Group Build 6 month- open class (9-1-08) $$PRIZE

[Wolster]

And now the Halifax. The major componants were done but will require a lot of work before painting as you can see. I think this one will take the full six months!

[Geek44]

Both looking great Wolster...especially the Hurricane. How did you find painting the white spinner?
The Halifax looks like a passable kit from the photos. The front edge of the cockpit looks 'interesting' though. It looks like what they call a 'short-shot' in the trade. Where the plastic doesn't quite fill the mould fully. That could be tricky to hide.

[Wolster]

I'm very lucky in that the missing part on the nose exactly follows the line of the cockpit perspex. Seems strange, I dont believe it is deliberate but certainly gets me off the hook! One funny thing about this kit, raised panel lines on the fusalage and indented on the wings??? Its like an Airfix fusalage has been used.

[Geek44]

That could be possible Wolster. My father built the Airfix monster when I was very young (it was actually the very kit that inspired me to try modelling myself...thanks Dad), but I just remember what I now know to be millions of over-scale rivets. It was also the very early Halifax with no sweep on the vertical tail units. The early version is the most attractive to me. It also had radial engines and the very distinctive 'porcupine' flame dampers on the exhausts. The small windows on your fuselage don't match the older version though I don't reckon.
Peace.

[Whiterook]

Wolster...beautiful brushwork on that Hurc! What brand/type paint do you use?

[Wolster]

Originally Posted by Whiterook

Wolster...beautiful brushwork on that Hurc! What brand/type paint do you use?

Thanks, all Revell, pretty much all they sell here!!

[Whiterook]

I've built Revell kits, but I don't think I ever used their paints. I was thinking it was acrylics, but now I'm wondering if it's enamels?

[Geek44]

All the Revell I've seen is enamel. It's just as good as Humbrol I think.

[Whiterook]

That's what I thought...enamels. Are Humbrol paints just enamels as well, or acrylics? I've only seen pictures of the little tins on folks' pictures. I'm guessing they're more available in Europe?

[Ghost Rider]

A modeling contest. That is a really cool thing. I built a few trucks and dragsters when I was still in high school. I never did do any military models. This stuff looks interesting and good too.