CJP Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 On 5/23/2020 at 9:49 PM, Guy said: They are much nicer than the out of the box version, suspect they will be driving me mad when I get to try to finalise them. However, madness is relative - today it is these little nightmares that are driving me up the wall. I do not want to see ones like this ever again ! Neat work on those engine bay decals & that resin wing fold really looks good with some paint on it highlighting the detail CJP 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted June 14, 2020 Author Share Posted June 14, 2020 Another weekend and another few steps towards completion. Slight issue with one of the decals for the ejection seat warning and I have had to put in a different one from the kit, but I suppose it gets the message across a little clearer. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 Nearly there, but a conundrum which I am sure has been tackled before - what colours for the lights ? When I look at a picture like this (http://www.gengriz.co.uk/images/Sea Vixen References/P7110114.JPG) They are very dark, quite a contrast from exceedingly red/green that I have available. Any suggestions on how best to achieve a realistic look that gives a hint of the colours whilst not standing out as a sore thumb? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Sadly my photographic skills are less skilful than a rock sitting on the sea bed but I have tried honest I use these CD marking pens I tried to show by marking green and red over a black stripe but it hasnt come out well on the picture Let's look at this This is the red lens on my Belvedere which I finished recently, done with the above marker pens You need to mark over a darkish surface because the pen acts only to change the colour of the underlying piece. The grey gives a really dark red, other lighter colours give brighter reds and greens There are as many ways of doing this as there are ideas on the day you do it, the pens are often easier to use than blobs of paint too 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted July 15, 2020 Author Share Posted July 15, 2020 I like the results you have got, sadly my marker pens are years past useable but I need to add some new ones to my shopping list. What I ended up doing was using the red/green I had, but overpainted them with XF-19 Smoke which has knocked them back a bit so they don't stand out too much. And the rather harsh light has shown I need to do a bit of touch up on it's nose/ 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolay Polyakov Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Excellent and enjoyable thread, Guy. The Vixen looks great! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 15, 2020 Share Posted July 15, 2020 Guy I think the darkening has done a fine job So have you, the Vixen is lovely 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 Main landing gear next, stock with a bit of extra pipework from electrical wiring. Glad it doesn't look this rough when viewed at a normal distance. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 Now I need to set myself deadlines, make sure the landing gear is completed before the Hungarian F1 Grand Prix. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 She has got wheels ! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted July 18, 2020 Author Share Posted July 18, 2020 A rather nice brass refuelling probe that came in the Wolfpack wingfold kit. A tight fit and I have to do a bit of filling now, but almost a shame to paint over that brassware. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted July 18, 2020 Author Share Posted July 18, 2020 The older members of the forum will know what I mean what I say I have just hit a Hamlet moment. The moment when you have primed some of the final parts ready to paint up and push to finish the model and then you think .. now where did I put the rails for the red top missiles ...... oh ******* .... I guess she gets 2 x rocket pods and 2 x empty pylons. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 I suspect somewhere in the Fleet Air Arms past, there has been a dictate to use as many warnings, lines, dots etc on their aircraft for exactly the purpose of irritating future modellers. Seems like I have done 1000's of decals and the sheet still seems to have 14,361 still awaiting my attention .... has to be a battleship next to get away from these little blighters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 Last few items now, starting today on the Eduard photo etch ladder so have some folding fun to come. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redleader Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Alas the camera always shows up flaws that are invisible to the naked eye! Great work. Love the Vixen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 5 minutes ago, redleader said: Alas the camera always shows up flaws that are invisible to the naked eye! Great work. Love the Vixen Thanks and it is that balancing act between what can actually be seen and what drives you crazy because you now what is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redleader Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 you've just defined life, amigo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 Finishing off the wings ready to mount I realised I hadn't dealt with the pitot tubes and it got me looking at two different brass ones that I have. The ones I mounted are the Air Master AM-48-099 set which look to me much closer to the scale that I can see in the photos here: http://www.gengriz.co.uk/images/Sea Vixen References/vixenphots.htm Also I had the ones supplied in the Wolfpack wingfold kit which look quite oversized, did the Vixen sport different sized pitot tubes during it's life or is the brass one in the picture just made too large ? There are some decals I have only just applied which I had also forgotten about, so over to the Micro Sol to see if I can get rid of the silvering. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Great job on the Sea Vixen mate - you are inspiring me to get mine out of the stash - also that photo link on the Vixen is very useful and saved to my favourites CJP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 1 hour ago, CJP said: Great job on the Sea Vixen mate - you are inspiring me to get mine out of the stash - also that photo link on the Vixen is very useful and saved to my favourites CJP Thank you - far from perfect but improvements with each new model build. Hopefully this evening the wings will go on then just a bit of fettling around the wingfold and she will be done. As far as getting yours out of he stash - to quote Mrs Doyle 'Ah, go on .... ' If these are of assistance here are some of the additional references I used: https://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/seavixen/walkaround.php https://www.seavixen.org/image-gallery http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/p7hg_img_6/fullsize/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 A bit of a break over lunch and inching closer, however I was sure that I put the requisite number of grams into the nose but she is a tail sitter! I am sure that the real ones didn't go round propped up by an oversized bottle of Gorilla Glue so I need to see about getting a bit more weight into her wheel bay. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 The other thing you could try is to hang a store of some sort on the middle pylons and fill them with some weight, that should tip the balance. Martian 👽 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigbeale Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 A beautiful Sea Vixen.😍😍😍 I’ve got a 1/72 version which requires restoration -I saw it on eBay and had to have it although the paint underneath and the panel gaps, especially around the tail booms, are terrible. I’m sure it depicts the same aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Martian said: The other thing you could try is to hang a store of some sort on the middle pylons and fill them with some weight, that should tip the balance. Martian 👽 The solution was easier then expected, just forward of the front wheel still in the wheel well., you can drill a hole upwards and into the nose. Insert a few lengths of solder and now she is sitting as she should. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 5 hours ago, Brigbeale said: A beautiful Sea Vixen.😍😍😍 I’ve got a 1/72 version which requires restoration -I saw it on eBay and had to have it although the paint underneath and the panel gaps, especially around the tail booms, are terrible. I’m sure it depicts the same aircraft. That sounds like a fun challenge, I hope we will see a restoration log ! This aircraft I chose as being part of 899 Squadron onboard HMS Eagle on her final round the world deployment in 1972. My father was onboard as a Met Officer and I have a faint memory of meeting her when she came back to port. I suspect the Vixen had flown off by then but it is nice to do something that had a link. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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