Recent content by paddy

I am new to printing Decals, i have done it before but never had great success the decal on the tank is identical to the one i printed for the otherside :-) but when its on the tank the yellow turns red.. this was printed on clear paper so i didnt have to cut very carefully round this shape...

Sorry i just realised you were trying to off load a Rolls Pocher yourself :-) maybe you will find someone who wants two :rotf

You can still pick up a pocher cheap if you follow the auctions. I paid £200 for the Rolls i gave up on and i have and alfa 8c i paid £120 + commision etc for . Leave a search on "easy live auction" You are welcome to the rolls i have FOC if you cover the postage, i bought it half built...

Getting there, this is sprayed with MRP markings yellow which has a very fine pigment and doesnt tend to pool against the masking tape. When this is really hard i will flat it back and get the high spots out. with some decals and clear coat it will all settle down a bit better i hope. Just...

I dont dispute anything you say but there are much better starting points for a quarter of the price or less. I only had a go at one and the problem i had was so much of the basics were wrong from the engine block to the gearbox and even the fact they went great lengths to to give it mechanical...

I was using a Tamiya rattle can for the Yellow which sort of squirts paint as much as sprays :) I will mask it off and try again with an air brush and some MRP yellow which is really thin but drys instantly so wont pool next to the masking tape., might need a lot of coats though as its almost a...

Ahh that didnt work :-) I repainted the fairing silver from Red I then masked off the honda logo design and sprayed it yellow. the problem is that the paint is drawn to the edges of the masking tape by, i suspect, surface tension. this means you get a thin coat which is idea with a heavy...

spot on Paul, no one was hurt, he was lucky to find a large flat field, Kent (county) is pretty rural but its also known as the garden of England with lots of orchards and hop fields, its also very hilly.

Spitfire MJ627 first entered service on 25 September 1944 and, just two days later, destroyed Messerschmitt Me 109 over Arnhem. Its all Bobs fault 🤣 new prop, engine out, check crank, few new panels... should be ready next week sir....

Its funny Bob, i have little enthusiasm for this build. I cant tell you why but suddenly i need to think of a paint scheme and print some home made decals and i am getting my enthusiasm back. I think what it is i like to think, "how can i do that" or "can i pull this off" and suddenly it get...

We have a problem houston... Got most of the paint done however the Decals in this kit are toast. No idea how many decades old they are but they are rigid and will not take any curve even after a soak in Microsol. So, looks like i have to paint some lines and things to break up the expanse...

They are just a large Tamiya kit, they dont have a motor. they are just designed to replace the real thing on display. This one is actually alloy over a wooden frame and coincidentally was on sale at the same airfield so could even be the one i saw yesterday ...

Pretty sure after a little research that the first pic is fibreglass, Anyway, these things were built to be flown. Dozens of people turn up everyday at the airfield to see these things fire up, the noise, the smell, the flypasts....i can assure you not one would turn up to look at it in a shed...

Really hard to tell these days. Once Spitfires became too expensive to leave outside RAF stations at the gate, a company started producing fiberglass replicas to take over the role of gate guardian. Meanwhile this one was real but like an idiot i set the shutter speed to high and froze the...

Took the rear sprocket to the dentist, had most of its teeth extracted and now the chain fits....dont tell anyone l