giemme Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 I think you've mastered the black basing technique pretty well!! Looking great already, can't wait to see decals and weathering on Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Excellent-looking Eagle! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 12 hours ago, davmarx said: Great painting job Massimo, I really love your beautiful Eagle. Ciao. Davide It's a small world Davide!Nice to see you here!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Yep, I think you have nailed the black-base technique Massimo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 Hi everybody, The painting of the main frame was under way, so I concentrated on the tail fins.I forgot to mention I had previously cut the rudders and repositoned them slightly angled, to add a bit of ….”pathos”. Anyway I painted them , gave them a hand of Future, added decals and wash. Here ‘re a few pictures of them. You can see the left one’s Squadron yellow and black stripe isn’t complete as some unpainted spares were added. This is what they looked like, once in place. A general view with rudders (not glued yet.They’ll be added at the end for a better handling pf the model.) Here a view of the model after Future was spraied tomake it gloss and ready for decalling. A few pictures with natural light. In my modest opinion, hese colours were really spot on! Time for some masking now!!! The fuselage back section is metal! Alcled Aluminiom was used at this time. I know it’s not th right shade, but it’s the only Alclad laqueur I have!!! Tamiya smoke will do the rest. Time for some decalling now!!! Tamiya smoke was spraied, the nit was the time of an extra hand of Future, to seal the decals. Some weathering on the underside was needed. As I said , the orizzontal tailerons were light grey only, probabli a replacement. Time to remove the Tamiya tapoe from the canopy…. SURPRIS SURPRISE!!!!!!!!.... …NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davmarx Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 OH MY... don't fear, it's time to carefully use a toothpick ! Ciao. Davide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 10 minutes ago, davmarx said: OH MY... don't fear, it's time to carefully use a toothpick ! Ciao. Davide ...not that easy...IT'S ON THE INSIDE!!!!!!... INSIDE!!!!!!... INSIDE!!!!!!... INSIDE!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davmarx Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Gently ask the pilot to do the job for you... (Obviously I'm joking but... smile, it's yet free...) I'm sad for you, Massimo, will you remove the canopy? Ciao. Davide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Crap! That is really annoying, especially considering the progress so far, showing a masterpiece in the making. I hope you were able to sort that out some way Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Massimo that is a terrific job, i wasn't expecting it be this quick a build, love your paint work, gorgeous, and I'll be following you with those colours, they look spot on, good job Glynn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Now thats a super looking eagle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 20 minutes ago, Hewy said: Massimo that is a terrific job, i wasn't expecting it be this quick a build, love your paint work, gorgeous, and I'll be following you with those colours, they look spot on, good job Glynn Hi Hewy, It isn'T a quick build.I built this model last year and I'm posting it now , as I hadn't subscribed to Britmodeller at that time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 1 minute ago, massimo said: Hi Hewy, It isn'T a quick build.I built this model last year and I'm posting it now , as I hadn't subscribed to Britmodeller at that time. Ah, yes first line of the first post, not very attentive of me, sorry massimo, beautiful model though, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Loving this! That paint job is outstanding. Eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted July 27, 2017 Author Share Posted July 27, 2017 (edited) Hi Guys, Unfortunately I experienced some problems with my laptop’s software after cleaning and cancelling my surfing records and thus I couldn’t answer or post anything. Everything seems back to norml now, so…here I am!!! I left you with a piece of masking tape sticked to the inside of the canopy (…of course! Why stick to the outside, where anybody can remove you with no problems???) I’l start the canopy adventure since the beginning!!! First of all…Nice seam, guys! Really well done!!! I had to make it a little foggy to keep concentration!!! Same treatment for the wind screen. …then some real polishing… And a bath in Future. Until here, no problem, but then catastrophe struck!! There was only one option… removing the canopy!!! Tiny little sweetheart!!! Back to …fresh air!!! Once removed, wind screen and canopy were given a second chance….some scuba diving in alcohol… …and back to the Future! …better than before!!! Some black paint avoided the clear thickness effect to appear. Then I passed the wind screen onto the black to make sure the clear thickness of the cacopy was invisible. Now the canopies are back, but there are a few issued still to be dealt with. Now I’m falling asleep…. I’l have to go to bed!!! Next update Tomorrow, sorry!!! Edited July 28, 2017 by massimo2 wrong picture! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enrywar67 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Wow.....a wip full of suspance!great work from nose to tail.......MITICO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Safely fixed massimo, good job Glynn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteo44 Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Fantastic work Massimo... as usual! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Great save, Massimo! I'm gonna have to ask you a couple of questions, if you don't mind: how did you remove the canopy? Also, it looks like you sort of dipped the canopy edges in black paint, rather than bushing it on; is that correct? What would be the reason for that? Enquiring minds want to know... Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Wow, great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 (edited) 2 hours ago, giemme said: Great save, Massimo! I'm gonna have to ask you a couple of questions, if you don't mind: how did you remove the canopy? Also, it looks like you sort of dipped the canopy edges in black paint, rather than bushing it on; is that correct? What would be the reason for that? Enquiring minds want to know... Ciao Hi Giorgio, in addition to the hidden piece of tape, removing the masking stuff, I noticed in some places , expecially around the wind screen, you could see through the glass ...its clear thickness. This becaause the model's clear parts do NOT include the frames, but the frames are moulded on the fuselage halves. Having the transparent parts been glued to a black painted base, any clearence between the two parts was clearly visible, thus I decided to paint the transparent's edges and then glue them to the model. I used small bits of Hombrol Klear fix ,.This liquid glue dissolved the black paint and the two things melted together.I finally I achieved my purpose to hide that clear effect. To remove the canopy was easy enough , as I hed used small dots of cyanoacrilate, but on the black painted surface, so the paint came off quite easilyand the transparents with it! Edited July 28, 2017 by massimo2 added picture 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 As I explained above, I used Humbrol Klearfix to fix the new transparent parts. The join had to be re worked on , as there was a bad step now, so I added bid by bit some of Mr.Surfacer 500 with a small brush several times, sanding it smooth and repeting this operation until I was happy with the result. The canopy frame had been replaced on the original aircraft at this stage of its life and this helped a bit , as it would have looked a separate item anyway. Now a quick step back: I had started with the exhausts, by using those supplied with the model , with the addition of the PE parts. After some painting , whashing and drybrushing, this is what they looked like. Now I had to start thinking about the future...as I said, the model would have been represented in landing mode and I needed some pins to make sure it wouls stay nose up. As I had already done in the past I decided to use three points to fix it to the wooden base: the main wheels and the centerline tank., so I drilled some holes and added some welding rods, to be used as location pins. That's all for now! Time for something to eat!!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon382 Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 This is looking very good indeed with a great save re the canopy! I'm on holiday in Norfolk and enjoying watching the F15s from Lakenheath go over every so often. Looking forward to seeing this finished 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 (edited) Thanks Massimo, and great progress I should have made myself clearer, though - apologies for that: the reason for the black paint on the canopy edges is very clear to me, I always do the same. My question was about the way you painted them, because from the pictures it looks like you dipped them in paint rather than using a brush. I was wondering if this gives you any kind of advantage Ciao Edited July 28, 2017 by giemme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 1 hour ago, giemme said: Thanks Massimo, and great progress I should have made myself clearer, though - apologies for that: the reason for the black paint on the canopy edges is very clear to me, I always do the same. My question was about the way you painted them, because from the pictures it looks like you dipped them in paint rather than using a brush. I was wondering if this gives you any kind of advantage Ciao Mmmhhhh....good question... to be honest I don't remember, but I think I was a little afreid to do it with the brush, while this way I only had a small amountof paint and less chances for a mistake......I think... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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