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  1. GusMac
    Well, upper surface masking is off .... A few touch-ups needed where the masking hasn't been perfect and a couple of slight asymmetries between the sides but I'm pretty happy with how it's come out so far. I'll do the repairs over the next couple of days and hopefully get started on the underside at the weekend.
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    Similar Carl. My wife doesn't care how many I have (not many) as it keeps me out of her hair but the display cabinet I got for my 50th was a big hint to keep them in a nice dust free space!
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    Thanks fellas. The Tamiya flexible tape is probably more useful than the Kabuki for getting the curves but I've certainly used plenty of both!
  4. GusMac
    Quick progress update Black on and all masking done ready for the white. Masking around the base of the refuelling probe was a complete pain but I've got it about as accurate as I can manage. Going to make sure and burnish all the edges down again before I spray the white as leakage might well be an issue with all the curves involved.
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    Looking great Kai. Really shows up the extra work on the cannons and flash suppressors.
  6. GusMac
    Really nice engineering there Tom. Looks suitably robust and really gives a sense of scale to this beast.
  7. GusMac
    Thanks fellas. Yes, all Real Colors so far Kai. The colour matches just seem to work.
  8. GusMac
    As promised Kai Green is now also masked, so it's the black next.
  9. GusMac
    Thanks Ernie, that means a lot. It's a fun kit but there are definitely areas where your skills with resin will come in very handy.
  10. GusMac
    Sad to hear that Maru. Thanks for posting.
  11. GusMac
    I'll try and post some tomorrow Kai. Been busy with Father's Day here.
  12. GusMac
    Lovely start Kai. Going to look subtly worn when it's done.
  13. GusMac
    Thanks Peter and Rob. Got some of the masking done and have come to a conclusion - I had intended to do all of each colour together as it all wraps around but I'm now going to do it as upper and lower surfaces separate as I would a 'conventional' camo scheme. The masking is just too difficult to get right if I wrap it around. Upper surface green is now on, so mask that off then onto the black.
  14. GusMac
    Good to see it comes with it's own airbags.
  15. GusMac
    Looks great Tom. Always so impressed by how neat your scribing is.
  16. GusMac
    Thanks Kai. Yes, these are the AK Real Colors and so far I'm really impressed. They thin very easily with the Mr Levelling and spray nicely with no dry tip or anything similar. The colour density and coverage is also very nice even with the paints well thinned. The smell is also quite reasonable and not a problem. My wife is quite sensitive to odours but she hasn't even noticed these, thankfully. Hope you're making progress on yours.
  17. GusMac
    Looks great Rich. Not sure I'd be volunteering to sit there during a launch!
  18. GusMac
    Quick update.... first colours on These are the easy ones! Now comes all the masking over those nice compound curves. Plan is to do the green and black next to get all the main colour blocks done then do the flashes of white and yellow last. Thinking of doing all the flashes white first then go over with the yellow where required to get decent saturation of the yellow.
  19. GusMac
    Quick update but no pics yet. Have spent a lot of last couple of weeks doing DIY tasks for my parents so limited time to play with these Real Color paints but the more I try them the more I like them. They can really be thinned down but still cover nicely and go on nice and smooth. I've started on the first colours so I'll post some pics later in the week as things progress.
  20. GusMac
    Didn't think I'd see an Aussie pick 1981 as an example Ashes, Steve! Pretty small sample size to choose from where England came out on top, especially from 1989 to 2003/4. First Ashes I remember is 1974/5 as we got some on the telly over here. I was only a primary school kid but I just remember being mesmerised by Thommo's action. Met him many years later by chance in Sydney and he was a lovely bloke. Happy to have a chat and an absolute hoot. His acceptance speech into the Hall of Fame is one of the funniest, but also most poignant, things I've seen.
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    Nice catch Rob as it looks very cool. Good thinking on the stencils as well. Must admit the number of stencils on Phantoms has always made me a bit wary of building one. However, if HKM ever produce their 1/32 Spey one......
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    If they were going for the win, they'd have had to bat Sibley at 11. He makes Tavare look like Viv Richards!
  23. GusMac
    That looks just stunning Mark. Superb gloss work to get it so uniform and shiny.
  24. GusMac
    Thanks for highlighting those Jim. Have already thought of a number of potential uses for the flat stuff.
  25. GusMac
    Looking good Peter, although that seem work will be challenging. Still can't quite get my head around an airframe with the engine in the middle!?
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