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Great photo
Saw this on the BBC news app today and I thought what a great photo , thing is the headline of this piece said spitfire :confused: have we gone so far in this country that a major paper can't even get one of the most favourite aircraft this country has ever made correct Oh well it is a great...- Alan 45
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- Forum: The Real McCoy
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Holy cheese batman !
I'm having a tidy up in the ship yard and I found this tucked down behind my bench , it's the batmobile from polar lights , I built this a good time ago and wasn't happy with it due to the decals and I had to paint most of them on I just thought I'd share it as an oddity:)- Alan 45
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- Forum: Completed Sci-fi builds.
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Revell 1/4105 Battlestar Galactica
over the last month or so it seams everyone has suddenly built this kit and I've seen some very good ones and de died I would do another now I've learnt a bit more I had first thought about doing a real wreck with physical damage not just painted on but as I started painting I went off on the...- Alan 45
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- Forum: Completed Sci-fi builds.
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This has possibilities
we had a chair delivered for my son and it came on this I'm thinking of a large project but I'm undecided on what My first thought was a the battle of navic, I have a hms warspite and all the stuff to build clifs and such for a fiord but this could be very costly in terms of stuff to seal it...- Alan 45
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- Forum: Diorama and Buildings Chat
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Slight dry brush ?
its our show a week on Saturday and there's a bit of a sci fi theme to it and some of the lads asked me if I was bringing my falcon I've said yes but then I thought about my Battlestar Pegasus , It's looks good but it's really just a steel colour so I've decided to give it a bit of a oil dry...- Alan 45
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- Forum: Brush painting
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Miniart @&£%€¥+ houses !!
ok so I've had a crack at this today and bust my noggin! First I'd got all the walls done yesterday, so started building it today , walls didn't fit square so I had to chop some parts off , then the front didn't fit , 10 minutes and lots of glue later still no good , so I used my head ( not a...- Alan 45
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- Forum: Diorama and Buildings Chat
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Miniart houses
im building a little dio of a street and I'm having problems with the fit of the house , it's not lining up properly when I dry fit it , so far as I can tell all the seems are level and flat but it seems but it won't match up so could anyone offer any tips that might help ? Any help is...- Alan 45
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- Forum: Diorama and Buildings Chat
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Revell 1/48 Mil Mi 24 hind D crash dio
well I've decided to expand on my burnt out tank and go full throttle on some serious damage The idea is a crashed Mil Mi 24 in Afghanistan shortly before the Russians left and it's been there a while so it's been stripped , it's not a burn out more like a crash landing so most of its intact...- Alan 45
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- Forum: Helicopters Under Construction
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Remember folks never wash your super heroes on a hot wash , new photo
this is the batman figure I got free because the sender mucked up my order He came in two parts that was a horrible fit and the filling is terrible but this had loads of detail to practice my figure painting on The pics don't do it justice as its hard to tell what highlights I've added and...- Alan 45
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- Forum: Completed Fantasy and Sci-fi Figures.
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Defending the Gustav line , may '44' new photos
well I've finally finished my brummbar dio , mmmmm it's ok My problems with this were bound to show , first the figures , try as I might I could not get the camo right on the uniforms as you will see in the close ups, second the rubble, this was the first time I've tried to do a bombed out...- Alan 45
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- Forum: Completed Dioramas
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Miniart 1/16 scale 11th century Praetorian Guardsman
so I've finally finished this figure , it's my first full figure in this scale using oils and I'm 70% happy with it Things I'm pleased with , face , Ive definitely improved since my last full face in this scale not vastly but an improvement, the armour this I think is quite good for me and I'm...- Alan 45
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- Forum: Completed Figures Pre WWI
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Red highlights?
what colour would a red highlight be Now I would usually just lighten the colour I used with a bit of white but I can't with red as it goes pink so I'm a bit stuck Any help is appreciated:)- Alan 45
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- Forum: painting chit chat.
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I think I'm getting better at faces and other things :)
I've started a 1/16 scale praetorian guardsman from mini art and I've painted the face I think it's my best one so far even if his eyes are , one looking at you and the other looking for you a bit This is the close up pic and this is the normal view it's much better at the normal view I...- Alan 45
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- Forum: Figure building related chat.
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Rommel gives Patton a bloody nose
here's my finished M3 Stuart light tank set in Tunisia 1943 The kit is an old tamiya one but it goes together very well and has some beautiful moalded detail not to many parts infact this was put together in a couple of hours I painted it in humbrol 26 khaki for the main base colour with...- Alan 45
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- Forum: Completed Armoured Vehicles
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Ebayers customer service
a few weeks ago I mentioned in a post about how a bloke in Taiwan I get my figures from didn't realise I wanted two of the same same figure and only sent me one Well he oppoligised and sent out the other one and it arrived today and he put another little figure in as well to say sorry he... -
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German camo ?
ive started my figures for the Italy dio and I've tried doing the oak leaf camo on the uniforms and I'm uncertain as to if it looks right And from a distance maybe it will look better with a wash and with the rest of the figure painted- Alan 45
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- Forum: Brush painting
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What setting can this go in?
this is my latest project the tamiya 1/35 sturmpanzer kfz 166 it's not quite finished due to what to do with it as the muck around the tracks has got to fit the scene, Ive done a late version as I wasn't going to spend money on extras like zimmeritt so it can be anything from Normandy to the...- Alan 45
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- Forum: General Military Vehicle Chat
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What to do next ?
i want to do a British tank next but which one I can't decide Here's the choices:)- Alan 45
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- Forum: General Military Vehicle Chat
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This is a first !
an ill fitting tamiya kit ! In between my spitfire build I'm building a brummbar and the top hull won't fit onto the bottom hull , Ive checked to see if there's a warp or anything else but I can't find anything wrong in the kit I suppose there had to one somewhere:) -
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My Luftwaffe build for BoB SSIG
I'm in the process of the BoB SSIG and I've been doing one British plane and one German plane I intend to do all the aircraft that played a part in the Battle of Britain and I'm nearly finished my spitfire but can't decide on which Luftwaffe plane to do next the three I have at the moment are...- Alan 45
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- Forum: General Aircraft Chat
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