B-17engineer
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Nice work!
**** DONE: 1/48 Spitfire Mk.II – 266 (Rhodesia) Sqn, RAF Wittering. BofB Group Build
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
look forward to the colours....
Crimea_River
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Nice Vic. Looks like you got the good table cloth out for those pics!
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Benevolens Magister
Looking good Vic. What Humbrol colour number did you use for the 'Sky' underside? I haven't used Humbrol 'Sky' for some time, having had Xtracolour in stock, and since some of the paint numbers changed, I'm a bit lost on this one, and it ain't on the Humbrol listings as 'Sky' anymore !
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Vic Balshaw
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Only the best Andy, a nice bit of felt from the billiard table (no not mine, don't have one, it was a cut-off).
Probably not the right one, Humbrol 167 well thinned, was as close as I could get Terry, unfortunately, we islanders are not able to get Xtracolour from Hannants though I did manage it some years back when they had a sale and I bought up big in kits. They hid the pots of paint in with the kits, but with current regulations I have a feeling this would have been a one off.
As for the build, got the dark earth on today and masked later this afternoon ready for a dawn spray of dark green.
Also opened our paper today (Canberra Times) and this picture was splashed across the page. P7350 on a B of B commemorative flight, sadly not in 266Sqn code though.
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Man, what a great pic!
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Benevolens Magister
That is a great pic! Looks very recent too, as the aircraft are carrying those markings at present. Must have been for one of the Commemoration events, as the pilots are wearing period kit. They had to stop wearing the leather helmets after Spencer Flack's crash in the Sea Fury, where he had to use his 'bone dome' to break out of the canopy, and have worn hard helmets and current (black) flying suits ever since.
Thanks for the paint info Vic. Hannant's will only send paints with a kit, but I think it's surface mail only to outside the UK, or possibly not at all now. I know they can't send aerosols overseas.
Thanks for the paint info Vic. Hannant's will only send paints with a kit, but I think it's surface mail only to outside the UK, or possibly not at all now. I know they can't send aerosols overseas.
Crimea_River
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That's a fine shot though the river in the backgound and distant shore had me thinking it was the sky at first.
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Vic Balshaw
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Well the spraying is done, though it's not as good as I would have liked, I'm a bit rusty with this camouflage business so it's just as well to get a bit of practice before needing to paint the Roc.
This was the rough masking where paper cut-outs, Blu-Tak and Tape were used. I must confess, I'd forgotten how the Blu-Tak could leave smear.
Now help needed as I'm not sure if I should give the paintwork a light sanding with say a 1500 or 2000grit to just take the rough edges off the paint or should I just go ahead and spray it with 'One Go' and hope for the best prior to decaling.
Anybody with sweet words of advice or ideas, please holler.
P.S. The lighting was not to good, it was just coming on dusk and I had to use the desk lamp
This was the rough masking where paper cut-outs, Blu-Tak and Tape were used. I must confess, I'd forgotten how the Blu-Tak could leave smear.
Now help needed as I'm not sure if I should give the paintwork a light sanding with say a 1500 or 2000grit to just take the rough edges off the paint or should I just go ahead and spray it with 'One Go' and hope for the best prior to decaling.
Anybody with sweet words of advice or ideas, please holler.
P.S. The lighting was not to good, it was just coming on dusk and I had to use the desk lamp
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Vic a light rub down wouldn't hurt...use real fine stuff and keep it light on the application as you rub it down and you should be right....so in effect you're giving it a bit of a polish....
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Vic Balshaw
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Thanks Wayne, I'll give it a go tomorrow
Crimea_River
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Looks good Vic!
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Benevolens Magister
Sure does.
very nicely done Vic
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Vic Balshaw
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All done Wayne, thanks and it worked fine. Have been weathering it today before a spray of 'One Go', then it will be decal time and fitting the fiddly bits.
Good stuff mate!
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Vic Balshaw
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Just a little update on the old Spit, got the fellow decaled up this evening, there now drying out. These pics were taken earlier and show a little of the weathering. The big job now is to make the shiny new decals look kind of dirty.
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T Bolt
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Looking good Vic!
