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**stillp** · 01 February 2022, 15:41

You just can't get the staff these days!

Looking good though Tony.

Pete

**yak face** · 13 February 2022, 07:27

Well this ones been at a standstill for a couple of reasons . 1- not enough time 2. Been waiting for some decals .
Yes I know ive already got some but after looking at the shape of the numbers in the generic sets I wasn't happy so bought some specific decals for the grey polish scheme. I was also struggling to find a decent plan view for the camo . So they arrived yesterday , and I literally shivered when I opened them —
Yes , nearly 400 of them , about 380 of which are tiny stencils ! If i reckon on about 60 an hour including soaking it’ll only take about seven hours if im quick:tired::smiling5:

**Tim Marlow** · 13 February 2022, 08:31

Wow, that’s insane Tony. See you in about seven hours then

**Nicko** · 13 February 2022, 18:10

Good luck Tony. I reckon you'll be going some to get 60 an hour. At my rate I expect it would be full time for a week!

Nick

**yak face** · 13 February 2022, 18:14

Masked up today , white tack sausages and tape . The darker grey went on no problems and its now been unmasked . Ive been looking at the stores too , the drop tanks have been painted light ghost grey and the rocket pods silver. The KKR-1 reconnaissance pod was a bit scant on the details ( partly the kit , partly my over enthusiastic sanding !) so ive been adding a few bits of plastic strip and card to represent the sensor covers . Next job painting the exhaust area and gun blast shields in silver .

**Mark1** · 13 February 2022, 21:01

Looking good Tony, I'm gonna count the decals to make sure didn't go "ah that'll do" at 350 lol.

**yak face** · 16 February 2022, 18:50

Little bit more done on this today. Ive masked up and sprayed the black patches on the nose and around the cannon blast plates. On the real thing these areas are very roughly sprayed so i tried not to get too fine an edge on them . The oval blast plates and panel around the cannons now need to be sprayed steel . I made a couple of masks for this by putting some wide tape on and gently rubbing to see the line then using a sharp pencil marked the shape . This was then peeled off and stuck onto a piece of shiny sticky label backing paper. I could then cut it out carefully with the scissors and it can be peeled off and re used.

**Allen Dewire** · 16 February 2022, 19:31

Wow Tony, top quality work going on here and you're doing a bang-up job on the camo too!!! So many decals, fergitaboutit. You'll end up in a ward with the rubber walls in a white coat with extra long sleeves. Then again, knowing you, they will all end up on the model, even if it takes a month.......

Prost
Allen

**Mark1** · 16 February 2022, 19:57

Think I'll leave it a good while before I build my one of these,mines gonna look like the after birth next to this baby lol

**Ancientmariner** · 26 February 2022, 12:54

Great work! Looking fantastic!

**yak face** · 27 February 2022, 18:26

Got a good session in the shed today so its coming on slowly . I masked up the cannon blast shields , exhaust area and the unpainted areas on the outer wing ( the bits that are covered when the wing is at full sweepback ) ready for the vallejo metal color . I used a bright chrome for the blast shields ,dull aluminium for the wings and pale burnt metal for the exhaust . Once these had been sprayed and left to dry for an hour or two I added the dark steel areas on the wings and misted some thinned metallic blue and vallejo smoke on the end section of the exhaust area. Theres still lots of little bits to do before I can start decalling ( oh no, ive just remembered those stencils :tired