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Airfix 1/48 Gannet

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Looks like you've sorted it Andy, good for you.
It's ironic that I only glossed as I wasn't sure the vallejo would stand up well to decal solutions. Might have made less work if I'd not bothered :tears-of-joy:
 
Good recovery, Andy.
If that had been mine, I would have thought I had permanently ruined it; so it's good to see that recovery is possible.
 
Andy, I was about to say that a light rub down with some of the fine (1000+) sanding pads should reduce this, and after watching someone on YT with almost the same problem a couple of coats of varnish sorted out his problem, plus it reduced the gloss of the decals. But you have beaten me to it.
 
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Thank you both. It's still visible to the naked eye but the camera hides it well :smiling5:

Had a good few hours on this today and made decent progress. There are still a few vulnerable bits to add but I'm getting closer to the finish line.

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Coming together nicely mate, been trying to resist but finally gave in and just ordered this one for the stash.
 
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Coming together nicely mate, been trying to resist but finally gave in and just ordered this one for the stash.
It has been a really enjoyable build. Just my kind of thing, with a great fit and thoughtful engineering.

Glad it's sorted 'cause the build is great and it would have bugged you :smiling2:
Absolutely! Back to bulletproof lacquers for this kind of thing I think.

Looking very good Andy.
Cheers Doug

Flaps and under wing ordinance were fitted this morning. Both were such a tight dry fit that I haven't even bothered to glue the flaps. I didn't want to risk breaking their delicate brackets by removing them.

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And finished.

I'll post some more pictures up later but here she is:

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That really is a SMART job!
So much so I've taken a grab of each piccy and saved them in my modelling folder as reference for when I build mine.
OOI, what colour/make paint did you use for the tips of the wing ordnance? Whatever it is, it looks nice.
 
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I'm honoured John, thanks.

I used Mr Color olive drab, although I have many different shades of it and couldn't say which one, just the first one I grabbed.
 
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