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Ratch
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Jon, I think Feanor is building the 1972 kit that was manufactured in Trun, when Airfix was made by Heller.
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That is a different argument Jon. The original idea was for Airfix to re-use the waste plastic that we throw away.
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The sub-assemblies have been primed.
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Thank you James.
Undercarriage struts painted and fitted.
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1 hour ago, Tour de Airfix said:
Will anyone other than myself notice this or care?
There's always someone 🤣
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I have added the flaps and the paintwork has been re-touched.
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The interior canopy frame was picked out with a brush.
To have folded wings a slot must be made in each of the upper wing parts. The instructions recommend doing this with a file, but I’m happy to use a scalpel.
The upper and lower wings were assembled, and the floats.
Next will be airbrushing the under surfaces.
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No, the Club Kit is UK only. You might find one on e-bay.
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Roy has passed on
Roy Cross Fine Art – Eagle, Airfix, and Marine Artist
He inspired a generation with his dynamic box art.
Blue skies, Roy.
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This kit offers the possibilities of folded or extended wings. My choice is for the folded configuration. Some scalpel work is required before the centre part of the upper wing can be assembled. Here it is dry fitted.
Several steps are now omitted, and work resumes with the Pegasus II M2 radial engine.
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At the top of the page can you see
Click on Gallery and you'll see a red tab = Add images
When you click on that you'll get
Set your own album up and after that simply add to it.
Randall, Paul, Patrick and I have started albums there.
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I'd spray the nose white, mask up and spray the red band, removed the masking and overspray with a white mist.
If painting with a hairy stick, paint the white, pick a pale red or mix red and white to get the right shade and carefully paint the stripe. Use a long bristled signwriting brush to get the line with a steady hand.
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I’ve been concerned about the front turret position. The only picture of a Carpetbagger B-24H is Miss Fitts taking off from Harrington and her turret has been replaced by a plain glazing. I have nothing to make a former to plunge mould with and considered just not fitting the guns in the turret but thought this gave an inaccurate profile. Then I had a brainwave. I have some H2S blisters left over from old Lancaster kits and cut one with a razor saw.
This fitted nicely into the aperture of the turret position. Not absolutely accurate but more realistic, I think.
I couldn’t resist brushing Humbrol Matt Black over the airframe; I‘ve always considered myself more of a painter than a builder with the plastic being my canvas to work upon.
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Did you know that you can have your own Gallery!
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Who are you asking? Which red band?
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I use a cocktail stick to re-open the hole, which can become blocked with dried paint.
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Thanks Tim, I painted and fitted the superchargers to the engine cowlings then turned to the four Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp engines. Open and closed gills are offered as alternate parts. As I understand it, the gills would be open when the engine was at its working temperature, to keep it cool. With the engine shut down the gills would be closed. My aircraft will be posed firmly on the ground, inactive.
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What other Hornby brands do you collect/model?
Apart from Airfix, I use Humbrol paints. I collect Corgi cars, re-acquiring ones I had. I have lots of Hornby railway stuff from the 80s/90s in my loft, but it has become neglected, as has my son's Scalextric collection.
So what do you participate in?
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I went to several Trade Toy Fairs there in the 80s. it was an impressive place with good accessibility. I didn't go because I had other commitments that day, but the car parking charges seem very high.
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I painted the propeller tips with Humbrol Acrylic 24 Matt Trainer Yellow and the blades with Humbrol Acrylic 33 Matt Black. The inside of the upper wing that forms the wheel well was brush painted, and then the wings were assembled.
I decided to cut in with black in the hope of making masking easier at the later stage.
I also painted the nose of the fuselage black, and then marked out the lettering and outline of the ‘Screwball’ nose art with my ruling pen, freehand.
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It was said firmly tongue in cheek, Tim 😄
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I'd like some proper ground crew, drinking tea!
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But its not plastic 🤪
Generic RAF Decal sheets.
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I find that most search engines have to be out-thought. Try to search for something unique. Just searching for Squadron or roundels (for example) will throw up hundreds of hits. I'd bet that Type B would cut it down drastically as would specifying a squadron. Treat it like a mind game.