Thank you mate!

Thank you. I agree - it's hard to achieve. Did you see my video on the Airfix Defiant night fighter?

@@ModelNerd no i havent. Will look for it. I thought you hadn’t started it yet. 😄

Thank you!

Thanks! They'll be a poll coming out on Sunday where you can vote for my next build :)

Thanks mate! Yeah, love the Hurricane's shape.

Thanks mate

Thank you mate!

Thanks!

Thanks Duncan!

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Yep, good choice by Arma Hobby

Ta

Thank you Mark

Thank you Robbo. I'll look to improve and take it even further with the Defiant. There are some images out there of very heavily worn paintwork on those.

Thanks mate. Yeah, I've seen a number of local hobby shops and online retailers with these in stock so there is still hope of getting (just) one. The tropical version is being released soon too.

Cheers! Yes, incredible development speed. And only a few years later jet engines would be in service!

Thanks! That would a nice option. I suspect they will do a number of boxings of this basic tooling.

Thanks! I'd definitely recommend it.

Thanks. I use VMS gloss which is my new favourite varnish, along with their matt coat

Thank you mate - and thanks for watching

Thanks Paul

Cheers Liam - appreciate the feedback. I really wasn't sure about the black at first. It's such a hard colour to paint - heck, even creating a thumbnail for the video is tough with an all-black aircraft! :)

@@ModelNerd ha ha - I’m still finding my way around this videoing carry on 🤣

Cheers Steve. Yes, a fun build despite the occasional unclear steps :)

Definitely a couple! :)

@@ModelNerd ....a couple it is then! 😉😎

Thanks

Thanks. Yeah, the decals were the only let down really.

It's Tamiya XF-85

Obrigado!

Yeah, I agree about the detail. I've never used X-22 - I should give it a try.

Thanks Mike - much appreciated! Airbrushing...hmm. I can see how limited depth perception might be an issue but I'm not sure if it would be any more problematic than brush painting. Certainly if you're painting high contrast colours (e.g. a base coat over a primer) I'd imagine hand-eye coordination would be more important, as you can see the paint hitting the model and then move the airbrush accordingly. That's just a guess though!

@@ModelNerd Thank you for your assessment, but would you be so kind and give it a try to see what the pitfalls of a limited depth perception might be? I imagine myself spraying everything but the model 🙂 I mean I spray with rattle cans (outside of course) but always only the base coat - everything else is brush painted under a very large magnifying glass. I recently bought those magnifying goggles (I hope you know what I mean), but they don't work for me as great as I hoped 😞The reason I brought up this whole issue is that right now I'm totally dependent on the weather - 6 months it's too cold and too humid, and right now we're in the middle of a heat wave and it's too fecking hot to do anything outside and inside. So I thought an airbrush which can be used inside especially during winter time would solve that problem. So, would you be my guinea pig? Please? Pretty please???

@@MikeUSA67 Of course, no problem. I'll give it a try the next time I'm airbrushing :)

@@ModelNerd Thanks mate, very much appreciated!

Hi Mike, I'd like to offer you a tip if I may. I'm an artist and one exercise I use is to close one eye and draw something. The object of this is to see what my hand does in relation to what my single eye sees. It gives the (one) eye an opportunity to see how the hand is doing what the eye sees. I'd suggest drawing or brush painting to get a feel for what you are seeing versus what your hand is doing. Once you get an ideas of what this relationship is it should aid your manual tasks with the visual desires. Yes, I do have the benefit of closing either eye for a more complete view of what I've done, but I am of the opinion that this understanding of eye/hand can refine what you wish to do. I might also suggest that you constantly rotate the piece or your head when you look at it (move it higher, lower, to the left and right). This overcomes the lack of peripheral vision that 2 eyes provide. Quality lighting is ALWAYS essential. The eye(s) can't see anything without light! I wish you luck and please let me know if this helps. Michael Virtuoso

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Fair enough for sure - it is a fair bit more expensive than counterpart kits in the same scale.

You think the kit needs it? For the seat belts maybe.

@@ModelNerd like the instrument panel and the seat belts

Thank you. I'm happy with how it turned out, but I'm also going to try some different techniques when I do the Defiant in a night fighter scheme :)

@@ModelNerd Do it like a true night fighter - paint it with the lights off 😎🤣