my first gb

[papa 695]

:guilty:Thanks Ian i was hoping you would say rules are rules but it may be one for the future

[Guest]

Nice work, loving the detail in the cockpit, top marks.

Cheers

Andy

[Ian M]

:guilty:Thanks Ian i was hoping you would say rules are rules but it may be one for the future

I only said yes so I can see how its done, I have a couple of 1/48 Seafires and would love to do a Carrier deck section as a base for them.

Have fun. and remember that you only have until September 2031. :laughing:

Ian M

[papa 695]

Didn,t get any work done monday work got in the way but a few pictures of my progress so far

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Thats the office in place never to be seen again now starting on the bodywork

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[papa 695]

Just thought id post an update the F14 now ready for the primer[ATTACH]31310.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]31311.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]31312.vB[/ATTACH] tail planes and fins to be painted seperatly

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[papa 695]

Hi all just posting an update of my build [ATTACH]31629.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]31630.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]31631.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]31632.vB[/ATTACH]

Quick question pre shading What colour? with it being a mixture of two colours stone gray and white mixed to different % should i use just stone gray for the pre shade. Hope it makes sense

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[Ian M]

Pre-shade with black after primer.

Nice little build there Ian!

Ian M

[stona]

You need a dark colour to pre shade or you will lose it altogether. Most people simply use black.

There was "school" that preshaded using a much darker shade of the top colour but it seems to have fallen out of fashion now. That's sometimes a sign that either it didn't work or was too tricky for we mere mortals to master.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

Ian this is looking good so far nice progress.

scott

[papa 695]

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[Guest]

Looking good Ian

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Ian

That 1/72 Tomcat looks excellent so far.

You'll never be able to properly sand those soft vinyl figures you'll have to carefully remove any flash with a scalpel. If the plan is to try and alter them then I think you'll have your work cut out. You may have to just trim with a scalpel and paint as best you can.

Looking good so far, keep up the great work.

Paul

[papa 695]

Hi all camera battery just gone flat on me was going to post latest pictures but got a question ? micro set when applying do you let it dry then apply decal or put the decal on when wet sorry if its a daft question many thanks Ian

[papa 695]

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[Ian M]

Hi all camera battery just gone flat on me was going to post latest pictures but got a question ? micro set when applying do you let it dry then apply decal or put the decal on when wet sorry if its a daft question many thanks Ian

I paint a bit on were the decal should go and lay the decal over it still wet. Works fine for me. As to its the correct way, that's another thing all together! lol.

Once the decal is down and I am happy with it I then give it a go with Mircosol. Again I dont always wait for the decal to be dried first. The most important thing is not to play with it while wet with microsol as the result is a rather messed up decal. :-(

Ian M