Indeed the 1/72, great fun to build.

I have done the gloss black and waiting for it to cure, it is only 1 degree celcius here today so I am not confident it will do so any time quick.

In the meantime I'll work on the Mirage 3C's cockpit. Maybe as it is a force of nature I can enter it here aswell???

Theuns

I am a big fan of enamels, i like xtracolour especially becuae they have all the colours i need without the hassle of mixing. I know some people don't like the drying times, but i just to use time to get on with other things in the build.

Theuns, thats looking great, is that a 72nd kit? I have 3 of their razorback in that scale, looks like that build up nicely.

Bish - Like the Chinook, a lot. I've used Xtracolour a little, Humbrol a lot. The thing  Ilike about their gloss colours is that they dry quite hrd, some of the acrylic glosses can be a little soft.

Theuns, I've got one of those Academy Jugs ready to go, I've just tryin to finish a couole of other things first. I'm watching your with interest.

Cheers

Tony

Here is the Jug after just a few hours of work, it's going well indeed.

Theuns

I use their own brand of thinner for boith Humbrol and Xtracolour. I don't use Humbrol often, but i did for the black underside on the first Chinook and i will do for this one, and i treat them just the same and get the same coverage.

Nice-looking Chinook, Bish.  Smooth finish.

I bought some Xtracolour paint from Hannant's recently.  Does it "work" like Humbrol?  That is, for thinning and application with an airbrush?

Thanks OWL.

I'm likin' the Chinook!

As promised, some more piccys, this time with the Green added. Its coming together better that when i built the first one.

Next up, black undersides and decals. 

GRIN -- well that encourages me to try Academy's decals when the sheet looks really good, such as in their F-16C. It looks as good as anything aftermarket, and very comprehensive. What's the worst that can happen? I'll need to grab an AM sheet if they don't work out, which is exactly what I'd be doing anyway...!

M/TB379

Higher Shirley, your to out of range to slap.

Nice to hear someone haveing a good experiance with Academy decals.

Well ill be darned....slap me silly and call me Shirly.... These decals from Academy are actually nice. 

They dont need an hour of soaking.....theyre thin ish and they go where i want them. I seriously never thought i would live to see the day...

Richard

Richard, liking the 'bolt!

M/TB379

Agree.  Very good  results.

Bish & Richard: Great work there guys!!!

Peeps,

Thank you for the comments. Yes this will be a RAF P47D. I just thought the scheme was something different from all the shiny ones you see. Not that there is anything wrong with that...

The paint bleeding is mostly because of my poor prepwork... After the camo was laid down i didn't think much of the stripes so i mixed up some paint, slapped on the tape and sprayed... could have thought the process through a tiny bit better. Also in the future i think i will "contaminate" the white a bit since this is really shiny teeth kind of white if you get my drift...

But like i said, i think i can work with it sofar...

Richard

did you paint the camo first and the white over it? i have had better luck painting the white on the primer and taping off the stripes before painting the darker colors. sometimes, after putting down the tape, a light coat of white on the tape edges will keep other paint from flowing under though it has to be real thin to avoid a ridge.

Sorry Richard, missed the bolt. Looking good, is this an RAF jug.

looking good, kermit!

Thanks guys. Tony, i only have a couple of weeks to get this finished, so i have been putting some extra effort in, so it is coming along rather quickly.

Bish,

Nice and even coat! I always have trouble laying down even gloss coats myself.

Well,... My tiny thunderbolt has its clothes on now.... Slight paint bleed from overthinning the white paint but nothing i can't correct:

Richard

Looking great Bish, I wasn't expecting colour so soon.

Cheers

Tony

Yep, i always use xtracolour enamels, they are all gloss so no need for future before decalling.

ooooh, shiny!

Able to get a midweek update this week. After the sanding, i was able to get the Grey on last night.

I should be able to get the green on tomorrow night, so more at the weekend. 

This is the kit I will be putting together.

I have some parts from other kits I will be using as the weapons in this kit don't give me what I need to build this as an ECR version with Luftwaffe markings. I've dry fitted some parts and oddly enough the fit isn't as good as I remembered when I first built this kit in high school.

I can't say about the Hurricane Mk II, since I've only seen it in Kermit's photo, but, yes, the Mk I appears to be the "ancient" offering, and dates at least to the middle/late 1960's.

Question on the Revell Hurricane.

Is the Hurricane Mk I an ancient kit, with little detail, whilst the Mk II is a 90s release, and is a lot better.

I know I did a Hurricane I back in the seventies or early eighties, as a kid. Sometimes when they're reboxed, it's hard to tell the lineage. I do have the Mk II for another build (1942), and it looks a hell of a lot better than what I remember the Mk I was.

Cheers

Tony

Thunderbolt379--The Raiden is shaping up nicely.  I like the reddish prop and spinner.  It'll make for an interesting paint scheme.

Kermit/Richard--I look forward to seeing what you do with the Revell Hurricane.  I have their Mk I variant from the Battle of Britain set, and it is very, very elementary:  no cockpit detail at all; the pilot (wearing a jet helmet!) is molded to the seat.  Still, the basic outline looks like a Hurricane.  I'm just not sure what I'll do with the interior.

Academy's P-47 is a nice little kit.  I built it a few years ago with Francis Gabreski's markings, and it was a challenge.

 I enlarged the painting instructions from a Hasegawa kit, cut the squiggles out with little scissors and stuck them on with poster tack.  The photos aren't so great, since I had a cheaper camera back then.

Progress on BB-64 is coming along, and I will post photos of that soon.  Due to the constraints of painting and construction, I am going to have to install the 16 inch gun turrets early on--but that means painting the molded superstructure and deck first, then installing the waterline plate and painting the hull with the main guns in place.  After that I can go ahead with the smaller fiddly parts.

It's nice to see all the progress everyone is making. 

Mike, Richard: Great work there guys- you're setting the bar pretty high!

The cockpit is mostly done on the Viggen, I'd post photos but the Airfix kit is pretty basic - just decals for the instruments so I'll post photos when she's sealed up and in one piece.