Gamera thanks bud its moving along

Greg thankyou I was looking for a semigloss finish.

BrandonD I need to pick up the pace

jgeratic yes and you cant see beyond the green mat lol.

isteve thank you I really liking acrylics now

Bish thanks I couldnt dirty it any further

Im almost done I have the landing gear in place .

I have both engines also the right engine is a replacement the left one is weathered

I think you have it looking just right Nick.

ok guy's this one is done the 1st try was FUBR the paint removal went very bad had to start all over again. thank you for all you comments and to let me be in this super GB.

That was very much worth waiting for Nick, great looking build. really pleased you stuck with it after your problems with the first kit.

Front page updated and glad to have had you on board.

Nick, that is a cool little jet.

I wish I had the patience and know-how to end up with an exterior finish like that. It is really nice.

Bish thank you I would like to be in that commonwealth GB if it happens.

Greg light coats my friend and slowly build up tx again.

Nick, very nice work on that jet. 

Colours look great, and I think careful attention to 'in scale' fading of the camou edges also help differentiate the two paints on the top surfaces.

regards,

Jack

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Bish thank you I would like to be in that commonwealth GB if it happens.

Greg light coats my friend and slowly build up tx again.

 

No if about it, build thread will be up soon.

Will be great to have you on board.

Nick: She turned out fantastic! Kudos sir!!!!!

Well, I found yet another decal with heavy silvering, the fourth one so far. Looks like I didn't notice the silvering against the grey paint on the fighter. So I wiped away the wash I was laying down and gave the decal a sopping coat of Future. So far the Future has seeped down under the decals and done a great job of getting rid of the silvering. But I shouldn't have to do this, Aero Master is supposed to be a good brand of decals and I sopped on plenty of Super Sol and Set when I first put them on. I'm wondering if I should be using a stronger decal setting solution. Hopefully Bish I'll still be done by the end of the month, after defaulting on two of your group builds I'm determined to finish this one on time... 

Bish thanks bud Im looking forword to it.

Jack thank you this kit hit me back a few times.

Gamera thank you my friend . it seems to me with either a future or acrylic gloss coat the decals stick to much I noticed this with the M4 with future and the gloster with tamiya. now does the decal wrinkel up before or after setting solution?

Thanks Nick, I'm pretty much just grousing though. 

 The base coat I used did dry with a slightly pebbly finish but I put down a couple of coats of gloss to compensate. All the decals seemed to go down normally, and most of them snuggled down and stuck to the finish like they're supposed to. But a few didn't.

I've been using Super/Micro Set and Sol for over twenty years and about 99% of the time they work perfectly. But 1% of my decals just won't settle down and stick correctly. I don't know it the solution, decals, or just bad luck on my part. 

In any case guess I'm just whining since the Future seems to have took care of the problem. I just need to remember to carefully check each model for silvering before i move on to the panel line wash stage. 

The Hurricane for my Battle of Britain diorama is nearly complete.  Still have to finish painting the canopy before I install it, then a little light weathering and my first attempt at installing an antenna wire using EZ-line.

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Crown, your Meteor looks great! Very well done sir! 

Thank you stik it was a fun build

On worldwar1modelaircraft I'd look through a couple of Des' scratch build logs. About everything is covered there. I'd think that any of the video builds would show control wires closely. Des also has a log on the Academy/Italeri Camel. There's also Bob's Buckles site (he sells homemade buckles and brass tubing) and has some how tos. There are some very detailed WWI rigging or build reviews on YouTube. WingNut Wings website is a source of its own. The instructions are available to view for all models in print - including one Camel. WNW recommends that people new to bipes skip buckles and drill small holes to glue the line into. Most of their control surface rigging points are built into the model - the hidden ones you just glue into a hole you make. WNW has pretty complete rigging diagrams. If you want to emulate the buckle effect without the buckle you could thread on small bits of brass rod or very thin plastic tubing made for fly tying. That said, I think bipe fanatics use buckles - a Polish company called Gaspatch makes white metal buckles/tubing in one piece - very neat but not cheap. But with those you can get a sample of several kinds of buckles - they varied from plane to plane. According to WNW, the Camel didn't use them.

I'm sure that the forum has builds of a lot of 1/48s - they're really cheap. An Eduard "Weekender" will go for $20 or so. I've never built a Roden kit, although I have the WWI version of the Rolls armored car, but they're pricey too. Italieri has reboxed a 1/32 Nieuport 17 which Des likes - about $20. I also have a WNW and it's a lovely kit. But for reasons not known on earth, most  of their offerings are out of print and maybe available on eBay for $300 or so. (Could have made more on speculating on WNW than on the stock market.) Anyway Des' forum is pretty big - I'd guess WNW kits are in the minority.

Eric

TJ thanks bud. you got to post pics on the mosquito .

EB good info.

G, glad to hear your getting to grips with those decals. Your right, should have to be doing this especially after paying extra for AM ones. Don't think i have used that brand, not even sure if i have any. But will keep your lesson in mind.

AA, thats looking very nice. Do like the look of those gun bays.

Ok first round of decals done  

That come on nicely TJ. Is that roundel decal wrinkeled or is that just the setting soloution.

Well, this is as far as I can take this one, given my trembling hands and skill . Those wires seriously tested my patience and skills, they are made of stretched sprue. They are a bit thick I think, but, oh well, for the first time I can live With it

Bish

That come on nicely TJ. Is that roundel decal wrinkeled or is that just the setting soloution.

 

castel, i would certainly be happy to live with that, really nicley done. I do like that scheme and well done on the rigging. Thank you for shareing with us, wil up date the front page now.

Thats what i thought TJ. Looking forward to seeing this one done.

Thanks Bish, much appreciated

TJ: Nice work on the camo there.

CN: Looks fantastic! The rigging came out way better than anything I could have done. And not something you see everyday, very cool just to be something different from a Spit or Hurricane.

Bish: Thanks but it's no big deal. I was just venting- or maybe whining. Aero Scale decals seem to be a good brand. I've been applying decals this way for decades. It's just one of these things where I've done something one way 99 times with good results and then on the 100th time it all goes south. Why? I have no idea... 

Anyway, I think the decal silvering issue is taken care of now and the wash is on the panel lines:

Hey all-great work being demonstrated here and I'm sorry I haven't commented in a timely manner.

Finally got started on the AMTech P-40E (Kittyhawk)-this is an old kit and I'm wondering about the linage of this kit-more on that later.  Some nasty gaps-filled in with sprue and putty-this is not a Hasewaga kit but given the price-cheap about five years ago-I can live with it.  Built one a few years ago and the quality seemed to be better on that kit-unfortunatly that kit didn't make the move so I can't compare.

This kit is a bit more challenging than the last AMTech P-40e I built-the tail plug is a better match but the plastic is very soft & the detail just doesn't seem as sharp.  This kit came from a eBay seller-3 kits in plastic bags, no box but a great price.  I've always wondered if he didn't have the tools and was making kits himself....ok, enough whining.

Need to pickup some paint but I hope to have most of the painting done by the next weekend.....deadline approaching....and again, great work all.

Johnny, decals dress her up. Looking good.

Castel, I'm intimidated just looking at that sea going biplane. Nicely done.

TJ those decals are looking good!

Castel Nice camo and that rigging looks super, real neat.

Ganera what kind of wash are you using?

Bob awesome cockpit and it looks like a nice P-40.