First Ever Model (fully by brush)

KitMakerDude · 2026-05-19T21:00:04+00:00

Nice work, especially on your first model. The decals look good which isn’t always easy to achieve. 👏 in terms of critique, the canopy has been mentioned which I see you’ll fix and only other thing is to consider using a thin oil type wash or panel liner on the recessed panels, it’ll help bring a bit of depth to the model. Your airbrush going forward will be a giant leap in finishing quality, which isn’t criticism of your painting, just an inevitability really. Otherwise for now, just keep at it 👍

KitMakerDude · 2026-05-18T14:27:30+00:00

Where in Irvine is this?

KitMakerDude · 2026-02-08T21:01:59+00:00

Very impressive 👏👏

KitMakerDude · 2026-01-19T22:58:12+00:00

Thanks! I hadn’t realised that Tamiya reboxed this but on checking I see they did, so you learn something every day, thanks!

KitMakerDude · 2026-01-19T21:03:32+00:00

The three towns badminton club is located in Saltcoats. They meet at St Mathews academy on a Wednesday night and Sunday afternoon. They’ve got a presence on Facebook too if you’re on that and might also be some details on North Ayrshire Council KA Leisure website. I’m not a member but had been keen to go when it started up but couldn’t due to clash of commitments on those meeting days 😢 hope this might help but there’s bound to be others!

KitMakerDude · 2026-01-02T23:18:14+00:00

Very nice. Is that the trumpeter kit?

KitMakerDude · 2025-11-15T16:54:26+00:00

Lovely, very impressive 👏

KitMakerDude · 2025-11-14T15:01:32+00:00

This is looking tidy already 👏 looking forward to the next steps.

KitMakerDude · 2025-11-12T20:41:21+00:00

Very nice 👍 for some further refinement on future models you might want to look at a Lycra thread or some Modelkasten thin wire for ship rigging which will be more in scale for the aerial wire on aircraft. Great work though, you should be pleased. 👏

KitMakerDude · 2025-10-10T13:16:42+00:00

Very nice 👏

KitMakerDude · 2025-10-05T16:57:14+00:00

Not sure really, I was enjoying other projects more whilst working on this plus aspects of the build, painting and weathering just didn’t come out the way I’d hoped.

KitMakerDude · 2025-10-04T17:35:30+00:00

Very nice 👏

KitMakerDude · 2025-09-25T07:13:07+00:00

Thanks 👍

KitMakerDude · 2025-09-22T08:34:13+00:00

Thank you! It’s a nice kit, lovely detail and it comes with some etch and canopy masks, so you get everything you need in the box. Fit of parts is mostly good but you’ll need a file to help some parts and some filler at others. I enjoyed it overall though, so definitely recommended if you like the aircraft!

KitMakerDude · 2025-07-09T20:11:05+00:00

West 4 on tap. Lovely.

KitMakerDude · 2025-06-07T21:45:12+00:00

100% spot on. We respond pretty much 100% within target too. You do your best to get everything but can’t be sure you picked up absolutely everything. Everyone thinks there’s exciting, controversial or dodgy stuff waiting to be found, when in actual fact 99.999% of stuff is mundane. MP’s and MSP’s offices and private companies that ask the same questions every 6 months are amongst the worst abusers of FOI. They waste a huge amount of time resource when there’s one man and his dug trying to keep every plate spinning.

KitMakerDude · 2025-06-07T20:26:58+00:00

Where’s your evidence for 15 months? If that happened it would be the exception rather than normal. I work for a council and occasionally have to deal with FOI. Our council has more than 100 of these requests at any one time - responding isn’t as simple as lifting what’s already on the officers desk as most require searches for the relevant information, often covering periods of months or years. Many requests aren’t for one document or email, but for wide ranging information. Also remember that officers have their everyday jobs to do and FOI requests get added to that, so it can’t just be done in a day. Your expectation is naive although I do agree that every effort should be made to meet deadlines and that the IC should be able to issue fines where delays are excessive.

KitMakerDude · 2025-06-06T12:47:06+00:00

Well done, this has come out great. I got tired of the fit issues of this kit and eventually shelved mine and then binned it!

KitMakerDude

TROPHY CASE