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iggie wrote:Is it an old tool by any chance?
Scalemates say the kit is 1986 ;-)
iggie wrote:I ask as masking tape for decorating gets stickier with age and less good in preventing bleed.
I use Tamiya tape, not decorating tape :ha:
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Ratch wrote:
iggie wrote:Is it an old tool by any chance?
Scalemates say the kit is 1986 ;-)
iggie wrote:I ask as masking tape for decorating gets stickier with age and less good in preventing bleed.
I use Tamiya tape, not decorating tape :ha:
Bloody predictive text! What I meant to ask was is it and old roll of tape, hence the comment then about old masking tape getting sticker (and then lifting paint!) :roll: :-D
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:lol: I'm not sure how old it is, I have 6mm, 10mm & the other one (25mm?) ;-)
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Masked up the anti-glare panel and airbrushed the NMF
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I used Alclad2 ACL-119 Airframe Aluminium for the basic natural metal finish
Alclad2 ACL-111 Magnesium on selected NMF panels
Alclad2 ACL-113 Jet Exhaust on the jet pipes
A mix of Humbrol Acrylic 33 Matt Black to darken my Special Mix Tyre Black for the tyres of course
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Looking very neat and sharp Ratch; nice work
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Thanks Jim, I'm hoping to start on the decals tomorrow.
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Nicely done bit of NMF there, Ratch.
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Cheers Shaun, had a bit of a disaster with the walk-line decals
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breaking up into bits and pieces

Luckily the others behaved
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A little progress, a rust wash
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I'm calling this done
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Nicely done Ratch!
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Great job; really like the variation in the metal finish
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Cheers guys :grin:
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Nice work, Ratch,
That is the first B-66 I have seen built.

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