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    Airfix models

    Anybody into airfix models!!!
    Well we bought a couple for our nephew as a.stocking filler so i thought i would have a go and see what they are like compared to when i was a nipper..
    One word to describe them.......
    Cr@p

    Nothing like what they where in those days....
    I bought the cutty sark model wish i saved my money..
    And the acrylic paints etc what is all that about...

    Acrylic paints and plastic dont go together no matter how much i gave the little thimble of paint a stir it just does not cover.......
    I was only painting the stand god knows what it will look like once i start the ships hull i may have to get camel laird in for that one...

    Also who in their right mind at airfix decided to put a metallic brown in the box to paint the hull....
    The mind boggles......



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    almost as bad as when we bought a nephew 2 of those 3d jigsaws,we got him the prsche 911 and a VW campervan, it was a buy 3 for 2 deal so i got the earth one,did ok until coming to put the top pieces in and squashed the whole frigging thing as they wouldnt stop in place properly,when i asked how nephew had got on i got told they were great,after he glued the pieces in place as he did them,they knew id been struggling but never told me that bit of advice ffs lol,andi

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    Ive been reading bits n bats on building a wooden galleon with a kit.
    The tools you require are like having the entire mechanics snapon collection at hand..
    Plank benders
    Thats thrown it out of the window...
    You buy a kit for 100s of poubds and then you may have to make altertations i mean wtf alterations....
    You dont spend a fortune to make alterations...

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    make models out of match sticks, seen some great ones from ships to gypsy caravans. i made a galleon once. sold it for 200 quid for charity. you can even color the match sticks darker by baking them in the oven
    used to be a great hobby. just use a piece of card board to get the shape of say the hull and deck then use the match sticks on the surface area. to bend the match sticks to shape. a few half cuts on the match stick and it bends. just a little practice needed. better then plastic models.
    https://www.google.com/search?client...&bih=966&dpr=1

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    Cheers for thanks link....

    Ive found the kit and just which ship to make......

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