MPM 1/72 Northrop X-4 Bantam ** FINISHED Aug 22 13:40 **
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MPM 1/72 Northrop X-4 Bantam ** FINISHED Aug 22 13:40 **
I've never managed to find the time before to do a Blitzbau before, but I'm off work and at home this week. I've also been caught up in other things which have meant I've not done any modelling for nearly four weeks. That's the longest time not modelling in the last 5 years!
It will be a single 24 period, starting tomorrow at 14:00pm (GMT+1). The MPM kit is one of their older short run releases but has few parts and so if there are any fit issues I should be able to quickly deal with them. I'll be doing an all white finish which can be tricky but I plan to give it a grey undercoat first to cover up an filler which usually shows through white primer and gloss.
It will be a single 24 period, starting tomorrow at 14:00pm (GMT+1). The MPM kit is one of their older short run releases but has few parts and so if there are any fit issues I should be able to quickly deal with them. I'll be doing an all white finish which can be tricky but I plan to give it a grey undercoat first to cover up an filler which usually shows through white primer and gloss.
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Re: MPM 1/72 Northrop X-4 Bantam ** Aug 21st 14:00 START **
Looks a nice kit. I am tempted to get one (but will wait until I have read your build thread first)
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Re: MPM 1/72 Northrop X-4 Bantam ** Aug 21st 14:00 START **
Wouldn't mind one of these myself.
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Re: MPM 1/72 Northrop X-4 Bantam ** Aug 21st 14:00 START **
Looks interesting.
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Re: MPM 1/72 Northrop X-4 Bantam ** Aug 21st 14:00 START **
Good luck, James.
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Re: MPM 1/72 Northrop X-4 Bantam ** Aug 21st 14:00 START **
Oh, good company !
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Re: MPM 1/72 Northrop X-4 Bantam ** Aug 21st 14:00 START **
A cool aircraft actually named after a chicken!
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Re: MPM 1/72 Northrop X-4 Bantam ** Aug 21st 14:00 START **
It was more successful than the Foghorn Leghorn heavy bomberMerlinJones wrote:A cool aircraft actually named after a chicken!
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Re: MPM 1/72 Northrop X-4 Bantam ** Aug 21st 14:00 START **
Aaaah...but does its cannon fire shells or pullets and does the pilot have a capon?
And will it be gloss, or will you give it eggstra attention, with an eggshell finish?
And will it be gloss, or will you give it eggstra attention, with an eggshell finish?
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Re: MPM 1/72 Northrop X-4 Bantam ** Aug 21st 14:00 START **
Any relation to the de Havilland ?
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Re: MPM 1/72 Northrop X-4 Bantam ** Aug 21st 14:00 START **
Only via the German ancestors. ie both derived from captured German research.theconfidencestoat wrote:Any relation to the de Havilland ?
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Re: MPM 1/72 Northrop X-4 Bantam ** Aug 21st 14:00 START **
Will be checking in during my road trip via this no fangled thing called a smart phone. It sure is smarter than me.
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Re: MPM 1/72 Northrop X-4 Bantam ** Aug 21st 14:00 START **
That's why I have a dumb phone so as to maintain my feeling of superiority.jssel wrote:Will be checking in during my road trip via this no fangled thing called a smart phone. It sure is smarter than me.
Half an hour to go. Better go and get the paints out I'll need.
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Re: MPM 1/72 Northrop X-4 Bantam ** Aug 21st 14:00 START **
10 minutes to go on my watch.
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
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Re: MPM 1/72 Northrop X-4 Bantam ** Aug 21st 14:00 START **
Paints? you only need whiteJamesPerrin wrote:Half an hour to go. Better go and get the paints out I'll need.
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.