Recent content by History Man

Man, just saw this thread shoot back up today...sorry for the late response. I was not concerned with the paint due to the name, I never choose a paint based on the name, I was concerned with the tone and color it had in the bottle. After giving it a test on a scrap plane, my fears were...

Well, I used the kit masks for this kit but for the most part I use Tamiya masking tape cut to the contours of the canopy. Now, for some reason....I have not been very successful in preventing bleeding in some places, for this kit it was minor and mainly a little on the upper portion of the...

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Purchased this kit earlier in the year and finished putting last touches on it last week, overall a really enjoyable build. Have never built an Eduard kit and it did not disappoint, great quality and very detailed. I used the PE cockpit tools and it came out great, then followed procedure for...

This is probably one of the better aircraft that I have done this summer, didn't have much time to finish it as my display was coming up by got finished the day before so everything worked out. This is supposed to depict the SBD Dauntless flown by William B. Ault and William T. Butler during...

And below is the finished product. I stars and bars decals were a pain in the rump to apply, they did not want to adhere and don't really give it a good look....I used the kit decals (which are usually good) and used the combined Micro-Sol + -Set. After that, another coat of gloss was...

Thank you for the information, I will look into that one. There was a similar one at a hobby store down in the valley but they wanted almost $300.....so the price is a little tamer. Philip

Thank you much for the welcome....I look forward to sharing my builds and learning new tips/tricks. Philip

I was wondering if any forum members have purchased and used some of the PB4Y-2 Conversion kits that are on the market....since there are no 1/48 PB4Y-2 kits on the market at the moment (sadly). I have a B24 Monogram and have been reading up on some of the conversion kits but wanted to ask on...

Today it was 102 and dry....moderate wind later on in the day.

I will take a look a those...for some reason I have had a heck of a time getting onto Ebay (cannot seem to access the main site). Would it be correct to say that the US national insignia is going to be the large on the wings with a small set on the fuselage? I just wanted to make sure, as I...

Beautiful job....I just started using washes for panel lines and such but have yet to add thinned paints for exhaust stains and such (not that confident yet). I hope to add a compressor to my workbench soon to start attempting pre-shading. Again, beautiful job....looks great. Philip