[Maglar]

Heres my b-25 from christmas. It was a nice easy build and I recommend it to anyone who wants a nice sized good looking ww2 plane in their collection.

Enough talk, here it is.. tips / suggestions welcome, it has no weathering (yet)

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[McCoy]

Nice! A tips is that you apply the decals on a gloss surface in order to avoid silvering underneath 'em.

[Maglar]

I believe I do have a testors gloss cote that I bought several years ago and didn't know the purpose, will do for the next model

[McCoy]

It's also easyer to slide around the decal on a gloss surface when you're puttin' it in place. Afterwards you can put a clear flat coat over the decals when they've dryed in order to flatten the edges out.

[Geek44]

Really nice paint job mate...smooth and even. I also really like what looks to be a copper finish on the cowling rings just behind the props. Have you thought about doing anything to eliminate the seams along the spine of the fuselage? It's quite easy with some sand paper and a little putty. Both items are quite inexpensive and easy to get. With your painting ability, this would really improve the finish.
Excellent work mate...I like this bird. Those 'Finito Benito' decals are great!
Peace.

[Maglar]

Well I had a issue when I combined them with excess glue and the whole bit so I sanded it which scratched the primary coat a little then I took my airbrush and went over it, which you pointed out. I do have a form of putty and more sand paper, how goes reparing it?

[Geek44]

I'd do all my sanding before I applied any paint. With some very fine sandpaper, you can make your seams totally invisible. I get my sandpaper from auto body shops...maybe 3000 grit. If you get wet and dry paper and use it wet (with some water) you can get great results. I'd think about leaving the B-25 as it is and trying again on your next kit. For me, after paint and decals have been applied it's pretty much a done deal.
Your painting skills are very good and since this is what people see I think you're well on the way to producing excellent models. My thinking is that good models are all in the preparation and for aircraft...that means hiding seams and imperfections...it's not very difficult if you know a few tricks...which you can find here. The more you do before you paint, the better your models will look.
Peace.

[RAF Liberators]

If you have masking tape I would do this for minimum effect to the rest of the kit.
Apply masking tape about 1-2mm either side of the seam. Then apply the filler, remove the masking tape as soon as you have applied the filler. This will give you a nice straight line of slightly raised filler (assuming you don't use a shovel to apply the filler ) that you can then sand down with a very fine nail file/board, steal your mum's finest one

[Maglar]

To be honest most of the parts were rattle-can sprayed ( olive drab) then put together, but those brass rings were hand painted along with some other minor stuff, and the mini. Mini came out well and I ordered some today which I will post when I get them done and painted in near future..