discussion Revell 1/72 Eurofighter

[papa 695]

Nice work Barry your catching me up with my build

 

[Guest]

Nice to see two Typhoons in different scales coming together so well. Doing a great job on this.

 

[Guest]

Have now thrown some paint at it. Brush painted in Humbrol acrylic. Was not impressed with the paint, It took a lot of stirring and went on very streaky, I have had to do 6-7 coats to get it reasonable. I will let it harden up for a day or so before I mask up to do the metal bits at the back.


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[papa 695]

Looking good Barry

 

[yak face]

Nice work Barry , it looks great. Ive got a few tins of Humbrol acrylics too and also found they were very thin and see through , wonder if theyve improved now they arent sourcing them from china anymore?

 

[Guest]

Yes I know what you mean, there appears to be no consistency in the range. I have got some that are like treacle and others that are like water. i am now gradually changing over to the Revell range, although our local Boyes shop have now stocked up with quite a large selection of vallejo paints and I may give them a go in the future.

 

[Gern]

Laminated floor has saved a lot for me. I've even found PE seat buckles 2 days after losing them

Don't you normally find them about one minute after you have bought/made a replacement - like the rest of us?

 

[colin m]

Laminated floor has saved a lot for me. I've even found PE seat buckles 2 days after losing them

So you have removed the habitat of the carpet monster. Both devious and clever..

 

[Guest]

Plodding on,painted a bit more and now getting to the decal stage. There seem to be such a lot in the common to all versions bit of the sheet. I can barely see some of them. I am going with the Spanish version mainly so the roundels can add a splash of colour to it.


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[papa 695]

Looking very good Barry, and I know what you mean about the decals, it was bad enough in 1/48 so I feel for you in 1/72 keep up the good work

 

[Guest]

lovely work so far Barry.


This is coming along very nice

 

[flyjoe180]

Looks good so far Barry

 

[Guest]

Onward with the decals. I am having to do them in short stints as some of them are so small I have to use both my reading glasses and a magnifier, banana fingers don't help very much either. This must be a very delicate aircraft to judge by the number of 'no step' decals. When I worked on Phantoms they were tough enough to walk all over.


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The tools of the trade, the essential one being the cocktail stick cut into a chisel shape at one end.


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Against a grey background these can hardly be seen unless you are a few inches away.


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Getting there slowly.

 

[Guest]

Looking good Barry, don't envy you all those decals at any scale never mind 1/72

 

[Robert1968]

Looking very nice on the decals ( I don't envy you at all at this stage ) plod along and take your time and you'll be fine


Best of luck


Kind regards


Robert

 

[flyjoe180]

Coming to life nicely Barry, good work. I sometimes don't apply all the little stencils in 1/72, especially on dark camouflaged schemes.

 

[papa 695]

Tiny little things are'nt they great work on them Barry.

 

[Guest]

I have now got all the decals on, with the exception of lots of little yellow hooks which to me seem rather large and as I can't see them on photos of the real aircraft seems a good reason not to do them. Especially as its taken me three days on and off to do all the rest. I have now put the hud's on and all thats left is the canopy and the drop tanks and missiles and find a stand for it.


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[yak face]

Looking great barry , so nice to see the spanish scheme for a change too , cheers tony


P.S top marks for putting all those tiny stencils on , theyre a pain but really make a difference and break up the grey a bit

 

[Guest]

I'm now calling this finished except for the stand which I shall have to do later on as I have to travel out to France to house sit for my brother who has to come back to the UK for a few weeks. Well really all I have to do is look after his chickens and feed the cat, a hardship I know, but someone has to do it. Anyway a few quick snaps of how its turned out.


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