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After playing about I have done this. The red and yellow match (to my eyes) What do you chaps think about the blue? Decals are cartograf

It won't help much at all. You have to use polishing compound and the super fine polishing grades of sandpaper etc. I am good friends with ZM's boss and have been for many years and have tackled this frosting subject with him. He has told me that to polish the molds to get the cockpit glass...

Had mine on the bench as soon as I got back from Telford

That's great! I shall order a bottle Thank you so much

I recently bought some paints (MRP) that are for RAF insignia, Marking Red, Yellow and Oxford blue (BS 105). Comparing them to in register cartograph decals the red and yellow look correct, but the blue looks a bit off. I could have thought that I read somewhere that the blue in the roundel...

Hi guys, I am in preparation to build HK Models new 1/32 Lancaster and after looking through the kit and while I am waiting for Eduard etc to catch up with detail sets I would like to add wiring and hydraulic details to the turrets as the glass in the kit means that you can see quite a lot in...

Rather than spend time mixing paints I would recommend this: Model Air Everything you need (exterior wise) in one box and it will cover the entire of the pacific Theatre I have the paint collection for Trumpeters F4F-4 and it is correct to original chips! Don't know when I'll get around to it!

Ok.... I've built this and had no problems building OOB with deployed wings. section 9 build as shown. Do not cut off anything (and do put K4 on). Do not fit G1 & G6 Build section 10 AS SHOWN Miss section 11.. that's for folded wings. Continue with section 12 - 17. Miss section 18! Do not...

Indeed, it is the translation into English from Spanish. If I get the chance in the next couple of days I will prepare and photograph some paint chips. I have one of my original Panthers (Panzer V) on winter schedule maintenance. There is a very large 700hp Maybach V-12 HL230 P30 on a test/work...

Here's more or less the mid war RLM 74/75/76 colours. I think you are referring to RLM 84 with has a greenish hue and it is a very late war colour used as an alternative to RLM 76. It was the Luftwaffe's version of RAF Sky. At the end of the war the Luftwaffe started to paint their aircraft...

There would be slight differences in batches and manufacturers depending on availability of pigments and ingredients as well as manufacturing processes. It is a statement of fact that in December 1944 a letter to all paint manufacturers was sent out by OKW congratulating them on keeping paint...

For some reason, the last one didn't show! Here is the last variant (again!) here's the last variant on Trumpeter's 1/16 Jagdtiger using RAL 6003 as the base shade. All 3 colour are actually mimetic shades and they do change with the light (as do all colours). It's a complicated thing...

The infamous Dunkelgelb raises its head! All I can say at this point is that Vallejo are going to release some new paints in the model air range that cover Dunkelgelb accurately from 1943 to 1945. As a retired (hurt) Army Officer I now keep myself busy with modelbuilding and vehicle restorer...

It is very well organised, the route varies from year to year to cause maximum discomfort and effort to and from the cyclists. It brings in lots of tourists who seem to bring in more year by year. Hotels, B&B's camping sites and anywhere with a spare room on or near the routes are more than...

Vallejo have introduced a number of collections and their new versions of Luftwaffe paints have probably different numbers than the one you have, or it is the new version from the information I sent them with the formula list. Here is RLM 74 Here's RLM 75 Readers will probably see...