Russian Knight

[HOUSTON]

John,

AWESOME workmanship...Beautiful weathering and FLAWLESS scribing and NEAT paintwork..

STUNNING ...SUPERB...

Houston

[Martian]

Its certainly looking the Dog's Danglies so far!

Martin

[shark 64]

WOW!!!!

Beautiful work.

Talented you are.!!!!

Oliver

[Mike]

It's looking really great John... keep up the good work, but don't you neglect your Saturn V

[Skii]

Just a quick post to confirm this project is still alive

Front gear leg with clear lenses to replace the kit perspex lights

[Mike]

Looks really good - but is that a bit of tape residue I can see under the intakes?

[Skii]

Looks really good - but is that a bit of tape residue I can see under the intakes?

nope, that strip is meant to be there fella

[Mike]

nope, that strip is meant to be there fella

I was looking at the big roll actually

[Skii]

I was looking at the big roll actually

[Skii]

Bit of a milestone reached, wheels on (but not secured) - at least the airframe is up on its legs at last.

[keefr22]

That really does look good!! Beautiful job!!

Keef

[shark 64]

Museum piece for sure. Wow! fantastic work.

Oliver

[AdriaN (MLT)]

i love the smooth satin-ish finish! what is it??

Edited September 12, 2010 by AdriaN (MLT)

[Skii]

cheers chaps

i love the smooth satin-ish finish! what is it??

Klear - polished with micromesh

[Alan P]

What a paint job, stunning.

yep this one's special alright!

[Loki]

Yeah, like all your models, just superb! Well done to you.

Everytime I go through Slough en route to Wexham Park I wonder where your models are resting lol.

[AdriaN (MLT)]

cheers chaps

Klear - polished with micromesh

Can you explain how you ''polished'' it exactly?? what grade did you use? did you use any polishing solutions?....

[Honza K.]

Brutally nice Flanker!

[robw_uk]

Cheers Rich

Quite possiby mate

Cheers Keef

Actually masking like this isn't hard. Its critical to ensure that every layer of paint including the surface is dead smooth so that the tape has a perfect seal, I use a Micromesh 3600/4000 cloth to ensure the paint is smooth. Lay the tape and rub it down thoroughly, and I spray at 15-20 psi - Lifecolour acrylics. The trick is NOT to wet coat the paint, you almost need to let the paint dry before it hits, otherwise it will seep under the tape somewhere (paricularly in panel lines)

Build it up with lots of thin coats, and when you unmask you should have a perfect line.

The drawback of painting multiple 'dry' coats is that the paint will feel rough and textured afterwards - no problem - just a gentle dry rub with a micromesh cloth and the smoothness is restored

should;ve read that before I masked my MB326 - would;ve saved me a bit of runnage.... but hey - I live and learn... and that is a STUNNING finish....

[Skii]

cheers chaps

Everytime I go through Slough en route to Wexham Park I wonder where your models are resting lol.

mostly under a layer of dust and falling apart , wexham isn't far from my gaf though

Can you explain how you ''polished'' it exactly?? what grade did you use? did you use any polishing solutions?....

No polish - just the micromesh cloths, these are 3600, 4000, 6000, 8000 and 12000 grit. Graham at Relish sells them

http://www.relishmodels.co.uk/alclad-ii-mi...refill-set.html

[Skii]

Undercarriage doors on, and canopy painted, I've got some work to do on the inside frame but the addition of rivet decals really brings it to life in my opinon

[jimbuna]

Absolutely fantastic

[Smiffy]

Looking mighty impressive.

[shark 64]

Nothing to say other : Amazing , Incredible , Stunning, Beautiful and Museum quality work.

Oliver

[Bobs_Buckles]

My limp has just turned to lob.

Stunning!

BVB