HP Halifax MK. II - Revell.

Started by capt. R · 125 · 2 years ago · 1/72, 138 squadron, Aviation, Halifax
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    capt. R said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    @fiveten That is realyy great set. I will find it. mabye I do it i my next project. In this project I will build only grass field, mabye with some mecanics.

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    capt. R said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    @eb801 I will find this resuply set in the future. At this time I will build gras field only 🙂 mabye with team of mechanics. I ordered big display case for Halifax.

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    capt. R said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    Setting decals was a nightmare. I will write more about it tomorrow.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    From the images they look nice, Lis @lis

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    sometimes decals can give you a hard time, my friend @lis.
    But I agree with our friend @johnb, the result is great!

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    capt. R said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    Finally decals looks ok, but when I started work with them first big roundel was broken into a pieces. Next one was tore too but I patched it by some old RAF blue stencils. Letters in water broke of. Fortunrtly I have two sets of decals. I patched all decals and They looks fine, but I have never ever before such hard time. To be honest decals get in panel lines very good. I think in right side letters laid not perfectly in one line. I found also that I did some mistakes because of not good manual. Different versions had various number of Windows in fuselage. My plane had to have one bigger Window... And small antenna in top of fuselage was not nessesery.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    The decals seem to follow the panel lines nicely indeed, Lis @lis
    A pity they gave you a hard time, but you managed to align them very well.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    Yep, decals look great, my friend @lis!

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    capt. R said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    Bomb bay are ready. All fits quite good. Main problem was that bomb bay doors need to be cut into four pieces. Revell suggest that You need to drill all holes for small bits, and cut doors. I prefer doors into two (or four) pieces made by producer as part of the kit. For example in De Havilland mosquito you have some options for bomb bay in the box.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    Nice looks, my friend @lis!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    Great looking bomb bay, Lis @lis

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    Erik Gjørup said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    Always a problem with openings of any kind. The best example of great manufacturing I can think of right now is the Tamiya 109 G-6 with the option of open or closed covling in one kit. Would have been great on a bomber to include both options - open or closed - in the kit.

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    capt. R said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    After second coat of Clear painting is done. Revell have very nice position lights. Easy to painting and fit.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    Very nice progress, Lis @lis
    The lights look indeed perfect.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 7 months ago:

    Nice looks, my friend @lis!