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Revell 1:32 D.H. Sea Venom FAW 22

Just had a catch up with your build Colin and its looks really good. As Ian said it will soon change when the top coat starts going on
 
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Just had a catch up with your build Colin and its looks really good
Thanks Mick, not quite in the same league as a certain F16 I can think of !

Work continues, the first part of the top coat has been applied. Ok, so what am I doing here? Well, I’m having a go at pre-shading with the top coat. A little odd, yes, will it work, maybe. However, if I don’t try to do something, I run the risk of having a huge area of boring Extra Dark Sea Grey.
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Now it’s time for me and the compressor to have a little rest.
 
Thanks Mick, not quite in the same league as a certain F16 I can think of !

Work continues, the first part of the top coat has been applied. Ok, so what am I doing here? Well, I’m having a go at pre-shading with the top coat. A little odd, yes, will it work, maybe. However, if I don’t try to do something, I run the risk of having a huge area of boring Extra Dark Sea Grey.

Now it’s time for me and the compressor to have a little rest.
Light thin coats of paint Colin.
 
Just had an interesting and leisurely read up on this one Colin.
Some cracking work going on..... When I saw that last pic I thought," Blimey that's gonna be one cool camo scheme".... and then read on to see it's a base for pre shading ! ;)
...... Looking forward to seeing how it turns out :)
 
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Looking forward to seeing how it turns out
And here’s the result.
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The paint work trick seems to have worked. I built up the layers of paint and then just when I thought maybe one more coat, I left it and went to bed. Now in the cold light of day, yes, that’ll do.
 
Looks great. I am enjoying your build, the old Matchbox Sea Venom is a kit I have always wanted to build but not gotten around to.
 
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Looks great. I am enjoying your build, the old Matchbox Sea Venom is a kit I have always wanted to build but not gotten around to.
Thanks Ernie. Unfortunately, the cost of these kits has ‘taken’ off. I was lucky and bought mine ages ago, when prices were reasonable.
 
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Last one for the day. A coat of Klear has been applied by brush, ready for the decals.
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On with the decals. Unfortunately, I’m having to deal with a bit of silvering, despite having a gloss coat.
And he has a nose, with 37g of lead. I’m now starting to think I’ve overdone the excess ‘just to be sure’ weight.
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Thanks Steve and Tim.

Now then what’s cool? I’m not cool, actually I find it really difficult to think of anything that is cool, except for shark mouth’s on aircraft. Who doesn’t appreciate a nice shark’s mouth on an aircraft?
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Granted, this looks a little strange, but its still a shark’s mouth.
 
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