.... successfulness..

But in this case I don't think it has anything to do with cleanliness but all to do with the paint.. Is it acrylic or enamel?

Warren

Just applied a new topcoat using Revell acrylic thinned a little, not bad but I have a sneaky feeling that none of my paints want/seem to stick to the Tamiya undercoat. Anyone else any experience of this whilst brush painting?

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Nothing but praise for their service and I urge everyone to support them.

I ordered new rails and crossmembers/ Lucky as I did not realise how bent and warped the originals were until I saw the new ones.. and that was before applying any heat..



Yes I ordered enough to make a new chassis as the old rails were bent and warped, I didn't realise how much until I saw the new ones..

And here is a close up of the replacement engine support and the original damaged one..



Easy to see why I needed a new one!

Cheers all
Warren

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Happy building!

Hi
Here is a update.


Lot of sink marks and zillions of rivets will disappear when the filler hits!

One of my Auntys bought me one of these back in the early 1970's.. Needless to say she has been one of my favourite Auntys ever since.

I would love to find one to build one of these days. Watching with interest Richard.

Hi Warren.
I first built this in the 60s, Mold date 1959!

Well, the chassis pieces for the Bentley ave been assembled and now it is stalled again while I wait for some BRG paint to arrive from the Japan, where else would I buy British Racing Green Humbrol paint?

So while I wait for the paint I started my Milka-sponsored Ju 52/3m. I was hoping it would be a fairly simple build, but it is not going that way at the moment..

At least the cockpit has SOME detail..

There are absolutely no colour call outs for the interior. The instructions are one of the very old Airfix ones with heaps of parts in one drawing and a detailed instruction narrative.
Not many of the parts remained on the sprue..

Lets play find the bit!
Then I got around to checking the fit of the two fuselage sides..

That's the nose on the left.. Looks like a bit of pressure may be needed for a bit..

That was to get the wavy, thick windows in place, then the fuselage..

So it is sitting like that all night until the glue has fully bonded the two sides of the fuselage together.. Then the fun begins with the fuselage bottom and top..
Cheers
Warren

Good luck with that one. I've got an Airfix Hudson that was too close to a fire, the fuselage halves bent at the middle, I doubt there's enough clamps in the world to bring those halves together...

Ok, that's the French Line Infantryman assembled, filled and sanded, ready for priming:

That figure looks nice.

Jim

You going to do his woman as well??

I am not a figure person but is looking very clean so far Lee.

Nice figurwork Lee. Airfix were competing with Historex with 54mm figures and I think you are doing pretty well.

On to the Thunderstreak. I have continued brush painting and have put on a new coat of green using Revell acrylics and then Humbrol 27 Grey. I still am not happy with the application but this time it is my skills not the paint. Anyway, the photo shows progress so far.



It's a bit blurred as it is a camera photo

I think this just may be the worst canopy I have ever come across..


Tape was on there to try and hold it in position in line with the roof..
Then when I took it off I was left with this.. oh the humanity..


Cockpit would be a bit breezy with a one foot gap between the top of the instrument panel coaming and the base of the windshield...
FIll, fill and fill some more I suppose.. Does anyone know if anyone makes a vacform replacement?

A search of the Falcon website comes up negative
Tip for you: Bridge the gap with a bead of white glue first, let it dry, paint it the interior colour, then apply your Milliput or superglue. That way the proper colour will be seen through the canopy windows.

Great minds think alike...

Only difference is that I will dye the glue the interior colour... hopefully...

Thanks Jessie

Well I didn't bother with tinting the PVA glue..





Luckily I think this one will be so purple the canopy won't be so obvious.

Cheers all
Warren

Warren, good to see you boldly going forth with the Annie. I have one of these in my pile and you adventure is a good road map to follow.

Warren it looks like we have the same mould maker!

As a good true blue Aussie would say "Bloody oath!!".. I don't remember having the same problems when I built them 40 yeas ago...

I hope yours is moulded a bit better than mine!

With the gunners hatch in the top, I had to glue some small pieces of styrene sheet to the fuselage to stop the hatch falling into the fuselage.

On, on, on, on, on

" I don't remember having the same problems when I built them 40 yeas ago"

Back 40 years ago the gap would have been split around the glass and big steps would be part of the frame and lots of glue as filler!

Looked a used (abused) car kit on Thursday, someone had mistaken glue for filler around poorly fitting windows. The biggest surprise was that there wasn't a single finger print in the glass. . But the detail on several of the parts had been softened by frequent gluing..... That one stayed on the shelf..

Mark and Richard, at the time I was about 10 or 11 so I was at the build them as fast as you can stage. I would have just put the canopy on however it fitted best and have been happy, It was, and still is really, in the construction of the kits I get my most enjoyment.
Cheers
Warren

Hi
Just enlisted , will be building the Handley Page Hampden.


I shall be attempting to remove the rivets and engrave panel lines in there place,or maybe even end up with some left if it is to difficult in certain areas .