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    What Humbrol numbers do u reckon are closest to the Spits we fly in AEP?

    Bought me a 1:24 Vb yesterday but only picked up a few paints that I was sure about...

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    dont like to be harsh, but MIX YOU OWN like the boys did in the war....

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    Can u ram it from there or do u want a hand?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dareos View Post
    "OH OOOOHH oOOHHHHHHHOOHHHHHHH FILL ME WITH YOUR.... eeww not the stuff from the lab"

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    And remember to spray it Trig

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    and then go back over it with a brush dipped in aluminium, matt black and matt khaki to weather it in.... oh and a mix of brown with a touch of matt pillar box red for rust effects....

    Of course, as you know, a brush dipped in any of these, then well wrung out will give a good scuffing effect, but go over with aluminium first to give a worn paint effect, then touch up with primer, (I use 93 Matt Beige Green as I'm sure you do yourself), to give a worn through to the primer look... then go about weathering in with oil and mud etc. Generally, I don't rust planes a huge amount as they were mainly aluminium, though water marks are fine.... for those mkae a VERY weak matt black solution and actually drip it from a pippete or children's medicine syringe.... let it run as it may and dab any excess off with kitchen roll.

    Of course, Skii is gonna kick in here with his method.... which'd be nice....
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    heheh, how old are you guys?
    To err is human. To really foul things up ... you need a computer.

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    Trig is 4
    I am 5 and three quarters.
    Deck is 6 but thinks he's a big boy now.

    Skii ...well, we're not sure about Skii....PROBABLY 10, but sometimes about 5 like me.

    Why Yamangman....? Would you like to play in our sandpit?

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    Ohh can I? can I?!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zak33
    Trig is 4
    I am 5 and three quarters.
    Deck is 6 but thinks he's a big boy now.

    Skii ...well, we're not sure about Skii....PROBABLY 10, but sometimes about 5 like me.

    Why Yamangman....? Would you like to play in our sandpit?


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    "My udder is growing. Quick pass me the parsely sauce." Said Oliver.

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    Deckard, the last plane I painted was a Saab Vigen, about 10 years ago, and that was a 1:72...

    This Vb is the biggest thing I've built ever (apart from a C20XE)...
    It'll take me a while but the general idea is to build it as a replica of my plane in AEP....

    http://www.airfixmodels.co.uk/superm...0.item_id.109/

    Totally the wrong one but it was an impulse buy, wanted an IXe really but hey, I'll paint this one and then if I'm as good as I used to be then I mite buy another one...
    Last edited by [GSV]Trig; 03-08-2004 at 09:51 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by [GSV]Trig
    It'll take me a while but the general idea is to build it as a replica of my plane in AEP....
    Thats easy then, take the box upstairs, pour light fluid on it kit inside, apply flame and tip box out of window..Think you will find that will do the trick

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    Well that reply took longer to appear than I thought, u guys asleep?

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    waking up dribbling as you speak.....

    Quote Originally Posted by The Quentos
    "My udder is growing. Quick pass me the parsely sauce." Said Oliver.

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    Makes a change, usually people fall asleep dribbling as I speak...

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    Quote Originally Posted by yamangman
    heheh, how old are you guys?
    Never too old to make a decent model

    As far as mmy advice to Trig goes, first and foremost if you are making a model, expecially a big model like a 1/24
    Spit you will need to spray those colours, Humbrol do a good little inexpensive airbrush kit for about a tenner which just clamps onto an aerosol propellant can and you just add the paint thinned with 50-75% Enamel thinners. It isn't a precision airbrush but when laying down Spit camo you can easily get away with masking the camo scheme with tape cut to shape or plasticine / blu-tack.

    Most essential part of making models is planning - you need to know exactly what you are going to do with each part before you paint it, glue it etc, so take your time.

    www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

    - have a look at the tools and tips section, and the gallery section shows you what kind of Spit you can end up with if you use a few of the basic techniques on there.

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