Heller Curtiss 75 A3 #### Finished ####

[CliffB]

Bleeding 'ell!

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Sorry to see that Pat, have you tried using liquid masking for this ? You could lay the tape down in the opposite pattern. Fill the spaces with liquid mask & score gently and remove the tape. 

Edited June 9, 2018 by Corsairfoxfouruncle

[JOCKNEY]

1 hour ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said:

Sorry to see that Pat, have you tried using liquid masking for this ? You could lay the tape down in the opposite pattern. Fill the spaces with liquid mask & score gently and remove the tape. 

I tried doing a bit of overpaint with yellow, the red hadn't hardened properly, so we now have Orange blotches....... 

 

I have put the kit next to the hot water tank to harden the paint and I am going to walk the dogs on the beach so that I resist the temptation to scrap it !

 

 

[JOCKNEY]

Had a chance to calm down after yesterday, dogs are good for doing that !

 

I wondered if I coated the area in Klear if it would seal it and allow me to overpaint the area, has anyone tried this or got other suggestions ?

[Franz75]

Wow you can re paint yellow and use better tape for red ones more time. Good luck, use Tamiya masking tape 

[JOCKNEY]

Started repainting the stripes last night and the cockpit cover framing, pictures this evening

[JOCKNEY]

Updated pictures, hand painted the stripes, not perfect but certainly better

 

 

 

[Franz75]

Now stripes are looking fine. 

[JOCKNEY]

Some progress, about blooming time I know.

 

Decals on, taking a bit of time to settle, still to do radio wire, coat of Klear, done.

 

 

 

 

Really looking forward to seeing this one completed 

 

cheers Pat

[JOCKNEY]

Well I'm calling this one done, and it's off to the gallery with it.

 

Thanks for all the encouragement to get me here, let me know what you think

 

cheers Pat

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Valkyrie]

Good recovery, I’d have had it destroyed along with the rest of my model room and every model on display and in production so well done. 

[DaveyGair]

Looks the part. I've never built a French aircraft before (maybe the Mirage/MiG-15 dogfight double), there are lots of interesting machines, especially the twins..... must resist adding to the stash!

 

Good job,

 

Davey.

[stevehnz]

Nice going with that Pat, you"be done a well smart job on that old kit. I 've not been a fan of Vichy schemes but you've made it come alive, it looks beaut.

Steve.

[JOCKNEY]

On 8/6/2018 at 8:25 PM, Valkyrie said:

Good recovery, I’d have had it destroyed along with the rest of my model room and every model on display and in production so well done. 

Thanks very much, I would have liked the stripes better but, next time........

 

cheers Pat