Right !
At the moment everything is on hold, my wife is in quarantine with swine flu and i have been trying to sort the kids out and juggle my shift work. With some help from the in- laws i think we may have pulled it off.
My normal reaction when i can't get to do some modelling is to go and get some kits out of the stash and have a good read through the instructions and work out which paints I'll need for the job. If you were to look inside the lid of most of my kits now you'll find lots of numbers, i tell my daughter they are secret codes, i think she has now realised that they are just paint numbers.
Monday, 16 November 2009
Sunday, 15 November 2009
A picture at last
This is a the Spitfire Mk XII that i have finished painting and decaling. At the moment this kit has it's undercarriage legs on and awaiting the rest of the sticky out bits and then the canopy and varnish coat.
Monday, 9 November 2009
A bit too far
Oh well i managed to make Telford this year but to be honest i wasn't that impressed. I think the journey up there took the edge off of what should have been a good day out.
It was great to see the Airfix 1/24 Mosquito and some of the other Airfix bits. The Revell 1/32 Typhoon looked stunning and so did the Tamiya 1/32 Spitfire.
The only thing i bought was the Kinetic 1/48 F-16 Nato kit, with over 450 parts it's a very heavy box and it only cost me £23, that's' a bargain to me. The only problem i see with this F-16 at the moment is that i think I'm going to want all of them.
Hmm what will i run out of first, money or space ?.................
It was great to see the Airfix 1/24 Mosquito and some of the other Airfix bits. The Revell 1/32 Typhoon looked stunning and so did the Tamiya 1/32 Spitfire.
The only thing i bought was the Kinetic 1/48 F-16 Nato kit, with over 450 parts it's a very heavy box and it only cost me £23, that's' a bargain to me. The only problem i see with this F-16 at the moment is that i think I'm going to want all of them.
Hmm what will i run out of first, money or space ?.................
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
side by side
Last night i started my next two models, both are 1/72 and both are from WWII.
The Xtrakit Spitfire XII and another Revell Fw190 F8. As the Spitfire only flew with two squadrons (41/91), my options are a bit limited, but the Fw190 is open to a few choices at the moment. I had painted the interiors on the sprues a couple of days ago so again it it was time to cut them free, tidy them up and stick them together. Even though the Spitfire is a sort of limited run kit with no locating pins it has still gone together well, the only bit of filler i am going to need will be at the wing roots. The Revell kit on the other hand seems to have slipped together, the top cowling went into place so well that i forgot that i hadn't glued it after dry fitting.
Tamiya have recently started to sell their metallic colours again and i used them last night for the first time, i must say I'm impressed.
The Xtrakit Spitfire XII and another Revell Fw190 F8. As the Spitfire only flew with two squadrons (41/91), my options are a bit limited, but the Fw190 is open to a few choices at the moment. I had painted the interiors on the sprues a couple of days ago so again it it was time to cut them free, tidy them up and stick them together. Even though the Spitfire is a sort of limited run kit with no locating pins it has still gone together well, the only bit of filler i am going to need will be at the wing roots. The Revell kit on the other hand seems to have slipped together, the top cowling went into place so well that i forgot that i hadn't glued it after dry fitting.
Tamiya have recently started to sell their metallic colours again and i used them last night for the first time, i must say I'm impressed.
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
I must be ill !
Yesterday on my meal break at work i had a little walk around Romford, i went into Modelzone and came out with nothing and then went in Hobbycraft and came out with nothing. I don't think i even picked anything up, What's the matter with me ?.
I've managed to talk one of my fellow modellers into a trip to Telford on the 8th November, Perhaps i am subconsciously saving my money for that.
HOLD ON !
I did buy something yesterday, i bought some paint online (phew).
I've managed to talk one of my fellow modellers into a trip to Telford on the 8th November, Perhaps i am subconsciously saving my money for that.
HOLD ON !
I did buy something yesterday, i bought some paint online (phew).
Sunday, 4 October 2009
That's more like it.
Ok, the Hurricane has been worked on for a couple of days now and it looks a bit better, i got a coat of 'klear' on it last night so i can hopefully get the decals on tonight. The Fw190 has just had the undersides and sides sprayed with RLM 65 because that's what the instructions said. I have gone back to one of my books and it says that RLM 76 was the underside colour for most of the 190's, I'll be honest and admit that i can't really tell the difference apart from RLM65 looks slightly more 'blueish' than RLM 76. Oh Well !
I only have these two on the table at the minute so i have been starting to look at my next model it's going to be either the 1/72 Me262 or 1/72 Bf109 G6 both from Academy, in fact i have started to get all the bits that are RLM 66 painted up. At the moment I'm swinging towards the 109 only because there is an article in one of this months magazines.
I only have these two on the table at the minute so i have been starting to look at my next model it's going to be either the 1/72 Me262 or 1/72 Bf109 G6 both from Academy, in fact i have started to get all the bits that are RLM 66 painted up. At the moment I'm swinging towards the 109 only because there is an article in one of this months magazines.
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