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  1. Bit more progress on this. Decals on, panel line wash done, flat coat down and masking removed. Some fogging inside the canopy on one side but it's just going to have to stay as I don't have the will to fix it and if I position it the right way in the cabinet it'll never be seen.

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    Next task is to finish all the ancillary parts - weapons, pylons, landing gear etc then we can move on to the Viggen....

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  2. Okay, had a bit of an issue here which I've never encountered before.

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    Started on the decals, went on okay, and hit them with Mr Mark Softer. Came back next morning to find this....   seems to have eaten through the gloss coat and the Mr Color lacquer to expose the primer. I know Mr Mark is fairly 'hot' but never had it do this before and I used it all over the F-14A. 😕

    Will revert to Microsol for the remainder of the decals. I'm hoping to hide a lot of this once I start on the weathering with panel line washes and oils. Fingers crossed.

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  3. 3 hours ago, PanzerWomble said:

    It's about the only armour you can drive single handed on UK roads without drama, although cameras are advisable .  A Fez should do 40 ...

     

    Did watch a bloke and his wife reverse their Ferret into a Landrover once and then try legging it . She claimed she didn't notcie, which at 4 tons is probably valid.

    40's not too bad, certainly no worse than some of the trucks and farm vehicles around here. It's probably smaller than some of enormous 4x4s used for the school run in Aberdeen! 😄

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  4. 11 hours ago, PanzerWomble said:

    I'm a little out of touch but last time I looked they were £8-10K.

    I passed on one without an engine about 6 years ago that was £1500 ...which would have been ideal had I had the space at that time , as the plan was to fit a 300tDi and autobox out a Discovery . I met some fellas who had done this conversion before , giving a higher torque , same (ish) rev range so the speed is similar ,  but with quadrouple the MPG. Just didn't have the workshop space at that point. 

    Link to said machine

    PS I lusted after a Stalwart for about ten years , but again it's where to put it .

    That's a lot less than I thought. Don't think it would handle the dual-carriageway drive to work very well though.

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