Stuart's Airfix F. MK.22 No 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron

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Sir T wrote:he's not going to fit without a serious amount of file work around his legs and un-mentionable regions,
I know what you mean, if you could see under the IP's of a lot of my kits you would see that most of the pilots are of the "Douglas Bader" mold!! :lol:
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Molly-new wrote:
Sir T wrote:he's not going to fit without a serious amount of file work around his legs and un-mentionable regions,
I know what you mean, if you could see under the IP's of a lot of my kits you would see that most of the pilots are of the "Douglas Bader" mold!! :lol:
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I am annoyed.... I got home today to find some the decals had fallen??? off for some reason. Can't for the life figure out why. I can only assume they were too dry... thankfully I have managed to find the door stencil, but I have lost some from around the nose.... not a good days modelling.
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progress...(well a little),

Still battling decals - even though I thought I'd put the wing roundals in the correct place, the walkway lines are coming up short...never mind, easy fix. Test fitted the canopy, I've got to tidy it up next. Hopefully I'll be on target to varnish it over the weekend :-D

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That looks like a lovely clean build. Well done sir.:lol:
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Almost done, just some paint touch ups and a gloss coat to do. I'm not really happy with it but it is what it it is....

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That is a lovely clean looking build. Bravo sir.
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Looks fine from here.

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Lovely! Looks like the decals decided to behave in the end...
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A good build Stuart :)
I built that one myself in February, and it's a great kit.
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I think you've achieved a great result :grin: The paintwork in particular is smooth.

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Thanks all - unfortently just after I'd taken these pics it shed most ofthe decals!! So I've rubbed back the paint and am in the process of putting it in the day fighter scheme...ho-hum you learn by doing!!
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