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

Vic Balshaw · Feb 9, 2010

Nice Dan

Crimea_River · Feb 9, 2010

Airframes · Feb 9, 2010

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

Heinz · Feb 9, 2010

Looking great mate

109ROAMING · Feb 10, 2010

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

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

OH DAMMIT

Wayne Little · Feb 10, 2010

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

Airframes · Feb 10, 2010

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

109ROAMING · Feb 11, 2010

Yes Sir!

Wayne Little said:
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 · Feb 11, 2010

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

109ROAMING · Feb 11, 2010

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 · Feb 11, 2010

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

Airframes · Feb 11, 2010

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 · Feb 11, 2010

109ROAMING said:
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 · Feb 12, 2010

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 · Feb 12, 2010

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

vikingBerserker · Feb 12, 2010

A4K · Feb 13, 2010

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 · Feb 15, 2010

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

Pics: The pics I promised

Vic Balshaw · Feb 15, 2010

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 · Feb 15, 2010

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.

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