stevehnz Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 17 minutes ago, AdrianMF said: making it a le-etle bit less rubbish. Now why did their F-4U Corsair come to mind as I read that. Steve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted August 6, 2018 Author Share Posted August 6, 2018 6 hours ago, stevehnz said: F-4U Corsair Aah but it had great header card artwork... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 24 minutes ago, AdrianMF said: Aah but it had great header card artwork... That & the decals were all I bought it for. Steve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 You can guess what I've been doing this evening... Thanks for looking, Adrian 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 Well it’s amazing what a difference a coat of Mr Halford’s finest primer can make: All the filling seems to have come up well, just a couple of tiny glitches on the trailing edge to fix. I did some last minute filling late last night behind the cockpit with a fresh tube of Perfect Plastic Putty, and I have to say I’m even more impressed with it now than the previous version! It smells different, so I guess the formula has been tweaked. So I’m going to do a tiny amount of scribing: doors and hatches, gills, maybe a couple of major panel lines; then on to paint with AK metallic paste. Feeling rather happier about the project now! Thanks for looking, Adrian 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA80A2AR Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 great model of an old tooling kit 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted August 8, 2018 Author Share Posted August 8, 2018 Well Mr Halford’s grey primer may be wonderful but a test application of AK True Metal shows that it needs a bit of sanding down before I do the NMF: Thanks for looking, Adrian 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawzer Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Coming along very nicely!! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted August 12, 2018 Author Share Posted August 12, 2018 Just to let you know that the Build From Hell hasn’t ended yet... When I unmasked the canopies they were almost matt - I’ve since given them a coat of Future. Not sure what caused that reaction. I couldn’t clean off the residue! I tried AK True Metal on the body. It wasn’t going to give me a nice finish so I stripped it (Mr Halford’s grey primer is tough stuff!) and re did everything in Humbrol Metalcote spray polished aluminium, which polishes up a treat. Revell silver has repaired a lot of boo-boos, and I’m working through my finish list. Have to take my daughter back to college in Holland tomorrow so I will be out of action for a few days. Thanks for looking, Adrian 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 Well I think I’m on the home straight: I have drawn on some representative panel lines with a pencil to break up the finish a bit, and applied all six(!) transfers, which went down really nicely with a bit of Decalfix. So I have some more armament, cockpit windows and a couple of bits and bobs to add, then I can gloss and weather it a bit, stick the wings on and call it done! Thanks for looking, Adrian 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 And landing lights: Wine bottle foil dished over a paintbrush end with clear Sellotape cover. Time to clear the desk and start the day job... Thanks for looking, Adrian 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventora3300 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 2 hours ago, AdrianMF said: And landing lights: Wine bottle foil dished over a paintbrush end with clear Sellotape cover. This must rate as a Top Tip surely! Landing and Navigation lights is an area I would like to get better in. Looking excellent, Adrian. Cheers. Mike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 1 hour ago, Ventora3300 said: This must rate as a Top Tip surely! Landing and Navigation lights is an area I would like to get better in. Looking excellent, Adrian. Cheers. Mike. Absolutely genius Tip and going to try that! Kit looks great Adrian, well done on sticking with it Dermot 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Fabulous build Adrian and that is a great NMF that you have achieved, it is better than some Alclad finishes that I have seen. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 That's come together rather well. The metal finish looks really good. Another thank you from me for the landing light tip, it looks very convincing. Tony. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 Thanks for the comments about the NMF! It's going to get another week of thorough drying before I get to finish it because I'm away from tomorrow until Friday. I will be flying and waiting for 16 hours tomorrow and working on equipment setup on Sunday . Regards, Adrian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 15 hours ago, AdrianMF said: Wine bottle foil dished over a paintbrush end with clear Sellotape cover. That's a tip to poach for sure, thanks Adrian, she's looking really good. Steve. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 Good Gwad!!!! That cant be that awful rivet clad Airfix Mitchell from circa 1965? How on earth did you manage that? This is is exceptionally nice Adrian and it’s (yet another) fine example of what can be done with some of these obsolete kits. Cheers.. Dave 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSH Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Got to agree with the other comments, that's looking really good for such an old kit and the NMF is really nice. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted August 23, 2018 Author Share Posted August 23, 2018 Ha! Just realised why my gate number to fly home sounds rather familiar: Well I guess that reminds me which build I’m on! Regards, Adrian 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawzer Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Wow is all I can say! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted August 25, 2018 Author Share Posted August 25, 2018 Well in between napping, attending car auctions (long story) and talking to my family, I got this: I am most definitely calling it done! I’m happier with it than at any point during the build, but it’s more a case of “quit while you’re ahead” rather than “that turned out nice”. I will take some pics in daylight... Thanks for looking, Adrian 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 I still cannot believe you got this result from 'that' kit! Wonderful stuff. The quit while your ahead policy is something I tend to adopt when it comes to weathering. Cheers and well modelled.. Dave 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Beautiful work Adrian, great result 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray S Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 A great result after all the trials and tribulations with this kit. I built this many times when I were a nipper, but always with the glass nose, but looking at this I think I made the wrong choice! Nice work, Ray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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