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Good morning gents, some months ago i finished the Tamiya's awesome kit 1/32 spitfire. For this project i chose to depict the aircraft of John ''Agorastos'' Plagis, a Greek-Rodesian aviator who flew with RAF and become an Ace Some photoes of the build Cockpit Landing gear Propeller

Awesome just awesome Chuck, keep....walking John

Great job as always Chuck, truly amazing stuff!!!! John

Amazing job so far Chuk!!!! John

I will note it again, AMAZING MODELLING AND TUTORIAL!!!! Great skills Chuck, i admire your attention to every little detail. John

Awesome job and great tutorial Chuck!!! John

Great modelling Chuck!!!!!

Great work Chuck and very useful tips with the canopy. What if after the treatment with the tamiya polishing compounds dip the canopies into the future? Have you try that? And about the fumes, you can always use odorless CA glue, no fumes to worry about. Your builds are great tutorials my friend, thanks for sharing. John

Good morning Shawn, well i am not so experienced but what i do: Either i do a pin wash, only in the panel lines, so i dont get white spirit around the model or if i want a dirty one i put the wash all over the wing for example, i let it dry completely so that there is no solvent and then i wipe the model without using any solvent. It takes me some time to remove the amount i want but i think it is safer this way. I forgot to tell you that i also use Future. Hope that helps a bit, John

Thanks a lot for your replies John

Thanks a lot for your replies John

Now, i am confused..... John

Thanks guys, i think that i will leave it upainted aluminium. John

Good evening guys, can please some one tell me what was the color of the part of the flaps that was visible when the flaps were down on a RAF mustang III with the normal British camo? Was it unpainted aluminium or ZCY? Thanks, John

Nice start Pompeo, wish you luck and patience with the rest of the building proccess John

I do DARE to stay tuned chuk ;) , your job is awesome, great tutorial for me i have learned toooooo many tricks and tips from you, so i am ready to take my chances :) . Keep posting my friend. John

Chuck, good morning, it is morning here, awesome work so far my friend. I very much admire your persistence on the detail. Keep up your amazing work, it is a tutorial for all of us. Good luck with your knee(s), John

Awesome work on this bird chuck :) John

Thanks Guys, i was thinking the same, my opinion is that something is going on not with the future but with the drying time of the Gunze. The same happened to a friend of mine but this time with Gunze gloss varnish over Gunze color. Things are worse when i used gloss paint, it never dryied completely...Dont know maybe i have to change paints, maybe Tamiya are better concerning drying times i mean, dont know. John

Hi Guys, i want to post a problem a faced recently. I painted a model, 1/48 Tamiya P-47D with Gunze acrylics, gloss coated with future and finally sealed with Gunze flat coat. I thinned all the Gunze with the Leveling thinner and i left the colors to dry, before the future for 48 hours. What i faced is minor crackings, i cannot say if it is on the color or on varnish. Has anyone faced something similar? Is it due to Gunze drying time or the combination of Gunze with future? Waiting for your comments, John

Thanks guys, Diego not like yours (i love your painting) but i am trying hard :blink:

Thank you very much guys, it is indeed my second build, hkshooter the decals came from Lifelike. John

Thanks Guys, i appreciate it John

Thanks Chuk, as you may notice i tried to use your dot oil tecnique, thanks John

Thanks mike John