Grumman Martlet Mk.IV - No. 888 NAS, Fleet Air Arm

Guy Rump
Same as Roland 🙂

Harold Clements
Thanks Guys... don't expect too much. I am not that good at the finer detail.... 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Nah, it looks grand. Following

Andy Ball
Great descriptors on the timeline, and a great build coming together

Łukasz Gliński
Nice progress. Agree w/Andy, it's a pleasure to watch and read all the steps. I always promise myself I'll describe my next project this way, but it never happens😉

John Thomas
Nice work

Harold Clements
Thanks for the supporting comments... I am finding it hard to get more than an hour a day to devote to the model... I am not an experienced modeller and I am trying different ideas as I go, so I am not sure how the final model will look... However, the idea is that I enjoy building it and make some friends along the way 🙂

Andy Ball
you're doing it just right!, we all build at different rates, but the point of the journey is to enjoy...

Łukasz Gliński
Can't agree more w/Andy
Remember the words of Al Superczynski: "Build what YOU want, the way YOU want to, and above all, have fun." 🙂

Wim van der Luijt
Very recognizable the way you describe your build, for me the process usually goes the same way. Correcting my own mistakes, but still having fun along the way. Finding time is my greatest hurdle, even the lockdown doesn't help much I find. Your Martlet is coming together nicely....looking forward to the final result!

Łukasz Gliński
Underside looks good, I keep on losing the preshading at this stage 🙂

Harold Clements
Yes, as can been seen in my latest update, I think I might have lost too much of the shading as well... I will have to make up for it in post painting...?

Łukasz Gliński
Looks good on your last pic, but you can try thinned smoke later on

Andy Ball
Great underside- don't think you've over-cooked it at all

Wim van der Luijt
Looks good to me

Guy Rump
Great progress, you are very tough on yourself Harold, I think it is looking really good. 🙂

Wim van der Luijt
man that sucks when the paint lifts with the tape! the prop tips look good to me.....

Łukasz Gliński
Sad to see the tape/primer incident. The other cause might have been the thickness of the primer/paint. The lacquers tend to peel off when they're too thick. Fingers crossed for sanding and repainting.

Harold Clements
Yes... very frustrating. After it happen, I did some digging around as to the common causes. It could be a multitude of things, including (as Łukasz suggested) paint thickness, age of tape, how long you leave the tape on, how 'impatiently' you removed the tape, cleanliness of the plastic... the list goes on. I will just need to be careful. I was wondering whether it will be worth soaking the tape with the IPA/Water mix before I try and remove it, tosee if it help reduce the stickiness ...?

Wim van der Luijt
stick your tape onto another clean(ish) surface a couple of times before applying to your model to reduce the "tack" of the tape

Łukasz Gliński
Wish I could provide such a clean recovery to my kits😉

Wim van der Luijt
Mr Murphy keeps visiting this project it seems, maybe the plastic still has some mold release agent on it, no paint will stick to that. The camo pattern looks good to my eye (but I'm no rivet counter)

Andy Ball
I love the dialogue, it's a real roller-coaster of a build, and one that most of us are familiar with...a pursuit for perfection....however I always remind myself that you can make up your own story for a piece of paint missing and then re-applied, (it was a repair-job in real life!). Keep going..this is building into something great!

Łukasz Gliński
I have to admit you cope very well with that paint issues, I'd probably put it on hold for some weeks to have myself cooled down a bit😉

Łukasz Gliński
Nice progress Harold, but one question as you use Real Colours: are they lacquer based?

Harold Clements
Yes and compatible with Mr. Color (mixing and thinning). They are also as nice as Mr Color to handle. I only started to use them as I could not get the colour in Mr. Color.