Martian Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Looking very promising! Martian 👽 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denisvanb Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 I made struts with music wires covered with styrene card for the top fairing wich was suitablely shaped, and the legs were covered with thin aluminium foil from food container, I could make very thin struts this way, I think your way is muuuch easier, but joining the fairings with the fuselage will stay tricky !!! DSC05248 by denisvanb, on Flickr Denis 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 Yet another light coat of primer that revealed more blemishes to correct. The Neverending Story: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 She's looking lovely. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share Posted July 14, 2018 The leg fuselage fairings are presented and matched to their contact areas, sanding the angle little by little and checking constantly: The already drilled strut locations on the floats are slightly and carefully enlarged to match the section of the leg struts snugly: The legs can now be slid-in, and their height and angle adjusted according to necessity, between certain limits: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share Posted July 14, 2018 Styrene rod pins are given to the legs to anchor on the fuselage sides: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Propeller ready: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 (edited) The model on its feet. Legs. Floats. Pontoons. Standing, anyway. Floating?: Now to smooth those seams, a bit of dusting, and with luck in time ready for a base to be airbrushed. Edited July 17, 2018 by Moa to correct typo 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 Just in time, the set commissioned from Arctic Decals arrived, with the superb quality that characterizes their products: Small additional images for the Shelton Crusader were also commissioned. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 Now, that S4 is looking very neat and impressive. Decals look fantastic too, may have to look to those guys when the time comes. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragnarec Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 (edited) Nice work on that S.4, not the least considering the quite crude wac-form kit! Those decals from Arctic Decals also look good. I assume they are ALPS printed? How much do such custom decals cost? Ragnar Edited July 18, 2018 by ragnarec 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 18, 2018 Author Share Posted July 18, 2018 6 hours ago, ragnarec said: Those decals from Arctic Decals also look good. I assume they are ALPS printed? How much do such custom decals cost? Ragnar Hi Ragnar I thinks it's better if you contact directly Mika Jernfors, the owner of Arctic Decals (you may google it), so he can answer these questions and others you may have in a more accurate manner. Best regards Moa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 What I hope is the last mist of primer, white this time: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles.w Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Looking good! To keep you motivated, I thought I’d offer this link: http://streaming.britishpathe.com/hls-vod/flash/00000000/00019000/00019806.mp4.m3u8 Supermarine S4 newsreel footage. which I have posted elsewhere in this site once before. Found on British Pathe site, not specifically indexed as such so it could be easily missed. See 1 minute in. (I think part of this footage is included in the old David Niven film 'the first of the few') 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 1 hour ago, greggles.w said: Looking good! To keep you motivated, I thought I’d offer this link: http://streaming.britishpathe.com/hls-vod/flash/00000000/00019000/00019806.mp4.m3u8 Supermarine S4 newsreel footage. which I have posted elsewhere in this site once before. Found on British Pathe site, not specifically indexed as such so it could be easily missed. See 1 minute in. (I think part of this footage is included in the old David Niven film 'the first of the few') My, David Niven! 😉 Yes, there are a couple newsreels out there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHMKY3a4UDI https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA3UBFUDONZJ0FUUZ2G4WXJD3TE-TRANSPORT-SEAPLANE-SUPERMARINE-S4-AT-SOUTHAMPTON/query/Super-Marine Seen them during the research phase of the build, but thanks anyway. Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 The two horizontal members of the "A" frames are glued on, and the white color is airbrushed: Looks like slow progress, but in the interim I have finished and posted the Shelton Crusader, and am working on the finals of the Hansa W.33. There is so much a Modeling Borg Collective can get done. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Looking better with every post. You do seem to have a lot of energy with a number of builds on the go at any one time. I'm sure the 'collective' can throttle back if it needs to. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Courageous said: Looking better with every post. You do seem to have a lot of energy with a number of builds on the go at any one time. I'm sure the 'collective' can throttle back if it needs to. Stuart Certainly. And all depends as we know on the job, the house chores, other miscellaneous things. After completing the remaining two I have only one model at the moment I am interested in doing: a racer version of the Fiat BR.20. It will be a very involving modification, so I think I will narrow the focus there. But you never know. I will have time to rest when I fly to the great beyond. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 4 minutes ago, Moa said: I will have time to rest when I fly to the great beyond. ...hopefully not anytime soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles.w Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Looks nice in white Moa! I’m interested that you have elected to assemble so much before painting. I have two floatplanes on the go (OK so that’s generous: my progress is glacial!) and have been thinking ahead on how best to sequence things. I had been thinking that assembling floats to fuselage as you have would present a challenge for painting the inside faces of the struts, floats & their junctions. You don’t seem to have had this trouble? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 17 minutes ago, greggles.w said: I’m interested that you have elected to assemble so much before painting. I have two floatplanes on the go (OK so that’s generous: my progress is glacial!) and have been thinking ahead on how best to sequence things. I had been thinking that assembling floats to fuselage as you have would present a challenge for painting the inside faces of the struts, floats & their junctions. You don’t seem to have had this trouble? Ideally I would have kept things separated, thus as you mention greatly facilitating painting. I usually do that with other kits if I can. But since here there was no positive self-alignment, nor provided or pre-arranged effective locating devices, basically, nothing to guide you through the rigging of the sub-assembly, I thought it would be better to deal with the "mechanical" issues first, and then the aesthetic ones. Airbrushing wasn't really difficult, and eventually everything got covered. I think it depends on how you manipulate the model while painting. I stuck a toothpick on the nose so I could twist and turn as I wished. If you paint on a turntable or any fixed device, then things are not looking great. Although I am very fond of the subject, there is no lost love between this kit and me, and it's one of those that I am glad when they are over. Again, a nice kit of this one is overdue. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 There were three exit holes between the front legs and the wings, those are drilled and their exhausts made from slanted and thinned metal tube: The white areas are masked and metal color airbrushed: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 You're making me want to get back to my S6. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 Then the metal area is partially masked and other hues of metal airbrushed: Masks off: 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 Loving it! Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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