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Plus if you use a wet pallet it keeps the paint alive for longer, also giving you an option of blending colours for shading.

Martin, thank you for the info grinning

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Good idea, but I think the cleaning rods are located in between the tow cables. No harm in searching the web on your ideas. Thanks for your time and input slightly_smiling_face

It's not an access panel, it appears to be some form of accessory tool of which I've searched high and low on web. I think it maybe a plate for the jack to sit on face_with_rolling_eyes, not got a scobby doo. Thanks for your time and input.

I am currently building the Tiger 1 early production tank and there is a part that is a bit of a mystery for me. I have tried to find it on line but keep coming up blank. So any help would be greatly appreciated. It's the unpainted part in this picture.

I have done the same kit, and I did them one at a time. Must of taken over 4 hours to complete, as I also do them one at a time. I used for the smaller ones a swiss army knife with scissors, which after 30 years are still very sharp and quite thin. I have only once done multiple decals at the same time and it failed for me, so i'd rather go slow than mess up again.

That's a very fine build, and a very well thought out display case. Hat's off to you. Always loved the the fly by of these beasts at an air show.

From my experience with Humbrol paint in these dropper bottles, is there is a big issue with consistency of the paint. The first one I got, I had no issues with airbrushing straight from the bottle. Second one too thick, so watered it down. The next four bottles all different viscosity. Having said that they are very workable with a paint brush, but I personally did't purchase them for the use with a brush. Maybe they have used what stock they had left from the pots to put in the dropper bottles, who knows but the manufacturer and maybe Humbrol didn't know the manufacturer was doing this. I personal feel there is a big QA problem some where. Any paint can be used through an airbrush, it just needs to be thinned if needed.

Looking forward to this challenge, and it is from the start as in the painting requirements. I was head scratching to the 101 reference it's a green. After searching the instructions over and over again, eventually finding it to be used in a mix with white for the interior. Which I know is an off white colour ( ivory ). This should be 103 cream, so not also a typo in the instructions but also on the box art. Let the fun begin grinning

Totally have to agree. I have some and gives great results, after trying to use acrylic panel line wash as a novice and failing.

My first model with invasion strips was a Typhoon, when I first started to get back into the hobby. I opted for painting them on ( cheap airbrush kit at the time ) and after the results of the finished stripes, I'm 100% sure I will not use decals. You have to remember these stripes don't have to have perfect edges as they where often painted on with hand brushes in the field. HTH

That's a cracking job. Not surprised it took that long with the decals.

Personally I would remove the excess straight after applying the wash with a brush or cotton bud that's dampened with winsor and newton white spirit, then leave to dry ( that time can depend on the temperature of the room ) I usually leave it a couple of days at least.

Agree with the above comments, Tiger 1 and the Sherman firefly. I've done them both and they are great kits.