tank152 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Great work Alistair, the wood effect looks great but please don't tell me your having that to the outside? The wooden flaps would have received a coat of paint anyway. I've yet to see any photos of them unpainted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 (edited) Great work Alistair, the wood effect looks great but please don't tell me your having that to the outside? The wooden flaps would have received a coat of paint anyway. I've yet to see any photos of them unpainted. Hi Tim I'm useing some artistic licence as if i painted them people would think they were made from plastic No the out side is more of those bl**dy tothpaste stripes Edited April 22, 2012 by Mottlemaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Fair comment. Its going to be a great looking Dora either way. It may have been easier to spray the white and then mask and spray the red? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelfspace Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Strewth. Magnificent! looking spot-on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share Posted April 22, 2012 Fair comment. Its going to be a great looking Dora either way. It may have been easier to spray the white and then mask and spray the red? Agree about white then the red , that would be how my instincts would have led me ,however i have been following this build http://aprj.gavca.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1590 and it seemed to give a good result. I am very pleased with how it has come out and is a near match with the japo and eagleeditions refrences that i am useing. The dark grey pre shading was a pain to cover but gives depth to the red. If i had gone red over white it would have given a brighter effect which i would like to see for a comparison. A good comprimise might be to use some white pre brightnig between pannel lines etc then go over with red and finish with the white stripes . But it wont be me that trys this as one aircraft in this finish is enough for me. I throw the gauntlet down... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Got to agree with you there as the red does look spot on. Easiest isn't always best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksdad Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Looking very nice Alistair. Must agree with Tim though, about putting the white on first. On that note, most of the white stripes were of slightly different thickness', in a similar way to the D-Day stripes. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Nicely done Alistair. Good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Fantastic work - I LOVE the effect of your masking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Got the decals on and the stencils .DECIDED TO HAND PAINT THE STENCILS IF YOU LOOK CLOSE YOU CAN SEE THE SPELLING MISTAKES !!! Thanks for all the feed back so far ,it does help the motivation. I only noticed the red over spray when i saw the photo and to be honest it isnt that noyicible in the flesh and im happy to live with it . Life is easy not being a total perfectionist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Thats looking superb Alistair. Its surprising what shows up when you view photos isn't it, like you say most of these things aren't really visable to the naked eye. Nice sign writing as well. The Dora is a big old bird have you put it along side your A-8 yet, when you do it dwarfs it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahunaminor Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Great stuff Alistair. I particularly like the way you have the ended up with "58>" oversprayed and still visible. Well done. Photos are the bane of our existence aren't they? They are far more revealing than we imagine, curse them!!!! Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share Posted April 24, 2012 Great stuff Alistair. I particularly like the way you have the ended up with "58>" oversprayed and still visible. Well done. Photos are the bane of our existence aren't they? They are far more revealing than we imagine, curse them!!!!Regards, I forgot to mention that Daran "Daz " sent me the 58> decals as Eduard dont supply them . It would have been a big hassle getting them otherwise ,he also sent the Eaglecals instructions which are far far clearer than the Eduard ones .WHY do Eduard put shaddows on their colour pics so it makes their wishywashy colours difficult to determin?!! Thanks again Daz Kent you are so right about what the photos show up but this can also be used to our advantage as if we take some clear photos before paint is applied and blow them up all those little inperfections that only get spotted when the paint is on can be discoverd and delt with. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoohoo Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Really nice Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksdad Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Wonderful paint work Alistair. Great work on the over-sprayed 58 as well. Thats the kind of thing that people 'in the know' would look for. Well done. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 The flaps have now been attached so just a few details togo now so this will be the last photo of my thred HOPE TO FINISH BY THIS WEEKEND Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 not a problem on those decals, mottie nice to see them being put to use. puts my red 3 to shame somewhat. lovely job well executed and as for hand painting stencils i don't envy you that job at all Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 The finished A and D together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoohoo Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Lovely work on both Allistair, great looking builds - wish i could mottle like the master Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 You've produced 2 crackers there Alistair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 lovely alistair nice builds Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moofles Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Beautiful build mate, really impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pabbi Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 wow, great ! your Dora is my favorite of this GB cheers, Ragnar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksdad Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Superb. Well done Alistair. Its been a pleasure watching your builds. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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