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Originally posted by the Boss!EXCUSES EXCUSES EXCUSES!!!!!!!
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No it wasn't but I've pulled it back a bit and you can't see where the glue nearly ruined it.

I sprayed it using Humbrol cans of spray it was a lot easier than going in to my loft to get my spray gun out, and I'm not very good with it anyway :)

Base was Matt dark earth, then covered it with bits of bluetac and sprayed Matt dark green to get the camouflage effect, I think it's turned out ok

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Looks good John.Just a query though and not a critisim .What era is the camo pattern from?
 
Looks good John. Just a query what era is the cam0 pattern from?And is this the pattern in the kit instructions?
 
TBH Pogo I havn't even looked at the instructions, so I guess it's from my era :)
 
Coming along nicely John. I can't wait to get home and have a go at mine. I suspect there will still be a few not finished by then so I won't be completely left out.

It will be interesting to see what display options people come up with.

I have a specific idea for mine that I have never seen before so looking forward to seeing how it will work.
 
pogo if you take a look at mine, i have tried to follow the camo pattern from the instructions as best i can...
 
I have found that the pattern was changed slightly on various aircraft. some when they had been sent back to the factory for major repairs and some when they went to MU for minor repairs. On base, repairs often ended witha quick coat of paint not ness in the same areas but close. Most did follow air ministry specs and stuck to the schemes laid down.
 
lol...well if van gough painted the "stary night" again it wouldnt be the same would it!
 
I had a few problems with the finishing off, first of all I didn't have any yellow paint for the propeller tips so I had to use white, I also lost the fuel cap, I had a few decals tear, I managed to fit them together apart from one that was beyond repair :(

Anyway I don't think it's turned out that bad

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Nice job John.

I was reading an article only this morning that said in the first year of the war most camoflage was hard edged so a painted scheme is probably more appropriate than air brushed for this model anyway.

I like the idea of leaving out the pilot to see inside more clearly.
 
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When you consider that John has only built a couple of kits,this is not a bad job at all,just remember the sequence 1/paint model 2/treat with Johnsons 3/apply decals 4/seal with Johnsons,this stops what is called 'silvering' on the edges of the decal film,the problem with decals is there are so many different processes to produce them,the best that I have ever come across were in the Revell 'Borek' finished Tornado,they slid on like a dream,and followed the tricky curves at the same time.

If you do a test piece first with say the makers lettering on the decal and it cracks up,then apply a thin coat of Johnsons that helps hold the decal together.
 
I guess I will have to ask the question then, John, if you have only made a couple of models what would make you want to start a forum for Scale Modelling?

It would be interesting to know what attracted you to the subject.
 
Cheers Bunk, I have been searching for reference material about the pink spits. Like the guy that built the one above. I have found virtually no information on the web about the real ones.
 
i would also like to know what got John into the idea of doing this website....lets not complain he did though!!!

No one said it was a bad model barry!

also barry, for applying the Johnsons, is it best to paint on or dip like the conopy? just thinking, being a kind of varnish if you paint it on will brush marks show up? or is it a case of using a very soft bristled brush....or do brush marks not show up at all???
 
I guess I will have to ask the question then, John, if you have only made a couple of models what would make you want to start a forum for Scale Modelling?It would be interesting to know what attracted you to the subject.
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hmm well it all started..... :music_whi

I used to build models years ago but found I didn't have time for a single life and party's etc :) , then I settled down and made the time, I started again a couple of years back with n gauge trains and rc cars, the main reason I started it was to learn and I have so it wasn't a bad idea because I have certainly done that :)
 
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