AT LAST F16 CJ, 1/32 scale Tamiya.

[Delayar]

1 hour ago, Spookytooth said:

If I had the room and the money I would of just gone along with a FOD cover either end.

 

If I had the room, I would build another one of this great kit. 😉

 

You are making great progress. Keep up the good work.

 

cheers,

Markus

[Spookytooth]

16 hours ago, Delayar said:

 

If I had the room, I would build another one of this great kit. 😉

 

You are making great progress. Keep up the good work.

 

cheers,

Markus

Thanks, IF I had the room, I would have a lot more "Bigger" kits in the stash, and I have too.

Hope to get some more done today.

 

Simon.

[Spookytooth]

OK , not what I wanted to do but at least it was something.

 

The office

 

 

Some very nice detail to sort out there.

 

Targeting pod.

 

 

Seat rail.

 

 

And together.

 

 

And sidewalls.

 

 

No spraying sadly but hope to get some done on Tuesday.

 

Off to see what else I can sort out.

 

All comments welcome.

 

Simon.

[Spookytooth]

To make a break from just cleaning and prepping I decided to build the 20 mm cannon.

 

4 bits for the breech etc and 4 for the barrels.

 

 

I had already glued the breech assembly together, it has a poly cap inside it.

 

Barrels together.

 

 

 

They go together so sweetly, the muzzle cap, has three cut outs to accept the barrels and the other end fits inside the breech mech so hidden joint, clever.

 

Right, that is about it for tonight.

 

All comments welcome.

 

Simon. 

[keefr22]

Neat work Simon, all coming together nicely!

 

Keith

[Spookytooth]

Thanks @keefr22 and @giemme.

 

More priming done today.

 

Office panels.

 

 

Barrels and breech.

 

 

IP .

 

 

Tub.

 

 

U/C leg Nose, a bit blurred , oh bum.

 

 

 

Chair back.

 

 

Various fuselage bits.

 

 

 

Time for a coffee and bacon roll.

 

All comments welcome.

 

Simon.

[Spookytooth]

A little more done this afternoon.

 

IP`s.

 

 

 

Next up the tub and seat.

 

 

 

A bit of dark grey around the pit.

 

 

Some yuck yellow for the inners.

 

 

 

And this is what happened at the start of the yellow.

 

 

Crap on the needle/nozzle.

 

Well that wraps things up for today, and tomorrow.

 

So have a great Xmas day you lot.

 

All comments welcome.

 

Simon.

[Dr. Quack]

This is coming along beautifully - kit looks very impressive.

Merry  Christmas.  

Q

[planehazza]

Don't worry too much about the bad yellow. Either spray it again or leave it and call it dirt. It's an engine bay after all

[keefr22]

6 minutes ago, planehazza said:

Don't worry too much about the bad yellow. Either spray it again or leave it and call it dirt. It's an engine bay after all

 

Agreed - and will you actually ever see it again when all's closed up Simon?!

 

Merry Christmas to you & yours

 

Keith

[Spookytooth]

On 24/12/2019 at 15:45, Dr. Quack said:

This is coming along beautifully - kit looks very impressive.

Merry  Christmas.  

Q

Thank you sir, she is quite a nice kit and a Happy New Year to you sir.

 

On 24/12/2019 at 17:18, planehazza said:

Don't worry too much about the bad yellow. Either spray it again or leave it and call it dirt. It's an engine bay after all

 

On 24/12/2019 at 17:26, keefr22 said:

 

Agreed - and will you actually ever see it again when all's closed up Simon?!

 

Merry Christmas to you & yours

 

Keith

Cheers lads, I gave it a rub Fnar, and sprayed it again (will take pics later.)

 

Thanks @Fritag and @giemme, I hope that you have had a serene Xmas so far.

 

Well folks, I have been able to get some priming done no pics through .

 

Then I laid down some XF 2 as a base coat for the Gloss equivalent X 2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also sprayed up  some yucky yellow but will post pics later.

 

All comments welcome.

 

Simon.

[keefr22]

Some more good progress Simon, you'll soon be finished at this rate!

 

I started a Tamiya kit today (can't say what as it's for our club competition in February!) and I'd forgotten how nice they are to build. Started at lunchtime, built and painted the fantastic cockpit and engine and had the fuselage together by 5 o'clock! I might even get it finished in time!!

 

Keith

[Spookytooth]

22 hours ago, keefr22 said:

Some more good progress Simon, you'll soon be finished at this rate!

 

I started a Tamiya kit today (can't say what as it's for our club competition in February!) and I'd forgotten how nice they are to build. Started at lunchtime, built and painted the fantastic cockpit and engine and had the fuselage together by 5 o'clock! I might even get it finished in time!!

 

Keith

They do go together quite well Keith with minimum work.

 

Thanks @giemme.

 

Right onwards, hit the X 2 now.

 

Wheel bay.

 

 

Main U/C.

 

 

Nose wheel U/C.

 

 

Trolley wheels.

 

 

Main U/C wheel(s).

 

 

Nose wheel bay and main U/C doors.

 

 

Lots of other parts.

 

 

Getting there slowly.

One day I will do a parts count.

 

All comments welcome.

 

Simon.

 

 

[phildagreek]

Looks good!

[keefr22]

Smooooth paint Simon!

 

Keith

[giemme]

15 hours ago, keefr22 said:

Smooooth paint Simon!

 

Keith

Agreed, super-smooth!

 

Ciao

[Spookytooth]

20 hours ago, keefr22 said:

Smooooth paint Simon!

 

Keith

 

4 hours ago, giemme said:

Agreed, super-smooth!

 

Ciao

Thanks lads, I think I am getting the hang of this spraying.

 

Thanks @Beggsy and @phildagreek, she is a beaut to work on.

 

OK, a quick update this New Years Eve.

 

Some engine parts in X 11 + XF 2 (a couple of drops)

 

 

The "Gearbox / Gen" in XF 56 with a drop of the above mix added to it.

 

 

The front fan, with an added band of the following colour on the gun barrels breech.

 

 

Said gun barrels with a XF 69/ X 11+ XF 2 and a dash of XF 56.

 

 

Coffee break then onwards I think.

 

All comments welcome.

 

Simon.

[keefr22]

Looks to me that you've definitely got the hang of spraying Simon, nice work again!

 

Happy New Year to you and yours!

 

Keith

[Spookytooth]

10 minutes ago, keefr22 said:

Looks to me that you've definitely got the hang of spraying Simon, nice work again!

 

Happy New Year to you and yours!

 

Keith

Thanks Keith, the same to you and yours sir.

Thanks @giemme.

 

Last update for this year.

 

XF 69 sprayed inside the engine.

 

 

Then some XF 2 sprayed around as well.

 

 

 

After burner ring (which I forgot to pic earlier)
 

 

The inlet tunnel got a coat of XF 2 while I had it loaded.

 

 

And finally the gun barrels and breech got a coat of X 23 Clear Blue.

 

 

That is it for today.

 

All that is left is to wish all a very happy and peaceful New Year.

 

All comments welcome.

 

Simon.

[giemme]

Skillful painting going on here, Simon

 

Happy New Year to you and Lady Rose, mate!

 

Ciao

[Spookytooth]

17 hours ago, giemme said:

Skillful painting going on here, Simon

 

Happy New Year to you and Lady Rose, mate!

 

Ciao

Thank you G, she has some fun parts coming up to mask though.

 

Thanks @keefr22, we hope that you had a good one.

 

Right, no modelling done today as requested by the good lady.

So instead, I gave the bench and spray booth a clean .

 

 

New filter and newspaper.

 

And the bench got a tidy up and clean too.

 

 

All ready for action on the 2nd.

 

Hope that you are all relaxing after last night.

 

Simon.

[bbudde]

1 hour ago, Spookytooth said:

Hope that you are all relaxing after last night.

Hello Simon. Happy new year. Mine was very relaxing. I fell asleep over it. Woke up at half past one again, took a glimpse at my window and there was nothing but fog. The worst fog I Ive ever seen here (max. 5 m that  you could look). Even the big tree in front of my window was nearly complete in disguise. So I decided turn my back around again and fell asleep promtly. Very satisfiying as I was sure that I didn't miss any spectacle here last night. Nice progress on your model so far  Very smooth spray job.

Cheers Benedikt

[Spookytooth]

1 hour ago, bbudde said:

Hello Simon. Happy new year. Mine was very relaxing. I fell asleep over it. Woke up at half past one again, took a glimpse at my window and there was nothing but fog. The worst fog I Ive ever seen here (max. 5 m that  you could look). Even the big tree in front of my window was nearly complete in disguise. So I decided turn my back around again and fell asleep promtly. Very satisfiying as I was sure that I didn't miss any spectacle here last night. Nice progress on your model so far  Very smooth spray job.

Cheers Benedikt

The fog you had is what we call a pea-souper, you can`t see your hand in front of your face.

Strangely enough we have had fog over here too today.

The good lady and I took it easy last night and watched the fire works from our front room window, but nothing special, even the ships horns didn`t sound , like they normally do.

She is coming along slowly at the moment Benedikt but there are a lot of sub-sections to make, fun.

 

Simon.

 

PS a happy New Year to you as well.

[bbudde]

1 hour ago, Spookytooth said:

The fog you had is what we call a pea-souper, you can`t see your hand in front of your face.

Yes, here called Nebelsuppe or Waschküche and it was very dangerous on particular areas here in NRW.  Wiki said something like black or killer fog. Indeed it was sad on several motorways here last night as  there were heavy incidents and accidents with the fog and freezing fog particles on the ground from what I heard today.

Glad your wife your and you stepped in 2020 very smooth.

By the way this is the tree that was almost invisible last night:

Cheers Benedikt

Edited January 1, 2020 by bbudde

[keefr22]

2 hours ago, Spookytooth said:

even the ships horns didn`t sound

 

I really miss that - Swansea docks used to be packed with ships every new year when I was a kid and it was brilliant when they all sounded their horns at midnight, now there's hardly ever one in. Funnily enough I was thinking last night how much nicer that was than the flipping rubbish fireworks we get now - I mean what's the point of starting setting off fireworks at 8 pm on December 31st - grrrrrrr (grumpy old git mode off!!)

 

Keith