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Rick's Hasegawa 1/72 F-14A Tomcat "Sundowners"

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That's going to look good under a dirty wash Rick. I use Humbrol Gloss varnish for my glossing needs at present. I used to use Vallejo gloss, no complaints except for the price here in NZ.
 
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That's going to look good under a dirty wash Rick. I use Humbrol Gloss varnish for my glossing needs at present. I used to use Vallejo gloss, no complaints except for the price here in NZ.
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My experience of both has resulted in fogging of the finish and in the case of Clear it just doesn't dry glossy enough for me, it's more of a satin finish and also appears quite rough. I have used Railmatch enamels before and their acrylic Matt varnish with good results so I think I'll go back to them.


The next step is my least favourite - decals.
 
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As mentioned on my Hurricane build I'm not happy with the current varnishes I'm using so this received a coat of Railmatch acrylic gloss today in place of the Humbrol Clear, it is so much better a finish.


So now I have two builds at the decal stage but this has a whole lot more than the 1/24 Hurricane. This isn't a priority though, I need to get the Hurricane and my Hawk knocked out first, this can be a distraction when the others are starting to grind.


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Hi Rick


Great work on the Tomcat. The many, many decals will really bring this jet to life.


Cheers


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Looks good Rick.I built the Hasegawa 1/48 kit in the same sceme many years ago.Must do another one sometime?
 
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Looking fantastic.


Back in the day Hasegawa were the dogs bits and a premium price would have to be paid for them......... £3.50 would have probably been what we paid back in 1985! Thank the Lord for charity shops! !


Looking forward to seeing this in the completed section.
 
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