Dominic Thomas
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As John Redman says above, I have found that there is a spot which is easy to squeeze. I’ve found this on all the Humbrol paint bottles I have used. The difficulty is finding it.
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It’s not plastic!
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Ok. I think it may be of benefit to approach this the other way around if you need to do it in future.
Xtradecal and Modeldecal are, I would say, the go to sites for RAF ‘support’ decals such as roundels and letters.
Modeldecal set the standard but are sadly no longer in business, although several of their 100+ sheets are still available from Hannants.
Xtradecal are still in business (so to speak) as the are part of Hannants, and they fill the gap left by Modeldecal.
Other companies such as Model Alliance and Printscale also provide quality decals but generally for complete markings rather than the specialist roundels and letters.
That said, I’ve just remembered I do have letters and roundels sheets from Kits World.
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I’m amazed you think that about the Hannants site.
The Xtradecal range is extensive with ALL the RAF roundel types available.
X72043 has Type B for upper wingsX72069 has Type C/C1 for fuselages & wings for post 1942 aircraft.
I find the Hannants search engine one of the best.
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Now, the whole problem was that I was accessing the forum on the phone, and the Gallery is not available on the phone.
I’ve since found it on the iPad.-
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Ratch, I read this once before. How do you create one and how is it accessed to see galleries of others?
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Amazing similarity between the Avro Bison and the Blackburn Blackburn.
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In the days of aircraft evolution, surely a cul-de-sac was the Avro Bison
photo avroheritagemuseum.
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£10 entry on Saturday which gave free entry on Sunday
Parking for 2hr was 30p, but that was actually free if you noticed the barrier was permanently up.
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From the peacetime point of view, I prefer the Typhoon at the moment because of the range of squadron markings and colour schemes.
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You spent a lot more time on the markings than I did.
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Paul,
Now you have a potential solution, I would like to see how it looks with models/bombers on it.
perhaps you could start a new post to like all these comments together so we can all see how well this approach works. -
As suggested earlier, I visited the model show today.
In spite of competition from elsewhere (!), I thought it was well attended. I thought the quality of models was up to the usual very high standards and the trade stands provided opportunities to source almost everything one would need to support model making.
And the ‘overspill’ hall seemed a little more populated than last year.
Sadly, I couldn’t stay long enough to find out who won the various awards.
Would I go next year - certainly.-
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That’s not the way I looked when I got up this morning.
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Would you be able to post some pictures?
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I think it would have been the B-25 London, in deference to the later M25 🙂
(with apologies to our friends from overseas who may not understand the reference)
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Coincidentally, I’ve just finished this :
It’s the Hobby Boss kit with 75th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain markings from Xtradecal.
And here, the two together:
Neither of these two models capture the ‘sit’ of the real thing in my opinion.
That said, neither needed extra weight to avoid tail sitting.-
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Is that a silver finish on the 56 Squadron aircraft?
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According to ‘RAF Commands’, AG488 was a Mustang I which collided with AG403, both 2 [AC] Squadron, at Sawbridgeworth Airfield on 9 May 1942. P/O Gosnell died of injuries & P/O Willett injured.
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Very interesting post this.
I have had a lot of problems lately getting a decent Matt finish. My question is, does the varnish have to be from the same company as the paints used on the model? -
Thanks Randall for the correction. A sad day nonetheless.
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Note - this should have been filed in the Aircraft section. Moderators, could you please do that for me?
As mentioned earlier, I had the opportunity to fly in a he B-17 ‘909’ in 2011. These are some views of the inside that I took on that flight
This shows the area immediately above the ventral turret with the ammunition trays on either side.
This is I believe the radio position:
Next, the bomb bay walkway, with a fee-paying passenger for scale !
The bomb sight :
The ammunition feed for one of the front guns I hadn’t appreciated the colours needed for this in models :
Here is a view of the area immediately around the bombadier’s station :
And finally, one of the guns either side of the nose :
Very sadly, the aircraft crashed in 2019 with the loss of all on board.
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Randall, I flew in ‘909’ as well. I’ll put up some pics of the inside details of that as well to help with internal colours.
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A few years ago I managed to be able to fly in the B-24 owned by the Collings Foundation. Here are some pics of the inside which may be useful when constructing the new Airfix kit.
Most photos are around the bomb bay area. The last photo shows the area below the dorsal turret where a lot of the walls were that peculiar shade of green, which was also found in places around the cockpit and around the waist gun positions.
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EE Lightning F2A 92 squadron
in Humbrol (Techniques, Tips & Craft)
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Now at the risk of being cheeky, I think you should be familiar with this problem. It’s essentially the same as the colour of British WWI aircraft !
My suggestion- look at the many colour photographs on the Net and go with one you like.
I had thought that Humbrol 163 was a relatively recent addition to the range. I saw it first with a call-out from one of the new Airfix Harriers. I had difficulty getting it but finally found it from Wonderland Models in Edinburgh.
Hope this helps.
I just thought I should add that while I have ‘163’, I still haven’t used it so don’t know how suitable it’s shade would be for options such as this.