CANicoll Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 How do you like the paint, Martin? I've never heard of it before. Chris 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 I actually like it a lot. I tried both the acrylic which needs little more thinner than for instance valleyo or AK, but it is atomizing really nicely. However I’m completely sold on their Enamel line. Remember the early ModelMaster enamels? Something along those lines, easy to blend and mottle, great coverage. Kinda stinky, but that’s the nature of the beast. I would like to say that I finally find a paint line that works for me. But again, it is super subjective and I’m still keeping my Mig acrylic as well. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 14 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said: Is it me or does that Devastator look a bit compressed? Carl It's the Egg Plane version for sure. Mine looked like the normal kit. 😉 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 8 hours ago, Martinnfb said: After successful tryout of this new ( for me) synthetic paint from Ukraine, I decided to order more. Martin How about a review for all of us who are model paint addicts🙃 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Some more obscure additions to my stash from Ukraine. I look eagerly forward to build all of these soon. Cheers Rob 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 I blame @Martinnfb... 5 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 48 minutes ago, DocRob said: Some more obscure additions to my stash from Ukraine. I look eagerly forward to build all of these soon. Cheers Rob Cool subjects! I recently watched a build video of the Dora S 55. A interesting kit. Historically, some of these planes were flown to Chicago in the 1930's by the Italians. The Lockheed Vega is one of my favourites... my surname being Veiga. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 1 hour ago, BlrwestSiR said: I blame @Martinnfb... I really must get one of those. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 Just arrived courtesy of Uncle Ernie... First impression is surprise at just how small the box is given it's a fairly big airframe for a single seater. Then you open the lid and see how beautifully it's all packed. I've only looked at a few parts in detail as I know if I take them all out I've got no chance of ever getting them all back in. 😄 It does look stunning though. Gonna have to watch and read a lot of build reviews before I dare tackle this. Looking forward to it though. 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 1 hour ago, belugawhaleman said: I really must get one of those. Just have Martin whisper in your ear and it'll happen. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 the time was right ... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 4 minutes ago, Martinnfb said: the time was right ... The time is now... ...the georgeous goddess Roisin Murphy always knew it Cheers Rob 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 yup, she's still mesmerizingly stunning. ( I was kinda paraphrasing MLK in my answer above ) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 8 hours ago, Martinnfb said: yup, she's still mesmerizingly stunning. ( I was kinda paraphrasing MLK in my answer above ) Right, missed that one Martin . Roisin Murphy's still is up to it, to my eye one of the last true Pop Divas, not solely a dance act with some lyrics and some synchronized moves around her, like so many others. Always a bit weird, but I loved what she had done through Covid, where so many stuck with their creativity, she made feeds from her living room, covering her own songs acustical and culminating in a concert without audience, only for the pure want of performing. Needless to say, I own all her vinyls. Cheers Rob 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 I arrived back from camp today ... late - on yet another delayed flight. The company really needs to choose a more reliable air service. A bunch of stuff was waiting for me at the post office ... When last out, I bought a stack of paint ... but what I didn't get was the interior colour for the USA aircraft - that weird bile coloured yellow/green stuff called Zinc Chromate. Strangely, Tamiya would have you mix 2 colours: 3 parts XF:3 (flat yellow) + 1 part XF:5 (flat green) ... which, when mixed, will resemble XF:4 anyway ... 😳 ... so I just bought XF:4!! A while back I made the decision to start a collection of Australian services aircraft (Because the RAN used some as well as the RAAF) ... I grabbed a couple of F/A-18's, Mirages etc ... only to find that 1/32 subjects were very limited ... They are also very big! ... So I've decided to downscale this collection to 1/48 with a couple of exceptions that I'll keep in 1/32 ... From Metros ... F/A-18's ... A & B ... Apparently the Kinetic legacy hornets are the shiz And the newer Meng Super bugs are not at all shabby either ... Over to Frontline ... ... and the Meng Growler ... which I forgot to get AM decals for!! A BAE Hawk trainer ... By Hobby Boss ... AND it's supposed to be a great kit - accurate too!! along with the A-4F Skyhawk ... which, in the RAN was an A-4G ... apparently the only visual exterior difference to the RAN kite was the bent refuelling probe (thanks BNA!) Here's an example of something used in the RAN that's not available in 1/32 ... a "Stoof" ... and just because we do actually have a couple of these ... and oldy but a goody from Italeri - the C-130 Herc'!! ... This thing should make my 1/32 Lancaster cringe!! Although some of these kits have Australian markings, some do not and some just have the wrong ones for a subject I want to build ... So thank you Novascale! ... On to BNA! ... Aside from the refuelling probe for the A-4 I grabbed a second Z-M F-4E ... The new Tamiya F-35A (although why on earth our ADF is buying these, I'll never know!!) A jet I used to see VERY often as a kid ... the "Macchi Jet" or Aermacchi MB-326 ... another one I used to see as a kid ... Although this one hasn't got the RAAF markings I wanted (for a Camo bird) so I'll have to hunt some more AM decals down! And one of the main reasons for the decision to change scale ... a 'swing-wing' F-111 ... big, at nearly 500mm long - even in this scale it will make a couple of 1/32 prop birds look small. Rog 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 That pig looks tempting. Must be of decent size in 1/48. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted August 2, 2023 Share Posted August 2, 2023 Rog, A few drops of black mixed in that yellow/green will match later interior green that’s more common. 8 drops of white and 1 drop of the yellow/green give you a pretty good slime light green for jets. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 8 hours ago, Martinnfb said: That pig looks tempting. Must be of decent size in 1/48. Just shy of 500mm nose to tail and 450mm wingspan ... I think a Tamiya Spit only comes in at 300-odd mm wide! From what I'm reading in reviews Hobby Boss doesn't get half as many bad reviews in 48 scale ... either that or the 48 crowd aren't that fussy!! I wanted to fondle plastic for myself so that was the kit I opened up ... *swoon* ... I'm in love already 🥰 Rog 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 Wow, awesome haul !!....harv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 7 hours ago, ScottsGT said: Rog, A few drops of black mixed in that yellow/green will match later interior green that’s more common. 8 drops of white and 1 drop of the yellow/green give you a pretty good slime light green for jets. Thanks for the tips - should I need them! ... I'm not really a mix-my-paint kinda guy ... more a near-enough-good-enough kind (which is why I bought that XF-4 in the first place) ... So I can paint my corsairs etc without the hoo-ha ... also I don't have a lab coat! 😆 Rog 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 6 hours ago, Artful69 said: Just shy of 500mm nose to tail and 450mm wingspan ... I think a Tamiya Spit only comes in at 300-odd mm wide! From what I'm reading in reviews Hobby Boss doesn't get half as many bad reviews in 48 scale ... either that or the 48 crowd aren't that fussy!! I wanted to fondle plastic for myself so that was the kit I opened up ... *swoon* ... I'm in love already 🥰 Rog I've just started the Hobby Boss A6E in 48 scale and it's a really nice kit and fit is good so far. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 8 hours ago, Artful69 said: Thanks for the tips - should I need them! ... I'm not really a mix-my-paint kinda guy ... more a near-enough-good-enough kind (which is why I bought that XF-4 in the first place) ... So I can paint my corsairs etc without the hoo-ha ... also I don't have a lab coat! 😆 Rog Yea, I get it! I was a paint and bodyman in my first career. I gave up the collision repair painting because I didn’t have the eye for paint matching. Stuck with the bodywork until a new career came along. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artful69 Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 3 hours ago, GusMac said: I've just started the Hobby Boss A6E in 48 scale and it's a really nice kit and fit is good so far. I honestly think that both Trumpeter and Hobby Boss get a very unfair shellacking from the community ... Don't get me wrong - some of their efforts leave much to be desired (1/32 B-24 and A-26 being prime examples) ... but a lot of their offerings come in fairly decent ... especially on the fit/finish front. 1 hour ago, ScottsGT said: Yea, I get it! I was a paint and bodyman in my first career. I gave up the collision repair painting because I didn’t have the eye for paint matching. Stuck with the bodywork until a new career came along. lol ... and I was taught to build engines, transmissions and other assemblies ... which is why I get off on assembly detail, putting things together - and also why none of my builds will ever win a show!! ... I just enjoy the hobby - my finished product is serviceable (and if real would probably run well!) Rog 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Luckily my new compressor took only a week to get here, record breaking . It is a Sparmax TC620 X and it looks good, works good and emits about the same level of noise, like my 34 year old one, which passed away sadly, but this is a two piston oil less construction. It was the only decent model available with fast shipping, but I'm happy after some hours of spraying. Cheers Rob 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 Nice compressor Rob. Hope it works out well for you. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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