Andwil Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Coming on nicely. Great looking plane the Whirlwind. AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfSparks Posted August 10, 2019 Author Share Posted August 10, 2019 Hi All A splutter of progress. I want the canopy open on the one with the etch, so it's off to the Chop Shop And breathe out It's quite thick All tagged up awaiting their tail bands. I'm going to do the old one with neat Tamiya XF-21 Sky as that looks quite close to the decals The new(er) one will have 25% White added to get it close to the DKdecals Right shade, but looks a little light. We'll see. Comments and suggestions welcome Cheers Steve 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 The Chop Shop seems to be a succesful enterprise. Do they take orders? Both whirlybirds look fine now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfSparks Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 Hi All On 8/10/2019 at 4:16 PM, Christer A said: The Chop Shop seems to be a succesful enterprise. Do they take orders? Yes they take orders, although they can't give a definite turnaround period or if you'll get it back at all! Anyhoo, some progress of sorts The bands and props were done in their respective colour mixes, backplates swapped to show the diferences No, not as much as I thought either. Ho hum. The tail bands were masked off with some conveniently proportioned masking tape And both undersides were shot with Tamiya XF-83 Medium Sea Grey 2, diluted 50/50 with their X20-A thinners I'm beginning to warm to their paints, even with the mixing and quick drying. There they shall rest until I squeeze in some more Lab Time. Comments and suggestions welcome Cheers Steve 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfSparks Posted August 19, 2019 Author Share Posted August 19, 2019 Hi All A famine or a feast! Although both aircraft have the same colour schemes, they're reversed That shouldn't be confusing at all, should it? Lower masking, next build will be masking free... The oldie gets Tamiya XF-82 Ocean Grey 2, the noob XF-81 Dark Green 2 I seem to have left the green canopy ajar, hope none of the paint got in Now then, if I cut each of them along the camo lines, and glue them back in the right pattern, I should get two done with no more masking ? Comments and suggestions welcome Cheers Steve 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 22 hours ago, ProfSparks said: Now then, if I cut each of them along the camo lines, and glue them back in the right pattern, I should get two done with no more masking ? Well, it sounds like a reasonable assumption at least! I'm very curious how that will turn out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfSparks Posted August 20, 2019 Author Share Posted August 20, 2019 Hi All Surprise morning in The Lab! 1 hour ago, Christer A said: Well, it sounds like a reasonable assumption at least! I'm very curious how that will turn out. I'll possibly save that experiment for another day Anyhoo, progress Easy Peasy Maskeroony Now then, working from the oldie B&W diagram, with a reversed scheme, the opposite base colour, and waning sanity Guess it must have worked out ok in the end These Tamiya colours are very opaque, one is green over grey, the other is grey over green A couple of touch-ups, the exhausts done, the stickers and wheels on, and they're done. Comments and suggestions welcome Cheers Steve 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Tamiya colors are great, that's for sure. Even though I dabble with Mission Models, MrPaint, Xtracrylix and all other, I always know what to do with Tamiya (and Gunze, since it's the same stuff more or less) Both Whirlwinds turned out AWESOME! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfSparks Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 Hi All A quick round-up of some short sessions. Nearly forgot the yellow strips The PE inserts hide the seams well There's some more PE for the upper wing surface, but as it looks out of scale compared to the engravings, I'm going to leave it off And it's already painted anyway. There's also some for the underside But I can't seem to make head nor tail of it, so that goes in the spares tray too I did get the cockpit finished and the control column in Next was the decals I had to mix and match as the DK set were missing a couple. Marked as 39 on the diagram, they're the only ones not on the sheet! Anyhoo, they are lovely to apply, a thin soft film that can't be picked up on a brush as it folds itself round everything These are just on by themselves, pressed down with a rolling cotton bud, lurvley The oldie got some tarting up too And that's where they'll sit for a couple more days. Comments and suggestions welcome Cheers Steve 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Those under wing etchings are ment to be bomb racks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesP Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Before you stick the props on may I suggest drilling out the front of the exhaust flame suppressors. With the spinners in place you'll just see the semicircular inlets 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfSparks Posted September 3, 2019 Author Share Posted September 3, 2019 Hi All On 8/30/2019 at 3:37 PM, fatalbert said: Those under wing etchings are ment to be bomb racks. Thanks fatalbert, I thought they were part of the wing structure like the etch parts for the upper wing skin. I'm not loading them up, so no worries about leaving them off. On 8/30/2019 at 4:07 PM, JamesP said: Before you stick the props on may I suggest drilling out the front of the exhaust flame suppressors. With the spinners in place you'll just see the semicircular inlets Hi James, yes good call. I haven't got them quite as delicate as yours as I suspect it would split the seams, but they're close I managed to get a coat of matt varnish on them And removed the canopy masking Legs on next, then off they go! Comments and suggestions welcome Cheers Steve 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfSparks Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 Hi All Legs on The doors were split down the centre, but didn't seem to have a definite location for the open position Cannons in the nose and a length of Uschi Superfine That Uschi is 0.001" (0.0245mm) scale 1.7mm ish, is that too thin? Anyhoo, the same for the new one And finally, the last piece of useful etch, the access ladder gets a coat of black A blob of CA and it droops into position So that's them then, I've glued the wheels fixed as they were wobbling around like a Toon Lass on a Saturday night I'll aim for a RFI on my next visit. Thanks for your company, see you soon. Comments and suggestions welcome Cheers Steve 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Nicely done Steve, they look great! And thanks for fixing the wheels, don't need any of that behavior on here! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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