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Like the darker one too. I'm guessing from the shape you live on El Hierro?

Looks good Bill. Like the woodgrain.

Ah well, at least I'm not the only one who's found this out the hard way. It's funny as the Mr Levelling works quite well with Ammo paints and superficially they seem quite a similar formulation to the Vallejo ones. Must be some differences though.

Saves on dog food as well! I expect they take a fair bit of chow. Our two Jack Russell's eat enough and they are barely bigger than what that poops!

I've only tried it with Vallejo once Phil and it didn't go well. The paint just turned to sludge in the airbrush cup and was followed by an hour long cursing session as I dismantled and cleaned the airbrush. However it may have just been bad luck as I've had the same thing happen with Tamiya, although only with Titanium Gold which seems to have a very high pigment concentration.

Thanks Ernie. It is a fun build despite the little frustrations. It's surprisingly substantial in this scale so it'll hopefully end up being an impressive centrepiece in the cabinet.

I'd second the Videoaviation recommendation. Excellent products and great personal service.

Bit more work completed on the Airfix Typhoon, so basically ready for primer. First Airfix kit I've built in 30 years and I've mixed feelings. The surface detail is nice but the fit is very average if you want to close everything up. Lots of filler and Evergreen card required to sort things out. People give Trumpeter pelters for their shape issues, etc but, at least in my experience, they build kits that go together well. The plastic is also very soft and soapy which makes rescribing details a bit haphazard. Anyway, we'll see how it looks after primer.

I know where you're coming from Hubert. My son uses Blender all the time and it just seems totally counter intuitive to me but he does produce some stunning stuff with it.

This is me..... another greying bloke in glasses!

Had heard this was a possibility. Remember seeing them at local airshows as a kid. As Hubert says it's another of the great British 'fuglies'. Could only be loved by their mothers but it was pretty damn efficient at what it did.

Stunning work on those infill strips Mike.

Looks good to my eye Rob. Red paints often fade to that slightly pinkish shade that you seem to have there, so I think it looks great for that 'slightly used' look you're after.

Looks great Pete. Nice subject which is that bit different from the usual armour builds you see.

Looks great Phil. Those switches down between the rudder pedals must have been a pain in the ass to reach! Hopefully they weren't something that needed touched during a flight.

That curved windscreen could be an interesting fit?!

Stunning work again Rich. Your ability to think ahead and plan through this is very impressive.

Looking sharp Cees. Love the distressed metal effects on the rear.

Love the spats. Superb improvisation with the chain as well.

The 4x4 Fiat Panda was pretty good back then as well. Wheels at the extreme corners and basically bicycle tyres on it. There was one that ran around at the ski centre at Glenshee for years and never got stuck. It was so light you could have picked it up if it did!

Don't know about cleaning turnbuckles Phil but I seem to be able to snap drill bits that small just by looking at them!

Great result Phil. They do remind me of an old-fashioned water tank with all those rivets.

Ohh nice. The Stratos was such a cool looking car. The World Rally ones from the 70s and early 80s looked amazing with the big bank of spotlights across the front.

Having spent the last couple of days farting about with the fiddly panels on the chin intake of the Airfix 1/24 Typhoon and all the filling, sanding, etc I have a new entry - RESCRIBING. I hate it, I'm crap at it and just why???.... Surely there are better and easier ways to engineer a kit. I know it's so you can have the option to leave everything open and on display but it's a PITA if you don't want to go down that route.