Kev1n Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Natural metal areas applied with verious shades of Alclad 2. The grey is Lifecolor UA-043 Grey FS16515. Lifecolor usually dries matt but this one has a very nice high-gloss finish. Perfect for applying decals. And now things start to get interesting. actually it's the bare metal going as far back as this that I was curious about - I had the impression that just the leading edges were bare metal but I'm open to correction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted November 27, 2012 Author Share Posted November 27, 2012 actually it's the bare metal going as far back as this that I was curious about - I had the impression that just the leading edges were bare metal but I'm open to correction aha! You are correct. I did some very crude masking intending to overspray the area with red. You'll see at the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 ah I see now....I knew there was a good reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 I did some very crude masking intending to overspray the area with red. You'll see at the weekend. Like this... Although it wasn't all plain sailing. I oversprayed with Xtracrylix XA1217 Red RLM 27. This was very transparent and didn't cover the underlying painbt as I expected. So I oversprayed it again with Gunze H327. That didn't have much body either. Next thing was a coat of Alclad2 grey primer, which solved the problem. Final red overspray was the Xtracrylix XA1217 again. And here it is with about half the stickers on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuprar Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Looking very nice Enzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Don't you just love that red, white and black! Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinky coffeeboat Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 (edited) Don't you just love that red, white and black! Cliff And their next Speedjack colour scheme. I think BEA had two of the nicest c/s yet applied to any aircraft. Looking nice - I read somewhere (but can't remember where...) that grey is a great primer for red. Jeff Edit - just remembered where I read about the grey primer - in a magazine article about a full scale restoration of a Ferrari 250 GTO in Octane magazine. Edited December 2, 2012 by pinky coffeeboat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippiebg Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Enzo, man, your other car's definitely a Ferrari! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 reached the exciting part now enzo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted December 3, 2012 Author Share Posted December 3, 2012 reached the exciting part now enzo Indeed. The remainder of the stickers will be going on tonight. I'm well on schedule for completion a couple of days before the end of the GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 stickers.....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Almost all the stickers have been applied. The engine pods have been sprayed with Alclad2 White Aluminium. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippiebg Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Finish and build look very good, but is that registraiton lettering on the fin a bit masive, or is it me..? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 but is that registraiton lettering on the fin a bit masive, or is it me..? No, it's not you. Guess what I've done... That's right. I've put the wing lettering on the fin and vice versa! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippiebg Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Aw, Enzo, man, what can I say...It looks so neat otherwise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Aw, Enzo, man, what can I say...It looks so neat otherwise! I'm not done with it yet. I have a cunning plan... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Looking very nice Enzo, lovely colour schem that Red Square was. Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Erm... wot's goin' on?!?!? I have some white lettering decals which would have replaced the ones on the model. So I set to with some hot water and a paintbrush, fully expecting the decals on the model to disintegrate as I removed them. Instead they simply floated off. In one piece!!! So now I've swapped them around. Panic over... That sort of thing is unheard of in my modelling experience! Now I'm expecting the Carpet Monster to return all the parts he has nicked over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippiebg Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 (edited) Cool! All's well that ends well Another sales point for Two Six Decals, eh! Edited December 9, 2012 by skippiebg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 (edited) Another sales point for Two Six Decals, eh! Indeed. This is the second time that I have used Two Six Decals and I'm really rather impressed with them. Another thing with this sheet is that although it is intended to produce one model only, if you are a little bit creative with some painting then you could get two models out of it - a standard BEA aircraft and a Malta Airlines aircraft. Edited December 9, 2012 by Enzo Matrix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted December 10, 2012 Author Share Posted December 10, 2012 As you can see, my little foxes paw has been rectified. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 slurp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinky coffeeboat Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Very nice indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted December 16, 2012 Author Share Posted December 16, 2012 Finished! And, as usual, on the very last day of the GB. Mind you, the carpet monster intervened at the very last moment. He took the starboard engine exhaust nozzle. So the photos are posed to avoid that area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippiebg Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 Well done, that man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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