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    Dec 1 works for me. Gives me time to make space on my bench and maybe finish up some of what's on it already. Carl
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    I think they mislabeled the bottles and I used chrome rather than polished aluminium...
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    Hataka makes a Voodoo Grey in both acrylic and lacquer. I have their acrylic version. With the masking involved, I wanted to use a lacquer to reduce any chance of paint lifting. I noticed I had Mr Color 376 JASDF Radome Gray. In comparing the two, they looked close so that's what I went with. You can see the comparison below.
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    What Harv said!
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    Off to a great start there. Glad to hear you're on the mend. Carl
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    Last thing I did last night was spray the nose and a panel on the vertical tail in Voodoo Grey. I figure this will help minimize the amount of masking I have to do over top of the NMF. I then masked off and sprayed the anti-glare panel. This goes all the way up to the co-pilot's canopy. Then I masked that off in preparation for the black base coat. Here's the black base coat on. I did the intakes at the same time. This stuff is shiny!
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    The primer is fairly translucent not to mention thin. I thought it was a lacquer based on how thin it was but reading the label (who does that?!) it turns out it's an enamel.
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    Great looking model Rob. The excellent finish to a challenging paint scheme is the real highlight. Carl
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    Peter, the primer is AK Xtreme black primer. It's just I've only applied a thin coat to see where any flaws might still be.
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    That's true. It was quite the hanger queen.
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    Oh and forget the kit decals for an RCAF jet. They're all wrong. If you can find them Canuck decals did a great sheet for the kit.
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    Not so much slow as I keep getting onto other projects. Plus kids and a puppy conspire to reduce my bench time. The Italeri kits aren't bad. Some details are a bit soft but this is my second one. I did a single seater as an Italian Tiger Meet one. If you start with the G/S kit, you should be able to turn that into an early RCAF plane. The cockpit and the burner can are probably the weakest parts of the kit detail wise. Lots of AM options out there for both but avoid the Aires 'pit. It's as wide as the exterior of the fuselage so no idea how you're supposed to make it fit inside.
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    Well, preliminary coat of primer is on to see if I need to do any fixes. I see a couple but they're mostly cat hair I missed. Once those are done, I'll do a full coat of primer.
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    Thanks Rob! Definitely not the sort of thing you expect to run into when you're out walking the dog.
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    That looks great Scott. Great read on the spraying of Mr Color leveling thinner. I've done it a couple times in the last but will give it another try and see how it works. Carl
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    Been there lots of times. If you need the ones with the flash suppressors, I may have a set.
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    Only a few? I better start working faster then or you'll catch up to me.
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    Shows why they called her the Beast. Nice to get to a point where the plane is identifiable as one. Carl
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    Yeah, my boys went talked about tanks for a few weeks and then when they were at the LHS they bought the Meng Toon tanks. I think it spurred an interest in history in our oldest son as he's always watching WWII documentaries these days.
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    Phil, Girls Und Panzer is a Japanese anime (animated show) where learning to drive and fight in various WWII tanks is a girl's collegiate sport. The main story is about an all girls high school (that's located on a Japanese WWII aircraft carrier for some reasons) who have to win their championship match in order to prevent the school from closing. They have to learn to drive, maintain and fight in their tanks. Most are German tanks but there are teams that only use British, American and Russian tanks. The animation is well done and it was fun to watch. It's fun to watch a Tiger do a Bootlegger turn with sparks flying from the tracks. Completely not plausible but fun.
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    That looks great Rob. Nicely done. Carl
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    I think I mentioned it before but when Girls Und Panzer was on Netflix my boys watched it. They then spent weeks talking about Panzer III and IVs plus some of the other tanks. It's why I have the Dragon T28 in the stash.
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    Turns out the pilot's canopy was warped in a couple different directions so it's been a case of carefully glue one section at a time. Same with the centre part. After the right side dries, I took a closer look at the left and it was slightly worse than expected. With lots of gentle pressure, I got it in place. I used Tamiya Extra Thin Quick Set cement to expedite things. With that done, I got to the pilot's canopy. I dealt with the bulge on the side followed by the remaining sides. This went a bit faster. Here's a view of both side with everything aligned finally. So far anyways.
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    More canopy work. Here's the pilot's canopy. There's an internal frame to add. Once that had dried, I added the rearview mirrors. The straight bar on the internal frame is meant to mount to the ejection seat rails. It goes between the hooks on the top. After I got it in place, I fitted the fixed centre section. I glued one side first. The pilot's canopy will need some finessing to get into proper place. With the right side glued in the correct spot, the left side is a bit off. Once the right side dries, I'll have to carefully get this into place before committing to glue.
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    Amazing work Tom and fast too. I think I've managed a couple canopy bits in the same time frame.
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