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Thanks for the painting corrections, I have made the adjustments on the instructions as this is the model I am just about to start.

Hi All, I have not built a model kit since I was a young teen back in the late 80's, and back at that time I had no money to buy equipment or models, so I never really took it serious. My son bought me two Airfix kits for Christmas this year, the Harrier GR9A and the Westland Sea King HER.3, both starter kit versions as he knows I love both the aircraft. I have absolutely no idea what I am doing grinning, but I am keen to learn and have a go. I have watched a few YouTube videos and spent some time on this forum, and I am blown away with what is possible with model making. I am not expecting much from my efforts on these two kits, but I am going to give it a really good go, take my time and hopefully learn something to take on to future kits and slowly get better. My biggest worry is painting, but I will give it a go with my main goal being to get as nice and even surface coverage, and to add some panel lines in. I have decided to start with the Sea King Kit. I have junked the paints and glue (but kept the brushes). The yellow pot had very little paint in, and the rest were completely dried up. I popped down to my local model store on Saturday and bought some basic cutting tools, sand paper, a brush set, a pot of thin glue, and all the paints detailed in this kit (enamel), with some enamel thinners. If anyone has built this kit and could offer me any experiences or pointers (for the beginner level), I would be very grateful. I intend to use this post/thread to show my progress, issues, etc and ask some questions to hopefully get some guidance and advance from forum members to help me learn and build my knowledge and experience. I will also as specific question in the relevant forum sections when I get stuck or needs some help and reference back to this post/thread. Thank you for reading, wish me luck. Matt

Ah fantastic as I have just ordered the Vulcan and Valiant for building at a later date when I’m a more experienced. I have always loved the 3 V bombers and wanted to have them in my model collection ready to build when I have a few more hours of making experience.

Hi Forum, Is it my imagination, or did Airfix release the 3 V-Bombers? I can see the Vulcan and Valiant in the website store, but no reference to the Victor. Did they not release it or was it released but now discontinued? Regards, Mat

Hi All, I received 2 kits as a Christmas present from my kids, as first builds since I was a teen (over 25 years ago). The kits they got me are the Spitfire Mk.vc and Sea King Har.3. I have a question on gluing parts to already painted (enamel) parts. I know the kits come with acrylic paints, but when I opened them I found the paint to have dried out or is so watery that there is barely any colour to them. Maybe they have been stored near heat or for a long time, or a quality batch issue. So, I popped to my local hobby store yesterday and grabbed some correct numbered paint, but all I could get was they enamel versions. I want to start building the kits, but looking at the instructions and painting guide, it seems to me that, especially on the Sea King interior I need to paint as I go (as I assemble) rather than fully assemble the interior and then paint. So I am wondering how I go about this as I am not sure you want to glue paint on to paint rather than the plastic on plastic. Also will the liquid glue etc, will affect the paint already painted to the parts when I try and glue them together? Will they strip the paint and ruin the part or result in much touching up, or can the enamel paint handle a little bit of glue for assembly? Thanking you in advance for your advice. Matt