Peter Marshall Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Took advantage of a day off today and got this started. The Box shot I have finished the cockpit in a fairly quick style with a little finishing and weathering. Joined the fuselage halves together. Going well so far, looking forward to the Bare Metal finish on this one - I have my micromesh at the ready. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perry Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Great work so far Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dswoofie Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Great work! Looking good... Karl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebos Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 Good work there on the cockpit, nice and clean. Just the way I like 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Looking good so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 More done today - got the main components assembled, the canopy masked and polished the surface to within an inch of it's life. Then sprayed with black gloss primer, to allow it to be ready for the Alclad. I must say that I like the look of a gloss black mustang, I will have to see if I can find a scheme like that some time. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted April 6, 2008 Author Share Posted April 6, 2008 (edited) Ok - got the Alclad done today, and post sprayed some panels with diluted indian ink to shade some alternate panels to give the bare metal some variance. It looks better in real life than the pictures - the light in the shed is too direct to photograph the shiny surface well Edited April 6, 2008 by Peter Marshall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted April 12, 2008 Author Share Posted April 12, 2008 (edited) More progress - I have got the detail painting done, and decals on. The decals were a nightmare, breaking up at the slightest opportunity so I ended up with a decal jigsaw, which is als why I have left off most of the stencils ( they simply disintegrated in the water !). In addition I have had to use spares which aren't quite right for the upper and lower wing roundels Anyway I have sprayed the leading edges, kleared and once it drys, on to weathering. BTW - does anyone know which colour would be a match for the red and blue in these roundels. ideally in Vallejo Model Colour / Model Air, so I can touch them up. Thanks. Peter Edited April 12, 2008 by Peter Marshall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmojen Posted April 14, 2008 Share Posted April 14, 2008 That's going together beautifully Peter, shame the decals didn't want to play. I could probably dig you some replacements out of the spares box if you would like? Jen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted April 15, 2008 Author Share Posted April 15, 2008 That's going together beautifully Peter, shame the decals didn't want to play. I could probably dig you some replacements out of the spares box if you would like?Jen. Thanks - what I have done is weather it to within an inch of it's life, so it looks very beat up, so that the cracks / nibbles on the decals simply look like wear. I quite like it, particularly for an exercise in damage control. It fits quite well with the only photo I have found for this particular scheme which is quite dirty. I will post some pictures of the finished model at the weekend. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Looks nice, Hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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