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 Post subject: Spitfire MH434 done!!
PostPosted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 9:35 pm 
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Here she is.

Better pictures and a review soon!

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 Post subject: MH434
PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 8:59 am 
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Looks great, Piece of Cake scheme I assume!!

What kit didi you use?

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Sorry, not PoC, BoB before filimg began!

Kit is ICM with Ultracast goodies!

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Hi Ollie--

Very nice work. She's 1:48, I assume? Reminds me very much of the late lamented MK297 of the CAF, displayed for quite a while at CWH with a Seafire XV prop temporarily fitted. MK297 still wore her Piece Of Cake 1940-style livery; she had finally been partially stripped for a refinish in 1943 grey-and-green, when in the small hours of 15 February 1993...well you know the rest... :cry:

BTW I now have 7 Project Walt models done (Dan's sending me a Valiant to add to the diorama). Eventually I hope to have pix of them on Webshots...stay tuned.


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Hi Ollie,
Looking good, if only I had as much room on my work bench as you seem to have :)

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Yeah Steve, that's too bad...

Tony, I actually have a wee 1.5'x1' of free space on my workbench!

The rest is covered in ongoing builds!

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I think I need to set up a workbench for my models. That way I can finish some. I’ve been working or I started a 1/32 P-51D about 4 years ago. Sill haven’t gotten it together. Plus I have several other 1/32 fighters to put together.

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Yes good idea.

I find that making models is a good way to relax, and if you can't own a 1/1 Mustang, at least you can have one in 1/48 or 1/32!!

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And I can paint it any way I want, because I own it. :shock: 8)

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Oh yes, you got that right!

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Wow, Ollie another fine masterpiece!!!! I see a ton of Testors Model Masters Series paints on the bench. Is that mainly what you use???? The cammo paint looks awesome. Something that I have yet to master :x. Any tips???????????

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Hi Dave.

I use Model Master mainly for interior painting, which I do with a brush (you're talking to the guy who brushed the whole interior of the Accurate Miniature B-25D...).

I use Gunze and Tamiya acrylics for the camo jobs.

A tip? Just don't be afraid of screwing things up, go with the flow! I don't know how to explain what I do, just make sure you have a good thinned paint.

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Hey Ollie, thanks for the tip. Great paint thinner always comes in handy :D. My wife seems to tell me that I tend to use to much of the thinner as it is seeing that everytime she comes near my office it starts to make her woozy :lol: . I read one time in Fine Scale Modelers that a gun suggested using chewing gum or even poster tack putty to cover the areas that you didn't want to get paint on. I thought that was a pretty interesting idea. I might have to give that a try someday.

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Yes, you can do that although I go free hand and try to make the demarcation line as small as I can.

Life's too short to mask everything!

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