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Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
Nice work ! They look great.. I think I will pass on the black base.
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Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
Olive drab and invasion stripes are done. Ready to do the aluminum. While correcting the canopy I cracked it. It's very thin fragile clear plastic. So far I have had no luck on their website trying to order a replacement. Be handy to be able to read Polish !
Nicely done so far!
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Looking good. 
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Looking good, but shame about the canopy. There may be a vac-form canopy in this scale, there certainly is in 1/48th scale.
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Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
I figured out Arma Hobbies web site and ordered a replacement. See what happens.
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Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
Well what turned into a bit of a masking nightmare turned out not too bad. Not something I've tried before. Now it's decal time, hope it goes smoothly ! Not my favourite job.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Looking good!
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Looks good. Are you going to give it a bit of gloss shine before doing the decals!
Jock Tamson
Staff Sergeant
Love that paint job 
A4K
Brigadier General
Looks awesome Graham 
fubar57
General
Really nice
Crimea_River
Marshal
Like the look if that. With Vic on the gloss.
Lovely work so far!
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Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
I don't normally use a gloss coat before the decals. I just use lots of solvaset. In this case I will use a gloss coat. The decals look very thin and fragile and I don't want to risk fumbling them trying to position them on a matte coat.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Pretty much a standard step for me otherwise the dreaded silvering occurs, decal solution or not.
Yep, go the Gloss road, will help in the end....
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Bustedwing
Tech Sergeant
Yes, the gloss coat was the way to go on this one. Thanks for the heads up guys. Decals were very thin and very fragile so I doubt they would have slid into position on a matte coat to easily. All the large decals are on. The checked red decal on the nose was intimidating but it went down well with setting solution. The only hiccup was the Hamilton Standard decals on the prop. One of them took off on it's own and ended up askew. Tried to loosen it up but it wouldn't budge. Fortunately I have a couple of Luftwaffe decal prop sheets with Hamilton Standard decals. Slightly bigger than the kit's but they'll work. Used tape to pull the old decals off and it pulled some of the paint off as well. Repaint required.
