Kallisti Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 It only occurred to me this week to decant it... when it was too late and the majority of the painting has been done I did it anyway and have 20ml of the paint in empty Tamiya bottles that can be used for touch ups etc. Sigh... oh well things are coming along now - I'll get some more photos posted later today for the most recent progress... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted February 17, 2016 Author Share Posted February 17, 2016 (edited) As promised here is the latest updates... These are the thrusters and I had a bit of a crisis while assembling them. I'd spent a couple of days carefully painting with Alcad paints inside and outside, with each set of 4 held in some blue tac. Then on preparing to assemble, I dropped one set and one of the bells vanished into the maw of the dreaded carpet monster! I ended up having to salvage a replacement thruster bell from the resin Replicas Unlimited kit I've got in the stash. Can you tell which one is the replacement? The cages have been attached to the walkways and the spine then attached. Everything has been painted with Halfords Ford Diamond White from the aerosol - see my previous post for when I finally realised I could have made life easier for myself by decanting the paint only AFTER I'd done the majority of the painting I've also used a dark wash to accentuate the surface detail and added some decals salvaged form old sheets in the spares box. The spine and both cages. I masked for the red/black stripes but suffered some paint creep under the tape. Thankfully the now decanted paint was available for touch ups! I got some more old decals for more stripes. ]The beak - painted with Diamond white, then some panels masked and sprayed with a light grey and light blue/green, then finally the matt black panels masked and sprayed. I will be using the dark wash on the surface detail once all the paint is cured. I've cheated a bit and haven't done much detailing on the underside The engines have also been painted and decals applied. This has also had a mild dark wash to dirty it up and bring out the surface detail. The feet have been painted with Tamiya XF 69 Nato Black, then has had a neutral grey wash to bring out the surface detail. Four side pods all lined up in a row... I've used the dacals for the thruster backgrounds as I didn't fancy masking that up. These will be detailed later, by masking different coloured panels and using the architects markings included int he decals for the kit. On the studio version these were letraset rub-down transfers that were used to add some fine detailed markings. Front cage showing stripes and decals Finally in this update, the rear cage. I've spent most of this evening masking the damn side pods for the panels detail, bloody hell is that tedious!!! Edited February 17, 2016 by Kallisti 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foghorn Leghorn Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I must admit, I've never paid much attention to the lattice sidewalls on the real models, ergo the stuff that Airfix 'blanked off and omitted'. Hell, there's a lot of detail in there ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyG Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Okay, after seeing this I no longer want one of these..... .... I NEED one! Cracking work, by the way. Will it be ready for Smallspace? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Looks great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaitea Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 You are tearing through this,....brilliant work so far J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 Cracking work, by the way. Will it be ready for Smallspace? Its going to be ready for the Yeovilton show on Satuday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted February 19, 2016 Author Share Posted February 19, 2016 So here we go into the final straight... The Engine bells have been fixed to the engine and this in turn has been attached to the rear cage: They really don't look plastic do they Command module aka "the beak" has had the last set of panels masked and painted, plus a mild dark wash applied to the lower areas to make the panels pop a bit more. Then decals were added and the window maskign peeled off The sensors or whatever they are were added - sadly by camera is playing silly buggers and overexposed the bits nearest. Four pods all ready for attachment. I used the springs that come with the kit for the leg suspensions, but they are a bit too string and the model rides a bit too high. I think they springs have been tensioned assuming the models weighs more with the aluminium engine bells added lol There was a ridiculous amount of masking and spraying of panels on this, followed up with pencil lines and decals Camera again overexposed the faces closest to the camera - its the problem of photographing white things I think. The kit comes with a plethora of small decals that can be used to decorate - lots of them are reproductions of old Letraset rub-down architectural symbols. You can recognise baths, sinks and kitchen units However, they add a lot of "busyness" to the model which is great. I must admit to skimping a bit when it came to the passenger pod it simply got painted and then a mild dark wash to bring out the details and then applied the decals SO here it is at last... the pods are a push fit into their slots - the fit is tight enough that they don't need glue! Opps forgot the passenger pod! Here it is with its baby-brother, courtesy of Product Enterprises from a few years ago So here are some finished pics - I'll repost this in the RFI section later... 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Now that is impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 That looks brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 I like that very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted February 19, 2016 Author Share Posted February 19, 2016 Thanks guys Oh and I forgot to mention this will be making its first outing tomorrow at the Fleet Air Arm model show in Yeovilton. Look for me on the IPMS Farnbrough stand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 (edited) Beautiful! Really is a big beast. Can't wait to start mine when it eventually turns up from Tony. Just to add it turned up today, a stunning kit, great box adorned with fantastic images and is a lot bigger than I imagined. Edited February 20, 2016 by Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 That looks just great! Love the engine bells. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronut Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Having seen it in the flesh at Yeovilton I'm even more impressed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowler0000 Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 That's gorgeous!! Silly question, But do you think a few added weights in the pods would help the 'ride-height', for future builders? (i.e: ME.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daldroflas Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 That looks wonderful! You have done an amazing job on what looks like a superb kit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Air-to-Air Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 Very good work. Thanks for sharing it with us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 Silly question, But do you think a few added weights in the pods would help the 'ride-height', for future builders? (i.e: ME.) I tried an experiment yesterday and put my bag of lead shot (0.75kg) on the model. This lowered the springs by about 4mm - so to get the approx 1cm reduction you'd need about 2kg weight! I don't reckon that is a practical solution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonybmw Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 Mine arrived care of niece post a couple of weeks back (I got it posted to her's place in LA and she brought it over to the UK so I avoided the HMRC bandits) and its still sat in it's box on the shelf, until I have time to work on it. It looks like a smashing kit and I'll be well chuffed it comes out half as good as yours has. Although my fingers are itching to make a start, I have my R65ls BMW (see my profile snap) finish rebuilding first as I need the bike ready and run in before the Welsh Rally at the start of May. (I've got a modern BMW 1200 but I had the 65 for 30 years and its my rally bike.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Its a great kit so don't wait too long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Superb work, congrats! Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
directorcass Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 Fantastic build! Did you realize you have a scissor joint backwards on the front port side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted March 2, 2016 Author Share Posted March 2, 2016 Yes that has been subsequently fixed I should post the updated pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim T Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 How the heck have I missed this? Space 1999 was an integral part of my childhood and this brings memories flooding back. That is a brilliant piece of modelling. It looks enormous! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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