Scott, looks like a fine good build from here. 

Hope I can get that Camel of mine started soon to join your SE5.

regards,

Jack

Thanks everyone for the fine coments.  I was happy to be able to use the Aussie markings.  The roo gives it character.

Jack, hope to see that camel soon!

Bish, a story behind me putting on the decals, I was watching the "Good Neighbors, aka "Good Life" on Youtube and could not stop giggling while postioning the decals.  British humor that was worth acquiring.

scottrc

Thanks everyone for the fine coments.  I was happy to be able to use the Aussie markings.  The roo gives it character.

Jack, hope to see that camel soon!

Bish, a story behind me putting on the decals, I was watching the "Good Neighbors, aka "Good Life" on Youtube and could not stop giggling while postioning the decals.  British humor that was worth acquiring.

 

 

Now thats a blast from the past. Thats comes from the days of the proper British sit coms. My taste in humour has grown slightly darker and more sarcatic sincei used to watch those, but satill classic stuff.

Question for anyone with the experience using Humbrol paints.  This is the first kit I’ve built using Humbrol products. It seems like it’s thicker than MM paints for brush use, as well as I’ve been unable to thin it out well enough to use in my Iwata CN airbrush. The other MAJOR problem I’m having is that the paint isn’t sticking well and often coming off under the tape. I did normal prep: wash, dry, prime witjh MM grey primer, etc. I ended up free-hand painting it with a brush. Any thoughts or advice are appreciated.   Mike

Is your primer peeling as it looks in the picture?  Is is also an acrylic?  You washed the parts, did you use a dish deteregent known to remove greese in order to pull off the mold release oils off the plastic?

When using acrylics, some of us have learned to give the model a topcoat of clear to help with reducing the risk of the tape pulling off the paint.  

To thin thick acrylics for the airbrush, I have been using a saline/distilled water mix. About 70/30.   

I used to use Humbrol all the time and now use Xtracolour, which are apparently made in the same factory. never seen anything like this, and i only recently started useing primer and never wash my parts. I would guess there was either something wrong with the primer or siomthign really nasty on the plastic.

I noticed that was the old Monogram kit.  I recall I did not prime it, just sprayed my top colors right on the plastic and also could not get paint to sitck to it.  In fact, my paint crazed when I applied my clearcoat.  I stripped it and then appllied a coat of Rustoleum primer and my acylics seemed to worked after that. 

Sounds like you have the right idea on clear coating.  I usually apply it before any masking is required.  

Oh wow, I've had chipping and peeling before but nothing to that extent. Good luck with dealing with it. Sorry, I don't think I have anything to add to what the guys already pointing out though.

Scott,

That kit may have been a sow's ear, but you definitely made a silk purse out of it.

Got back to the bench last night.  Canopy is on the Tempest, landing gear is attached, and all that's left is to attach the landing gear doors and she'll be done. Pics soon.

By the way Bish, what's with the little happy crab on the badges?

iSteve

By the way Bish, what's with the little happy crab on the badges?

 

The knickname for RAF personel is Crabs and the RAF is known as Crab Air. Just a bt of inter service banter

mawright,

You might try wiping it down with rubbing alcohol before painting. It gets rid of the oils leftover from handling the model during construction. Also helps by picking up any sanding residue you might have missed.

Bish,

I'm sticking a fork in the Tempest and calling it done.  Finished her up yesterday after a double feature of Zulu, followed by Zulu Dawn.  Here are the pics.

For the front page, I like the third pic best. I've got a couple of other builds to knock out, but I'll be back.

Nicely fin9ished lewbud, really like the look of that. Great job on the scheme and i like the look of the invasion strips.

Will update front page as requested.

Can't beat a good Zulu double bill, but i always watch them the other way round.

That's some sharp work LB, and yeah the invasion stripes came out great. 

Helllo lewbud, very nice build of the Tempest.  

I like the yellow nose, not too often you see that.

regards,

Jack

Thanks for the comments gents.

Jack,

The yellow spinner was one of the reasons I chose it, adds a bit of color.  Had the kit decals been usable, one of the options was a red spinnered a/c with a big Free French cross on the nose.

Wow! What a great GB and thread! I don’t know how I missed this earlier.... But there sure does appear to be a shortage of early jets here...

Well, glad you found it now Stik, and there sure does. If you want to help plug the gap between WW2 and modern subjects, please feel free.

Bish, i sure am thinking of jumping in with something appropriate. It would probably be after Christmas at the soonest when I can start. I’m thinking either a DeHavilland Vampire F.1 or Hawker Hunter F.6. Both are 1/48, of course...

Will be great to have you on board. I have been thinking that 2 aircraft this GB could really do with are a Hunter and a Lightning. So it would be great to get at least one of them.

Bish

Will be great to have you on board. I have been thinking that 2 aircraft this GB could really do with are a Hunter and a Lightning. So it would be great to get at least one of them.

 

Well if that is the case, I still need to find at least a bang seat for my Academy Hunter. The kit seat is undersized. The Airfix Lightning in my stash is the late version. For some reason I’m all into early jets right now in my head.

Sounds good to me. Hopfully someone wil jump in with the Lightning.

Scott - Awesome job on that SE5!  

Lewbud - That Tempest looks fantastic - and you've got great taste in films!

I had a few days off after Thanksgiving to work on my Defiant. The masking kit I ordered arrived in the mail, and I've since primed and painted the model. Rather than use black paint out of a jar, I opted for the cheap alternative. I grabbed a can of testors flat black spray paint and went to town. My Defiant is all one color, so I figured why not use a rattle can? 

Things went great until I got a finger print on one of the wings. I ended up taking thinner to the WHOLE wing and started over from scratch.

I've since attached the prop, antennas, landing gear, and exhaust tubes. I'll be ready to give this thing a clear coat tomorrow night. The exhaust tubes were painted with testors rust, and then dry brushed with flat black. 

That looks nice with the paint on rocker.