PanzerWomble

Getting closer ....

Sorry Paul , went to pull out some chrome sprue from the one kit I thought would have it .....and it didn't have any Meanwhile a rant from one of my fave bloggers .....woh probably influenced ICM not to chrome plastic . https://theimperfectmodeller.com/rants/please-stop-chroming/

Alclad is one I would suggest , but might be tricky spraying over chrome directly as they are fragile i have moved more towards Mr Color Supermettallics 2 range, Fine Silver would give you a close result . More robust as well both have very small pigments I have probably got some chromed sprue , give me a day and I could have a play and post the result ?

Saw them for sale in Jadlam UK today.......... huge box... but......... £160???????? .....honestly ????.....feck that for a box of plastic ....I've bought roadworthy cars for less. I wonder how many will be bought and never finished , traded endlessly 'unstarted' on eBay ....less is more sometimes IMHO . Still if it floats yer boat who am I to naysay ?

@Martinnfb Just wait and see....if it works out........ it will appear in the RFI if it doesn't......... we will not mention it again . Anyhoo , having been shamed by my tawdry research 🤢 , clearly the only option was to rush down to the Helicopter Museum in Zommerzet today and take some pics. ( Yes...... I know it's an H and not a B ...they had sold out B's last week ....ok ?????😔) I can see looking at a real one why the Trumpy one was mocked for its sunken rivets ....it's a very basic fail there . So cute and smiley Chrome door handle call outs are correct though \ This one is a Vietnam Vet .

Mostly exterior shots, trying to shoot through pexliglass indoors didn't produce many good cockpit pix. Link to Gallery Museum is built on the site of an old Factory/ Airfield that built a lot a Beaufighters in the war https://helimuseum.com/fleet.php

It’s already got a little ‘extra’ on the way from the land of infernal communism😀

Nice pix - cheers ! I will have words with the stripes 😊

Moving on ..decals ....boring ..... trump's were ok no silvering despite the large size. Meanwhile hippies are freekin out back at home .. ..gotta love the Elevators ...

I think thats more an age thing , having been raised on a lot of Vietnam films in the late 70's and 80's. when the war had only been over a few years ....pretty sure 20/30 year olds don't make the same association ? Solid tune choice BTW !

Done a bit more ... All the do dabs and whatchamathingies on Using Tamiya paints for a change , heavy chipping not gonna be a thing on this one Lawks it's big....I'm so used to 1:48 , LSM aircraft catches me out All a bit drab now but once the markings are down ... I'm keeping the skids off till the end as they look flimsy . Laterz PW

The colours look on point for post war RAF to me , the DSG and EDSG are tricky as contemporary colour pics tend to show them more blue than they are, but thats more down to the film at the time .

Meanwhile in the US ..

This sums up Mrs Womble perfectly ....

Built ours a new picnic table as the old one was falling apart

Nice nose job, can't see the join Glad you had success with lifecolor paint, they never worked well for me , couldn't get a thinning ratio I was happy with .

Love Hunters , thats turning out nicely Kevin

Crazy mad good ! Can I ask Big needle & low pressure for the lacquer ? 0.5 I'm guessing based on 1:1 painting .

Toning down the rivets worked well , 👍