The black plastic is pretty good to work with.It glues and sands really well.Ive half built an Airfix Spitfire 5b and im not keen on the softish plastic they use.I love these old Monogram kits.Ive only got two left in my stash.Will have to get some more.
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Great looking progress Dave. I'm going to get that great wall Widow when its released !Comment
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I've spent the last couple of evenings masking and fitting the canopies.Some of these parts dont fit very well.The rear compartment hatch is particularly bad and i've had to add a strip of plastic card to two sides so it will fit the gap.I'll have to paint the interior edges of these green or they will show up like a sore thumb.The main canopy isnt too bad.I've only needed to add a strip of plastic along the rear edge to fill a gap.That main canopy took me almost an hour to mask.Its not perfect but i've decided it will have to do.There are two more hatches to mask and fit then i can start painting the model.
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Great tape job,one of my least favorite things to do!Comment
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Thanks Trey.I dont like masking canopies but the effect after painting is worth the effort in my opinion.The two semi circular screens were a pig to mask.Comment
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I've been having a go at spraying different shades of black in the centre of some panels to break up the otherwise total black paint scheme.I said i would post the results good or bad,so here they are.Apart from the starboard wing i was reasonably happy with it.Until i took it out side that is.As you can see from the photos, i've over done it.And it really shows up in the photo taken in daylight.Not the subtle difference in shades i had hoped for.So im going to respray it black and start again.
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Dave, instead of spraying it black and starting again, why not try to save it by 'post shading' with the black in the areas that you think are to light. You have nothing to loose, if it goes pear shaped on you you can just spay it over. Might save you a total respray...
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Good idea Ian.I will try that first.Comment
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You might of figured this out already, but try to paint it in natural light.....:-)
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I've finally found the time to continue with this build.As you can see i've added PE parts to the rear hatch.I've also redone the paint job and got a much more subtle effect than my first attempt.I then put three coats of KLEAR (the new version) on the model.Only used this once before and it wasnt a sucess.But having read all the threads on the stuff i decided to give it another go.Partly because of the overwhelming evidence that the stuff works.And partly because im tight and didnt want it to have been a waste of money!.Anyway,i brush painted the stuff on giving a days drying time between coats and it seems to have done the job.Im now in the middle of applying the decals.The Microscale decal sheet contains a lot of stencils.Unfortunately you cant read most of them and they are not numbered.So in most cases its impossible to tell which ones go where.So im resorting to using the original Monogram decals.The red wing walkway lines predictably broke up so i may paint them on or not bother.Havent decided yet.
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