**** DONE: Matchbox 1/72 Bf110 VVS group build

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Hmmm. I wonder if you thoroughly mixed it. I like Testors Dullcoat.

 

[Wayne Little]

I'm wondering too....?

 

[Lucky13]

Awesome looking '110 Lewis!

 

[magnu]

Cheers guys
Well I decided to give it another coat of matt varnish and just to make sure it was thouroughly stirred I used a bent piece of sprue with a long flat end powered by my Dremel and the end result is just as shiny as the first
I do have a spray can of matt varnish but after what happened to the Vampire in the cold war GB I'm loath to use it. I may have a trial at decanting some off , mix it with future and then spray it on.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Bit of a bummer Lewis, but wont the mix with Future possibly give it more shine!!!!

 

[magnu]

I was intending to use the future s a thinner for the matt coat from the spray can Vic. I'll sort out a test piece tonight and see how it goes.

 

[Wayne Little]

Strange....? Back up plan sounds good Lewis!

 

[magnu]

Yay! Finaly managed to get a matt finish on it. After masking the canopy I gave the underside of the tail a quick squirt from the spray can and nothing bad happened so gave the top of the tailplane a go and all was as it should be. Let that settle down for a bit just to see if there was going to be a delayed reaction but when checked all was OK so gave the whole thing a light coat let that dry and then touched up a few places and no more shiny Bf110. Just put the aeriel wire on in only two attempts. Will try to get some shots in daylight when the weather improves.

 

[Airframes]

Looking good Lewis. I'm wondering if the matt varnish was wrongly 'packaged', maybe being gloss after all. I normally mix Tamiya Flat Base with Future, and spray that, to get a finish anywhere between semi-gloss to full matt, depending on the mix. Works well.

 

[T Bolt]

Beautiful Lewis! I love the finish!

 

[Wurger]

Nice.

 

[Florence]

Very nice. Well done.

 

[magnu]

Thanks all
I was thinking the same thing Terry. I'll try and get hold of some flat base on my next away mission.

 

[Wayne Little]

Much better! good work Lewis..done good!

 

[rochie]

cracking job Lewis, looks great

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Very nicely done Lewis, it looks really good.

 

[Crimea_River]

I love it!

 

[Evgeny Velichko]

Very nice.

1 thing: Code of Stab II./ZG1 was S9, not G9. So, it must be S9+TC!

 

[Maximowitz]

Very nice.

1 thing: Code of Stab II./ZG1 was S9, not G9. So, it must be S9+TC!

Whoops! G9 of course being the code for NJG 1......