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OFFICIAL: The Big Three Campaign
Bigrip74
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Texas, United States
Joined: February 22, 2008
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Posted: Sunday, June 28, 2020 - 07:50 PM UTC
Michael, she is looking good.

bob
RussellE
#306
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Victoria, Australia
Joined: June 27, 2010
KitMaker: 3,959 posts
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Posted: Sunday, June 28, 2020 - 11:16 PM UTC
Carlos , beautiful work on your Bf109 G6, Tamiya 1/72

Torsten , thank you yes, there's nothing quite like a silver Spitfire, hopefully we can see yours built one day

Bob that's a great rendition of a P51-A

Michael , come on, you can do it

Rory , Thank you, final reveal coming up

Ok, I'm calling Airfix's 1/72 F Mk22 Spitfire done! And just in time too!





More pictures in My Aircraft Hangar Collection

Overall, this is a nice little kit from Airfix and has some really nice features, fine trailing edges and panel lines appropriate for its scale

To finish off the kit I went with a very light weathering as this Mk didn't see any action as such. To seal it all in I went with a 25% Satin to 75% gloss coat. I wanted it to be shiny but not so shiny as to cause undue reflections.

I'm generally happy with the result and this is another out of the stash and into the display cabinet.

Thanks to Michael for hosting a great campaign
Torpon
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Spain / España
Joined: February 28, 2012
KitMaker: 103 posts
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Posted: Sunday, June 28, 2020 - 11:37 PM UTC
Russell, beautiful Spitfire. It looks like the perfect level of shineness from here. (Airfix Spitfire for the wishlist.)
RussellE
#306
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Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Monday, June 29, 2020 - 12:01 AM UTC

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Russell, beautiful Spitfire. It looks like the perfect level of shineness from here. (Airfix Spitfire for the wishlist.)



Thank you Carlos
Bigrip74
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Texas, United States
Joined: February 22, 2008
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Posted: Monday, June 29, 2020 - 05:11 AM UTC
Russell, she is a nice looking 5 bladed Spitfire.

Michael, thanks for a good campaign.


Bob
McRunty
#491
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Missouri, United States
Joined: April 06, 2016
KitMaker: 602 posts
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Posted: Monday, June 29, 2020 - 07:04 AM UTC

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Ok, I'm calling Airfix's 1/72 F Mk22 Spitfire done! And just in time too!



Very nicely done sir! I have the 1/48 version of this in my stash and yours definitely makes me want to revisit my build queue
YankeeSteve
#511
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Michigan, United States
Joined: July 10, 2018
KitMaker: 52 posts
AeroScale: 51 posts
Posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 10:14 AM UTC
1/72 Tamiya Bf 109G-6. Gotta love those Wilde Sau schemes. Again, some airbrush and weathering experiments performed! Thanks for the opportunity! Enjoy.....
Panzer_Modeler
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New Mexico, United States
Joined: May 19, 2020
KitMaker: 419 posts
AeroScale: 42 posts
Posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 02:28 PM UTC
Russ and Chaz your builds look fantastic!
Bigrip74
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Texas, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 03:01 PM UTC
CHAZ, nice job on that tough to do camo.

Bob
RussellE
#306
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Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Tuesday, June 30, 2020 - 11:37 PM UTC

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Russell, she is a nice looking 5 bladed Spitfire.

Michael, thanks for a good campaign.


Bob



Thank you, Bob One of my favorite marks


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Ok, I'm calling Airfix's 1/72 F Mk22 Spitfire done! And just in time too!



Very nicely done sir! I have the 1/48 version of this in my stash and yours definitely makes me want to revisit my build queue



Thank you Rory Would definitely like to see your build of the 1/48 kit


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1/72 Tamiya Bf 109G-6. Gotta love those Wilde Sau schemes. Again, some airbrush and weathering experiments performed! Thanks for the opportunity! Enjoy..... /i>



Chaz , that's some really nice work on the camo markings!


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Russ and Chaz your builds look fantastic!



Thank you Ezra
McRunty
#491
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Missouri, United States
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Posted: Wednesday, July 01, 2020 - 01:54 AM UTC

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1/72 Tamiya Bf 109G-6. Gotta love those Wilde Sau schemes. Again, some airbrush and weathering experiments performed! />



Looks awesome!
md72
#439
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Washington, United States
Joined: November 05, 2005
KitMaker: 4,950 posts
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Posted: Saturday, July 04, 2020 - 03:42 AM UTC
Inching up on the finish line. All of the decals on, just gotta add the fiddly bits and clear coat.
MichaelSatin
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AEROSCALE
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Colorado, United States
Joined: January 19, 2008
KitMaker: 3,909 posts
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Posted: Saturday, July 04, 2020 - 07:43 AM UTC
Look Ma, I finished a campaign!

1/48 Tamiya P-51C with Jaguar interior and Three Guys decals.





That decal sheet is 24 years old and performed flawlessly. I'm sorry those guys are out of business.

A couple of more days to go, everyone!

Michael
MichaelSatin
Staff MemberCampaigns Administrator
AEROSCALE
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Colorado, United States
Joined: January 19, 2008
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Posted: Saturday, July 04, 2020 - 07:44 AM UTC
And I have no idea why everyone's posts in this thread (including mine) are suddenly in italics. Technology, who knows?

Michael
iflytb20
#501
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Kerala, India / भारत
Joined: August 25, 2009
KitMaker: 292 posts
AeroScale: 194 posts
Posted: Saturday, July 04, 2020 - 10:47 PM UTC
Even the page numbers are in Italics for me


PS : Anyone else still having issues in accessing the gallery?
RussellE
#306
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Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Sunday, July 05, 2020 - 09:56 PM UTC
Fantastic work Michael

Raj, the Gallery seems ok
md72
#439
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Washington, United States
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Posted: Monday, July 06, 2020 - 02:50 AM UTC
Sneaking up on the finish line.

Most of the fiddly bits are in place, clear coat is curing. Just gotta peel the masking and add the opened canopy.

Neat scheme there Michael.

Raj, Jim mentioned a while back that the galleries are the fuse for system overload, they stop responding first, until the traffic drops off. Try again after a few minutes.
iflytb20
#501
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Kerala, India / भारत
Joined: August 25, 2009
KitMaker: 292 posts
AeroScale: 194 posts
Posted: Monday, July 06, 2020 - 01:23 PM UTC
Russell & Mark

Thanks for the heads up. I finally managed to upload a pic to the campaign gallery. Turns out, the photo uploader wants to maintain social distancing between the pictures and wasn't letting me upload more than one picture at a time.

Cheers
md72
#439
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Washington, United States
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Posted: Monday, July 06, 2020 - 01:29 PM UTC
one at a time is one of it's 'quirks'. Size is another one, it quietly rejects any image over 3 Mb. It sez it accepted it, but nothing happens. Get them under the limit and after it sez it accepted them it brings them up and gives you a chance to annotate them before it actually processes and save them.
md72
#439
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Washington, United States
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Posted: Monday, July 06, 2020 - 05:33 PM UTC
Slipping across the finish line.

Academy's 1/72 P-51C Red Tails.

I did build it without the Jeep.

Turns out this is my 7th finish of the year. I guess something good is coming out of this lockdown.
MichaelSatin
Staff MemberCampaigns Administrator
AEROSCALE
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Colorado, United States
Joined: January 19, 2008
KitMaker: 3,909 posts
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Posted: Tuesday, July 07, 2020 - 10:01 AM UTC
Time to wrap this one up. A very impressive 76% of enlistees have successfully completed the campaign, so congrats and thank you to all who participated! Ribbons have been awarded so if you didn't get one and think you should have, let me know.

See you around the site(s)!

Michael
md72
#439
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Washington, United States
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Posted: Tuesday, July 07, 2020 - 05:06 PM UTC
Thanks, ribbon looks nice in the collection. Great work to all who finished. If you didn't finish, I'm sure I'll see ya over in Hanger Queens.
Bigrip74
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Texas, United States
Joined: February 22, 2008
KitMaker: 5,026 posts
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Posted: Tuesday, July 07, 2020 - 05:58 PM UTC
Thanks for the campaign and loved the builds.

Bob
RussellE
#306
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Victoria, Australia
Joined: June 27, 2010
KitMaker: 3,959 posts
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Posted: Tuesday, July 07, 2020 - 11:36 PM UTC
Thanks for a great campaign Michael

Congrats to all those who finished! Ribbon looks nice in the collection
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