80 th Anniversary of Dambuster Raid - group build!

Started by capt. R · 445 · 9 months ago
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    John vd Biggelaar said 10 months, 3 weeks ago:

    @lis, getting closer to the finish line indeed, but still some work to do.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 10 months, 2 weeks ago:

    And finally some work done on the Lancaster. Exhaust stains applied.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 10 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Stains look great, my friend @johnb!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 10 months, 2 weeks ago:

    @fiveten, thank you, Spiros

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    capt. R said 10 months, 1 week ago:

    Very very nice! Vallejo ?

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    John vd Biggelaar said 10 months, 1 week ago:

    @lis, thank you, Bernard. Indeed Vallejo Air.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 10 months, 1 week ago:

    Started with the decals. With the Fw190 beside it you can clearly see how big those Lancaster were.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 10 months, 1 week ago:

    Decals look great on, my friend @johnb!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 10 months, 1 week ago:

    @fiveten, thank you, Spiros. Maybe you noticed already why I chose the AJoG combination 😉

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    capt. R said 10 months, 1 week ago:

    Looks outstanding !

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    Carl Smoot said 10 months, 1 week ago:

    I should get me a Lancaster kit. I am pretty sure I have never built one unless I was very young (and it would have been the old Airfix molding). It is an impressive looking plane especially when parked next to the FW190.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 10 months, 1 week ago:

    @lis, thank you, Bernard
    @clipper, she is indeed big, Carl. Not easy to handle.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 10 months, 1 week ago:

    Lots of 'silvering', not sure if this is the correct wording, on the large fuselage decals. Does someone has a good advice on how to get rid of this, if still possible?

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 10 months, 1 week ago:

    Pity about the silvering, my friend @johnb. Our friend @tcinla advises to carefully make "cuts" with the hobby knife onto the silvered areas, basically on the complete decal and flood it with decal softener. The softener will run under all silvered areas and fix them. Maybe this will help...

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 10 months, 1 week ago:

    P.S. You may also VERY CAREFULLY try running the Xacto through the engraved lines, this will allow the decal softener running more efficiently underneath, my friend @johnb.