HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.23

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.23 In this episode we do, Fading with oils, final post-shading, single panel wear weathering and exhaust fumes. Special Tools: INFINITY GIRALDEZ Consumables: Tamiya : Weathering Master : Set C : Orange Rust, Gun Metal And Silver Find Products In Store

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HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.22

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.22 In this episode we do, painting highlights on landing gear, streaking effects with Mr.weathering liner and oil fading of the paint work. Special Tools: Tamiya : Modeling Brush HF Standard Set Consumables: Mr Hobby : Mr Weathering Liner Mud Colour Set Find Products In Store

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BF 109E-4 : IN BOX REVIEW : EDUARD : 1/48 SCALE

BF 109E-4 ProfiPACK edition kit of German fighter plane Bf 109E-4 in 1/48 scale. The E-3 was replaced by the E-4 (with many airframes being upgraded to E-4 standards starting at the beginning of the Battle of Britain), which was different in some small details, most notably by using the modified 20 mm MG-FF/M wing cannon…

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HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.21

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.21 The weathering stage begins, starting with a sludge was to fill in all the recessed detail on the surface of the model to bring out all the detail, we can now start adding our bits and pieces, which I start by showing you the perfect way to glue our tail section together.…

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FW 190 D-9 BY EDUARD : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.2

FW 190 D-9 EPISODE.2 In episode two with our Fw 190, we start to tackle the fit issues we have with this kit, learning to test fit test fit, sand a bit here and then and test fit again, all this will remove all the filling sanding scribing we would have to do down the…

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HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.20

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.20 The harrier now gets some weathering added by starting of with chipping, In this episode we look at the different colours for chipping we can use, from going down to bare metal to light subtle chips using multiple shades of our original camo pattern, we show you how to paint wheels with…

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HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.19

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.19 The Harrier takes on a new look with all the decals placed down, we go over all you need to know about decaling, using products like Micro Sol and Set, we even tackle a tricky roundel decal around the air intakes, this will need some extra care. Special Tools: Tamiya : Decal Tweezers…

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USN SBD-2 DAUNTLESS : IN BOX REVIEW : ACADEMY : 1/48 SCALE

Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless Battle of Midway (ex Accurate Miniatures, Eduard and Italeri)

USN SBD-2 DAUNTLESS The Douglas SBD Dauntless is a World War II American naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944. The SBD (“Scout Bomber Douglas”) was the United States Navy’s main carrier-based scout/dive bomber from mid-1940 through mid-1944. The SBD was also flown by the United States Marine…

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HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.18

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.18 We now in this episode get the Harriers exhausts all done with a natural metal finish, we use 3 different colours to achieve this, starting with MC-213 Stainless as a base with a bit of pre-shading of MC-219 Brass, and finally MC-214 Dark iron misted on top, all this is then buffet…

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HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.17

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.17 Episode.17 we start our second camo colour H-330 Mr Hobby Dark green BS641, And go over some spraying basics of how to spray camo down and to avoid bleed though to our Dark seagrey and how to have everything nicely feathered in, we move on from this to bleaching which we use…

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