Category: Lacquer
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Mitsubishi Peggy – Part Eight – To Gloss Or Not To Gloss
That is the question. Do I risk putting decals on a paint surface or do I run over it entirely with Mr. Color 47 and wait until I have a clear gloss cover? I think I have made enough alternate decisions and mistakes with this matter to be able to dictate what to do –…
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Mitsubishi Peggy – Part Seven – Payday!
The gamble paid off! The wheel spun and the ball landed on my number and I got to rake in all the chips! Or in more staid terms, the pre-shading trick seems to have worked for the Mitsubishi bomber I’m building. I cannot claim invention – only emulation. But I seem to have hit upon…
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Mitsubishi Peggy – Part Three – The Offices
Notify the Department Of Occupational Health And Safety, Yoshi. I think we have a situation. If we are to be the crew of the Mitsubishi ” Hiryu ” bomber we certainly do. See the three big green objects on the flight deck just behind the navigator and radio operator’s station? These are petrol tanks. Un-armoured…
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Big Shiny Silver Planes
I admire the model builders wo make aircraft that have complex camouflage schemes – the ones that tackle the german or italian schemes of the WW2 period – or any of the WW1 schemes – earn my respect and praise. yet i very often do not follow them. It is not for want of trying…
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De Havilland Heron Mk II – Part Five – Whew
Well, the colour coats are done – the trim stripe is done – the decals are on. The various pieces are being cemented and snapped in. The air crash did not destroy the bird. Every speculative colour scheme that you think up – every set of decals you print yourself – every artistic decision you…
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Hawker Tempest V – Part Three – The Buster Built
Five cold and wet days in Perth saw the roses in the front garden blown down, the cat reduced to tears, and the Hawker Tempest V completed. It started out as a vehicle for experiment and in the end has proven its worth. The thing is garish, and deliberately so. After WW2 the Tempest was…
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Beechcraft Model 18 – Part Three – A Pleasant Surprise
Remember I was worried about the plastic surface of the PM Models Beechcraft Model 18…worried that it was too rough to take a good coat of paint? Well, my worries were laid to rest over the last two days. GSI Creos to the rescue yet again. I employ their paints and finishes whenever I can…
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Heinkel He 111 – Part Five – On Your Feet
I am always eager to get a plane on its feet. And then I’m not, when I look and see what the manufacturers have moulded. So many of them make a set of landing gear that can never support the plane and is miserable to install. It is one of the stations on the model-building…
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Fokker F-27 Friendship – Part Five – Leak, You Bastard…
I am half-way pleased and half-way annoyed. The trim stripe on the Fokker F-27 went down in two coats over and between flexible Tamiya tape. It had a lot of sealing and dodging to do, that tape – and I expect it did it as well as could be expected But the first coat of…
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Fokker F-27 Friendship – Part Four – More Planning Needed
Relax, folks..all is going well. But I cannot help but think that it could have gone well more easily. I am not a patient man with puzzles. I can stand about 15 minutes of a jigsaw before I go out looking for strong drink. I do not read mysteries. I should have set fire to…
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