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These have popped up recently from AK this summer I've not been adverse to using fine Sharpies and a ruler for applying walkway lines etc in the past as opposed to using decals ...so I guess I was part of the way already to this product . There's a full range, I only bought the semi gloss / rubber black for doing wheels quickly . And yes...... I should ..... as proper modeller ...... get out the 0000 Riggers brush ....... or the Tamiya tape and knife........ or fire up the vinyl cutter ..... or use a plastic circle stencil ..and I've done all of those . ...however This cheap paint marker pen made a very quick and easy job of these aircraft wheels ..so guess I'll be buying them again . Will be interested to see if they dry up quick or keep on trucking over time but at £3.90 / (half a pint of beer in the UK these days) I won't loose any sleep over that . Laterz PW Below took me less time than to take the picture, write my witty blurb and post it ..

Thanks folks , @Fran indeed ! I think I need to close out my WW1 1/48 stash and man up to fork out the big bucks for 1/32 biplanes next year.

Thats specially lovely , I'm glad the weathering toned down the crazy paint job which was harsh on the eye Amazing to think thats 1/48 scale not big mans scale . Very good 👍

Thnaks Mike It was on / off for a month , picked it up ........put it down

111 Sdn , formed in Palestine in 1917 and issued with a variety of aircraft including the F2b. Their first victory came on 30th October when this aircraft downed an enemy observation aircraft. My first double bay biplane , a lot more fiddly in 1/48 than the single bay 1/32 one's I've done . Fun though ! Laterz PW

More Roy Cross Artwork @BlrwestSiR one for you ! Lovely to have nice renditions of the old boxtops Also picked this up for silly cheap , looks like a pantographed 1/72 in it's simplicity . Will be a quick build whenever i get around to it !

Second half of the bays done and tail plane on , bit more painting and more knitting next . That which does not kill me ....etc

Nice surface treatment Rob. I could never build only planes or the umpteenth Tiger tank 100 %👍 For me , if you're not moving forward , trying and learning new stuff, it's just treading water .

Nice one for Braille Scale . 👍

Thank you all for the kind comments .

Just out for a drive on Dartmoor ...just some quick pix before moving on

Meow !

Great find , thank you Maru !

Coming along well ! Going to be one statement piece at the end of this build for sure

Now with Zimm . Tracks and bits and bobs and paint tomorrow . It confused Kurt ....

Went Prym thread for an experiment , discarded tubes this time as over scale - they are not 1 inch dimeter in real life . (0.5mm *48 = 24mm) See how it goes Half done so far

Screams Zombie Apolcalypse dio to me , but then thats just me .

They used to start Royal Navy Deltic Diesels the same method - modified shotgun shells I think.

Use a 1/3rd less of everything , takes up less shelf space ....a lot less choice though.

1 /48 - part of my playing around with that scale armour last year . Did the Tiger, Jpanther and K2 ambulance. Pros and cons at this size tbh . This was left in the stash so finishing it up

Wonderful work

Ah back to the 1990's and when Tony Greenland covering everything in chalk/pigment dust , before people put it in "special magic bottles" and called it modelling pigment for 3 times the price . @FullArmor You can buy from art stores hard or soft pastels . Hard pastels when powdered will stick pretty well on their own , soft pastels less so . They both will dilute with water for mud effects and form a paint of sorts . you can mix them for custom colours too . Spraying gently with a matt varnish will stop then being worn off . Tony Greenland use to insist satin was more authentic for what it's worth His book is here, it's interesting but well dated now . I read it and sold it on TBH We can move onto misting Tamiya buff next to simulate mud and dust , that'll be modelling in the early 2000's ....😆 Both can still produce good results though .

Bit left field . I bought a bunch of WW1 aircraft prints from 1962, these two being drawn by Roy Cross (of Airfix box cover fame) who died this year aged 100 . Link to bio Bought them loose and now framed these two for my study . I had the Albatros as kid , my Dad had cleared it out of some Chief's Mess refit and brought it home for my bedroom . No idea where it went later on

Back on track after an armour interlude. Lower wing on and jigged up in my bipe jig ready for the pairing . Paper sheet to the right is cut to the angle of the wings to align the fuse and then all pegged out to hold it still . Can't remember where I picked this trick up from but it is useful . Tomorrow is top wing and starting the knitting .