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Actually the more you look at this the more you see, the cloth effect on that guys sleeves it brilliant, even the way the rust has come through in places the 11 on the turret , so often graphics go on later over the top of weathering and look odd.

The weathering on the hull in ~B&W is spot on, well done

Actually the "after it crashed" version of that model is quite rare :-)

I think the problem is the different coats adhere so its very hard to go through one layer and not the next unless you have quite heavy coats., The whole point of the chipping fluid is to create a barrier between coats. I have gone in my case with airbrushing a finish in order to get the MkIX...

If it was mine i would Bob, i would take the chance and enjoy the experiment but this is for someone else and i dont want to start again.

I am a bit at a loss Bob, its this colour recognition thing for me. You can see here what i would like, its really weathered however there aren't any actual chips in what you can see although i am sure their are on the wing root another pic taken at the same time shows far less dramatic...

I will go further and be nice to everyone on those days.....well maybe just on the 30th ?

This is quite heavily weathered but looks like it just left the paint shop :-) I think the artificial light has bleached the picture, it will be interesting to take the same picture, same settings, tomorrow in day light.

I hope you will take responsibility for flood of suicides on those days............:)

What really annoys me is myself 🤣 I go on and on about useless aftermarket, then i buy some , then i go on about how useless it is. What is it they say?, once is a mistake, twice is stupid, three times you are a f"*king Idiot :) So I bought some Montex masks. No instructions, not even a...

We have 2 colours now, i lightened the darker and darkened the lighter shades so they met in the middle a bit closer. I think it worked. I cant do what i wanted with chipping fluid because its not as easy as i thought. You need to get the fluid on, let it dry and then spray the top coat ASAP...

Between 1500-1700 Steve depending on Fuel, 1700hp would be 150 octane for this Mk IX about 1943 Bobs build with the 1938 Merlin would have been about 1100 HP , later war versions like some late Mustangs went as high as 2300 HP.

Not quite sure what you mean Bob, when you say bottom do you mean underside ?

When you spray a decal mask like a roundel on a British aircraft over the camo, what do you do with a light colour like yellow ? I dont want to use a white base as i want to be able to chip and wear it in place ?

They didnt have a manifold as such just individual stubs made of a corrosion resistant Steel alloy called Incone, these stubs were paired with a fabricated ejector nozzle on the early models so appear to be just 3 outlets a side. I would guess any wording would have burnt off very quickly. A...

Good day for painting the underside of spitfires Bob ) I started by inventing a new colour that i forgot to take a picture of but it was 5 parts silver ..1 part yellow. that i have called sillow . That was my base coat of a metal finish :) I then splurged some smoke and some Azur Blue all over...

oh no you did the wrong side black !! only joking 🤣

Engine builds up nicely , a lot of effort has gone in to location points so it fits together with great accuracy so that later, the outer panels will fit. The fit of outer panels is always where After market falls down the whole lot mounts very well on 2 pins and some rubber lined holes...

Ha ha you have pretty much negated the need to build models altogether :) Seriously though there is a danger here. I used to be a very keen photographer. It was all about getting that shot, the one that captured a moment in time that would otherwise be missed.. This took me a few years to get...

I think its just that i expected a bit more from a kit that caused such a stir when it was launched, I think like a lot of things these days it costs a small fortune to develop and the longer its under development the longer its not producing a revenue stream, so it always going to be a...