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[Alan 45]

It will be the color in the bottom pic.Peter t

Thanks peter it's a nice car , a mate of my brothers had one in the early eighties I think it was yellow

[Dave W]

The postie brought me this today, the box is a bit tatty, but the kit was sealed in it's bag.

That's the Hasegawa kit reboxed by Revell.I want one!

[Guest]

Well, for my first foray into aircraft. I've bought this for £7.00

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Fingers crossed I haven't bitten off more than I can chew!

Cheers

Patrick

[Guest]

I prefer 48 scale for aircraft.

[Guest]

Well, for my first foray into aircraft. I've bought this for £7.00[ATTACH]79220[/ATTACH]

Fingers crossed I haven't bitten off more than I can chew!

Cheers

Patrick

A tip: Before applying the decals, make sure you have a good coat of gloss varnish to put them on. I didn't do that well enough with one of my planes and got silvering, due to minute air pockets on the surface of anything other than a very smooth one. You can re-varnish after adding decals, using a mat or semi-mat varnish.

Another tip. Aircraft fuselages come in two halves, and also wings (fancy that!) both of whose joins need to be invisible, that is, without a visible seam which looks bad. (Aircraft are very smoothly aerodynamic.) So, make sure that you use filler where necessary, and for the fuselage seams, fill with paste filler if necessary but always finish with (probably several) applications of a semi liquid filler such as Mr. Surfacer 500.

And another: Dry fit parts before gluing, to make sure that they fit before committing with glue.

I have learned this over the last 14 months.

[Guest]

Thanks Steve! Trust me, I'll be doing this slowly & surely armour I'm used to, but with aircraft you can't hide mistakes with lumps of mud!

[john i am]

Nice weather back with us again for a while so early this morning off I went car booting n came back with these for £5 all in. books are great for ref photos etc [ATTACH]79407.IPB[/ATTACH]

[The Migrant]

Well, for my first foray into aircraft. I've bought this for £7.00[ATTACH]79220[/ATTACH]

Fingers crossed I haven't bitten off more than I can chew!

Cheers

Patrick

That's a lovely kit Patrick, I'm sure you'll enjoy it. And I'll second Steve's tips

[Guest]

Ha-ha it's definitely started! Got this for a tenner today! :P

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Where will it end?

[yak face]

Bargain Patrick !

[Guest]

[="yak face, post: 202334, member: 10196"]Bargain Patrick !

Can't complain Tony! I have a cunning plan for this one

[flyjoe180]

Ha-ha it's definitely started! Got this for a tenner today! :P [ATTACH]79228[/ATTACH]

Where will it end?

It won't, we all warned you about the slippery slope :P

[Guest]

Just picked these two up, $24 for the two from Hong Kong.

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[Alan 45]

I've built the tamiya MKII mozzy and if yours is as good as that one it's a fine kit , I did have a few probs with mine but it's nothing I couldn't handle and folks on here said it must have been a one off so enjoy

[Guest]

I've built the tamiya MKII mozzy and if yours is as good as that one it's a fine kit , I did have a few probs with mine but it's nothing I couldn't handle and folks on here said it must have been a one off so enjoy

It looks incredible in the box, I'd say it's probably one of the best looking kits I've seen in 1/72 the level of detail is enough for me without any PE or resin. If Airfix had thought of bringing out a new tool then I might have considered one but at the price I paid for both it was a no brainer. The Corsair is so far beyond the Fujimi, Heller and Hasegawa kits I have as well. (anybody want a Fujimi Corsair, it really is a dog)