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1/72 Northrop P-61 Black Widow - Your Favorite Aircraft of All Time GB

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    Bob she came out pretty good and hell Terry I am going to try that out for a cleaner myself


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    coming along nicely, hope you can thin the paint some.

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    Looks good Bob and you have worked hard on the clear canopy part. Have to agree with Terry re the White Spirit, never without a bottle in the shed, cleans brushes and airbrush a treat.



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    I wonder if white spirit is the same as acrylic thinner. I use acrylics as you know, and thin it using this acrylic thinner. i buy it in bulk from the auto-repair shops like Repco and supa cheap auto. bought in bulk, the stuff is cheap....I never buy that sought of general product from the model shop. they see ya coming. Except that its poisonous i would drink the stuff!!!!! its great for clean up enamel or acrylic, is the perfect thinner and not as toxic and stnky as say turpentine.
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    After a particular bad experence with "window fog" I only use white glue on clear parts. Takes longer to set up, but never fogs and it can be used to fill pesky gaps







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    thanks chaps,i had to stop polishing the part as i could see that it was getting mighty thin in places,whatever attacked the part had gone right into the material,but i think this was mostly due to crazing of the plastic due to its age or bad storage at some time in the kits life,you live and learn

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    That is true Bob live and learn always!!!


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    Michael, whiter spirit is basically enamel thinners, and will not work with acrylics. A good thinner/cleaner to use with acrylics is Isopropyl alcohol.

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    Nice!

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    i keep looking at this kit as i still have yet to finish it,can anyone point me in the right direction to get a replacement rear transparentce for this, as with all the detail i've put inside this is now the only thing that spoils it

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    thanks terry
    Fr President Clemenceau’s speech to the AIF 7th July 1918: “ we expected a great deal of (Australians)… We knew that you would fight a real fight, but we did not know that from the beginning you would astonish the whole continent. I shall go back and say to my countrymen “I have seen the Australians, I have looked in their faces …I know that they will fight alongside of us again until the cause for which we are all fighting is safe for us and for our children”.




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    Quote Originally Posted by Airframes View Post
    Michael, whiter spirit is basically enamel thinners, and will not work with acrylics. A good thinner/cleaner to use with acrylics is Isopropyl alcohol.
    I've had a bad experience with Iso, maybe it was too cheap a bottle. But having said that, I do keep a big bottle of it around and use it for All my clean-up, brushes and airbrush. You can run a lot of the stuff thru the airbrush and not choke on the expense. I do however use the Tamiya acrylic thinner for thinning the paint in the airbrush. But I do use a syringe and add drops in the AB cup and mix there when spraying. So I am conserving that expensive stuff. When I brush I use a little dish, put some paint in it and use it like a palette and dip my brush into the Tamiya thinner to add to the paint in the dish. If you don't swizzle the brush in the thinner it won't cloud it.

    Also just a tip..... on this GB I found if I use the tip of a very pointed toothpick, I paint the knobs on the panels. Easier to control the dab of paint going on....

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    There is clear plastic used in packaging some holiday items here, I don't know what you have there in the yewkay, but it is fairly tough and can be gently heated and formed.
    Sorry I can't be more helpful, but maybe you can puzzle it out, I am always looking for everyday items that can be used for modeling.
    Go to your local mega-mart type store and just wander around, you might spot something you had never thought of before.
    Good luck, and happy modeling!







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    ok thanks i will have a look around to see what i can find

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