paganpete Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Here we go, the cutest little plane you ever did see (apart from the gannet AEW 3). This is my contribution to the GB, a nice vintage mould; will be building primarily out of the box with maybe a few 'scratchies' courtesy of ideas from the ancient publication I have on the P-26a as well! May even rig it, let's see how it goes! Let's get this party STARTED.....in a few days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Good luck Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarLos Posted September 10, 2013 Share Posted September 10, 2013 Very interesting aircraft. I have a few to build, I'll watch your build closely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 What this one lacks in size it makes up for in colour. Certainly be bright when it's done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 This was one of the first, or maybe the first aircraft I ever built, up to then it was Airfix AFV's. I remember the color scheme for mine had a black and white stripe, which I did by hand.......was rather a horrible job, but thought at the time it was fantastic! Will watch with interest as it will bring back memories for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paganpete Posted September 14, 2013 Author Share Posted September 14, 2013 Ok then chaps, we have lift off! Only a little bit done today, less than I had hoped, (I had all my manly duties to do; shopping, making the bed, and cleaning the bathroom - while the boss was at the gym)! All I have really done is to add a few small bits of tubing to make the office look a bit less sparse (accuracy out of the window -big fingers, small model, nuff said), added a simple joystick on the tub floor - nice and easy stretched sprue additions. I also had a bash at a really simple seatbelt harness for the tub chair (in keeping with the period of the plane); made up with fuse wire and masking tape. And that's it for now - hopefully more tomorrow if possible, (painting the cockpit in Mr Metal aluminium; as that was the way the P-26 was, none of your fancy olive colours here, and weathering up the seatbelts). Hope you are all getting to grips with your monstrous kits Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Only a little bit done today, less than I had hoped I think that phrase is going to be quite common on this GB Should be one of the most colourful models though! We salute your efforts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paganpete Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 Evenin' all! A bit more done so far; working on the engine block, you can't see it to be honest, but I used Mr color Iron then overpainted the metal with aquacolour aluminium. The white cylinder cover was painted with Vallejo Silvergrey, then highlighted with bog standard white and shaded with a steel colour, not great but ok for this size. The prop has been painted with Mr color iron and aluminium, then polished a bit. Got the tub in, all painted in aluminium - put the seatbelts (with giant sized buckles) on, then I discovered the first hiccup of the kit - see pic... Tomorrow I will be filling in the huge gap behind tub. also filling in the ejector pin marks on the underside of the fuselage; and hopefully doing a bit more on it! Thanks for looking. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paganpete Posted September 20, 2013 Author Share Posted September 20, 2013 Apologies once again for the awful camera phone pics, must buy a new camera! More work done today (might as well do something on a week off)! Main fuselage/wings ready for priming tomorrow, gaps top and underneath filled in with vallejo plastic putty and then sanded/buffed with MDC sticks! Engine and cowl painted ready to go on the (eventually) completed model - prop has to have another coat of Mr Metal (not color as I stated previously) as I found a fingerprint. The join between the wings and fuselage needed a bit of work as you will see from one of the pics, gaps and flash...can't beat them. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Ranger Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 There are some excellent aftermarket parts and decals available for this kit from: http://www.starfighter-decals.com/ http://www.starfighter-decals.com/pe04-p26-peashooter-with-bomb-rack-72nd042672.html http://www.starfighter-decals.com/7206-p26-cockpit-set-for-720626.html http://www.starfighter-decals.com/7207-p26-engine-upgra720726.html http://www.starfighter-decals.com/p26-overhaul-s26.html No financial interest in these; just a satisfied customer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paganpete Posted September 20, 2013 Author Share Posted September 20, 2013 I have already clocked them for future reference Space Ranger - I plan on doing more of these lovely little planes, would love to find out someone would redo 1/32 or 1/48 scale one! Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Built this kit not long ago.....Really enjoyed it. If you can find the Starfighter Decals sets for this kit anywhere in the UK, please let me know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paganpete Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 Here you go sgt - Hannants do them; http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/index.php?adv=1&product_category_id=&product_division_id=&manufacturer_id=&product_type_id=&code=&scale_id=956&keyword_search=p-26&setPerPage=25&sort=0&search_direction=asc&save_search_name=&save_search= Going to prime the P-26a today - start painting in a few days! Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Cheers.....My Google-Fu let me down badly there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paganpete Posted September 21, 2013 Author Share Posted September 21, 2013 No probs Sarge - even the new god is no use sometimes! Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paganpete Posted September 23, 2013 Author Share Posted September 23, 2013 Slow progress tonight, decided to paint the yellow on the wings first before adding the darker blue to the rest of it... ...really not enamoured with the Lufthansa Yellow acrylic at all (Revell aquacolour - good paints tbh, but this yellow is not happening for me); so far I have put 7 (seven(SEVEN)) thin coats on at half hourly intervals, and, by the looks of it, there will be around another 4 or 5 tomorrow to get a decent colour depth to it. Ho hum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedman Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 (edited) I get the same trouble with Revell's No.12 Yellow gloss, just does not build up the colour well. If you have some try a couple of coats of No.15 Yellow matt (nothing like the lid colour, more like Humbrol 24 Trainer yellow) followed by your Lufthansa yellow. This works for me every time, might be worth doing a test on something just in case the combo is too dark though. Edited September 24, 2013 by Speedman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Slap in on with a hairy stick, then it's got all the depth you want, and runs and drips and more runs ........ but definitely depth ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paganpete Posted September 24, 2013 Author Share Posted September 24, 2013 Thanks Speed/Pat, I will try a matt yellow (have a similar vallejo one) coat then back to the anaemic yellow; I am using a hairy stick Pat, but not enough to make it look like the marianas trench Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paganpete Posted September 24, 2013 Author Share Posted September 24, 2013 Well, the other matt yellow I used (vallejo deep yellow) helped a bit - still ended up with 11 coats of yellow overall - still not 100% happy with it but am leaving it as is now - let it dry a few days, mask off and paint the blue next (WONT need 11 coats for that)! As a side, Paolo has just posted a 1/48 Academy P-26 up in RFI aircraft - give it a gander, it is superb! http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234947250-p-26-academy-148/ Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Well I mean it's ok but the great news is everyone on here expects yours to be better, so there's absolutely no pressure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paganpete Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 No chance of that Pat! As a side, this hastily taken blurry picture shows what 11 coats of yellow looks like! (aside from the masked off area, ready for the blue to go on). Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarLos Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Well spent time on all the coats, Pete. It's looking great! Carlos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Shiny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Blimey now we know why you are wearing sunglasses in your photo Seriously though it looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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