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Old Collingwood

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  1. Thank you Diver, as I explained somewhere further back my farther was an Engineer in the RAF during the war his service knick name as an ERK, he specialized in airframes and engines, and on base he would do anything from bench strip downs to engines and right through to light to medium/heavy airframe work either on the pan or in the hangar, all dependent on what was needed or the condition of aircraft returning from duties. The mosquito was one of his fave planes to work on but he also serviced Spits, Hurricanes, Lancs, Wellies, Shorties, and prior to this he cut his teeth in the FAA on Seafires and Corsairs. OC.
  2. Thanks mike, I am wondering the same thing with the decals, I am hoping that by first painting on a layer of semi gless top coat (as I have a jar of this for hand painting) then after a few days spraying the tamiya rattle can flat top coat will bring it all to the same finish. OC.
  3. I dont rate these revell ones that highly dont think they are cartograpgh ones, have a lot of edging to them - in hindsight I should have trimmed them. OC.
  4. Right last major spray work on the mossie - masked up wing and stabs ready for rattle can green, after I took the parts out into the back patio and sprayed away then put them in my box, went on ok I think. Pic of the masked up parts prior to spraying. OC.
  5. Thanks for the advice Kevin, my first work using decals with setting producs, I polished the fuselage as I thought the advice is to put them down on a gloss / shiny surface? guess it doesn't help with the decs being a flat finish not shiny. OC.
  6. More progress with the decals - I put a few layers of micro sol over the tail, then today I brushed over a coat of semi gloss top coat just to seal them down, next was the serial this went down ok, then the large one piece fuselage decal, this was a little more trouble-some even with a coat of micro sol you can clearly see the decal paper between the letters - this might settle down with a coat of semi gloss top coat. The decal is still wet from the micro sol. OC.
  7. I so get you bro with head aches these kits can cause - its not us we do our best - kit manu companies please learn - you are dealing with grown ups not children - get your stuff sorted please. OC.
  8. Count me in mate love these eduard kits - is it my imagination or do they feel a bit more solid than other makes (my spit feels more solid than the ICM version). OC.
  9. Those colours really compliment each other and make a lovely made kit rather more special. OC.
  10. That is why I love our forum as we are all not affraid to push our individual building skills, and try to put our own stamp on what we are building - giving it a bit of life in any way we wish to. OC.
  11. Hi all, I have been having a little play at painting the nose cone glazing frame black, it went ok even by hand, then I decided to start the fuselage decal application starting with the tail, this area has the square fin flash and a couple of warning labels on each side, they went down with micro set then a couple of layers of micro sol, they will need more applications as I can still see the edge around the fin flash even with the micro sol. OC.
  12. Was it Alexandru who created that early version of Vic? you sir have crated a masterpiece of here more frequent and most known ship. Thank you. OC.
  13. Thank you Kevin, they had the fresh lakey ERK's give it a quick touch up then it did a few flights and roughed it a bit.😉 OC.
  14. Just took these - they show the canopy glued down and touched up around the edges - also the rudder in place and hand painted. OC.
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