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meremodeller

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Re: D H 88 Comet
« Reply #30 on: September 17, 2020, 02:27:34 PM »
Thank you for the favourable comments.
Wings are now attached and it's ready for the first coat of primer.
Quite painless getting the wing join to fuselage just a bit of filling at the rear end of the undersurface join.
Soon be onto the red paint!

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Re: D H 88 Comet
« Reply #31 on: September 17, 2020, 05:01:06 PM »
Making great progress.
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Re: D H 88 Comet
« Reply #32 on: September 17, 2020, 05:38:44 PM »
I find inter war period aircraft wonderful to look at. The period when they were trying to get away from 'boxes' and rigging and going for graceful lines. This is such a beautiful aircraft.

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Re: D H 88 Comet
« Reply #33 on: September 19, 2020, 11:09:20 AM »
Now primed in white and ready for the red paint!

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Re: D H 88 Comet
« Reply #34 on: September 19, 2020, 11:15:36 AM »
Whiter than white!
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Re: D H 88 Comet
« Reply #35 on: September 19, 2020, 11:46:53 AM »
or A Whiter Shade of Pale!

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Re: D H 88 Comet
« Reply #36 on: September 21, 2020, 08:38:13 AM »
It's now RED all over! On with the transfers.

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Re: D H 88 Comet
« Reply #37 on: September 21, 2020, 11:13:25 AM »
That's a really nice finish, whose paint?
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Re: D H 88 Comet
« Reply #38 on: September 21, 2020, 02:30:13 PM »
Tamiya gloss red, very easy to get a good finish, 2 coats.

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Re: D H 88 Comet
« Reply #39 on: September 21, 2020, 03:42:12 PM »
Yes the red looks really good.
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Re: D H 88 Comet
« Reply #40 on: September 22, 2020, 08:12:19 AM »
The transfers are now on and my fear of them not being opaque are unfounded. Good solid white.
Home run now!

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Re: D H 88 Comet
« Reply #41 on: September 22, 2020, 08:20:25 AM »
I just tried to apply some to a tank (quite an old kit).
They just fell apart.
Yours look really good.
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Re: D H 88 Comet
« Reply #42 on: September 22, 2020, 09:22:29 AM »
Are you trying to say Zak that things fall apart when they are old - now I know what is happening to me - hohohoho
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Re: D H 88 Comet
« Reply #43 on: September 22, 2020, 01:54:17 PM »
Looking excellent Bill.
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Re: D H 88 Comet
« Reply #44 on: September 23, 2020, 04:07:51 PM »
Was the red from a rattle can? I have difficulty with that colour (and most others!!)