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About time you got the airbrush out, good lad! Crack on and get one finished then you will be on a roll.
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this is a postimage test
it should be a challenger 1 which i still need to add link&length tracks and skirts to

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and heres a another one hopefully
m1a1(HA) abrams awaiting tracks


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wow this is so much easier than faffing with photobucket
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Ain't it just! Those battle tanks look really good so far!
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hi not put anything up here for a while so i might as well show whats been worked on ,these 2 are airfix new mould kits in starter set boxes
lightning f2a

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and harrier gr9a

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both cockpits been sprayed in XF83 medium sea gray
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Good to see the bench thread up and running again Craig and showing a pair of classic British jets.
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Looking like some really nice builds on the go there, thanks for sharing.
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About time Mr. Good to see you had the airbrush running.
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hi not posted for ages and didn't really do much sticking plastic for nearly 2 months after telford but got going again half way through january making a start on a m47 patton

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had a go at adding texture to the hull front &turret, i also worked on these to get them up to primer stage
1/35 m3 stuart
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1/72 M2A2 Bradley
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1/72 Leopard 1A5
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none of the tracks are built yet though
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The texturing is really good! How did you get the effect?
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iggie wrote:The texturing is really good! How did you get the effect?
rubbish primer that i bought for ships lower hull colour,no good for that but kept it as it looked it could add texture when required
it was hycote double concentrated primer
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Nice work Craig, crack on now and get some colour on em.
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You've got a lot of stuff in your grey brigade ;-)
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Nice work Craig. Glad you're back at the bench. 8-)
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Nice work there Craig. I see you had a lot planned for 2016, how did it pan out?

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Narayan wrote:Nice work there Craig. I see you had a lot planned for 2016, how did it pan out?

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poorly i started about 6 off that list plus a few others not on the list, most are up to primer stage a few have paint on but due to airbrush issues didn't get any completed, bit the bullet and bought myself a new H&S Ultra 2in1,airbrushing spraybooth & magnifier lamp so no idea what next years excuse will be :roll:
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