Sailorman
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By this stage I would have already applied grey primer and sanded it down with very fine wet and dry sandpaper using lots of warm water and liquid soap. I then move on to apply a first thin coat of the same paint I will be using for finishing. This first, thin coat shows up the defects which can then be rectified. Once it has dried I sand it very lightly and apply the finish coats. I used to use Humrol Satin white No 130 (because it didn't yellow with age), but of late I've been using Revell No 04. It seems to cover better and it too does not yellow. The old Humbrol enamel used to get a distinct yellow tinge with age.
Bear in mind that whilst I am very fussy about my liners (passenger ships), I only build aircraft, tanks etc to hone my skills. I don't go into the same detail with them as I do with liners.
The pic below is of the AIrfix Boeing 737 I built a year or two ago.
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Today I airbrushed the black as a primer to the natural metal areas. Tomorrow I will airbrush an aluminium coat over the black. Slow progress but I will get there.
In the meantime the ships plans I ordered have arrived and will have to decide whether to start with a scratchbuilt Rotterdam or the France converted to be the Norway ...... Decisions, decisions!
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Didn't get much time to do anythng today ..... managed to make some masks for the cockpit glazing. Ready for the black undercoat and the aluminium finish ....maybe tomorrow with a bit of luck!
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Just received the latest Workbench email from Airfix. Don't know whether any or all of you guys got it.... There is an update as to the new Bristol Bulldog MkII 1/48 kit. Makes for intersting reading.
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A bit more progress. I've airbrushed the grey areas and have started masking them prior to applying the metal finish. I've decided to go for the British Airways 1980 Livery. Blue underside and red tail. Will need to make my on decals. For the DC10 I'm going for a garish scheme. CP Air Orange top, red flash and metal underside. I've ordered aftermarket decals for that one though I will paint the main colours myself.
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Very nice diorama
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IPMS exhibition in early April here in Malta .....for anyone who happens to be here. Be Warned .....The standardhere is really high so it is well worth a visit.
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On 04/03/2024 at 09:02, Tour de Airfix said:
@FBS how did this turn out? I do love a water scene but find it has many new challenges.
I had a go at building a canal for a Pegasus Bridge effect and couldn’t at first work out why the fluid wouldn’t set. I then found out that working on it in the loft during winter was the issue as the fluid required a 20 degree environment. I returned to it in the summer and it worked wonderfully.
However, I’ve also found if it’s too warm, as it was last year, the fluid dries too fast and you can get waves where you didn’t intend them! This is what I found when making a Malayan jungle Medivac scene with an Airfix Sycamore 🤦♂️
Looking forward to seeing how you got on 😁
Airfix Sycamore ??? you've baffled me with this one!
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Very nice. Great to have another boat model maker here! We tend to be outnumbered by the wingy ones!
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Thanks .... I love liner models ...
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Have put the Tristar aside for a few days to allow glues and fillers to shrink before final inspection/ filling/ sanding and painting.
In the meantime I've been working on the DC10. Scribing took ages - there are so many panel lines. Still need to correct the errors and some more sanding and filling before attaching the wings and engines ....... should bring it to the same stage as the Trista
r by the end of this week ..........Now the search begings for the colour schemes and decals!
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Great build!
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Lovely builds you guys!
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Lovely stuff! Very well done.
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A bit more progress on this build. Wings tail and engines are glued on. It has been primed and sanded with 1200 grit wet and dry sandpaper and the surface is silky smoot. All set for the next stage - painting. I won't start that yet to allow time for the filler and glue to shrink. Either way, I can't start painting yet as I don't know what colour scheme I'm going for! .... The problem is that mine is an old issue kit and the decals are past their sell by date!
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Actually, the P1127 was a kit many wanted ....i want it and I still haven't managed to get it!
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Interesting John ........Incidentally the Beach Buggy was in fact re issued last year. I bought one!
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Hi Jeff you are a kindred spirit! I too build to a scale of 1:600 and though I have all the Airfix 1:600 ships, I've only built half of them. I am mostly interested in liners. Unfortunately, the Airfix range is rather limited so I too am into scratch building. My "fleet" numbers around 50 ships some 26 of them being liners. Most are scratchbuilt. I tend to post one or two pictures on this site of each scratchbuild as I complete it. This doesn't promote any other manufacturer so it should be fine.
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18 hours ago, Jeffrey-379002 said:
Gidday Tim, that's what they were made for. 🙂
Like you I also tend to stay with one scale for the same reason, comparison. I like the 1/600 scale also because it's what I started with, 1/700 is a bit too small and fiddly for me, although I've built some. I've got a few more in the stash, mainly to use them as 3D 'plans' for scratch builds. I intend to stay mainly with the 1/600 scale. If I include two 1/570 ships (to me they're compatible with Airfix ships) then HMS Sheffield is number 50.
Any particular Fletcher? I scratch built one (USS Mullany) last year in 1/600. She was my second scratch built ship, the first being a generic long-foc'sle Flower class corvette. Not being Airfix kits I don't know if I can post them on the forum, but I think they compliment the Airfix range, and again I can compare the Fletcher class with RN destroyers. Lusty and USS Hornet would be a good comparison too.
Thanks again for your feedback. Regards, Jeff.
To an extent it is possible to post pictures of kits by other manufacturers on this site but one must remember it is an "Airfix" website not a general model making site. Hence it should not be used to "advertise" other manufacturers!
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On 2/13/2024 at 12:15 AM, Ratch said:
I've been on the lookout for one of these for a few months now. Most seem to go for £50-60+ on e-bay, a bit too much for me. But I managed to bag this one for quite a bit less. I can't remember exactly when I built this before - it was first issued in 1965 - but I certainly did make one, so I shall relive my youth with it.
WOW .... I've been after one for donkey's years ........ Lucky you. I built one some time around 1970 .... it was amazingly detailed for the time. I think you can get a vacform shroud to cover the open base .....but then you lose all the detail .....
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Looking good!
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You need to get to the Airfix Forum. The page looks like this. Then click on the box "Airfix" in the menue on the right hand side. This will untick all the boxes which will become white - empty. Then tick the subjects you are interested in your case Aircraft, military vehicles and Humbrol (techniques, tips.......) and you will only see the ones you are interested in.
ou will see a list of different sections ....
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I haven't buit that specific kit, but If it were me building it, I would mask the clear part and paint the full width of the invasion stripes in white then mask the white when it has dried in order to paint the black stripes.
Alternatively, one could paint the white and then cut the black parts out of the white decal strip and fix those.
Suggest you wait a day or two perhaps someone has built that specific kit and can offer other suggestions.
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There are 3 fora: Airfix, Hornby (trains) and Scalextric. Be sure you are posting in the AIrfix one. You should be seeing the same page as the image attached to the post. If you tick the box in the menu on the right hand side where it says AIRFIX FORUM you will "untick" all the black boxes. You can then tick any one of the sections you are interested in .....for example "Aircraft" and you will see ONLY the posts that are in the Aircraft section. With them all ticked you see all the posts from all sections. This might be a bit confusing as the posts for all sections will be shown.
If you have any specific questions post them here and Ratch and I will try to answer them.
Just received another offer from Airfix. Thought I'd share as some may not have seen it.
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