OT has a Valentines date with a Texan - *** Finished ***

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Shame about the overspray but the side I can see looks really good.
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TimJ wrote:Shame about the overspray but the side I can see looks really good.
Overspray all sorted now Tim.

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As you can see I have added the only decals in the form of black wing walk ways.

Wheels are on and painted as is the radio antenne, prop just needs a touch up then that can be attached.
Still need to paint the exhaust and gun barrels. The rocket pods had no detail so I painted them a lighter green and applied black dots to simulate the rockets inside the pod. I'm just researching to see if nav lights are needed.

I have no parts left so must be getting close to completion.

Time to tackle that canopy. :???:

This always makes me laugh :lol:
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Very sharp looking.
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Good to read that your earlier panic is now averted, I am off to bed now so will lie in bed in the morning and catch up with you
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I'm calling this one done. Another completion

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I could spend time cleaning up the canopy but I need to be up in the morning.

Thanks for tuning in.
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Great job and nice to see an unusual colour scheme. Well done.
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Looks the business. Well done mate.

You seem to have a gift for blitzing piston trainers with unusual colour schemes.
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Very smart! I do love some of those obscure paint schemes.
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Really nice Blitz. Good one
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Great job!
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Now that looks very good, OT, very good indeed. In fact I could be fooled into believing that a proper modeller had lavished quite a long time on it :lol:
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Excellent work well done
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Thanks chaps, it was fun to do with only a couple of mishaps. Technically it should be a Harvard Mk.II rather than a Texan but I didn't do my research. :roll: I think the only external difference between the two is a longer exhaust on the right hand side that provides heating to the cockpit. Could add that later.
ShaunW wrote:Now that looks very good, OT, very good indeed. In fact I could be fooled into believing that a proper modeller had lavished quite a long time on it :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol: Thanks Shaun glad you like it. I've never been accused of being a proper modeller before.

The HB kit is ideal blitz fodder let down only by its canopy fit. If I were doing it as a normal build I'd add some detail to the interior, just some framework and instrument panels.

I think the problem with the canopy is that the locating tabs push the edges inside the fuselage wall. So just cut them off, don't know why I didn't think of that at the time.
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You seem to have a gift for blitzing piston trainers with unusual colour schemes.
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Nice job! Seems every other so called brushfire war had Texans/Harvards involved at some stage of the proceedings.....
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Excellent work and a great blitz. Sorry to have missed it.
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