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Thanks for sticking with me Tim & Richard.
I've painted the pilot this morning. Still plenty of room for improvement but I think he's my best yet. Looks better at a more realistic distance, snuggled into the office.
I've painted the pilot this morning. Still plenty of room for improvement but I think he's my best yet. Looks better at a more realistic distance, snuggled into the office.
Andy. The updates Looks great
Good looking pilot. He looks right at home there!
Neil Merryweather
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room for improvement? I'd be VERY happy with that at 1/48 scale
Steve Brodie
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looking really good, fuel tender is very neat. one question, I wasnt sure if the pilot would be seated whilst been refuelled. I now nowadays fast jets can be fuelled 'Hot', not sure about WWII, hence the question. which i have answered myself 
Jim R
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Hi Andy
Pilot looks great. Very neat filling and rescribing.
Jim
Pilot looks great. Very neat filling and rescribing.
Jim
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Thanks for the great comments everyone!
Neil, I'm always really critical of what I do. I'm very happy with him though, and starting to get to grips with a wet palette so might even get a bit better in the future.
Steve - I was going to play it by artistic license anyway, but that picture is a bit of back up and very close to what I had in mind. Great find, thanks!
Neil, I'm always really critical of what I do. I'm very happy with him though, and starting to get to grips with a wet palette so might even get a bit better in the future.
Steve - I was going to play it by artistic license anyway, but that picture is a bit of back up and very close to what I had in mind. Great find, thanks!
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With the pilot settled in, I did a bit more this afternoon.
Everything is now in primer and I've started doing some of the colouring in.
Back to work tomorrow so the pace will slow down
Everything is now in primer and I've started doing some of the colouring in.
Back to work tomorrow so the pace will slow down
scottie3158
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Andy,
All looking very nice indeed mate. The build, and paint are very good. The pilot is excellent.
All looking very nice indeed mate. The build, and paint are very good. The pilot is excellent.
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Thanks Paul.
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Thanks John 
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I was hoping to make a start on the Neutral Grey underside tonight but I put a large laceration in my trigger finger at work earlier!
Being the companies first aider and having to dress my own favoured hand by myself was a bit challenging to say the least, but I generally heal very quickly so it should be right soon enough
Needless to say, I won't be picking the airbrush up for a couple of days
Being the companies first aider and having to dress my own favoured hand by myself was a bit challenging to say the least, but I generally heal very quickly so it should be right soon enough
Needless to say, I won't be picking the airbrush up for a couple of days
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With my trigger finger still a bit dodgy I swapped the airbrush for some of my sons crayons for the colouring in. Luckily he had several shades of olive drab so I could mix it up a bit, and being crayons I didn't have to mask off some individual panels for a bit of variation 
Stickers & weathering next.
(nose is only blu tacked on at present, hence the poor fit)
Stickers & weathering next.
(nose is only blu tacked on at present, hence the poor fit)
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Thanks Steven.
Looking better and better Andy. Pre shade is showing well.
scottie3158
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Andy,
looking good mate, hope the finger heals up soon.
looking good mate, hope the finger heals up soon.