Peterpools

Gaz Nice progress for sure. Your concern with the hard edge on the exhaust stain - looks as if one of the line mechanics, just did a little cleanup of the area. As for the rudder: just use a darker shade of yellow to tone down the color in the recess. As for shooting B&W photos: Almost all digital cameras will allow you to set this up: Go into your menu - should be in either shooting or setup menu. Then change the setting from standard to monochrome, that's B&W. I'm assuming you are shooting JPEG files, so your finished image will be a B&W. Hope this helps Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl Terrific progress for sure. Like the way you went the extra mile and removed the tail hook assembly using Dana Bell's book as your reference guide. Keep 'em comin Peter

I’m in for one! Keep ‘em comin Peter

John Still soaking in the awesome work You did on the Mustangs front office - truly amazing - Color and weathering is perfect. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Hi John glad to see you’re making nice progress on the front office. Been struggling a bit with fit issues on the Sufa (not a good choice for my first build in a long time) and jumped on the Revell P-51D. Will be posting pics tomorrow as I have the front office and interior pretty much done now. Decided to use the Eduard Look IP and OOB for the rest. The kit is an amazing value for the money. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Gaz Shake and bake - not in my book Will be following all the way Keep ‘em comin Peter

Always a pleasure to follow unique and interesting projects Keep em comin Peter

Cees just amazed at how you engineer such a project. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Kai Awesome front office - light, realistic weathering is spot on. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Jeroen just love the engine work and details Keep ‘em comin Peter

Rob Truly macro photography for macro size work. Simply a stunner - gorgeous work Keep ‘em comin Peter

I’m ready to start trying to paint figures Keep ‘ em comin Peter

Sweet!

Wish I could find a few more pics .. both are AK Metallics.

Jerry Your NMF's look fantastic Keep 'em comin Peter

Model Air Paints - these days, I use them for brush painting, where they excel. When air brushing, they absolutely require using their own thinner and air brush cleaner or the paint turns to a messy glue in your air brush - which is my biggest reason for no longer shooting them. Color range is awesome: the paint scratches and lifts more easily with masking, then other brands after using it for a number of years Keep ‘em comin Peter

Just catching up and I’ve used both with nearly the same results; the key is the base coat. Gloss black - not necessarily. Black is needed to bring out the metallic/reflective look, but what is needed is a super smooth base for the metallic finish. I’ve tried most and what works best for me: Tamiya Semi Gloss Black, thinned with Mr Color Self Leveling Thinner plus a few extra drops of Mr Retarder Mild. Tamiya Gloss Black requires too many coats and the base becomes too thick, making gluing on parts a mess. Semi Gloss does the trick perfectly, requiring a lot less paint, dries faster then almost all the gloss black base coats and if needed, polishes perfectly: the perfect base coat. I still use a Thin primer coat to get things going. AK vs Alclad almost the same but I have found AK Metallics a bit tougher and resist lifting from masking a bit better. I still use both and depending on the color, mix and match as needed. Yup they both ‘smell’ and I spray them in my paint booth and wear a respirator. Keep ‘em comin Peter

Of all the main decal solvent solutions, Micro Set/Sol System is the friendliest and of lowest potency. I've used them since the 1970's and never a problem other then poor decals. If I'm worried about using the Sol solution, I goes with another application of et on top of the decals. if you're still uneasy, test on a decal in th least noticeable place. Also. just check to make sure the paint/clear cat is smooth an d clean, to cover all the bases Once the decals have thoroughly dried and the Micro Set/Sol has wicked off, I would gloss on top and then the final clear finish. Keep 'em comin Peter

Hubert And to think, they charge for such "non service". Peter

Carl thanks for the info - makes perfect sense Peter

Main ammo storage looks so good Keep ‘em comin Peter

A very delicate plan for sure Keep ‘em comin Peter

Ron Now that’s a plan for sure Keep ‘em comin Peter

Frank Absolutely brilliant work Keep ‘em comin Peter

Mike Awesome work Keep ‘em comin Peter