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    I've also moved house.

    I and my good lady have just moved, well last Monday, to a nice new house. We've gone from a two bed to a three bedder, which means I got me a room all to myself. It's still a bit of a shambles, but coming on. I'll post some piccies when I find the camera. Can't wait to start building again...
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    Different types of puttys and fillers ?

    I've recently got some vallejo filler and have used it on the Airfix Ju 88 I'm currently building, lots of filler needed. When I dry sand it it is quite hard and takes some time to sand down, but when I wet sand it, it comes off really easily, too much sometimes, and I'm having to reapply it...
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    Model building slump!

    I seem to be in a slump, I've got three kits on the go and can't seem to raise the energy to finish any of them. Is this something others have experienced, cos it's doing my head in each time I see them just sat there.. Tony.
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    A Blood thirster, apparently.

    I've been struggling with figure painting for a while, and recently a friend of mine offered me his unpainted War Hammer 40K figures for a stupidly cheap price. Needless to say I got them. I've never been into war gaming, but the chance to practice my figure painting was too good to miss. So...
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    White metal glueing

    Hey Guys, Perhaps this is the wrong place place, but here goes. I've just bought some citadel figures from a friend, some of them white metal, a few are broken and need repair. The question I have is how do you glue white metal together. I've tried CA and bostick impact adhesive, but with...
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    Air brushing virgin

    I've toyed with getting an airbrush for ages, since I returned to building, and have always been put off by the cost. But now I've went and got one, a cheap Am-tech one granted - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Am-Tech-Brush-170cm-Vinyl-0-75oz/dp/B002Y35SU8, but I don't want to spend lots of money if I...
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    Building 1/48 Airfix soldiers - Help please

    This is my first go at figure building. I've got the Airfix 1/48 soldiers, these ones - http://www.airfix.com/airfix-products/dioramas-and-figures/figures/148-scale-figures/a03701-british-army-troops-148-a03701/ - and I'm having so much trouble with these figures and don't know what to do...
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    Painting built Tanks?

    I got a 1/35 Warrior and a Weibelwind for christmas and am looking forward to building them. The question I have is, build first then paint or t'other way round? I've seen a good few tank builds on here, John's (Geegad) being a current one I saw, where the tank was completely build, or...
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    Revell Leather brown?

    I am building a 1/72 Revell sturngeschutz and one of the colours called for is "Leather brown matt 84" I tried the ultimate paint conversion chart and find vallejo, my paint of choice and the easiest to get hold of where I live, do not have an equivalent colour. Anyone got any advice on the...
  10. M

    Which movie please.

    I was at work today, I work as a care assistant, and I went to answer a buzzer, and when I went into the residents room, he was watching a war film, and on the screen there was a scene of the take off and crash of a Fiesler Fi 103 piloted flying bomb. Does anyone know which film this is from, I...
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    WW2 lost films on Military history channel

    I've just watched a two hour program on the military history channel, and what a great film. The program was about the 8th Air Force and the majority of the film seemed to be footage taken by air crew and ground crew, and it was narrated from diaries and memoirs. Tha shots of the aircraft, air...
  12. M

    Mossiepilots Supacat Jackal.

    Here's my contribution to the GB, it's the little brother to Mobears Supacat HMT600 Coyote, the Supacat HMT400 Jackal. I must admit, this is way out of my comfort zone, so many potentially breakable bits, and I'm having to think ahead about how to build it.:confused: As Jezza say's "Where's...
  13. M

    Airfix photo etch

    I was looking at the Airfix site and saw some photo etch parts, the first from Airfix I've ever seen - http://www.airfix.com/airfix-products/new-for-2013/military-vehicles-and-dioramas/a65002-british-forces-jackal-and-coyote-photoetched-parts-148-a65002/ They're not available yet but are...
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    Puzzling find on E-bay?

    I was having a browse on E-bay and came across something really odd, I think so anyway. AIRFIX-VINTAGE 1.32 DENNIS FIRE ENGINE-EMPTY BOX ONLY | eBay Do people really pay good money for empty model boxes? Seems like madness to me. Tony.
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    Paint mix help

    I'm building a couple of Revell kits and the camo colours listed are a mix of two, presumably Revell enamal paint, colours. Is it possible to get the mixed colours as a pre mixed paint, preferably Vallejo, as this is my paint of choice. I've had a look in the Vallejo website, but as I'm not...
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    Phantom RF-4E and Mirage 2000

    This is my next project - Here's the obligatory sprue shots - the Phantom RF-4E and of the Mirage 2000 - The detail on these kits is really fine and crisply done - The decals are a little daunting but the instructions are clear as to how to apply them so should be ok. I've not...
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    Thinning filler.

    I've been using squadron filler straight from the tube, but recently I've seen posts where people are using filler thinned with acetone. Is there a ratio of filler to acetone or should it just be added til it looks right. Any advice please. Tony
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    Mossiepilots "What if" Red Arrows Harrier

    Calling this one done. I learned a lot from this build, mostly what not to do. But I think it came out OK, pretty much. Back Story, in the summer of 2011 the RAF are getting ready to retire the Harrier. A sad day because that most British of modern British aircraft will not be seen flying...
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    German aircraft with D-day stripes?

    Just been watching a you tube vid called "fight or the sky 1945 world war two fighter pilot education documentary" and the narrator said "These copied invasion day stripes failed to decieve our pilots". Did the Germans paint D-day stripes on their planes in an effort to decieve, because if they...
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    Correct colours for RAF roundals

    I need to paint the fin flash on my "what if" Harrier and I dont know which blue to get. My paints of choice are Vallejo. Any advice will be gratefully recieved. Tony.

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