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B-25 Mitchell "Meet Miss Runyon" by Javlin-HK-1/32
Old Collingwood replied to Javlin's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Looking good - that paint job is top notch. Take care. OC. -
"We want more - we want more - we want more" OC.
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Those colours really compliment each other and make a lovely made kit rather more special. OC.
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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.
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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.
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That looks Awsome truly beautiful job, the whole thing comes alive now. OC.
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Thank you Edward. OC.
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Sounds like my earlier kits.... OC.
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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.
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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.
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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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Thank you Craig. OC.
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I appreciate you checking it out Lou, I think I will just be glad to see it done now, so it can go in the display unit, so I can move onto the spits. Like I said thank you for having a look at those pieces. OC.
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Wowser - did you check out the price on tha bottom two the ebay one wanted something like £40 including delivery over here and the second one was from japan quoting £400 odd "Gulp" I had looked into it when my canopy first broke but didn't like the look of vacforms as they are very thin and look to flex a lot also lack any scale. I am fairly happy with the recovery of the canopy now, it went down fine no gaps that a little putty couldn't hide, I had to touch up around the canopy but my tin/jars of actylic (the closest match) is slightly different to the rattle can, but "hey ho" its close enough. Next will be to mask up the other wing ready for the green - same on the tops of the two stabs. OC.
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I know I said it before - but that is very nice decking just the right colour I think. OC.
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What an amazing level of workmanship - really first class. OC.
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Thanks Lou, certainly a trial and error build - its a bit like cooking - somedays you get the meal "bang on" and its gorgeous other times you just cant get it the same, I have been learning a few lessons, rattle can and out doors = sttuck insects, you cant very well do touch ups using the rattle can paint sprayed into the lid then touched up on model using a brush (as the paint dries quicker than you can paint it on with said brush, lastly the revell canopy is real pants - rubbish - pitta. OC.
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Thanks Ken. OC.
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Thank you Denis. OC.
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Thank you kindly Kevin. OC.
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After a good sleep I attacked the Mossie again I was able to gently rub off the splats on the wing (the stabs were ok) I then went in the back yard with my Dark grey rattle can (this was still ok - had not run out) so I sprayed the stabs - went ok, then I did the same in two coats on the main wing, again this looked ok - I put them away in the box to harden. I then came in doors and firstly decided to glue down the canopy (no fuss just used liquid poly) I also decided to have a look at how the main u/c fits inside the wing box - I decided to trim off the edges then It slotted straight in, so I glued the front main u/c section in with ca glue, followed by the rear support legs - these needed moving about then securing again using ca. I decided to do a dry fit with the wing temp placed to check for hight fit - looks ok I think? OC.
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The cupboard is too small EG its about 2 feet wide and extends back about 6 feet we keep out vacume and bin in there so no space to build in there. OC.
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Really nice Joe, looks Superb. OC.
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I will survey the "splot splot" paint job later today it can probably be rubbed down abit as I have some well used 1000 wet and dry thats nearly dead smooth now from frequent use, that should take some of the splats off (its my own fault I didn't check if the can was ok for paint). What I will be able to do is hand paint the rudder as its a small area and just black, same as under the stabs - I will then mask off the top of the wing ready for when I build up the courage to spray the two camo colours from my rattle cans (I think I have two cans of each colour). The top section of the fuselage will need a quick blast where the canopy sits as it was left rough when I took the canopy off, this means masking the area and inside the cockpit with paper. I think I was rushing and not thinking the best due to this mouth infection and pain killers I am on - kind of been making me drowsy. OC.
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I looked into that but think it would be a noise issue with the admiral, it would have to be silent or I would start getting those "daggers looks" while she was watching her fave programs - and a money issue to be honest, our room is not very large about 14 feet so I have to work silently at the one end. As I say it aint the best situation, building the pearl or my greyhound boat builds was no a problem in the least, as I was had brushing everything that needed it, but I know to build and paint accurate model kits is another beast all together, if they aint sprayed you loose all the fine detail and battle to get a smooth finish. OC.
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