jean Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Hi Steve, I did find the photo of this Dak long ago. You should have asked! Now, would anybody know what color s the nose, which is definitely not in OD... Great show !!! JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 Hi folk's this project has frustrated the life out of me over the last couple of session's,it looked OK in the previous picture but up close I wasn't happy and the black striping was horrible despite all the precaution's the black was ragged and bled all over and the fuselage nearly had it thrown at the wall! anyway a full re-spray later and wheel's added I'm at decision time do I try another repaint,go with the decal's which I know via the Italian one that the white is awful with poor colour density or paint the white and cut out the black decal stripe's I'll make a decision soon. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Good afternoon Steve She looks very nice to me .. I used Tamiya masking tape for my build , next time I am going to paint the black bands on the fuselage .. Patrice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJJunis Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Looking great Steve! All the Best! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share Posted March 15, 2019 Hi folk's,well colour me suprised! The decal's were fine(wellOK there was a bit of swearing etc) and wrapped round the wing pretty well. I'm not through the wood's yet I think the Fuselage is going to be a real challenge especially those door hinges. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Now we are getting somewhere!! What i do with such hinges and decals is that i make a small cut in the decals where the hinges are placed and the rest will be touched up with either paint or pieces of decal in the same color.. Doing great Steve👍 cheers, Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 15, 2019 Author Share Posted March 15, 2019 12 minutes ago, janneman36 said: Now we are getting somewhere!! What i do with such hinges and decals is that i make a small cut in the decals where the hinges are placed and the rest will be touched up with either paint or pieces of decal in the same color.. Doing great Steve👍 cheers, Jan That's the plan Jan,at least I have two set's of decal's incase of a disaster! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruskin Air Services Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 This is the esci kit reboxed by italieri as they own the molds, built one back in the early 1980's as Vera Lynne from Airline 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) Hi folk's,it was make or break time for this build,the fuselage decal's were not playing at all I used all four trying to make good but they just would not follow the contour's and one set were so thin they showed the green through so out came the masking tape for one last go. Happy to say a reasonable job was done with a tiny bit of touching up to do once glossed all should be well. Edited March 18, 2019 by stevej60 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Good morning Steve Very good job she looks great with the decals on and the DDAY bands .. All the best Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 Thank's 2 hours ago, TEMPESTMK5 said: Good morning Steve Very good job she looks great with the decals on and the DDAY bands .. All the best Patrice Thank's Patrice,with this being a representation of the BBMF Dakota little or no weathering is needed so should finish her soon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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