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[The Spadgent]

Saturday mornin' be like.

 gotta make breakfast but soon.....sooooon.

 

Jont

[The Spadgent]

Well it all started last night wondering how I was going to do the masking of the letters.

easy I thought, I'll make a paper template I thought.

Mr Soft!  ok so I'll have another think.

while looking down I noticed the wings had a slight twist. If you are planning on building this and you go down the path I have you might want to take note.

By twisting the wing you get a slight gap in the engine strut and by adding a shim you can hold the twist in place. Like this.

yay! All straight.

Any hoo sleeping on it I'm guessing Tamiya tape is the only way to go so.

stick it on and free hand the words.

solidify the words.

decide that tape the other way is better and trace it again. Then cut out using a new blade.

Then after much wrestling ( cut it in half first ) we get it in place.

Repeat the madness on the other side.

With @CedBs overspray on his roundels ringing in my ears I did this.

 and went for it.

im going to leave it to dry now.

we are getting some rescue hens to replenish our numbers this afternoon so it looks like I'm sorting the coup out.

 

the plot thickens, well not really but it's a great Cliff hanger. Not quite @TheBaron standard but good for me.

 

have a lovely afternoon chaps.

 

thanks for looking over the wall.

 

Happy Modelling.

 

Johnny overspray protection. 

[giemme]

Great stuff Johnny, a real masking challenge!

Can't wait to see her unmasked

 

Ciao

[CedB]

Gaaaahhh - the tension (cue Willy Wonka video)! Excellent masking Johnny, great job  

Paper masks and 3m Remount (expensive, but a tin will last ages so it's cheaper than tape I reckon)

Rescue chickens? What these?

 

[The Spadgent]

10 minutes ago, giemme said:

Great stuff Johnny, a real masking challenge!

Can't wait to see her unmasked

 

Ciao

Thanks G. I can't wait either. 

7 minutes ago, CedB said:

Gaaaahhh - the tension (cue Willy Wonka video)! Excellent masking Johnny, great job  

Paper masks and 3m Remount (expensive, but a tin will last ages so it's cheaper than tape I reckon)

Rescue chickens? What these?

 

Thanks Ced. It was a mammoth session. Ahh the chooks, It's kinda like a rescue dog, cat. Basically hens that the farmer has no use for any more, about 12 months old and they all get sent for slaughter.  I'd like to save em all, alas what I can save will have to do.

 

Johnny Vegbox.

 

so tempted to have a peek. Must stay strong. 

[The Spadgent]

Even with all that masking guess what?

On the tail, there look. and on the wheels? How even....

nothing to worry about though, a bit of Tamiya thinners sorted out the overspray. 

And we're clear. Not 100% accurate but I'm more than happy with that.

The other side is done too. I can now get the last bits painted up and stuck on then another gloss and a Flory wash. There are some little struts on the top wing that are missing from the kit, so I'll add them myself, same case with the tail struts.

 

hope you like the markings. 

Have a great weekend guys.

 

Johnny.

[Bigdave22014]

In the words of Professor Heinz Wolff "Ahh...an elegant solution" (just imagine a German accent).

[John Masters]

Nice!

[giemme]

Aaargh! Bl..dy overspray!

 

But you're not a man to fear that, I see

The markings look great

 

Ciao

 

 

[Leonl]

Very 😎 

[keefr22]

Great stuff!! 

 

Keith

[Brandy]

Beautifully done, and nice save on the overspray.

 

Ian

[CedB]

Overspray gets us all Johnny - good save.

That lettering looks great, especially the tricky bit around the roundel. Well done that man, very well done  

[Tomoshenko]

Brilliant Johnny. The stenciling looks great. It looks natural too like it was actually painted on (that is intended as a compliment).

[TonyTiger66]

Incredible progress since I last visited this thread Johnny !

 

Good saves all round; wing centre section and axles  

 

The Lego jigs worked a treat. Top wing on nicely, tail built, batwings, great stuff!

 

The lettering looks very good, far better than transfers would. This is turning into quite a beauty; a museum piece if I may dare say so. Riggety riggety rig, rig, rig, tum te tum de diddly riggety riggety rig....

 

 

 

Best regards

TonyT

[Nigel Heath]

That lettering is a great representation of the real article. 

[Martian]

Hugely impressive! You will soon sort out the overspray.

 

Martian

[The Spadgent]

On 19/08/2017 at 7:11 PM, John D.C. Masters said:

Nice!

Thanks.

On 19/08/2017 at 6:36 PM, Bigdave22014 said:

In the words of Professor Heinz Wolff "Ahh...an elegant solution" (just imagine a German accent).

Imagined! 

On 19/08/2017 at 7:44 PM, giemme said:

Aaargh! Bl..dy overspray!

 

But you're not a man to fear that, I see

The markings look great

 

Ciao

 

 

Thanks.

On 19/08/2017 at 8:29 PM, Leonl said:

Very 😎 

Cheeres.

23 hours ago, keefr22 said:

Great stuff!! 

 

Keith

Thunks.

23 hours ago, limeypilot said:

Beautifully done, and nice save on the overspray.

 

Ian

Thank you sir. 

8 hours ago, CedB said:

Overspray gets us all Johnny - good save.

That lettering looks great, especially the tricky bit around the roundel. Well done that man, very well done  

Thanks Ced.

7 hours ago, Tomoshenko said:

Brilliant Johnny. The stenciling looks great. It looks natural too like it was actually painted on (that is intended as a compliment).

Thanks Tomo. 

7 hours ago, TonyTiger66 said:

Incredible progress since I last visited this thread Johnny !

 

Good saves all round; wing centre section and axles  

 

The Lego jigs worked a treat. Top wing on nicely, tail built, batwings, great stuff!

 

The lettering looks very good, far better than transfers would. This is turning into quite a beauty; a museum piece if I may dare say so. Riggety riggety rig, rig, rig, tum te tum de diddly riggety riggety rig....

 

 

 

Best regards

TonyT

Thanks, and yes rigging ahoy!

7 hours ago, Nigel Heath said:

That lettering is a great representation of the real article. 

Thanks.

2 hours ago, Martian Hale said:

Hugely impressive! You will soon sort out the overspray.

 

Martian

Thanks M

[Fritag]

8 hours ago, Tomoshenko said:

Brilliant Johnny. The stenciling looks great. It looks natural too like it was actually painted on (that is intended as a compliment).

As so often, I find that Tom has said it first and better! Bravo Johnny!

[The Spadgent]

5 minutes ago, Fritag said:

As so often, I find that Tom has said it first and better! Bravo Johnny!

Thanks, much appreciated. 

[The Spadgent]

Thanks for all the kind words. Work has been sporadic today. I had to gloss outside as Mrs Spadgent insists the fumes will kill every one so.

She looks rather nice in the sun.  after drying and taking the car in to get some new break discs I get a light Flory wash.

then a darker wash in all the right places.

I wanted this to look used but cared for, if that makes sense. So after drying I started the old wipe off dance.

after dipping in and out whilst doing chores , dinner etc we are here.

it's a bit dark at the bench but I kind of like the vintage look I'm getting. I made all the control stubs and painted them. I'll check in the morning to see is she still passes muster then it's on with the bits and bobs and I can start...........

rigging.

 

night y'all .

 

haope you had a lovely weekend.

 

Johnny dust

[giemme]

Agreed about the vintage look, I'd say it's spot on

 

Ciao

[amblypygid]

Yes, it's looking terrific. Hard to believe that it's really that old Airfix mould.

[Martian]

This is going to be a hard act to follow but I'm going to ask the question anyway. What's next?

 

Martian

[Bigdave22014]

Nice work as always.

Now, I'm blaming you for this John, but I've started a "rigged plane" and chosen a good one - Airfix 1/72 Mk1 Swordfish. Yep, the venerable stringbag! It's from the Operation Torch set, which I believe is the old moulding and will be finishing it in FAA white.

And with lots of lovely wires to add.....

It's all your fault!