Splash's Stringbag ****finished****

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MDT wrote:Oh, very nice! Just to check, is that torpedo trolley in Hu.109? It was one colour recommendation I was unsure of but actually looks good
I'm a Tamiya/Vallejo/Citadel user, so I mixed it from Vallejo Dark Sea Blue and Sky Grey to a slightly darker shade than Hu109.

I have found a great app on my iPhone called iModelKit that shows all the different manufactures colours.

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splash wrote:
MDT wrote:Oh, very nice! Just to check, is that torpedo trolley in Hu.109? It was one colour recommendation I was unsure of but actually looks good
I'm a Tamiya/Vallejo/Citadel user, so I mixed it from Vallejo Dark Sea Blue and Sky Grey to a slightly darker shade than Hu109.

I have found a great app on my iPhone called iModelKit that shows all the different manufactures colours.

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Cheers for that! I'll try a suitable mix using enamels.
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Looks great
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This bird is back on the workbench, tonight I added the 809 numbers on the side yellow bands and given it a dirty wash, when the wash has dried I will glean it up and add the missing rigging to the tail and floats.

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This one is on short finals just the underwing stores carries and some rigging to do before I call it done.

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Oh, now that's very nice indeed, Alan.
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That's excellent !!!
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Magnificent, and I love the photo base!
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Beautiful work, Splash. Love it.
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Looks great, nice to see we might have atleast 1 finished build in the gallery!
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Great result Alan! :grin:

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I'm calling this one done, it was a challenging but fun enjoyable build.

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Lovely! Well staged photos, Alan.
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Very well done, and the photos are great !!!!

The chief fitter is probably not happy that the trolleys are off the ground and it's resting on the back of its floats however :)
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jRatz wrote:Very well done, and the photos are great !!!!

The chief fitter is probably not happy that the trolleys are off the ground and it's resting on the back of its floats however :)
Well spotted, I will take that shot again, I don't want to get in trouble with the chief :-D

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