Bluesteel's Mig 15 20 Sgn EAF - Canberra hunting! *FINISHED*

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Woohoo - that's looking great!
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Shiny, shiny now:

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Wow, that is indeed shiny!
What did you use paint-wise?
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iggie wrote:Wow, that is indeed shiny!
What did you use paint-wise?
Halfords Aluminium rattle can :)
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bluesteel wrote:
iggie wrote:Wow, that is indeed shiny!
What did you use paint-wise?
Halfords Aluminium rattle can :)
Excellent! 8-)
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Great finish-might need to invest in some of thier aluminium.
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MDT wrote:Great finish-might need to invest in some of thier aluminium.
I'm moving over to Halfords acrylics now, more for your money and I think the quality is better, or at least more consistent than Humbrol cans
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I wish used a rattle can on my F-5, brush painting BMF is hard work.That's looking really good.
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More progress. Gear going on, depicted in the process of retraction. I'm not sure but I think the tyres as supplied might be too thick at this scale.

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Nearly there. decals going on:

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Nice.
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Great idea displaying it with the gear partially retracted.

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Very snart!
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Looking rather good, looking forward to the finished article
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Looking very smart indeed, those markings really work well on the silver
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