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LorenSharp

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  1. Decaling finally done. Touch and go for a bit. As a precaution I coated my after market decals with a couple of coats of clear lacquer. Wasn't quite enough. the tail markings started to shatter but I carefully applied those, stopped, and coated everything again with two much thicker coats of lacquer. That did the trick. Smooth sailing from there. I'll let these dry overnight. Then tomorrow give everything a couple of very good coats of lacquer, again to seal everything up. Old decals don't always want to stay stuck to metal foil. Then add the landing gear and all the rest of the little bits and this will be DONE!
  2. Navy Bird, sounds more like @tomprobert but on a vastly smaller scale. But anyhoo Im not sure f this is what you were needing Martian. There is a set of stairs on the lower to upper deck. not sure if this will help but here's the link.
  3. Thanks I lucked out on that one. I think they're out of production now.
  4. Ahhh Martian doing a Martin. It can't get any better than this except maybe reciting "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" along the way. Thankfully you're not working on any albatross'.
  5. Yes and like Snidley Whiplash Curses! Foiled Again! A little touch-up on the black walkways and the red on the intakes plus steel wool on the aluminum here and there to bring some variety to all this shiny stuff Now to begin decaling Then start the final adding of the final bits and calling this project done.
  6. Cooper Details 1/48 Westland Whirlwind Ok is this the right gallery? Yep.... will wonders never cease in what I can accomplish at times. But no matter, Here is my Allied Twins entry. Cooper Details 1/48 Westland Whirlwind. Pretty much OOB with the exception of the decals Those were from DK decals. Paint from AK Interactive, Model Master, Mig Ammo and Polly Scale. Thanks for stopping in and having a look. You can find my WIP here:
  7. And that leaves me with this.... Overall not a bad little build. Thanks for following along on this journey. I'll have the finals up in the gallery momentarily. Who knows I might even be able to get them in the RIGHT gallery this time. won't that be an amazing feat? (for me at least.) Now to try and get the rest of these builds I'm juggling off the bench and into the history books....
  8. Well it turns out that the Cooper Detail decals were worse than the Koster Nachtjagers. Even with more than a few coats of clear lacquer, the decals disintegrated when placed in water. I was able to find set on evilbay from a seller I've dealt with alot. and one week later.... They went on a whole lot easier, and in one piece too. This led to the final bits added , canopy, antenna and antenna wires gear doors and making sure I didn't forget anything. The an overall coat of matte clear to tone everything down and some exhaust weathering on the nacelles.
  9. Actually not quite true. I did start on the tires and rims for the trailer. and did a test shot with new printer which surprised me at how well they turned out. I used a tire from another build I have in the Boomer GB as a basic model to work from. I want to try and get at least the trailer assembly finished and start printing that. If the Easter Bunny will let me that is.🐇
  10. Almost to the point I can begin work. Hopefully I can begin this weekend. Too much on my plate.
  11. Not bad Rob., I like how the wee one turned out. I tried the Plumbers tape once(Not Duct Tape) but it didn't do what I wanted.Ours is thick, probably 300-400 micron thick. It didn't want to go around small compound curves to well. I went from that to store aluminum foil and latex glue. But I ended up with brush marks showing through so I finally settled on BMF though Dennis( @Corsairfoxfouruncle) did give me some advice on applying the glue better so I may go back soon and give the old college try once more.
  12. Well Mike it seems that the images have totally gone walkabout. @81-er told me I had put them in the wrong Gallery, Allied instead of Axis.I was going to ask Enzo to move them for me. But now it's in neither Gallery I have no idea where they went.. So I guess I'll re-up the correct images in the correct Gallery. Sorry for the late night confusion.
  13. Of course it figures. I didn't realize there were 2 different Galleries DOH!
  14. Thanks Rob. I'm using Bare Metal Foil With as many foiling projects slated I may go back to using good old fashioned Reynolds Aluminum. So far I'm going through 1 1/2 sheets of the BMF for e ach jet.
  15. I think when the time comes I'm going to measure everything and see if I can't make printed parts for the tail assembly and bucks for the vacced glass bits. I can see me wanting to do more than "The Swoose" and finding another kit like this would cost a small fortune.
  16. Then the sanding, checking refilling as necessary, sanding and checking. Finally I ended up with this, The wheel bays got a spritz of paint and when dry a dark wash. Then I painted the nose insignia red. I'm not sure how far the decal will cover the nose so I painted more than I should. Just in case. It's a lot done, but not a lot done if you kw what I mean. This kit has practically fallen together. It's so being a real treat to work on Now on the the foiling...Yay! If it's like the Heller kit, this will take a day or so to complete. Then applying the red, white and blue decal flashes. From there I can work on the landing gear. so stay tuned for more exciting fun!
  17. Switching to the fuselage I added the tailpipe, and nose gear well and for good measure, another wheel weight. Gluing the halves and wings together I got everything ready to fill gaps. The panel lines are a lot more delicate so masking tape to protect from sanding is in order. I let these dry for a few days while I worked on other projects.
  18. Here it is a month to go and I'm finally getting around to giving a progress report. I ust hop I can get the rest of these builds finished in time. So without further ado... Started with the office,(Of course) Definitely has more detail than my Heller kit. I did have to print an new instrument panel. Neither of the F-84F kits had those parts so I used the Heller panel as a base and printed out several new ones. From there bits of white and red paint applied with a tooth pick and finished up with a silver pencil to bring out the details a little more. The slabs underneath the cockpit are flat self sticking wheel weights. Didn't know how much to add so I started off with 14g.
  19. After spending the day sanding and re-filling and sanding.. then painting the nose intakes and fin top. The REAL work begins,.. Foiling. Over a period of a couple of days I applied the foil to individual panels and worked my way from front to back. After getting the foil smoothed I added additional detail with #0000 Steel wool to alternate the grain and look of the metal. Next will be the wings and adding the decals before finishing up. stay tuned .
  20. With the hlave together, time to fill gaps.... Masking tape to keep the sanding damage to a minimum. I let these dry for a few days. ( it was a while before I could get back to it.
  21. Once these were dry I painted the box interiors black and used kids stick on jewels for the lenses. It would help if I could get the camera to stay in focus every once i a while. But once those were installed I gave the lenses a coat of Tamiya Smoke to tone down the brilliance of the jewels... and installed the tailpipe.
  22. Well now I think I can get to the point of catching up on these many builds I have percolating here, there, and everywhere. BAd thing is I've had these images ready display here for more than a few weeks. PArt laziness and a nice portion of almost loing what I did have to an SD card that wanted to laydown on me at the most un-opportune of times. But no matter here's what's happened this far.... Starting off with the office,Heeler doesn't have a lot of detail so I added a little bit in the way of decals from the spares box for the panels detail, and the harness is from a 50's jet aircraft belts P/E set. Then boxing in for the cameras. Again the fit only had the perspex covers. but you could still see inside. So cuttin' and splicing was the order of the day. Simple boxing in with plastic card.
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