Fetch modellers - model cars, trains, lego, meccano, airfix etc. :-)
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11 Jan
8:15pm, 11 Jan 2025
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Dillthedog
When I was doing my apprenticeship, one of the instructors worked on Mosquitos during the war, which seems an awful long time ago, but is now about the same time since I did my apprenticeship. He has loads of stories. Including one foggy night a squadron being diverted because of fog, to an airfield which had FIDO, the fog dispersant that was big barrels of flaming stuff. Apparently they hadn’t accounted for the mosquito’s wooden construction, and as they landed, each aircraft caught fire. But with little fuel and nowhere else to land they had no choice. Exciting times to be a pilot 
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11 Jan
8:16pm, 11 Jan 2025
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richmac
Hope you really enjoy the build. Found myself in LMS (local model shop) today, I've taken my first leap into vajello effect stuff, bought 'dark slime' brown engine grime' and dirt/grass. Mainly so I can disguise the mess I'm about to make on these tracks, which hangover permitting I'll be tackling tomorrow |
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12 Jan
7:54pm, 12 Jan 2025
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richmac
Got the track on my Revell Tiger. My previous attempt at gluing up the track with cotton thread embedded in the glue, this didn't work, and I had to break it all down, the problem with that was my previous effort f'd up where the tracks join so today I used masking tape to hold the segments in place while I let the glue percolate as it were, when I thought it had set up enough, just shy of ten minutes I cut the tape round the track and did my best to get it on. Didn't really work well, I think the tracks were too damaged from previous attempt to actually work. Luckily, the weathering stuff I bought yesterday can be used to hide the bodgery. |
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14 Jan
6:12pm, 14 Jan 2025
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richmac
Nice to have a computer game for reference! |
14 Jan
6:43pm, 14 Jan 2025
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Will Crash
Top work bud. Build up layers of paint on the exhaust and throw on some dust effect for texture. If you pre load a brush with paint and then flick it onto the tracks, hull and exhausts it will give the appearance of splatter. Enjoy the build 👍🚒 |
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14 Jan
7:15pm, 14 Jan 2025
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richmac
Great tip thanks. Going to have a real go at effects on this one. |
14 Jan
7:26pm, 14 Jan 2025
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HappyG(rrr)
Wow, top work guys. G
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15 Jan
4:40pm, 15 Jan 2025
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Jason1969
Hi, my name is Jason and I'm a nerd. Usually, I build, paint and play various iterations of Warhammer, but thanks to you lot, I bought: |
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15 Jan
5:02pm, 15 Jan 2025
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richmac
Jason1969 wrote: Hi, my name is Jason and I'm a nerd. Usually, I build, paint and play various iterations of Warhammer, but thanks to you lot, I bought: Welcome to the dark side looking forward to pics of the build
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15 Jan
5:11pm, 15 Jan 2025
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Will Crash
Jason1969 wrote: Hi, my name is Jason and I'm a nerd. Usually, I build, paint and play various iterations of Warhammer, but thanks to you lot, I bought: Wellcome bud ! |
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