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Bowcat's Fly 1/32 Hurricane Mk 1
Morning Chaps, I made a start on this over the weekend. Obligatory what's in the box shots first. :) Despite the Finnish marking on the box art, the kit contains markings for V6665 as flown by Flight Commander John Kent (or Kentowski as he was sometimes referred to by his Polish Comrades) of...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Colins' Battle of Britain GB: 10th July - Oct 2020
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Meng 1/35 Abrams M1A2 TUSK
Hi Guys, Finished this one up last night. It's just sitting on an old temporary base for now, the eventual plan is to do a large base for all my desert armour (Abrams, Bradley, Challenger, Warrior, Humvee and maybe a Landrover and M-RAP) in a sort of FOB scene. Really enjoyed this kit (other...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Completed Armoured Vehicles
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Meng 1/35 Abrams M1A2 TUSK
Morning guys. :) The end is in sight. I've been pushing on to get it finished as the BoB GB starts today. I started yesterday by attaching the tracks, which were a PITA trying to get the two part pads clipped together without anything to push down on. I got there in the end after much...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Armoured Vehicles Under Constuction
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Meng 1/35 Abrams M1A2 TUSK
Afternoon guys. :) I managed to get some bench time in this weekend so pushed on with the weathering. First step was dry brushing with neat oil paint, first a light grey to hit the high points, then a kind of buff (mixed on the fly) over the entire model to lighten it up. This was followed up...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Armoured Vehicles Under Constuction
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Meng 1/35 Abrams M1A2 TUSK
Afternoon chaps. :) It's been a little while since my last update and not much has been done. :tears-of-joy: I finished off the tracks and got them painted, they are now ready for weathering. And I painted up some packs, ammo cans, tarps, etc and got them washed. These will be attached to...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Armoured Vehicles Under Constuction
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Hello, need advice
If you wanted to get futuristic & fancy with the paintwork, how about Kryptek camo?- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Sci-fi Under Constuction
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Hello, need advice
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- Forum: Sci-fi Under Constuction
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ALERT THINGS ARE GOIN TO CLOSE DOWN EG. THE WEB AN SMART TV
I find it funny. One of my occasional hobbies is scam baiting, when you reply to one of the obvious scam emails and play the scammers along (obviously with a fake email address). I'm on the 4.9eater.com forum which is dedicated to this. The game here is to either get bank details (which can be... -
Meng 1/35 Abrams M1A2 TUSK
Morning guys, Didn't get to the bench last week so cracked back into this build over the weekend. First job was to get the side skirts attached. This mostly went OK, I only broker one of the arms. While that was drying I got on with detail painting the MG's. Then it was time to get...- Mr Bowcat
- Post #23
- Forum: Armoured Vehicles Under Constuction
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Bowcat's Hurricane Mk1 Fly Models 1/32
Hey Jim, No they are new to me as well, but after some research they are apparently the best 1/32 version available at the moment, despite the flaws mentioned above. 303 Squadron (who only flew Hurricanes) claimed the largest number of enemies shot downs during the BoB at 126 destroyed, 13...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Colins' Battle of Britain GB: 10th July - Oct 2020
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Bowcat's Hurricane Mk1 Fly Models 1/32
Hi Guys, This will be my entry for the GB. This boxing contains markings for Group Captain John Kent's aircraft V6665 of the 303 Squadron based at Northolt which is what I will be building. I live within a couple of miles of Northolt airfield, and have been lucky enough to be on the base a...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Colins' Battle of Britain GB: 10th July - Oct 2020
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Meng 1/35 Abrams M1A2 TUSK
Cheers guys. :smiling3: I haven't been at the bench in almost a week, some 1:1 projects took precedence, but yesterday I managed the entire day on this build. I've now painted and glossed the entire lower hull, side skirts and wheels. I've used black basing to get some initial tonal...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Armoured Vehicles Under Constuction
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Advanced Modelling Products vinyl masks and Hataka lacquer paint - a warning
Hi guys, I recently used vinyl masks on my F-16 obtained from Jim at Advanced Modelling Products in the US. Jim is a lovely guy and very helpful. The model was painted with Hataka orange line (lacquer) paints, and the masks applied after a 24 hour drying period. As this was a 3 colour scheme...- Mr Bowcat
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Meng 1/35 Abrams M1A2 TUSK
Hi guys. :) I've been carrying on with this build and now have the lower hull completed. I tried my hand at distressing the rubber tyres as I have seen on a couple of recent builds. I also had a test fit of the of the side panels and have now decided to paint and fit these (along with the...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Armoured Vehicles Under Constuction
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Meng 1/35 Abrams M1A2 TUSK
Hi Guys, I pulled this one out of the stash last night. I've had it for around 3 years so time to get it built. This will be pretty much OOB with maybe a little detailing and some crew figures added. I may also get aftermarket tracks as the kit version seems very similar to the Meng Gepard I...- Mr Bowcat
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Tamiya 1/48 F-16C Aggressor
Hi Guys, My F-16C Block 30 in the Blue Splinter camo scheme of the 18th Aggressor squadron, Eielson AFB, Alaska. The build was not without its problems (some of my own making) but I got there in the end.- Mr Bowcat
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Tamiya 1/48 F16C Aggressor
Afternoon chaps. :) Well, the weathering's done and nothing else fell off or broke. :tears-of-joy: I've kept it very light and simple, I would imagine these Aggressor birds are used less and cleaned more than Warbirds. The aircraft and pylons have been given a Flory clay wash, and the pods &...- Mr Bowcat
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Tamiya 1/48 F16C Aggressor
Good afternoon gents. :) I spent most of yesterday applying the decals. The airframe decals were from Two Bobs (printed by Microscale) and mostly went down beautifully. They were incredibly thin with little carrier film, although a couple of them folded over and were impossible to get straight...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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Tamiya 1/48 F16C Aggressor
Morning chaps. :) Paint repairs have gone well, and after a little bit of light sanding and polishing I think I will be ready for gloss and decals. There's a little bit of wear from the cotton bud/odourless thinners cleanup, and some slight variations in colour with the touch ups, but I think...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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Tamiya 1/48 F16C Aggressor
Morning guys. :smiling3: Been a while since my last update, mainly because this builds curse continues to haunt me. :worried: Since my last post I had painted the three camo colours using the Aero Mask set from AMP. Their website states they are "as sticky as Tamiya tape", however when trying...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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