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  1. I buckled and purchased a Bandai 1/12 Stormtrooper. IMHO these are an absolute gem OOB. I noted the seam at the rear of the lower helmet and filled the tiny gap with CA. It has yet to be repainted, but the good thing is the whole thing will just pop off! I was also worried about the ankle joints but they are not too bad really. The front and rear of the arm and leg armour have small mould seams. Nothing that cannot be easily removed with a sharp blade or sandpaper and polished up again. The equipment roll at the rear will need some attention as there is a slight seam and a gap on one end. I think it should also have either black or dark grey retaining straps. Any way after about 3 hours, I was left with this: He is a bit armless at the moment but he will go through a qualifying shoot before I let him loose on the The Rebellion. He won't be weathered as he has duty on The Death Star, but I have a Sandtrooper that will receive a good dust up to show the results of poor career choice! Regards,
  2. That's a nice start Ralph, are going to install the crew or leave her empty? Regards,
  3. And that's a wrap! Calling this one finished today. The wheel bay covers proved an absolute nightmare to fix using only the Eduard PE. I actually managed to drop two doors and lose all but one of the tiny PE hinges, so I have only affixed the four rear hinges...the front ones cannot be seen anyway. I have also included the retraction lines out of Ezi line. The bomb bay was comparatively simple and all the other lower fuselage parts went on without a hitch: I will have to live with the dust in the interior as there was no getting it out: I also managed to break the pitot so a small piece of staple was pressed into service: Overall an enjoyable build, unusual for its scheme and one (of many) rescued from the Shelf of Procrastination: Thanks for following along and the encouragement given along the way. Regards,
  4. Excellent rendition Thomas, Great build and so well photographed. Thanks for sharing. Regards
  5. The light and dark at the end of the tunnel! I over coated the decals with Testors gloss enamel topcoat (by mistake) and got a lovely shiny finish. I then mucked it up with Promodeller wash, dark dirt on the green (and engine nacelle sides) and light dirt on the yellow before removing it with a plethora of cotton buds (Q tips for our colonial readers) moistened with water: The finished was Dullcoat lacquer through the back up Runway 13 airbrush and then collecting all the bits and bobs for final assembly. At this stage I was really wanting to tear the masking off but I walked away for a couple of hours: Eduard have you remove the fore and aft bomb bay doors before adding the three PE hinges. Disregard their advice and leave them. Here I have replaced the plastic with some evergreen strips. This will allow me to attach the doors more securely and cover the little holes in the doors where the plastic Tamiya provides would fit: Who was I kidding? After two agonising hours wait, I peeled off the canopy masks and attached the exhausts. I was disappointed to find a large thumb print on the glazing, which was thankfully on the exterior. So again judicious use of a cotton bud and some elbow grease removed most of that: Despite my best efforts, some dust and yellow overspray got inside the fuselage. The dust was mainly on the cockpit roof glazing so I could actually remove that by carefully inserting a microbrush. Alas the yellow had migrated to the front starboard side of the bomb aimers glass. All attempts to reach it have proven unsuccessful so far: The cracked window detracts but not much I can do: There is still a fair bit of work to do on the underside, attaching bomb bay, gear doors and other bits of tiny PE. I also have some touch ups to do and maybe some more polishing of the canopies and some Future. Regards,
  6. Thanks for the compliments. Gloss coated with Testors Gloss Coat and decals applied. This is the first time I have used CE decals and they are very thin and somewhat fragile. This resulted in tearing the inner forward arm of the X on the underside. I will mask and touch up after another protective gloss coat: The rest turned out fine: Thanks for following and regards,
  7. Great stuff! The Beaufighter is a favourite of mine and being an Aussie, your work is a treat. Regards,
  8. Thanks guys! Not too much done over the holiday break. I wasn't really happy with the position of the RLM74 on the rear fuselage. The pictures and the CE Decal sheet showed it further aft. So a quick mask and respray saw me happier with this: Rather than this: And the redone other side: Whilst I still had the RLM74 in the Grex, I added a drop of white to the cup, mixed and applied in the direction of airflow and various spots to break up the large, bland monotone colour: Well that's it for 2015! Have a safe and Happy New Year and see you all in 2016. Regards,
  9. Masking for the RLM74 on the upper surfaces using Warbirds enamels: The demarcations using Tamiya 2mm curved tape and others fore and aft of the wings are complete guesses: Masking removed: Gloss coat, half a dozen decals and some very light weathering are next on the agenda. Regards, ​
  10. It was then time to paint! Underside RLM04 from the Warbirds Enamel range: ​ ​ The surrounds of the ID lights were rescribed: ​ The lost detail of the nacelles had been rescribed and the latches from 0.05 strip were relaced and sanded to scale (almost): ​ ​ ​ ​ A few hours and a couple of light coats later, the packing was removed from the wheel and bomb bays: ​ And the MLG and tail wheel inserted so she stands on her own two feet: ​ ​ Thanks for looking. The RLM74 will go on the topside in the next day or so and that will be basic painting completed. Regards
  11. Welcome back, After an enforced hiatus due to some C6/7 surgery, I am back at the bench. Most of the work has been on tidying up the new cut outs for the six stack exhausts, the new intakes and replacing lost detail. Here the inserts have been fared in and a coat of primer shows a bit of work to go: ​ ​ ​ A view from the topside shows the intakes: ​ ​ A front on view shows how proud of the fairing the outlets sit in accordance with Jennings' references: ​ More to follow..... Regards,
  12. Bloody brilliant! Committed? You're stark raving mad....in a good kind of way!
  13. John, Coming ahead in leaps and bounds. I really like the weathering overall and the MG's are great. Congrats and thanks for sharing! Regards,
  14. Thanks for the positive comments guys, I appreciate them. Some post surgery pictures of the exhaust openings: I have test fitted them and it should look okay once the exhausts are inserted. The new inlets are 1mm plastic rod with the ends bored out. I will shape and fair them to hopefully resemble the original. Regards,
  15. Thanks to a fellow modeller, I obtained these three photos of the aircraft I was building: Jennings' informative piece on HS concerning assymetrical exhausts fitted to some Mosquito B Mk IV. A couple of PM's and I had a set of two stage nacelles and an extra set of six exhaust pipes on the way. This would mean some minor surgery to turn the outer exhaust openings into the longer, squared off version. The small intakes just below the outlets would need to be removed and longer ones made. I would also need to fill the offset square panel on each outer nacelle: Not pretty at the moment but with the arrival of the parts from Jason last night, I have used 2mm rod to fill the outer exhaust openings. This will be sanded back and filled to allow the more squared off opening. Hopefully, all being well, I may see some paint on by the weekend. Regards,
  16. Moving forward, I continued to prep the aircraft for priming. I filled the forward ID light just aft of the bomb bay and made a new one just forward of the other two: The engine front plates were painted aluminium, then masked and BIG sprayed around the fronts.The canopy also had some liquid masking to ensure a seal and the BIG was sprayed on the exteriors: Some area received some Perfect Plastic Putty to eliminate seams. The wingtip lights were installed and liquid masking agent applied. The first coat of Tamiya Extra Fine Primer was laid down: I let that cure for about 24 hours and I was happy with the majority of the coverage. Some areas were shown to need a little more work (forward of the canopy, rear engine nacelles, lower window insert and some others): so I sanded these back: Happy with the results, I will re-prime to check but the majority of the aircraft is smooth. More to follow..... Regards,
  17. I'll second the book concept.....maybe the guys at Canifora? Regards,
  18. Looking the goods! Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! Regards,
  19. Congratulations Jeroen, An excellent result and a definite talking piece. Thanks for sharing. Regards,
  20. John, some good advice and something I have to constantly remind myself! On the point of interior canopy painting, if I haven't already sold you, here are a couple of shots of last years Eduard Bf109E-4: Time consuming but at the big scale, really worth the effort IMHO. Regards,
  21. Congrats boys, Well worth the price of admission! Regards,
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