**** DONE: Matchbox 1/72 Bf110 VVS group build

[magnu]

You have a nice balance there Lewis, but please, give us the heads-up on how the future goes over the pastals.

Vic the future was brushed on in two coats and went on fine I'll get some pics. up tonight when I get home from work. Hope to get some daylight shots as the lamp has bleached out some of the subtle stuff.
Thanks once again for the kind words and encouragement everyone

[rochie]

looks great Lewis

[magnu]

As promised some daylight shots of the weathering

[Vic Balshaw]

Now that looks even better, top stuff Lewis and thanks mate.

[magnu]

No worries Vic Did the decals tonight and painted the canopy made a landing light but gave up on the nav. lights. Every time I had a piece nearly to the size I wanted it "Ping" off it went to who knows where. Am trying to build them up with clear glue ATM. Am now going to call it a night as my concentration is waning and my patience is wearing thin.

[Crimea_River]

Lewis, that looks fantastic, mate!

[Wayne Little]

Looks great Lewis! That "Ping" business is very irritating..!!

[magnu]

Thanks Wayne and Andy
Yep after five goes at sawing filing and "Ping" I decided to call it a day.

[Crimea_River]

Help me understand. Are you trying to shape the clear parts before you glue them on or after? Before is difficult, but if you CA glue a rough piece of clear plastic onto the model first, then shape, sand, and polish it, there's less chance it'll go into orbit.

[magnu]

Andy I was trying to do a rough shaping before I glued them in place but as they were very small about 2 x 1 x 1 mm I tried to get them to a reasonably workable size before gluing them in place. Thinking about it now I should have got them done before I did the painting but it was one of those jobs I was putting off doing until I had to.
CA glue and I do not get on it will stick everywhere except where I want it to so I try and avoid using it whenever possible.

[Crimea_River]

OK. Too bad about the CA as it's pretty useful stuff. Not sure what you have locally but here I can get some very thin plastic tube that can be inserted into the nozzle of the CA container for much finer control. Makes for much less mess. The other thing I do is put a blob of the gap filling superglue (thicker and slower drying) on a piece of scrap and then use a toothpick or equivalent to apply it the the area I want.

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Lewis, you are doing a superb job sir! That looks great!!!

[rochie]

looks fantastic lewis

[Vic Balshaw]

You have done a brilliant job Lewis and Oh that ping sound, very frustrating. Each of us has their own way of forming the nav lights, sometimes I do them on the model before spraying and other times I do them separate by sticking the colour plastic to a small strip of Evergreen usually a 2.5 square chunk and then initially grind it down to the approximate shape and the file and smooth until then shape you want. I then keep it on this stick until needed and remove it with a very sharp blade but make sure before doing this that you can control the ping effect, like a scrunched up tissue that you cut the lens into.

[magnu]

Thanks for the advice and encouragement folks
Would this AC have a yellow theater band round the fuselage? There isn't one on the profile but that is about 30 years old I have seen them applied both before and after the numerals easy enough tho do tho.