vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Beautifully done Peter!
***DONE: Bell p-39N Airacobra 42-18393 "Millie" 350th FG 346th FS Group Build
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Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Whoa!!!!
Exceptional work Pete. I keep looking at the job you fellas are doing on these models and it makes me want to get back into building them again but I got to many irons in the fire already. That is a great build Pete! I love that craft. 
Exceptional work Pete. I keep looking at the job you fellas are doing on these models and it makes me want to get back into building them again but I got to many irons in the fire already. That is a great build Pete! I love that craft. 
Heinz
Captain
With the guys 
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ozhawk40
Master Sergeant
Okay guys, thanks for the kind words, starting to see the end here, and yes the next GB is soon so CR I've got to rap this one up!
The rudder fabric colour is an interesting feature, and I like the way is has come out on the model - the first pic is a blow up of 'S' on the flight line, so something similar I was after.
Over the last couple of days, I've been conducting experiments in DIY decals and it's been......interesting!
I managed to obtain an old and tragic Hasegawa P-39 from my brother for trialing size, colour etc and tried different methods. I think I have come up with a plan for success, so here's my first effort in picture 2.
Basically I thought I had the code C in the spares, but it turned out the wrong size and font, so I added that to the decal sheet I printed. I printed on white and added an Olive Drab border to assist in cutting out. A couple of trial runs on the tragic and then added them to old '393 for real.
You can see in the picture I have lots of spares - and that is a really, really good thing!
Cheers
Peter
The rudder fabric colour is an interesting feature, and I like the way is has come out on the model - the first pic is a blow up of 'S' on the flight line, so something similar I was after.
Over the last couple of days, I've been conducting experiments in DIY decals and it's been......interesting!
I managed to obtain an old and tragic Hasegawa P-39 from my brother for trialing size, colour etc and tried different methods. I think I have come up with a plan for success, so here's my first effort in picture 2.
Basically I thought I had the code C in the spares, but it turned out the wrong size and font, so I added that to the decal sheet I printed. I printed on white and added an Olive Drab border to assist in cutting out. A couple of trial runs on the tragic and then added them to old '393 for real.
You can see in the picture I have lots of spares - and that is a really, really good thing!
Cheers
Peter
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kgambit
Tech Sergeant
Looking great Peter.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Nice work Peter, and good to hear the decals worked out well.
lesofprimus
Brigadier General
Looks really good Peter, real close now..... Cant wait to see Bugs on there...
Bl**dy beautiful Peter, looks good mate!
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ozhawk40
Master Sergeant
Cheers guys
More adventure in DIY decal manufacturing. Finally satisfied with "Millie" letters. These are printed on White and carefully trimmed to size. This is my fifth attempt, and I'm so glad that I made extras - many extras! 8) I've tried the "clear" decal paper, but this just does not look right for colour, no matter what I do, and might be useful for printing black lettering, but that's about all. Which brings a problem for the pilot and crew chief details. Anyway, I have one more thing to try for that, fingers crossed.
Here is where it's at today.
Cheers
Peter
More adventure in DIY decal manufacturing. Finally satisfied with "Millie" letters. These are printed on White and carefully trimmed to size. This is my fifth attempt, and I'm so glad that I made extras - many extras! 8) I've tried the "clear" decal paper, but this just does not look right for colour, no matter what I do, and might be useful for printing black lettering, but that's about all. Which brings a problem for the pilot and crew chief details. Anyway, I have one more thing to try for that, fingers crossed.
Here is where it's at today.
Cheers
Peter
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...not too shabby!
109ROAMING
2nd Lieutenant
Beauty
kgambit
Tech Sergeant
Awesome job Peter.
absolutely brilliant Peter, i love it
DBII
Senior Master Sergeant
It keeps getting better.
DBII
DBII
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Benevolens Magister
Looking great Peter!
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Nicely done Peter, nicely done!
Heinz
Captain
Great work!
dirkpitt289
Master Sergeant
SWEET!!
Vic Balshaw
Major General
It's looking good Pete and well done with the decals, not an easy job
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