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bashace

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  1. After I future a model, I set it aside for a couple of days in a glass case to keep it dust free while it dries. There are usually 6 other models on my workbench that I give attention to while I wait.
  2. Yeah, you gotta watch out for that Robert guy, he used to drive a pink pickup...lol. Thinking hard about those 1/48 Japanese kits Brewer.
  3. Thin your Future with a little Windex instead of alcohol, spray in thin coats allowing to dry in between. When I clean out the airbrush using Windex, I spray it back over the Future coat, this will smooth the surface down even further. Don't worry about the blue tint, I've used it on all white aircraft without any discoloring.
  4. If you have Jake Melampy's Modern Eagle Guide or Modern Hog Guide, I'd give $50 each for them.
  5. I add a small squirt of Future to the Vallejo Primer, then let it dry for at least 24 hours, then wet sand with 600+ grit. I use it exclusively because I don't have a spray booth yet and It's very difficult getting anything flammable in the mail where I'm at.
  6. You need to find a woman Chuck! I'll bet you spent more time on your Phantom than what the guys at a depot would spend to MOH a full scale one. Truly inspiring, I don't have the words.
  7. Anybody know how they hang R-400 CW bombs on the Mi-8?
  8. Thanks Vasko, I'm not going to AMS too much with this kit, helo's just aren't my thing, but I will try to fix any inaccuracies that won't require major work or time (have many other GB aircraft that need attention). The toughest thing to find is what kind of chemical sprayers the Iraqi's used on these.
  9. Did I mention this thing is huge?
  10. Started some basic assembly, primarily the rotor head since it seems to have to most parts and work to finish. Will be taking these parts to work to be cleaned up, got a lot of time on your hands when your the Maytag repairman. I'll leave the rotor blades on my truck dashboard for a bit to get a nice sag in them.
  11. As much as I hate helicopter models, I just had to do something for this GB. This is a kit I accidently picked up, didn't really want to buy it but was in a hurry and clicked the wrong button (darn one click purchase option). Every kit deserves to get built, so here we are. This will be the armed version, not the troop carrier, have an armament set coming from Russia. Will add updates as I get more specifics to which paint scheme and markings will be used. Here's the Kit.
  12. I had the same problem with some Aeromaster decals on an F-18 recently, tried all the tricks in the book (4 different brand decal sol's, holes poked, etc.) to fix without success. I was messing around with some Future on a Qtip and decided to see what it would do to the silvered decals, to my surprise the silvering disappeared.
  13. Ok, I have to do it, just love anything to do with war in the Middle East! Manufacturer: Trumpeter Kit: Mi-8 Scale: 1/35 Markings: Iraqi Air Force (Linden Hill decals and maybe some homemade) After market: LEM Armament Set inspiration: (Taken from the "Small War Journal"). Operation Fee Fajr 4: The focus of the fourth Fee Fajr operation in September of 1983 was the northern sector in Iranian Kurdistan. Three Iranian regular divisions, IRGC and Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) elements amassed in Marevan and Sardahst in a move to threaten Suleimaniyah. Irans strategy was to press Ku
  14. It's all about the prizes, people like having an incentive to push them over the hump to get a project finished. There are those who do very well seeing a project all the way through, then there are people like me who get to a point and lose focus due to work or life getting in the way. I believe the latter is a good percentage of people who join group builds. To keep the half hearted modelers focused in these group builds, you gotta keep a "carrot" out in front of them. Look at the prize offerings for the Desert Storm Group Build and tell me that had nothing to do with the number of particapa
  15. Ok, finally got to crack one of these open. At first glance, it looks fairly decent for a limited run kit, no surprises or letdowns. I forgot to include the clear sprue, it looks like your typical 1/144 airliner windscreen. The fuselage fits together without a lot of fuss. I believe this kit can be built into a nice aircraft with carefull filling and sanding. The kit. Sprue shot. Fuselage top. Fuselage bottom.
  16. Linkin Parks Greatest Hits gets the blood flowing, then I switch to a DVD with 4GB of various Top 40 MP3's on it.
  17. You should be able to get any of the Vallejo and Lifecolor acrylics, it's the Tamiya and Gunze acrylics that are "flammable". I order all my flammables from luckymodel in Hongkong, they ship anything anywhere, even to my APO address via USPS.
  18. I can tell you first hand, the Eduard set would probably be the most tasking part of the Bone build, regardless of how many canyons that need to be puttied and filed down.
  19. Aircraft only required a little filler to clean up minor areas, Mr Surfacer 1000 was applied using an old paint brush to these areas to minimize sanding. Once wet sanding was done, gave the airframe a primer coat using Vallejo Light gray Primer and painted the engine cowling with Vallejo Black Primer. Masked the cockpit with BlueTac in case anyone was wondering.
  20. Here she is with the wing installed. Also a shot of the assembled engine cowl.
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