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Basic painting finished. Tempest V and Typhoon camo masked with BluTac but Tempest 2 is free hand. The Typhoon and Tempest V are from Academy, while the radial engined Tempest 2 is from special hobby. Next some gloss and decals...
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Scirocco- Bronze
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skyhigh- Best in Show
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wow... those are realy nice painted camouflage ... 
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Looking very good Gordon
Keep them flying
Keep them flying
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Nice triplet. Keep up the good work mate!
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Looking nice, keep posting!
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Bluetac.. freehand.. they look identical! 
ascomt- Bronze
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Care on using BlueTac. It's an oily compound that might leak and ruin your paintwork.
Better to use Whitetac which is similar in form and consistency yet does not contain oil and won't leak.
Regards
Alex
Better to use Whitetac which is similar in form and consistency yet does not contain oil and won't leak.
Regards
Alex
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ascomt wrote:Care on using BlueTac. It's an oily compound that might leak and ruin your paintwork.
Better to use Whitetac which is similar in form and consistency yet does not contain oil and won't leak.
Regards
Alex
I'll try it out. Is it commonly available?
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Scirocco wrote:ascomt wrote:Care on using BlueTac. It's an oily compound that might leak and ruin your paintwork.
Better to use Whitetac which is similar in form and consistency yet does not contain oil and won't leak.
Regards
Alex
I'll try it out. Is it commonly available?
Try Space Putty
It was posted on this forum somewhere by TanKRed
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Scirocco wrote:ascomt wrote:Care on using BlueTac. It's an oily compound that might leak and ruin your paintwork.
Better to use Whitetac which is similar in form and consistency yet does not contain oil and won't leak.
Regards
Alex
I'll try it out. Is it commonly available?
Yes, Yes, readily available at most stationery stores.
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ascomt wrote:Care on using BlueTac. It's an oily compound that might leak and ruin your paintwork.
Better to use Whitetac which is similar in form and consistency yet does not contain oil and won't leak.
Regards
Alex
Also white tac is stickier and softer than bluetac, making it easier to stick on.
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Lovely work, what a nice trio!
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you aircraft guys are giving me the wingy thingy virus again
great models
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alex GIMLI wrote:
you aircraft guys are giving me the wingy thingy virus again
great models
Come back from the dark side of the force then.... Just kidding, I love your wheelies but there's nothing stopping you form building a bird
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alex GIMLI wrote:
you aircraft guys are giving me the wingy thingy virus again
great models
Alex you told me that if I start modeling , you will start that Trumpeter 1/32 Mig 3 , I think I can help you with the info..
So go find it , I can even help you with the after market parts .. what else...
Sorry scirrcco to hijack your tread but this is important ....
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skyhigh wrote:alex GIMLI wrote:
you aircraft guys are giving me the wingy thingy virus again
great models
Alex you told me that if I start modeling , you will start that Trumpeter 1/32 Mig 3 , I think I can help you with the info..
So go find it , I can even help you with the after market parts .. what else...
Sorry scirrcco to hijack your tread but this is important ....
Not just important...It's HISTORYin the making... Skyhigh the modelling machine is up and running
. Apologies from my end too Scirocco, this Hijack is mostly my fault 
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Wayne wrote:skyhigh wrote:alex GIMLI wrote:
you aircraft guys are giving me the wingy thingy virus again
great models
Alex you told me that if I start modeling , you will start that Trumpeter 1/32 Mig 3 , I think I can help you with the info..
So go find it , I can even help you with the after market parts .. what else...
Sorry scirrcco to hijack your tread but this is important ....
Not just important...It's HISTORYin the making... Skyhigh the modelling machine is up and running
This is just our fantastic hobby.
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Update: All decals ready, varnished and weathered. I think that I overdid the weathering and it's too heavy, but you can't wash the models to their glorious finish! I also noticed a couple of decals that silvered on both the Academy models. The SH decals were excellent. Silvering is on some stenciling, which I might remove with tape and varnish without them, as it looks better and they are very small decals as well so they won't be noticable that they are missing!
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Looking extremely welldone Gordon
Keep them flying
Keep them flying
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Wow Gordon , you are there ..you are there Gordon ..welldone...
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of decals but I sure love the finish! They don't look overdone at all to me!!!
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Prosit Gordon! Very, very realistic to me.
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Niiice... Love the weathering on them.
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Very nicely done models. Weathering looks ok, though the gun staining might be a bit overdone. Again, weathering it is a matter of opinion. None the less they look great, keep posting!
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Just experimenting with the photography. Yesterday's photos were at ISO400 and a pure white background, so here are better ones I took today using ISO100 and a "proper" background. They are all shot using flash in a photo umbrella reflector/diffuser if anyone is interested! Hope to get them ready by next wednesday.
