CJP Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 (edited) Decals on & most of the decaling went ok - the kit decals went on well and the stencilling is clear & readable - one of the ejection seat triangles rolled up and broke apart when I tried to unravel it but I found that the Wyvern early version kit in my stash had two sets of the ejection seat triangles on the decal sheet so was able to knock one off to save the day - I only had a couple of failures with my home printed serials/codes when the ink bled a bit but had printed spares to allow for that - I had stored the sliding canopy safely away in a little plastic box for safe keeping and overlooked painting it so need to do that and have another look at the paint job on the ejection seat - the 813 Squadron badge on the fin was from Modelart sheet 48-002 that was in a Dynavector Wyvern vacform kit (still unbuilt) and looked a bit neater to me than the one on the kit decal sheet. Once I seal the decals with a flat coat I will add some light exhaust staining on the fuselage behind the wing and fit the jet exhausts - then a final check to see what I have forgot and fit the wings in place. Edited May 21, 2018 by CJP postimage.cc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 (edited) A final couple of photos for WIP - ejection seat installed and canopy painted and fitted. . A little bit of exhaust staining done with Tamiya weathering set using a cotton bud and a spray with Microflat clear finish. Next step will be the fiddly job to hook the wing hinge points, jury struts and hydraulic lines and wiring lines without damaging the parts - if I have not forgotten anything it should be completed at last - all going well there will be an RFI soon Edited April 17, 2018 by CJP postimage.cc 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonT Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Can't wait 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackem01 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 WOW! I normally only do 48th RAF, but watching this progress I feel I may need some RN on my shelves. Great work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 (edited) Just a thought - as I was posting a RFI for this Wyvern model I thought wouldn't it make sense to post photos of the completed model at the end of the WIP to finalise it instead of a brand new RFI post? - everything in the one place from start to finish - I mean where there has not been a WIP then a RFI would be the way to post photos. RFI link - http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235025448-westland-wyvern-s4-vz749-272e/ A comparison photo Seahawk & Wyvern Edited April 17, 2018 by CJP postimage.cc 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Cracking result! Martian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 On 16/08/2017 at 9:45 PM, SimonT said: Can't wait On 17/08/2017 at 7:00 AM, mackem01 said: WOW! I normally only do 48th RAF, but watching this progress I feel I may need some RN on my shelves. Great work. Thanks for your comments guys CJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 17 hours ago, Martian Hale said: Cracking result! Martian Your Interplanetary comments most appreciated - thanks Martian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Fabulous! I have always loved this bizarre monster since building a ?Frog kit of it in the 60s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted August 18, 2017 Author Share Posted August 18, 2017 35 minutes ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: Fabulous! I have always loved this bizarre monster since building a ?Frog kit of it in the 60s Thanks Ex-FAAWAFU - I'm a keen follower of your models so much appreciated CJP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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