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I think you are saying the model lacks accuracy and I agree it does but I was pleased when I found the kit in my loft. I'd forgotten I'd purchased it back in the 1990's. It builds into a reasonable representation of a battleship and sits nicely alongside the Tamiya Bismarck I built previously.

@DarkStarProjects-hw2hn anyway looks very good ...👍

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Fair comment. Close up you need railings but from average viewing distances I can't tell. I'm doing a bit of photo etch practice though as the next ship will have them.

@DarkStarProjects-hw2hn I know they can be daunting. I've attempted them for the first time recently on 1/700 scale Rodney. Went at the same time better and worse than expected. Better, because I found actually quite a bit sturdier than expected after being glued on, worse, because for a brush painter like me it is exceptionally hard to not have the paint clogging between the railings rungs (I did spray the PE fret using a rattle can paint, but had to do some retouching with brushes). I think both of these issues of mine should be fairly easily mitigated with 1/350 kit ans using an airbrush.

I'm waiting for the Very Fire Yamato, due in UK in Feb I think.

@DarkStarProjects-hw2hn I bought mine years ago but it's still in production

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I bought it on Amazon UK, search for 50mm Mini Aluminum Bench Vice.

Thank you, glad you liked it.

I agree, it is overdone but I find the clean white ones so boring to look at. Ideally you wouldn't look at the weathering as dirt but light and shadow. However it does venture towards dirty. I've been tempted to clean it up a bit but as I look at it now, 8ft from my computer, I think it looks amazing and is my favourite build of 2024. Ultimately I try to add some visual interest to my models because that is what I like to see but it doesn't tend to coincide with realism and I accept that lots of people are not going to like that.

@@DarkStarProjects-hw2hn It's not so much "do not like", but it's a matter of modeling what is real. BF-109s with 100 missions look very rough, a BF-109s straight from the factory are pristine. A Saturn V straight out of the VAB has been treated better than a typical show car and only degenerates in small spots at most (birds and wasp nests). Of course, it is your model, you can do it however you want.

Thanks, glad you liked it.

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Thanks, glad you liked it.

Thanks, it is a nice looking aircraft.

Sorry no idea.

I got the internal glazing to fit by cutting the single pieces into separate windows. They wouldn't fit properly otherwise. The external glazed screen was fine until I accidently spilt a drop of Tamiya Extra Thin on it. Fortunately it is difficult to notice.

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Glad you like it!

Thanks for the comment. I'm not currently a Deadhead :-)

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Glad you liked it.

Thank you. Good luck with your build.

Glad you liked it. Good luck with your build.

I used a combination of a laser spirit level, careful masking and constant checking/rechecking that the alignment looked correct before airbrushing.

Thanks, the stripes added some interest so I felt they were worth the effort.

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xf-59 is the base colour but then I would have both lightened it a bit and darkened it a bit to provide some contrast. Good luck with your build.

@@DarkStarProjects-hw2hn thank you.

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@DarkStarProjects-hw2hn you're welcome 😊 my favourite warbird, 👌🇦🇺🦘🏔

Thanks, I agree, Airfix are very clear about their vintage classics range.

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That's how they're moulded. I imagine the real seats have space underneath to put your feet, like on an aircraft.

I found the most difficult bits to be adding the cockpit housing to the deck and getting the split between the hull blue and black sections correct. However adding the cockpit housing is mainly difficult because I was trying to get a good join line. As a starter I might not be quite so fussed. I didn't get the split between the blue/black sections of the hull correct but it still looks ok I think. So while there steps that a starter would find tricky they could still produce a decent result. I imagine having to paint it using the supplied paints and brushes and getting a good result is barely possible...although I've never tried so could be wrong..

@@DarkStarProjects-hw2hn Thanks for such a thorough reply! I know what you mean about the starter pack paints😁.

Cool, thanks!

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Thanks. It's part of the Airfix starter range, so simplified, but still builds into a nice kit.

Those arnt reverse buckets but the actual propulsion jets

@@stevebrodie2037 The jets come ready moulded in the stern piece and that step is showing that we have to add the reverser to them.

Good luck. The exterior is nicely detailed but I found the interior lacking in detail...however I made such a mess of the canopies you can't see anything inside mine.

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Yes, in general I look to darken areas that join to other areas and lighten the flat/curved planes in between. If I class a stage as "modulation" this is probably what I'm doing although it can also happen during "weathering".

Thank you. It's a very nice kit, good luck with your build.

Not a problem, the final finish of any kit is very subjective, I don't expect my style to be liked by everyone.

Good to know. Hopefully there will be a new kit of this aircraft soon.

I was all for the bigger scales when I was young, so my stash contains some large items, but now I'm happier with the smaller scales even though they are a bit tougher on the eyes.

Thanks. Problem of working through a 90's stash is 90's decals that sometimes let you down but they looked ok in the end.

Thanks. The newer 2018 tooling looks to be more detailed but this version is a decent representation of a Spitfire.

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The kit is not the most detailed but I was pleased when I found it in my stash. I'd forgotten I'd bought it and the King George V, which I keep intending to build but get sidetracked onto something else. I agree they do need the etched brass but it makes for a tricky and expensive build so I keep it to a minimum.

this kit was a significant improvement in moulding quality for Airfix at that time but it still has its issues

@@DarkStarProjects-hw2hn yes. Very much in keeping with it’s reputation.

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