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I see and know there is truth in what is being mentioned but knowing the Brits with their precision about their camo in A/B scheme somewhere along the line those stripes would of gotten better by both the Army Air Corps and the British,willy nelly probably went out the window.The stencils are complete,glass dipped and prop built/painted.The actual L/G placement seems to be an area of concern for a few who ditched the kit that will not happen here!
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The stripes have been laid it seems I am progressing more and more to a splotchy pattern with my paint.The white was laid down uneven 2.8" using 18" stripes which was roughly 9/16" in width the last white stripe in the middle had to eyeballed to be even usually 1/32" was missing.I painted the black first with falt black splotchy again and then came back with a Nato black to fill in here and there but never completely.I had the minimum of clean-up in the end.
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I went to the NorthShore IPMS meet today with five kits she came in 2nd with some competition.The winner was a Nice P-47 but if he was a 100 I was 95,96 or 97 the judges spent some time.My 1/32 P-47 Hase Mrs. Ceasar came in last 2nd to a dive bombing 1/24 Stuka w/o a pilot?Don't get me wrong a Nice build I felt we were about even had more work in my plane.
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I have not talked the show she came in 2nd last place the judge said the only keeping from a win was the SG form the men on the decks everybody he said commented on the ship.The winner was a scrap built wooden ship I do not remember Today I was at the NorthShore meet in LA. again no competitors I want competition Chikuma was 1st and Yahagi 2nd
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Curtiss BF 2C-1 by CDW - FINISHED - Hasegawa - 1:32 scale
Javlin replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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The copit is complete and let me tell ya building the seatbelts well let's be Nice a chore with Quinta on the scene that skillset was weak.The belts are RB Productions with a little of Tamiya dust applied.The very rear bulkhead while tight it opened the fuse outwards tightened up the fuse/wing seam even more so me likey.I am trying to loosen the bulkhead right behind the seat with the plate it's off to the right maybe 1/32' if that WD40 and Acetone were mixed and lightly applied no luck may just live with it. The nose to fuse is just about as good as it gets she has had her challenges "Yes" but I have kinda enjoyed them abit.That's all for now guys got to put in a little more work tonight on her.
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My first post tonight is going to be about procedure and Don't Forget the Part!.I was building the nose and having some issues wondering why is was such a PITA getting part H9/H43 and H10/44 to get a good alignment within the nose cavity?I continued to build I built up E2/E3 but did not glue in yet I went an grabbed E1/E18 part of the lower fuse and front wingroot while providing a roof inside the nose...it was about 1/32" off coming out the back of the nose.I had to file E1 and sub-assembly #34 accordingly all because I forgot to install D2 in the nose which would of aided on a positive blocking plate for H9 and H10.Just a heads up it works this is one part of the build you follow the instructions to the T.I got it all worked out just extra work for me.
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Info for those that might stray down the path of a Tempest from Mr.Edgar Brooks one of those guys sadly missed and had the answers for many.Color changes coming. Before its restoration, I saw the RAF Museum's Tempest, when it was at Cardington, and the wells were green, legs and door interiors were silver. Edgar
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Curtiss BF 2C-1 by CDW - FINISHED - Hasegawa - 1:32 scale
Javlin replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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I have gotten past what has made a few put this kit on the SOD.The WW's in my instructions had you build them outside the wing and insert them afterwards screwy plans angles involved.The next issue I heard of was once the copit was inserted failure of the fuse to slip into the wing?I did encounter that but took me 30 minutes of grinding/sanding to overcome the obstacle.One has to grinding/sand the the very inner WWs that encounter the copit tubing and sand the outside of the tub some.I have my seatbelts coming from Eduard tomorrow with some others for Japanese and MkIX with a book.I will finish the 110 soon enough just find the challenges of this limited run kit interesting.
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