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Italian Typhoon - more shades of grey, anyone?


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14 hours ago, Spookytooth said:

Fine work there G.

Looks like your be on finals soon, I mean RFI dear sir.

 

Simon.

Thanks Simon :thumbsup: Yes, not far from completing now, although the wheel struts are requiring quite some work ... 

13 hours ago, Cookenbacher said:

That looks awesome Giorgio.

Cheers Cookie, thanks! :thumbsup:

13 hours ago, perdu said:

Beautifully understated lines G, I love this gorgeous lady

Glad you like them, it was my goal :thumbsup:

12 hours ago, bbudde said:

Looks like you got it! Cheers

Danke Ben! :thumbsup: 

10 hours ago, rob85 said:

Looks fantastic, very nice subtle weathering on those panels

 

Rob

Thanks Rob, as I said I tried to keep it subtle and I'm happy with how it turned out :thumbsup:

10 hours ago, keefr22 said:

Excellent Tiffie G !

 

Keith

You're too kind, Keith :thumbsup: 

9 hours ago, CedB said:

Stunning work Giorgio :) 

Thanks Ced, you're too kind too :thumbsup: 

 

Ciao

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On 1/12/2020 at 5:36 PM, giemme said:

The idea was to keep it subtle

And by God you have - that lining is exquisitely restrained Giorgio; some of the best work of its kind I've seen at this scale. :clap2:

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On 13/01/2020 at 18:57, Massimo said:

She looks fabulous and that canopy can speak!!!!

Well done Giorgio!!!:clap::clap:

Thanks Massimo, glad you like my efforts! :thumbsup:

On 13/01/2020 at 20:20, TheBaron said:

And by God you have - that lining is exquisitely restrained Giorgio; some of the best work of its kind I've seen at this scale. :clap2:

Way too kind, Tony - thanks :thumbsup: 

On 13/01/2020 at 23:34, The Spadgent said:

Oh yesss. She’s looking every bit a stunner. Nice work, especially on that tricky canopy, 🙌

 

Johnny

Thanks Johnny :thumbsup:  the vacform canopy isn't as tricky as the kit one, but still it's no piece of cake ... :frantic:

 

A small update for tonight: exhausts glued in

 

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Then a bit of detail painting, to wit the nav and position lights

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Next one also shows a very restrained staining around the APU exhausts, made by drybrushing some flat black

lights2

 

lights3

 

That's it for the day, all comments welcome.

 

I'll be off skiing for a couple of days, so probably no updates next WE :wink:  :D 

 

Ciao

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9 hours ago, bbudde said:

"On the Piste" sounds great Keith!!!!!!

Nice work Giorgio and as above : Viel Spaß auf der Piste.

Cheers

Thanks Benedikt, cheers! :thumbsup:

9 hours ago, keefr22 said:

Lovely work G!

 

Enjoy  your time on the piste...!!

 

Keith

Thank you Keith! :thumbsup:

9 hours ago, The Spadgent said:

You’re not kidding. 🤩😍🙌

wonderful work G. 👌 enjoy the snow.

 

Johnny.

No, I'm very serious ... sort of ... :rofl:  Thanks for the appreciation, Johnny :thumbsup: 

9 hours ago, Andwil said:

Excellent work as always Giorgio, but are the navigation lights meant to be green on both sides?  
 

AW

No, they are not. Port one should be red. And I'm an a.s.s.   :wall: 

I'll fix that, thanks for pointing it out, AW :thumbsup: 

4 hours ago, Cookenbacher said:

Beautiful work Giorgio!

Cheers Cookie, thanks - glad you like it :thumbsup: 

2 hours ago, CedB said:

Very nice work Giorgio, as usual.

She's looking very realistic :) 

Thanks Ced, that's what I was aiming for and I'm glad that it is perceived so :)  :thumbsup:

 

Ciao

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11 hours ago, perdu said:

I love the restraint in the panel lines G, looking great

 

Mind your bum doesn't get wet

 

;)

Thanks Bill :thumbsup: I will :D

11 hours ago, Spookytooth said:

Looking very sweet there G.

 

Enjoy your time on the piste.

 

Simon.

Cheers Simon, thanks! :thumbsup:

10 hours ago, Fritag said:

Enjoy :D

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

8 hours ago, DonH said:

Looks great, lots of subtle shading, I like.

 

One question, should the light on the port pod be red? 

Thanks Don :thumbsup:

To quote myself:

12 hours ago, giemme said:

Port one should be red. And I'm an a.s.s.   :wall: 

:shrug:

 

Ciao

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Hi everybody; sorry for the lack of updates, but as I mentioned, last WE I was off on a skiing tour, here (Val Gardena)

sella

 

Back to the bench during this WE, so here's a progress report.

 

I did fix port wingtip light :) 

 

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Glued the rudder in position

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Unmasked the cockpit and windshield, to see if everything was still there :D

 

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Then I glued in the intake flaps, too

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and started working on the struts, detailing them with some 0.1mm black copper wire from ModellingTools. Great stuff, it bonds perfectly with CA.

struts1

 

They received a flat black base coat, followed by the usual off-white, some detail painting and a black tempera wash

struts2

 

In place

struts3

 

struts4

 

The landing lights got painted too: back side with silver

landinglights1

 

Then a black coat, dark grey drybrush and glued in place

landinglights2

 

I also started working on the nose sensors, and guess what: one pinged off my tweezers at light speed, never to be seen again. So I had to scratch build one from brass pipe and styrene sheet

sensors1

 

Hopefully it won't look too bad once painted :wink: 

Last thing for the night: I glued in the flaperons

 

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flaperons2

 

flaperons3

 

flaperons4

 

There are some glue marks on both inboard flaperons, due to me being clumsy and all - I'll sort them once they are properly cured

 

She's definitely not a tail sitter

onherlegs1

 

onherlegs2

 

That's it for the day, all comments welcome

 

Ciao

 

 

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