Now look young Stu. We don't allow 'Negative waves'! Ask Andy, (Paintguy)
Positive only.
I thank you.
So you can splash money and buy paint. Or give you guys with negative vibes something to practice on.Hi all, and thanks for the positive vibes...not been called "young" for as long as mt somewhat limited memory can remember!
I have found a cracking youtube vid of a chap building an almost identical kit, (King Tiger I think). I will take some pics of the "build" as I go...
....odd that as I was clearing out the spare room, at the back of a cupboard I found an Airfix Red Arrows starter kit that a friend brought me for Christmas about 2 years ago!.......so something else to practice on....(why did they use grey plastic for a red arrows kit that is 99.9% red?!)
You can tell “modern” Airfix kits from old ones by looking at the shape of the sprue: if it’s a tree that all the parts hang off of, it’s an old kit, while if it’s a rectangle that goes all the way around the parts, it’s a modern one.(Seems to be a newish moulding as the sprues are very clean with no flash).
And so it goes on - the 'everlasting search for perfection', which you either follow and end up losing interest or you accept that it isn't going to be a perfect miniature - when I was doing a few 1/9 motorcycles, I'd paint all the individual bolt heads that were molded into the engines, just to 'get them right', coming back to the hobby, I'm starting off with a 1/35 BMW and got to the engine stage and thought "Oh, what about the engine bolts?" luckily for my sanity, I decided against it!Methinks you're worrying too much Stu. In the whole history of modelling, I'll bet there hasn't ever been a modeller who was perfectly happy with their first build. Even if you get it built all neat and tidy with everything in the right place and painted the right colours, you'll look at it after you've done another few models and think "I could have done that a bit better." Sometimes it will be things like missing a seam line or not drilling out a gun barrel. Other times it will be the weathering doesn't look as realistic as it should be, or maybe "I should have spent a bit more money and added that aftermarket set".
Just accept the fact that your builds will get better as your skills improve - but you will ALWAYS say "I could have done that a bit better." after they have sat on your shelf next to your latest build.
Oh dear Stu...you're one of those okay I see the apprehension. For goodness sake just plod on like the rest of us and make the same mistakes we did or else how did we learn..well that's the first hurdle out the way....after a mere 10 mins I managed to work out how to get the end cap off the glue!!....(Luckily I twigged as I was about to trim the plastic cap with one of my new knives!!)
.......that's probably enough for one night....
..well that's the first hurdle out the way....after a mere 10 mins I managed to work out how to get the end cap off the glue!!....(Luckily I twigged as I was about to trim the plastic cap with one of my new knives!!)
.......that's probably enough for one night....
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