PlaStix Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Looking good Alex! Keep going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Looking good,......I feel your pain re the D-Day stripes! Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Gordon Posted October 5, 2014 Author Share Posted October 5, 2014 (edited) Hello again Chums, Tony,I only find the stripes time consuming.There is a certain satisfaction to be had when the masking has gone on and looks right. Today has been a bit of a whirl,what with the final assembly on three Mustangs and all the photography and processing the piccies and posting everything up here I've been on the go since 11:00 this morning pretty much non stop. Here's todays progress.The underside was masked off and then the upper surfaces were sprayed with Humbrol 163 RAF Dark Green,thinned with Terebene for a speedy drying time. This was left for a couple of hours and then masked with the disruptive pattern masking that I used on my XII build.Humbrol 106 Ocean Grey was then prepared and sprayed and the whole lot was set aside to dry for another couple of hours. Once dry the masking was all removed and a little touching in on the white where the yellow hadn't been removed was needed.This gave me a little run of white down a couple of panel lines.Nothing that can't be sorted with the tip of a cocktail stick. Then it was decal time.The decal sheet was the Academy one,supplied to me by Chris Rope (cheers Chris).I cut out the relevant bits,starting with the bits that I don't have spares for on the basis that if these went wrong then it was make or break. The port side ones went on with no great difficulty even though the decals are very thin and tear easily.I then set about the starboard side which didn't go quite so well and in the process,despite trying to be careful where I put my fingers,managed to foul up part of the port side decal that I'd so encouragingly placed and set. This one isn't going to make the deadline chums. My thanks to Mish for doing her bit and to Arnold and Tony for doing their bit and to everyone who looked in for your comment and encouragement. Cheers all. Edited March 5, 2021 by Alex Gordon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Sorry to hear you aren't gona make it. You were so close. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Really a pity - I know how this is. I just finished my build last night at 10 pm. Then takeing pics, upload them etc. At 11:30 I was done. So I almost did not make it too. Your Mk XIV in the Gallery would have been great. But then there is still the RFI. I am looking forward to it. Keep up the good work! Rene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 What a shame,.........bever mind we can still have a look at it in RFI when you`ve done i can`t we? Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Gordon Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 (edited) G'day Chums, Thank you for the kind words.When she's done she will appear in RFI.This should be fairly soon. This is how I sorted the decal snag.I masked over the lettering on the side that I hadn't made a mess of and,with a new 10A blade,cut out the relevant bits.This piccie shows just how badly I need to visit an optician. This mask was then repositioned on the side that I did foul up most convincingly.After putting the whole beastie into a carrier bag and taping around the mask to prevent overspray I sprayed a drop or two of Airfix M16 at it. I need to titivate this rather a lot but it's a start and it looks fine from six feet away. So,a bit of TLC,a complete new set of roundels and a few stencils will put her where she wants to be. I haven't even sorted out the maingear legs yet either. More soon chums,thanks for looking in. 5/3/2021 edit;this was reworked and finished in 2020,RFI is here. Edited March 5, 2021 by Alex Gordon Replace Photobucket URLs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 (edited) I have found the camera to be very critical. Most things look wonderful on the shelf!! Edited October 12, 2014 by wimbledon99 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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