you have just invented a time machine to go back to the middle ages!😀. Stunning work. Nick
  19.    fnick reacted to a post in a topic: Medieval Fortified Village by Ekis - 1/87 scratch base kit Aedes Ars
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  22. fnick
    Thanks Mark! If I had planned it a bit better I would have got some decals for the white side stripes which would have looked pretty cool. Next time!😋
  23.    fnick reacted to a post in a topic: Ford Mustang 65 by Fnick - Revell 1:24 - Finished
  24. fnick
    Hi Ragove. Thank you for the suggestion. I have seen that one done however I do have an alternate idea I'm hoping will work which if it does will look a damn sight nicer than my driveway!🙂 Cheers,Nick
  25. fnick
    Thanks gents! Sorry Egilman lost the keys... Not surprising at 1:24 scale 😋
  26. fnick
    Morning all thanks for the comments and the likes. Well the lady's got wheels!😀 Finally finished! First of all here is what I was hoping the car would look like. And here is the end result There's a vague resemblance!😋. Ok I'm quite pleased with the result!😁☺️. A few more pictures. Thanks to all again for the advice and support. I'll take some more pics with the DSLR and post them hopefully in a few days. Cheers,Nick
  27. fnick
    Thanks Egilman. Unfortunately I don't think I have the right pledge product I have a multipurpose floor polish which has a milky appearance but I have tried it on a test piece and it does appear to do the job but this time I will let it dry properly ☺️ before potentially using it on the windscreen! Cheers Nick
  28. fnick
    Hi all Thank you all for the suggestions. After considering them I decided in the end to crack on with the sanding and polishing. (I also fired off an email at Revell asking for cost of replacement parts! 😀) The main reason for this is that I had seen a while ago on YouTube a video of someone cleaning up a windshield with this technique ( ) and I was hopeful it would work for me. Here is the result. So top to bottom,left to right :sanding with 1.5k,3k,5k,7k then polishing with coarse then fine Tamiya compounds and then a polish with Tamiya wax.
  29. fnick
    Hi all So the good news first. Metal trim around the windows all done. As per usual not perfect but good enough.🙂 Now the bad news... Tried what I thought was a good method to make the clear parts look more like glass: dip them in gloss varnish. Yes I tried it out on a test part first. No I didn't wait long enough to see the result...(although I thought I had)☹️ For those who don't want to try this I used humbrol clear gloss. Not saying that is the reason this happened but... All I did before was clean the parts in warm soapy water
  30. fnick
    Hi Grant First of all great job on the car irrespective of how much advice you are using you are still the one doing the work! The molotow pens are amazing. One tip I saw on another forum is if you are to brush it on, add a bit of alcohol to the chrome, work quickly and if you need to redo a bit wait till fully set before attempting second coat and you should get a smooth finish. Keep up the good work. Nick
  31. fnick
    Really nice tank! And interesting too. 🙂 Thanks for showing us your work Nick
  32. fnick
    Hi all Thank very much to all who commented and pressed the like button. So I sanded, polished and waxed the body and after much consideration decided I was happy enough with the result. Yes you can still see a bit of the orange peel if you look at it in the right light. However as I had sanded down to the paint in a few areas despite being super light I didn't want to risk more damage. I've also started on the metal trim around the windows. I am using the molotow chrome pens for this. I'll let the pictures do the talking.
  33. fnick
    Thanks for the advice guys. I clearly havent precise enough with my information so apologies! I used a spray can for the gloss varnish (I don't have an airbrush) but I am guessing from your comments that that won't make much difference. I am planning to finish sanding the gloss tonight. Next question is... If I can still see the orange peel should I respray anothet coat of gloss on the affected area or still carry on with polishing compounds to see if that solves the problem? Thanks again for all your help and advice. Nick
  34. fnick
    Erm... Didn't use spray cans for painting...🙂. Brush painted and gloss spray. But thank you for the tip since I am thinking of using spray paint for my next model. Out of interest does the distance play a part in orange peel for gloss varnish too? Nick
  35. fnick
    Well what did you expect? it's the first time i've inadvertently managed to do an orange peel effect! 😋 On an equally serious note: thank you. Much appreciated! 😊 Nick

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