trumpeter 1/48 Wellington

[Guest]

Hi Trey,The Wellington wasn't a huge airplane and the kit comes out at about 390mm long and 550mm wingspan. Not too big!

Your Ju 88 is about 300mm by 420mm so how about it?

Gern

Dave for some reason I thought it was more the size of the He177 . Thanks for clearing that up and again great job !

[Dave W]

Thanks for all your kind remarks.I fancy doing some more British 1/48 bombers but there arent many kits about.Ive got the Tamiya Lanc but dont fancy doing that just yet.I fancy doing a Hampden so will probably get the Sanger vacuform kit.treyx10r mentioned the HE177.Now i really fancy doing the MPM kit in 1/48.And kit it out with the Germans cruise missile forerunner.Its about £70 so will have to save for that one.

[yak face]

Hi dave. if you want a 1/48 hampden thats a bit easier than a vac form , fonderie miniatures do one , dont know how much though, and its a limited run jobbie. Heres a link to a build

Handley Page Hampden by Mick Evans (Fonderie Miniatures 1/48) cheers tony

[Dave W]

Just looked at your Hampden link Tony.It's areally impressive looking model.I will have to get one.Hannants don't list it on their site so I will have to try else where.

[Guest]

Although I'm open to any coments that would improve my builds.

I'd say you did a fine job on the 'Wimpy' but to be fair its too glossy and needs matting down slightly

and a bit of easy weathering done by dry pastels. Love this Trumpy kit but after three of them...no more !!

cheers.

ian.

[Dave W]

I agree Ian.I've been using Humbrol matt cote but find it dries a bit patchy.Maybe me but if I spray a heavy coat it drys White in places.So I tend to just give the model a light dusting.As for the weathering I'm practicing on an old kit at the moment before I try it out for real.I did put some exhaust stains on my ME110 though!

[Ian M]

Re Humbrol matt cote. You didn't mix/shake it enough. You really need to mix it up 300% then mix it some more. If it clouds, you haven't mixed it enough. Its a known problem and other than that is great stuff.

Ian M

[Dave W]

Yes I've been reading about that on the forum this evening.I use the Revell matt varnish sometimes and that does the same.I'm going to order some of the promodeler washes as I've tried making my own with not very good results.The last bottle of Humbrol matt I bought had separated out and took a lot of elbow grease to mix up again.I intend switching to acrylics in the future but still have around 60 tinlets of enamel to use up first.

[Guest]

Dave ! I stopped using Humbrol matt cote because it is totally..... lets say :devilangelfight:

They say its designed for modellers !! more like designed to go white and ruin a perfect model. Don't buy that stuff anymore but buy 'Vallejo acrylic matt varnish', this stuff can be brought as a pre-mixed 400ml aerosol can and goes on beautifully, its about a tenner a can but because it covers so well one can could paint ten Tamiya Lancasters ! You can also buy this stuff un-mixed if you like.

It comes out of the can onto the model which looks 'milky' but dries 100% clear, i've been using it for five years now and won't use anything else, all my Lanc's which are on this forum are painted in Humbrol paints with a Vallijo matt finish.

Vallejo ACRYLIC MATT Spray VARNISH on eBay (end time 04-Mar-11 15:16:50 GMT)

[Dave W]

thanks for the advice.I intend using Acrylic varnish from now on anyway as i intend to use weatbering washes on my models in future.Ive been doing factory finish paint jobs for years but have been inspired to try weathering by some of the fantastic models ive seen on this forum.I always found the old tinlets of Humbrol matt always dried white no matter how thoroughly i mixed them.I used their satin cote for years because it gave a nice finish without turning white.i will try the Valejo product.Thanks