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This was a lot of fun to build and even more to paint.
The Syhart Decal and Mask set were fantastic and made the job a lot less scary than I thought it would be.
Primed with Mr. Base White 1000.
Painted with Colourcoats Dark Gull [...]
My first ship build since I was about 12 and my first tall Ship build.
One I have wanted to build for many years now.
Painted with.
Tamiya Nato Black, Rubber Black, Semi-Gloss Black, Buff, Dark Yellow and Clear Orange.
Colourcoats [...]
One that had been on my list to do for a long time but the amount of resin that came with the kit scared me off a bit.
The kit, as we all know, has fit issues but with the help of a number of build threads I was forewarned of the areas of [...]
Another in my series of Phantom builds.
The Airfix kit went together in it's normal fashion.
The decals were a very different story, brittle, thin and had to be patched many times from the spares box.
I wouldn't recommend them to [...]
Hi There,
My first completion of the New Year.
This one has been on the go in the background. Even longer than I thought it would be as I started the line decals and they were such a nightmare to get bedded down that I put the rest off for [...]
By sheer coincidence I've managed to finish this version of XV582 exactly 3 years to the day after a later version of the same airframe.
Nothing to add about the Airfix Phantom that hasn't already been said but I'm enjoying my journey [...]
I really swithered about sticking this up as I think it's far from my best work.
It took four repaints to get it to this stage and it shows in the loss of surface detail.
Towards the end this was an effort in perseverance and sheer [...]
A kit I've been wanting to build for a long time now and when Airfix announced the reissue in January I had my preorder ready.
And what a kit. It just fits together. Even the canopy clicked into place.
There was barely any filler used, [...]
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This was a build going on in the background and I thought I'd just stick it up to give my thoughts on it.
My previous experience with Dora Wings was their 1/72 Lysander which was challenging to say the least.
The fit was not [...]
One I fancied doing since it was announced.
The majority of the kit fits and goes together without any major issues but it is plagued with some strange engineering decisions.
Having to place the landing gear so early in the build makes for [...]
