Deanflyer Posted October 4, 2008 Author Posted October 4, 2008 Lovely looking god Dean. Thanks Mish, I've never been called THAT before!
Erwin Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 Looking good. I'm pleased I could help by sending you the decals.Otherwise we would have missed this great build.
Notdoneyet Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 Thanks Mish, I've never been called THAT before! I'm sure loads of people have said "Oh, God here's Dean" Stuka's looking good, for the stubborn decals that are silvering you might want to try using Tamiya thinners as the setting solution - it works a charm with thick decals that resist all other solutions. HTH, Ian
Deanflyer Posted October 4, 2008 Author Posted October 4, 2008 (edited) I'm sure loads of people have said "Oh, God here's Dean" Stuka's looking good, for the stubborn decals that are silvering you might want to try using Tamiya thinners as the setting solution - it works a charm with thick decals that resist all other solutions. HTH, Ian Cheers for the tip Ian, but after multiple applications of MicroSol they've finally behaved themselves. As for the silvering, nothing much I can do now except try a bit of matt coat over the top of them and pointy brush paint over the silvered bits. I might try the Tamiya thinners trick another time though, but wouldn't it upset the Klear and the acrylics underneath? As for the "God" bit, that wasn't the bone of contention - it was the "lovely looking" bit that threw me! And Erwin...couldn't have done this build without you, mate. Cheers, Dean Edited October 4, 2008 by Deanflyer
Erwin Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 (edited) Hi Dean, If the stencils keep silvering,I would take them off and proceed without them. There aren't many stencil and people won't realy notice them not being on. They will however notice the silvering.So that might spoil the endresult. Edited October 4, 2008 by Erwin
AnonymousDFB1 Posted October 4, 2008 Posted October 4, 2008 (edited) Thanks Mish, I've never been called THAT before! It may have been a typo but it's deserved my friend. Edited October 4, 2008 by Mish
AndyL Posted October 6, 2008 Posted October 6, 2008 Looks like another top quality winning build from you Dean!
Deanflyer Posted October 12, 2008 Author Posted October 12, 2008 Cheers folks. A bit of progress to report and no pictures, but I'm still plugging away. The exhausts have been sorted, the rear canopy is now masked and sprayed, and the machine gun has been cleaned up and butchered to accept the photoetch. Next step is a bit of fiddly PE work in the canopies, then it's just a matter of final assembly of undercart and flaps and a coat of matt. Should get it finished on time - two more weekends to go... Cheers, Dean
Erwin Posted October 12, 2008 Posted October 12, 2008 Should get it finished on time - two more weekends to go...Cheers, Dean Good to hear. Looking forward to the finished model.
Deanflyer Posted October 25, 2008 Author Posted October 25, 2008 Well, 72 hours of work later, here's the finished article. It put up a fight towards the end, problems with the rear machine gun fitting, and even allowed me to break the antenna wire while photographing it! I had to stop the photo session and replace the stretched sprue with another piece, during which I knocked the bomb free...cascade effect. All's well that ends well, though. All in all a satisfying build, and it's certainly cured me of my fear of raised panel lines. Some of the rivets are still quite prominent, but many of them were on the real thing, too. Thanks again to Erwin for the decals. Thanks for watching folks, hope you like it. Cheers, Dean
AndyL Posted October 25, 2008 Posted October 25, 2008 You've done an excellent job there Dean. Top notch modelling from you as usual.
bexwh773 Posted October 26, 2008 Posted October 26, 2008 I like that alot another superb piece of work for your collection Dean Thanks for sharing Bex
rwkennard Posted October 27, 2008 Posted October 27, 2008 Hello there Fantastic build Dean. Another masterpiece indeed. thanks for sharing. Richard
Deanflyer Posted October 29, 2008 Author Posted October 29, 2008 Thanks folks, nice of you to say so...and Stebos - looking at your entry, you ARE this good. Easily. Cheers, Dean
Dr_Fester Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 Cracking build Dean, enjoyed reading through the build. Really nice overall finish, A+ for you Sir. Cheers Doc
tornado64 Posted October 29, 2008 Posted October 29, 2008 Oh Boy that brings back memories! I built one back in the early 1970s and it was my pride and joy. I had the desert version with the snake and my cousin had the Hungarian boxing. John i built one in mid 70s in desert finnish with the red and white snake down the side and it was one of my early favourites as a kid who had a downs syndrome friend i didn't use the pilot either once it had lost a few parts it succumed to being crashed and burned in the back garden after being shot down from my washing line with my newly accuired 22 airifle then set alight strangely i still have the photo's as i took up photograpy at the same time :shithappens:
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