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

[Wurger]

Do it please and prepare the CA glue but this one in a gel.

 

[B-17engineer]

Ok. I have very little of the Gel

 

[Wurger]

I see.There is no need to have lot of the gel.A small amout should be enough.

Harry the pencil is made wrong with the tape. Two strips and these are enough.Use scissors to cut strips off. Do it again please. Have a look at my pics.

 

[B-17engineer]

Ok. I'll try again. I thought it looked right

 

[Wurger]

I hope you didn't use the sharp ending of the pencil.

 

[B-17engineer]

Well back to do it again then. I blanked.

Two questions though, how long did you first model take?

And do you use enamels or acyrlics? Why?

 

[B-17engineer]

Here.

 

[Wurger]

My first model was of cardboard and took me a week to make it. My first plastic kit was of 1/72 scale and took four days without painting because both enamels and acrilics weren't available in that time here in Poland. My first paints were Humbrol enemaels and I still use them. Of course I use acrilics these days as well but those oil enamels are basic ones.

Why I use enamels.... because their time of drying is quite long what is very useful for brushing.

 

[B-17engineer]

Thanks just curious. I haven't tried acrylics, but either way I like the enamels!

 

[B-17engineer]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls_J0oUel7o

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQXT5xjosDQ

This guys got a lottttttttttttttttt of tools.

 

[Wurger]

You are welcome.

But the pencil is still made wrongly.Remove the whole tape from it. Cut two thin ( narrow) strips. These should be as large as the pencil is narrow. The ending top of the pencil should be covered with the adhesive side of the one strip.

 

[B-17engineer]

Sorry for my incompetence

 

[Wurger]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls_J0oUel7o

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQXT5xjosDQ

This guys got a lottttttttttttttttt of tools.

My friend who makes cardboard models uses scissors, glue, a needle, a ruler, a razor blade and black ink only .All his models look great.

 

[Wurger]

Sorry for my incompetence

Don't appology but work...

 

[B-17engineer]

LUCKY! You actually have friend who build models. I have one boy in my grade who has an F-14D 1/48 scale Tomcat in his closet. That's about the closest.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Nothing wrong with being the first H!

 

[B-17engineer]

True

Well the owner of the Hobby shop gives me some good tips when I go to 'visit' so its not SO bad

 

[Wurger]

Now it looks perfectly.

So the next step is to stick one of these disks to the pencil like in pics bellow. A such holding will let you to operate it easily.Right?

 

[B-17engineer]

Sure! Need a pic?

 

[Wurger]

LUCKY! You actually have friend who build models. I have one boy in my grade who has an F-14D 1/48 scale Tomcat in his closet. That's about the closest.

Lucky ? You are a lucky man. I was the one only. Nobody was modelling in my vicinity.

yep a pic please.