John

I've just poured Johnsons Klear over my canopy and the difference is amazing, what a great tip

Sorry squiff didn't see your post before doing it or I would have done a before and after shot

rjwood_uk

iv never heard of this johnsons klear stuff, where can i get some?

nigel, i was going to do a crashed one...but when it comes to it, do get an authentic look its alot harder than it seams!, plus i dont have the time to do the complicated diorama that would be involved with a crashed one,

unless you go all "artistic" and get some tamiya sea-foam and say its one thats crashed into the sea....then you dont even have to buy a kit!

Bunkerbarge

Get Johnsons Klear at Tesco's, with the floor cleaning stuff, next to the dog biscuits and round the back of the cerial aisle.

wonwinglo

A bottle will last you 100 years,I decanter it into those 35 mm film cassette containers for convenience,the most versatile and useful product available to modellers.

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squiffythewombat

Looks like i best be popping to tesco this evening then! ;-)

rjwood_uk

as anyone thought of doing a "seafire" conversion?

Nigel.D

Seafire conversion is not as east as seems you need mark 9 nose and universal wing so i would avoid mate

rjwood_uk

well i was looking around for a conversion kit and a guy is selling a kit with all the conversion parts (resin and pe bits i think) going for not bad price either...!

Bunkerbarge

Probably the initial idea was that everyone built the same kit but obviously people will also be buying assorted accessories such as resin detail and PE sets so it is only a case of how far do you want to take it.

If you are lucky enough to come across such a conversion then why not give it a go and we can all see what you make of it.

The real interest for me though will be in how everyone does the same thing to the same model. Things like how does a painted kit stack up against a sprayed one and how do weathering techniques work on the same model. How do differrent paint manufacturers finishes compare and what supplier has the most authentic colours. That sort of stuff will be more interesting to us all but if you want to enhance yours give it a go.

Bunkerbarge

I saw an interesting site earlier that had PE accesories for the Tamiya Spit but they were actually pre painted.

It got me to thinking that, whilst the parts looked stunning and would make any model look amazing would the contributors to this forum consider them as enabling you to enhance a model in a way that you would not have been able to achieve otherwise or are they cheating and you may as well buy a die cast model.

I would be interested in peoples thoughts.