fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted November 26, 2019 Author Share Posted November 26, 2019 "Metal" areas masked: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted November 26, 2019 Author Share Posted November 26, 2019 The silbergrau is on and the masks off. After convenient drying time, a light coat of varnish will follow in preparation for the decals: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 The silbergrau looks very nice. How did you do that (having a few kits in my stash that will need it)? Did you mix that yourself, or was it “off the shelf”? - Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted November 27, 2019 Author Share Posted November 27, 2019 27 minutes ago, billn53 said: The silbergrau looks very nice. How did you do that (having a few kits in my stash that will need it)? Did you mix that yourself, or was it “off the shelf”? - Bill Hi Bill Home-made brew, all model Model Master: gloss white and chrome silver, more or less half and half, and a drop of hellblau and kure naval arsenal IJN. No precise quantities, I made a mix, tried, adjusted, etc. I think it can work with other brands too (I would like to try with Humbrol, when I have the patience). From the same bottle, last time it came a beautiful barely glossy satin (may be a year ago), and this time just satin, so may be it "aged"? (well mixed, well sealed, same thinner, same airbrush, same pressure). In any case varnishes can be applied to get the shine where you want it. I never measure paint mixes, I just work dynamically (I am a visual artist). Problem is, it's never exactly the same 😉 Hope this is a good guide. Cheers 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 Nose wheel on. Several lengths or rigging and control cable are added: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 If this kit is ever re-issued, they better correct the many obvious flaws of it. I just added the landing gear. Even knowing that the kit is iffy regarding precision -to say the least-, I didn't check the positions already marked in the fuselage and engine gondolas for the various elements and ended up with something that only vaguely resembles reality. The "V" that attaches to the fuselage (horizontal braces) should be about 5mm back (if you pay any attention to photos, which the designer did not, apparently) and the "V" is also short in span, making the oleo legs lean-in. So the whole geometry is off, something you realize after painfully gluing everything with superglue (it's resin). Why, thanks once more, Planet. Yank everything off? nah, will break the parts, mar the finish and force me to come up with even more creative expletives. I mean, as modelers, we know that most kits will need some help here and there to render the model we desire, but to check and modify almost every part is asking a bit too much. Sigh.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Must have been done by the same kit designer responsible for the wing/strut geometry of Roden’s Fokker DVII. Still, the model looks great and if you hadn’t let on few of us would be any the wiser. But then you are a modeller of very high standards. AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted November 29, 2019 Author Share Posted November 29, 2019 The engines, aileron control leads and windshield are added. The front struts and cockpit coaming are painted: Nav lights from the CMK set are separated: Little breathing tubes on the fuel tanks are added, mudguards and nav lights are on: 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted November 29, 2019 Author Share Posted November 29, 2019 And now we wait for the after market decals, as the kit ones -as noted previously- are not accurate. Bear with me with some patience and eventually we will get back to it. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alejandro Martinez Colombres Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 Impressive Moa, as usual. We, as human beings, are imperfect by nature. But we can still endeavour an endless quest for perfection. Every time I see you at work with these little gems, I think that you are among the very fews close to that perfection. I can’t imagine the fragility of this particular Model. Cheers, Alejandro. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 3 hours ago, Alejandro Martinez Colombres said: Impressive Moa, as usual. We, as human beings, are imperfect by nature. But we can still endeavour an endless quest for perfection. Every time I see you at work with these little gems, I think that you are among the very fews close to that perfection. I can’t imagine the fragility of this particular Model. Cheers, Alejandro. Hi Alejandro You are giving me way too much credit , far more than I deserve for sure. My models are flawed, sometimes with little blemishes and others with big faults. I was just thinking days ago, looking at them, that there is not a single one about which I would say "OK, this one came out very well". I am not being falsely modest, it is true. A glue spot there, a little crack here, a slight miss-alignment somewhere else, a spot of putty I missed, and on and on and on. Always, invariably. Skills and tricks go up with time, vision and dexterity in frank decline. Wherever it is that those curves intersect, they do not produce perfection, VERY FAR from it. I always think "the next one", but it never happens. Thanks, though, for your nice -and undeserved- words. Modelling Sisyphus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyphus 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alejandro Martinez Colombres Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 50 minutes ago, Moa said: Hi Alejandro You are giving me way too much credit , far more than I deserve for sure. My models are flawed, sometimes with little blemishes and others with big faults. I was just thinking days ago, looking at them, that there is not a single one about which I would say "OK, this one came out very well". I am not being falsely modest, it is true. A glue spot there, a little crack here, a slight miss-alignment somewhere else, a spot of putty I missed, and on and on and on. Always, invariably. Skills and tricks go up with time, vision and dexterity in frank decline. Wherever it is that those curves intersect, they do not produce perfection, VERY FAR from it. I always think "the next one", but it never happens. Thanks, though, for your nice -and undeserved- words. Modelling Sisyphus I see your point, Moa. We never end learning in life. And that has to do with the eternal search for “perfection”. On the other hand, there are the inconvenients related to ageing. As Ringo Bonavena used to say: “Experience is a comb you are given when you get bold “. 50 minutes ago, Moa said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyphus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted November 30, 2019 Author Share Posted November 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Alejandro Martinez Colombres said: As Ringo Bonavena used to say: “Experience is a comb you are given when you get bold “. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alejandro Martinez Colombres Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 And you imagine yourself as a modern Sisyphus? 😂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 NOICE. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Rather Sisyphus than Tantalus. At least us modellers get the fun of rolling that rock up the hill... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alejandro Martinez Colombres Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: Rather Sisyphus than Tantalus. At least us modellers get the fun of rolling that rock up the hill... Yes. Again and again. It is the life we have chosen to live, isn’t it? Modelling is an activity that makes you start from a new begining over an over and not always arriving to an end (in my case, at least ). But we are stuborn by nature. Edited December 1, 2019 by Alejandro Martinez Colombres To support an idea. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 The decals arrived! They are gorgeous! Even the prop logos are included. Now completion of the model can proceed! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 Decaling begins. The carrier is wonderfully thin and the decals behave fantastically. Unbeknownst to some modelers (and all manufacturers) there was a lettering present on the belly, associated with the decals presented in kits: The sheet even provides the rectangular meshed air intakes at the top of the nacelle: Work progresses steadily thanks to the quality of the sheet: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 27 minutes ago, Moa said: Unbeknownst to some modelers (and all manufacturers) there was a lettering present on the belly Focke-Wulf thoughtfully answering the question of ground based observers who would otherwise be asking “what on earth is that?” as it flew over. AW 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 With all decals applied without a hitch and set, the ancillary parts can go on (props, exhausts, door, rigging): The model is ready, but the weather now doesn't favor outdoors photography. When conditions are right, I will do the usual photo session and post the results as a completed model thread: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 The completed model can be visited here: Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 19 hours ago, Moa said: Lovely work but possibly the worst case of tail sitting I have ever seen! Stirrer of Mars 👽 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 Just now, Martian Hale said: Lovely work but possibly the worst case of tail sitting I have ever seen! Stirrer of Mars 👽 Keep reading you hasty Martian. When the stab is added it sits properly. Gosh, the gall of these extraterrestrials! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 I knew that would get a rise! Two minutes to get a bite, is that some sort of record? Martian 👽 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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