Col. Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 The almost finished paintwork looks great and there's no signs of the fight this one has been throwing up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted May 19, 2019 Author Share Posted May 19, 2019 On 5/18/2019 at 8:45 PM, Col. said: The almost finished paintwork looks great and there's no signs of the fight this one has been throwing up Thanks Col, hopefully on the home straight now, but there will be a short break as we're away over the coming week or so. Mind you, the painting is finished and the Sky band (which looks really incongruous) has been masked and painted. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted May 20, 2019 Author Share Posted May 20, 2019 Transfers on. Not many but add a bit of colour. There is a little bit of touching up needed where the masking tape has lifted a little bit of the camo. Will leave until the transfers have bedded down. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted June 8, 2019 Author Share Posted June 8, 2019 'two hours of pushin' broom, Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room' - so said Roger Miller (and the Proclaimers) in King of the road. This canopy took the best part of two days. Several hours to cut out and trim. But the real time was taken up with masking. It's ready for affixing and obviously I'll have leave it to set before doing anything else. Hopefully an early start tomorrow will get it over the finishing line. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 I built the ex frog one of these a while ago the canopy painting and masking left scars unlikely to heal ! Yours looks the business cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted June 9, 2019 Author Share Posted June 9, 2019 Afraid I have not managed to finish this one on time. Just too much to do; multimedia, masking the underside, a fair amount of fettling, the vac form canopy and the interminable masking. Probably needs another few days. I've attached the canopy and sealed it in and painted it. It still needs a coat of matt varnish. And then all the other bits attached, including assembling the propeller. I will finish the thread here and put it into the RIF section once complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted June 12, 2019 Author Share Posted June 12, 2019 Transparency painted and a couple of coats of matt varnish on most of the airframe. Unmasked, and although the fit of the canopy wasn't great, the frames don't look to bad. Also, main undercarriage and tail wheel on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 Prop under assembly; resin hub and polystyrene blades. And no shaft. Yet another nightmare. Or alternatively proper modelling! Thank goodness for this tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted August 14, 2019 Author Share Posted August 14, 2019 More work on this one. It's been neglected as I work on the other current GBs. And most of the finishing neeeds to be done with superglue! All the sticky out bits added and painted. Just the exhausts and the guard or target towing line feed to be added. The exhaust were on but the glue didn't take and they fell off. It was just as well as I wasn't terribly happy with their fit. I've sanded them down a little and angled the inner end so they should fit better. Including the main undercarriage doors. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 Almost done now. All the resin attached and the only thing to do is add the aerial. However, it has gone missing so I've had to make one up from plastic strip. No big deal but it'll need painted and varnished at the bottom end at least, before affixing to the canopy. Probably another day for this little job due to the fiddly nature. However, I'm hopeful it'll be in the RFI by the end of the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
825 Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 Finally done. All the sticky out bits added, paint finished off and ready for RFI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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