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    What kind of Coat is this?

    To me, I'd say a driving coat ….
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    So use a flexible ruler and draw a bent one ! :) Or a nice curve, as in what I used on the Lucky part of Lucky Dog - I gave the font a gentle sweep with this. Very handy!
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    Yes, just regular artist acrylics (from an art shop - not a model shop) - but as I shall relate, it's important to choose the best. Most brands offer two tiers of quality; a student grade and a professional grade. As the name suggests, the student grade is aimed at beginners and to make them...
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    And with no nazi aftertaste …!
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    What temperature is your cut-off for wearing a leather jacket?

    Around 15C (60C). Then the Buzz L2-A comes out.
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    Ta-Daaaah! Finished! So I will also be including finishing techniques such as making your jacket art looked toned down and a little "aged" and, as you can see in the sneak peek here, I'll be demonstrating the use of a dark wash to act as a filter and how dry-brushing works to "dirty down" (to...
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    Aero A-2 'Unknown Maker' 1756 contract

    Very nice A2, Sloan - and the caramel coloured knit really make it for me. Fantastic - it looks beautiful. I'd wear it as-is for a while if it was me. See how you feel about putting patches on later … But if you want a good patch of the 532nd BS (a fine squadron), I can heartily recommend this...
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    The offending antennae of which I spoke in 1/72 ... it's amazing how I could work around the fiddly bits pleasantly drunk - but struggle sober the next day! It's just goes to show how it sometimes goes with anything artistic - and if you're not feeling the flow, there's no sense in forcing it -...
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    The Great Random Jacket Fit Pic Thread

    Yep, a great idea for a thread Nick - and the sentiments behind it too. In that spirit, here's one of the rare few I have of my old ELC 352nd A2 on a visit back to England. It'd have to be around 2005? Before I was on TFL ... Taken at Castleton at the medieval church built around 1085AD (I...
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    Black Sheep Squadron Documentary

    Isn't this it, Nick? http://www.amazon.com/Baa-Black-Sheep-1/dp/B0007YMWGY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432233282&sr=8-1&keywords=black+sheep+squadron
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    Hey, sometimes sober and awake is worse! I recall my more prolific model building days and I'd have a good Friday night in at the model bench and turn on the hifi and get the headphones on - pour a Guinness or something similarly tasty and it'd go down like velvet - and the music's so, so good...
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    And I'd say that's quite alright. "A man has to know his limitations" as Det. ("Dirty") Harry Callaghan famously once said. I never drink more than 3 pints of beer for that same reason!
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    Thanks! It's the "Star and Bar" unique to 1943 - the only year that the ANJ-3 was made, so it had to be that way for this jacket.
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    I'm doing just fine, thank you, Big J! Just busy. And I say that a G-1 back panel (and in goatskin) makes a great canvas - why not? As long as it looks appropriate to the jacket … and your F-4 design would work for that.
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    Well, my thread is geared towards A2s and my ANJ-3 (which was inspired by a painted-on original) - but the theory is all there for anyone to paint just a name on the back of a motorcycle jacket if they want to …
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    All you need is some desire, a steady hand, a decent eye for detail/symmetry and some patience and perseverance. You never know if you have talent! Hell, I did art at school and was … okay at it. People said I was good at it, but I always considered myself a bit of a fraud as I was really best...
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    Hopefully this will be of interest to some of you out there and it hasn't been done before (?) - and it's been some work so far, but I'm now on the home straight and getting very close to finishing, which is when I'll post the full thread on "How To Paint on your Leather Jacket 101". It'll...
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    My new Irvin

    A nice jacket with a great fit. Nice one! Yes, it'll compact down nicely with lots of wear and in as inclement weather as you can handle - my ELC RW B-3 was originally thick (3/4") and after all these years of very faithful service, it's much thinner and these days is closer to the thickness of...
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    Eastman Pearl Harbor A2

    GREAT A2, Marv! That's perfect and of the right vintage for me. Nice, subtle time-worn effect and the colour of the lining complements the colour of the hide just perfectly. ELC have the best linings IMO. The cotton lining on my 352nd A2 was so soft that it felt more like silk to me and it was a...
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    These guys never cease to amaze me

    Indeed. I believe they're called "bellows pockets" for that reason.

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