1/72 Handley Page Halifax B.III 'Friday the 13th' No.158 Sqn RAF, Lissett, UK

[Vic Balshaw]

Nice Dan

 

[Crimea_River]

8)

 

[Airframes]

Looks a lot better mate - should turn out nicely. BTW, how have you masked the mid-upper turret?

 

[Heinz]

Looking great mate

 

[109ROAMING]

Cheers guys , removed the masking this afternoon with dissapointing results. Gonna need either a total respray or maybe Il be able to pull off a clean up

BTW, how have you masked the mid-upper turret?

OH DAMMIT

 

[Wayne Little]

The upper surface work looks good Daniel, have you had some paint run under the tape?

 

[Airframes]

Don't tell me you didn't mask the turret......! Get a grip Daniel...!

 

[109ROAMING]

Yes Sir!

The upper surface work looks good Daniel, have you had some paint run under the tape?

Not under it , just a messy line , Il post some pics tonight of the results . One side wasn't too bad the other isn't quite acceptable

 

[lesofprimus]

Looks good Dan, cept for that turret, damn man....

 

[109ROAMING]

All good mate ,

Managed tonight to scrape the paint off fairly accurately/cleanly to where the clear parts would show through, given time an acceptable result will be achieved
. In this scale Il be able to get away with it , just .

If not, Il get a vacform set . Whole set of clear parts for the kit was pretty sh!t in the first place so thought of doing that originally , maybe well do it now

Il get those photos posted tomorrow of the bad masking finish

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Pheew…………….that was close. Well done mate, you salvaged a bad situation, had me worried there for a mo

 

[Airframes]

Glad you saved things Daniel. Give the turret a coat of Future/Klear, or whatever it's called in the Land of the Long White Cloud - should help a bit.

 

[javlin]

Cheers guys , removed the masking this afternoon with dissapointing results. Gonna need either a total respray or maybe Il be able to pull off a clean up



OH DAMMIT

That sounds like something I would of pulled off.Lookin very good otherwise Dan.Cheers Kevin

 

[Wayne Little]

Daniel, you've been doing some fine work lately this won't hold you back for long, it's just another small challenge to overcome.

 

[Airframes]

As Hannibal said as he approached the foothills of the Alps.....

 

[vikingBerserker]

 

[A4K]

Great work Daniel! Hope the respraying goes alright.

As you probably know, Falcon do a lovely set of vac-form canopies and turrets for all versions of the Halifax, be difficult to replace at this stage of construction though: Instructions for Clear-Vax set 17

 

[109ROAMING]

Thanks guys , Cheers Evan for the link mate , may yet use it

Pics: The pics I promised

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Bit of a bummer on the masking Daniel, all I can think of is a thin rolled out Blu-Tack strip to help make the wavy line with paper pressed onto it. Gives a nice soft edge to the colour change but is prone to leaving a slight residue where the Blu-Tack connects to the kit.

 

[magnu]

Should be easy enough to do a touch up by hand with a fine brush as the matt black should go flat and hide any brush marks
just take your time and don't overload the brush.
Good luck and a steady hand with the touch up.