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299_paul · Posted: Mon 27 Oct 2008 14:11 pm Post subject:

I was going to try, but then I remembered that they've had three coats of Klear and I might scrape this off, making it look worse.

Anyway here's the picture as promised:

I'll apply the decals on Wednesday (I'm at hospital again all day Tuesday and Wednesday morning) and should have the varnish on by Thursday.
Completed pics should be up by the end of the weekend at the latest.
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Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Mon 27 Oct 2008 14:39 pm Post subject:

The transparencies look pretty good in that shot.....I can see 'Fritz' in the cockpit quite well!

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daniel7891 · Posted: Mon 27 Oct 2008 15:34 pm Post subject:

Its looking very good, I cant see anything worng with the framing
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AFCBGeorge · Posted: Mon 27 Oct 2008 16:06 pm Post subject:

agree with the above, clear parts look way above average from that photo.
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Im really tempted to get this looks great!
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299_paul · Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008 11:53 am Post subject:

Apologies for the late finish. I got admitted into hospital with an infection (nothing too serious) on Bonfire Night after feeling rough with a fever for a couple of days and only got discharged yesterday.
Decals are going to go on tomorrow then varnish should only take a couple of days.
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feanor · Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008 12:19 pm Post subject:

Ayup Paul...

Looking good !

Love the splinter scheme.. was it difficult?
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299_paul · Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008 15:14 pm Post subject:

Hi Feanor.

It wasn't difficult, infact it was quite easy. The only problem is that it is time consuming, especially when you use brushes like I do.
You simply have to take your time while masking, make sure you burnish it well with a cocktail stick then some Klear to make sure the paint won't run. Then apply the first coat of paint, wait until that's dry then apply the second. You must then let this dry at least overnight before removing the masking and starting the next colour of the splinter. Simply keep doing this for each colour and the job should be a good one.

Like I said at the top of the post, patience is key. You can't rush it it and unfortunately there are no short cuts (that I know of at least).
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johnwalker · Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008 15:33 pm Post subject:

Nice job! Here's mine from an older boxing and almost completed back in March:

I used 86 for the green, 10 for the brown and a 50/50 mix of 90 and 86 for the grey.

John

299_paul · Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008 15:42 pm Post subject:

Your splinter looks great John. Are those colours closer to the correct colours used by the Germans than the instruction call outs that I used?
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johnwalker · Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008 20:36 pm Post subject:

The colours were the result of a comparing Humbrol paints I had available with XtraColor versions of the same colours, and selecting the best match. It's purely a "what looks good to me" measure!

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299_paul · Posted: Thu 20 Nov 2008 17:21 pm Post subject:

Well it looks good to me too!!

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BAC · Posted: Thu 20 Nov 2008 17:36 pm Post subject:

And me!

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299_paul · Posted: Fri 21 Nov 2008 16:13 pm Post subject:

Just a quick update about the decals, to put it simply, they're awful.
I applied a coat of liguid decal film to help prevent them from breaking up, which worked except for the starboard ID.
However they were really difficult to get off the brown backing paper, even using extremely hot water and once on the model some wouldn't settle easily (even using MicroSol and MicroSet) and the others wouldn't budge once on the model so couln't be repositioned.
I would recomend that if you pruchase a new Airfix kit and the decals are on brown backing paper try to avoid using them and source an aftermarket set.
Luckily my model has turned out ok, not brilliant but ok and I would hate to see someone's model ruined at the last stage by poor decals.

I'll post pics once the Matt Cote has been applied.
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299_paul · Posted: Thu 27 Nov 2008 16:23 pm Post subject:

I finally finished this today!!

Just waiting for the Matt Cote to dry and some light so I can post some completed pics.
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feanor · Posted: Thu 27 Nov 2008 17:55 pm Post subject:

Ayup Paul...

Good to hear. Can't wait for your pictures...

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daniel7891 · Posted: Thu 27 Nov 2008 18:39 pm Post subject:

Looking forward to seeing the pics
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299_paul · Posted: Sat 29 Nov 2008 16:29 pm Post subject:

Finally the finished product!!

All in all this was a good kit and I would recommend it to anyone. Just take care with the wing to fuselage join and I would suggest an aftermarket decal set.
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johnwalker · Posted: Sat 29 Nov 2008 16:39 pm Post subject:

Very nice build indeed.

John
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thomasweir · Posted: Sat 29 Nov 2008 19:16 pm Post subject:

Great build Paul