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  1. BloorwestSiR
    Great progress Kev. How do you find using the Vallejo putty? Does it sand well? Starship Modeler is a great online shop as well so don't worry about ordering from them. Soaking of Bandai, here is their Enterprise E kit I built a few years ago. Like most of their kids, it's a snap together. The kit is completely pre-finished so I can't credit for the print job. The mess on the workbench however is all my doing. Carl
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    I'm currently using them on my F-4D in the Double Trouble GB with Rhino intakes. One feature I like is that the front section is separate from the rest which makes painting easier. They slot in nicely too so I won't be installing mine until near the end of the build. Hope that helps. Carl
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    Small update. I have going through my options for the ejection seats. I'm planning to build this one with the canopy closed for once so I figured I don't need to get too detailed with the seats. The choices I have are the three: Eduard Brassin seats, Black Box seats, and the kit seats with Eduard PE belts. With my decision to close the canopies, I decided I would save the Brassin seats for a later build. So I started on the other two. I painted the seats with Tamiya NATO black and the cushions Olive Drab. I then painted the moulded on belts dark green on the Black Box seats and started the labourious task of bending and attaching the PE belts to the kit seats. Here's what they look like after a couple of belts were on: To me, the Eduard belts just look too stiff, Since they're pre-printed there's no real way to anneal them and get them to have a more natural looking sag. Plus there are ridiculous amount of belts to attach. I wish that the HGW would make some modern belt sets. So I'm going to finish up the Black Box seats and get those installed. I like that they have a different belt layout on each one and they're not identical. I also painted the MLG wheels. I masked off the wheel and sprayed Tamiya Rubber Black on the tires. So a bit more progress. Carl
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    Hi Dutik, The stuff is low tack painter's tape. I pick it up here at our local hardware or house paint stores. it's low tack enough that it doesn't always stick especially to curves. I use it to fill in around the Tamiya tape. It's so much cheaper. As for paint creep, I thinned the Tamiya paint to about 60:40 thinner to paint and very lightly sprayed it on. It was a bunch of light coats to build up the colour. There are a couple of places where it's a bit might but that gives it a bit of a faded look. You can seen on one of the walkway markings on the starboard wing where I did get a bit of bleeding. I pulled the airbrush needle back a bit too quick and got a large spray of paint. That was the only time that I had any paint bleed though. Carl
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    Here they are on the tailplanes: Then it was time to do the "No Step" on the starboard wing and the "No Push" on the port one. Here are the finished results. It's a bit of work but I think they were worth it. I found a couple spots where I did get a bit of overspray but it's not much and will be a quick fix. Carl
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    Here they are with some additional masking tape in place to prevent overspray. I also did the tailplanes and I think this will be the best place for use of these as there is the large sections covered in Alclad and this way, there is no risk of silvering from decals. I used a Tamiya X-18 semi-gloss black thinned with their lacquer thinner to spray the stencils. This would give me a quick drying time so I could remove the stencils and do the next set. After the first set was removed. You can also make out the initial honeycomb markings over the wheel bays.
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    Thanks everyone. With the recent 1 month extension announced by Kevin, it looks like I should get this done in time. To celebrate a bit, I started work on the stencils that seem to cover the aircraft. I found an Eduard PE mask set for the stencils in my stash so decided to make use of it. Here are the "No Push" ones on the starboard wing. I then taped the "No Step" ones onto the port wing. This way there isn't any overlap between them. Eduard doesn't give you enough of each to do the whole wing so it was going to have to be done in stages any ways. The large rectangle is for the honeycomb shaped "No Step" markings that go over the wheel bays. They are a two step approach. First you attach the base and then fill it in with the honeycomb mask, After spraying it, you remove that and replace it with the "No Step" one.
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    The Fine Miles Falcon kit has approximately 900 parts in it. You literally put parts over parts much as ILM did when they made the original filming model. There is talk that Revell has obtained the moulds for the kit from Fine Molds so it could be seeing a reissue soon. Zoukei Mura has recently released a pair of sci-fi tank kits and I can't see them not being up to the standards of their aircraft kits. Carl
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    Well, so much for that idea Carl
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    Nice tribute build. Try contacting Polar Lights and see if you can get a replacement. I have heard that they have great customer service. I gave away most of my original series kits but still have the 1/350 refit in the stash along with a resin 1/537 Klingon Bird of Prey. I don't know when I'll ever get to the refit since it's about a metre long when finished and I have a hard enough time figuring where to put my built LSPs. Carl
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    That couldn't have been more timely. I'm nearly finished my F-4 build so the extension should be more than enough time to get it done. Carl
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    Nice build, especially the display base. And congrats on finishing before the deadline. I'm going to miss it on my F-4 build but that won't be a first for me. Carl
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    Ok, just spent the last hour and a half at the workbench and masked and painted the walkways. A close up of the one on top of the intakes which reverse colour. The vertical tail is just placed on and not glued yet. But it's looking better. Anyone know if this plane had all the "No Step" and "No Push" stencils on the upper wing? I can't tell from the photos I have and I'm not sure if they're there or not. Carl
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    Well, seeing as there are only 3 days left in the GB, I don't think I'll be finished in time. I thought I would but lost a bunch of time helping my in-laws move from their home in Northern Ontario (Sudbury) down to Toronto. It was worth it though. It will be nice to have them closer to us as my boys love to see them and their nieces are close by too. And I've been too tired this week to do much work on it. I'll keep plugging away at it as I want to get her done. So here's where I am at the moment. The Gunship Grey is on and I've started on the walkway stripes. I'm using the walkways from the F-4J kit as a template for their shape and location so hopefully they won't be too far off. From there, I need to finish the ejection seats, cockpit coamings and canopies. Decals too. Thankfully since it's an airshow bird, no bombs and/or missiles. Carl
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    I started masking the Neutral Grey off for the Gunship Grey. It looks to me like the demarcation is on the hard side so I outlined it with 0.7mm masking tape. This width is quite flexible and follows contours and curves really well. Around the nose cone, I used 1.0mm as it's a straight line without any bends in it. The underside:
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    A bit more progress. I assembled and painted the landing gear. No real challenges here. I gave the gear a wash using Mig wash to high light the details. The inner underwing pylons were assembled as well. Photos just show the inner pylons mounted so I filled in the outer pylon mounting holes. They're in the wrong place anyways. Lastly, I started the painting. I sprayed the nose and outer wing sections Neutral Grey, using Mr Colour. Hopefully, I will get to the Gunship Grey tonight. Then it's the detail painting of the walkways which might be a pain. Carlh
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    Haven't seen the 360 built so that will be new. I had a friend who had that very car but in yellow. Have you tried the Fujimi Enthusiast line of Ferrari kits? They have the Daytona, 288 GTO and the Dino. The detail is quite nice but they can be a bit fiddly to build. I've built the Daytona and have a GTO in the stash. Carl
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    Just saw this build thread. Master makes a couple of different cannon barrels for the Spitfire. I think you may have ordered the wrong set as mine were a direct replacement for the kit parts. If you still need a side panel let me know as I think I have a spare. Carl
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    Looks great Ron, the gloss to me looks about right. Not so shiny that it looks toy like. What carbon decals are you using? I have the same kit in my stash. But the couple that really scare me are the Model Factory Hiro kits I have: a pair of 1/24 McLaren F1 GTRs and a 1/12 Porsche 956. The Mclarens have working doors and removable body panels. I thought the 956 might be an easier build due to the scale until I noticed they included separate brake pads and retaining clips! Carl
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    As Evil Carrot said, that has to be the most expensive microwave ever. In our case, the swap is a new garage for a kitchen re-do. Which involves underpinning, a powder room and an 8 ft addition to the master bedroom. Oh, and a "womb-room" whatever that is. Carl
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    The last bit of progress I have is on the tail fin cap. There are two different versions in the kit but neither quite matches what is on the actual aircraft compared to the pics in Jake Melamy's book. I checked the F-4E kit and there is another version in there. It's still not a perfect match but was a bit closer. Since my F-4E kit is in the midst of being converted to a G, the tail fin cap wasn't needed so I used that on my build. i don't have a pic but I rounded off the pointed end a bit to make it a better match. Carl
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    I added the outer wing panels after adding a small shim (visible in some of the previous photos) to correct their angle. I also attached the nose cone. It's really starting to look like a Phantom now.
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    1) This was it a couple of years ago: It has probably increased by about 30 additional kits since then, mostly LSPs. 2) Because my wallet is (was?) bigger than my modelling schedule. I would see something that I might have a passing interest in and would therefore pick it up. My available build time has shrunk though, especially now that I'm married with 2 boys. 3) Not really sure, whatever piques my interest I guess. That being said, I have been a bit more selective with my recent additions. 4) I take price into consideration (especially now) but if it's something that is going to be either really hard and/or expensive to get in the future, then I will try and make it possible. 5) Most of my most recently completed builds have been from the stash. The F-4D in the Double Trouble being the only recent addition to be worked on. Carl
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    While that was drying, I decided to start working on the landing gear. Which was probably a good thing. Upon inspection of the metal bits, I noticed quite a bit of flash on them: I guess the moulds are starting to show their age.
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    Thanks Taff! Bill, what part of the cockpit are you waiting on? Continuing on with my build, I fitted the upper wings. The fit was fairly good and there were only a couple of thin gaps at the wing root. I filled these with Mr Surfacer 500 and smoothed them with Tamiya lacquer thinner.
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