AdrianMF Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 (edited) Hello All, After finishing my 1 1/2 Strutter I didn't fancy resuming any of my in-progress models, so I thought I would have a quick "no frills" build. So on Saturday lunchtime (12:30) this came out of the stash: From a Hobbycraft sale bin a couple of years ago, can't remember how much it cost..... So the aim of the game is a quick build, no improvements, right?? OK, just two - cannon barrels across the undercarriage bay courtesy of Airfix Sturmovik rocket launcher rails, and two card side consoles for the cockpit. I haven't decided whether to add a pilot, so I haven't added any seat belts yet. I've also plugged the fuel tank pylon holes, although I suppose I should have cut the tank off the pylon and added the it to the fuselage. Hey ho. The main components were stuck together before a rather late lunch: I used a little Perfect Plastic Putty under the wings, and in the upper wing root and lower wing to fuselage joins, otherwise it wasn't too bad. The panel over the fuselage guns comes up a little short, so I added some thin strip to the back edge of the recess for it just in front of the canopy, and sanded it to blend it in. The kit has a cover in the wheel section of the undercarriage bay. I have chosen to leave it like that rather than cutting it away and showing scratch built internals in the fuselage. And I've painted the bay RLM02 in defiance of the instructions, which say aluminium. My decision not to go overboard with interior detailing seems to be justified: I was keen to try out my Airfix acrylics for RLM76/82/83: All painting is with a brush. All painting finished before dinner time. Mottling was accomplished with a brush from a Revell starter set, cut down to 2-3mm, with the brush wiped clean of paint before dabbing to get the mottle. The RLM82 (Hu 252) needed a good shake and careful dilution, otherwise you get a strange pale chalky effect that you can see on the left wing and right aileron - these will need a repaint. The red undersides needed three coats to get decent coverage. I realised that where I was painting over the green overspill on the wings and under the roots was going to be persistently darker, so I painted over those areas in light grey to get the same colour as the plastic before resuming. The red paint was slightly silky. The underside decals performed flawlessly, much to my surprise! All decals applied directly over paint with lashings of Humbrol decal softener above and below. This eliminates silvering, even on my mottling, which is matt and quite rough to the touch. The only changes I made to the decals were to add two extra strips to lengthen the white stripes on the cowling and to cut out two white underlays to give a white outline to the "1" on the fuselage. I cut up the white fuselage band from the other option to get this. When I'd finished all this it was definitely time for bed! Quite a lot of progress for 13 hours, with a break for cooking supper too! So tonight I hope to: Paint the guns and ejector chutes Paint and add the undercarriage (doors are done already as part of the striping Paint the exhausts Add seat belts and/or pilot Add and paint cockpit Touch up the RLM82 Apply some swaffelstickers Add exhaust staining and weather it Matt varnish Hopefully in RFI some time tomorrow! Thanks for looking, Adrian Edited July 11, 2015 by AdrianMF 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Are you kidding!?? Takes me months to build these LOL Great stuff.... Cant wait to see the finished build 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Great quick build Aidrian,I fancy having a go at a one day build sometime these simple cheap kit,s are ideal,good work on the painting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I bought this when it first came out, when I was about 14, and even then didn't build it this quick! Super mottling! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 EXCELLENT work..WOW .. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Brilliant! I've got one of these in the stash. I look forward to the next update. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Wow...at this speed, I could build all of my stash in a few years! If I stop shopping,.. Good work, bravo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Blimey.....That's turned out raher well! I vote for a pilot.....Chop the head off a 'Std. Issue Medium Crotch-Fondler' and turn it to one side, optionally shave off one arm and add a more animated replacement from scratch/spares. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Flipping hell! Quick is right! Great work and love the brush mottling... That's one for the file as I would like to try it Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share Posted July 9, 2015 Hello All,Well, real life got in the way and I only managed to get back to it yesterday. Here's a picture (slightly closer than the focus allows!) of the pilot from the kit, with head turned and an arm freed up, truncated so I can manoeuvre him into the cockpit: He's now in and all the other jobs are done, so I only need to add some weathering and a matt coat before I'm finished! Thanks for looking, Adrian 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Great job on the pilot! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 That's really quick!! And looking brilliant! Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Love the pilot figure.....Cracking job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 Hello All, Finally got to do the last few details today. It took about 16 hours at the bench and the project was finished in less than a week from picking out the box to taking this photo, so it's quite quick for me. I will take some more pictures outside with a proper camera and post them in RFI. Thanks for looking, Adrian 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Great job for a quickie! Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Great model and one of the best painted pilots I have ever seen in this scale! Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davek72 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Amazingly quick build I am very impressed. Especially like the pilot I never seem to get that level of detail on my 1/72 pilots....hence I leave them out. D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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