**** DONE: Revell 1/48 P-40B RAF 112 Squadron in Egypt in 1941 MTO Group Build

[dirkpitt289]

Harrison

After all this work you better put this baby somewhere safe so nothing ever happens to it. Place it under glass like the Pink Panther diamond or the Crown Jewels

 

[B-17engineer]

Don't worry! I had an incident when I got home where a cannon shell I bought in Gettysburg fell on the P-40! Had to redo all the putty from the cockpit up. But It looks fine

 

[Wurger]

Looking good Harry. What about these scratches on the upper halves of the wing?

 

[B-17engineer]

They're not raised. I have been using the felt for 20 minutes on that area and it is completely smooth.

 

[Wurger]

OK. Now take a piece of a newspaper ( for example The Washington Post ) . But take a strip of the paper without letters, pictures etc..it has to be clear of paint piece. Margins of a such news papers are free of this.Then like you did with the felt do it all again with the paper.Quick movement and squeeze it down a little bit stronger.OK?

 

[B-17engineer]

Sure. Just to go find my dads paper.

I have to go after this though

 

[Wurger]

WIll you get back or you will be off?

 

[B-17engineer]

10 minutes or so. I wasn't sure if you'd be on though.

Well actually my little brother is off to use the old computer. So I can be on for a while.

 

[dirkpitt289]

What is the purpose of the news paper?

 

[B-17engineer]

Polishing I believe. Wojtek knows!

 

[Wurger]

The same like for the felt. But news paper is better for the final polishing.

 

[B-17engineer]

Wojtek, do you know much about WWII ammo? I have a thread with something I purchased and I'm not sure what it is.

 

[Wurger]

The model surfaces look good. Now take the Pinvice with the drill bit you used for drilling these holes of the MG barrles.And clean these holes again.Simply put the drill into a hole and rotate a couple of times.Then remove all the dust and dirt from these.

 

[Wurger]

Oh... I have seen the shell pics. I have to check...

 

[dirkpitt289]

The same like for the felt. But news paper is better for the final polishing.

Do you go through this much effort with all your models or is this just for extensive scratch repair??

 

[B-17engineer]

Repair! I f**ked the wings up. Thanks Wojtek!

 

[B-17engineer]

Cleaned!

 

[dirkpitt289]

Repair! I f**ked the wings up. Thanks Wojtek!

Poor choise of words. My bad

 

[Wurger]

Do you go through this much effort with all your models or is this just for extensive scratch repair??

I always use that way when there were sanded areas on models. a piece of felt and a newspaper are really cheaper that a tube of any polishing compound.

 

[B-17engineer]

LHS has it for three dollars

Anyways I cleaned up these MG barrel holes.