stevej60 Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Great work on the old girl Stuart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 (edited) Yes, great work! Your 1970 pony doesn't look that old at all! Cheers / André Edited January 25, 2020 by Andre B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 On 1/25/2020 at 12:23 AM, stevej60 said: Great work on the old girl Stuart. On 1/25/2020 at 12:27 PM, Andre B said: Yes, great work! Your 1970 pony doesn't look that old at all! Cheers guys. Thought it was about time that this pony moved along. Chin has been corrected by making it deeper using plasticard and Milliput. 0.6mm holes drilled to accept some microtube guns later. Also made a recess for landing light which will be made from clear sprue. Undercarriage doors fitted. Whole thing primed, time to make good before a final prime and colours. Stuart 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 That’s looking rather tidy. Keep up the good work. Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Thats nice work, Stuart. You're doing better than me at keeping so many plates spinning ;). My last one should be ready for RFI on Friday and I can concentrate on the SMB2 and a single Mustang ..... Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 8 hours ago, RidgeRunner said: so many plates spinning It is very like that when you have multiple builds but fortunately it isn't too stressful when you're effectively building four the same. Stuart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 I find that it doesn’t take much longer to build two or three the same than just one. The only part that does take longer is recalling. AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 After a hectic week, I managed to have a little time this morning to lay some paint. First off, was the white for the invasion stripes and once dry, the white was masked. Next was the sky ID band and spinner, followed by the yellow on the leading edges, both paints were Colourcoats enamels. With any luck, I'll be able mask the sky and yellow later and get the underside colour on. Stuart 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 As I had hoped, I managed to get access to the cave before dinner. Colourcoats MSG enamel on the underside. I had completely forgotten about the Frog decals. I doubt they'll be any good after nearly 50 years but I better take a look. I'll use one of the US decals on a nice shiny tile and see how it goes, if it's a no-go, then I'll have purchase some sky decals. Stuart 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephLalor Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) 18 minutes ago, Courageous said: I had completely forgotten about the Frog decals. I doubt they'll be any good after nearly 50 years but I better take a look. I'll use one of the US decals on a nice shiny tile and see how it goes, if it's a no-go, then I'll have purchase some sky decals. Stuart You'd be surprised. I've had Frog and Matchbox decals that were nearer 50 than 40 years old perform splendidly of late, while the instrument panel decal from a 20 year old Tamiya Meteor broke up on application. The old kits in question were the Hornet F.3 and Spitfire IX respectively. I've also had good results with the decals from an original Matchbox Lightning F.6.. It seems to me that the old ones might be out of register or have dodgy colours, but still be very durable. Edited February 17, 2020 by JosephLalor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 11 minutes ago, JosephLalor said: It seems to me that the old ones might be out of register or have dodgy colours, but still be very durable. Thanks Joseph for the reassurance on the decals. I believe I have roundels and flashes in my decal bank, so it's more the carrier I'm worried out as it 'looks' very matt. Thinking on it, I could be fortunate with the sky codes anyway as the carrier can easily be removed from the 'N'. The serials, if needed can be printed. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Good progress Stuart. I used some very old (45 years?) FROG decals on a Harrier last year in the GB and they worked fine, better than some more recent ones as Joseph says. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 A little further... Colourcoats Ocean Grey enamel on topside. Stuart 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 One step further along the road. Colourcoats Dark Green enamel for topside camouflage. Hopefully I'll be able to get the black stripes done later today too. Stuart 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Nice work Stuart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Looking good Stuart. I need to try some of my colourcoats, they seem to be the biz. Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted February 20, 2020 Author Share Posted February 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Johnson said: Nice work Stuart. Cheers Charlie. 1 hour ago, Terry1954 said: Looking good Stuart. I need to try some of my colourcoats, they seem to be the biz. Thanks Terry, yes you should. They don't act like normal enamels, I masked over the top of the Dark Green 2 hours after I applied it! Tamiya Black applied for the stripes, masking removed and letting it harden overnight. Stuart 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 Back from my course, now taking advantage of an empty house. I had Xtradecal roundels in the spares box, so these went on as the Frog ones looked a little ropy. Took a chance with the kit serials though and they are on and beneath the tail planes. Although the kit sky code 'N' looked great on its backing paper, one went on okay but I wasn't really happy and the other disintegrated in the water. Having no sky codes in the 'bank', they are now on order. Stuart 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted March 8, 2020 Author Share Posted March 8, 2020 Sky code decals delivered by 'posty'... and fitted. MG's fitted using 0.6mm tubing and landing light area painted with one of those chrome Molotow pens but catastrophe awaits... ...the landing lens has gone walkabout! Nothing else for it but scratch one from clue sprue, this 14th March deadline is looking rather shaky. Stuart 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 C'mon, you'll make it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 I thought (and I'm relying on!) that we had up to next Sunday, the 15th? Those landing lights are a bit of a nightmare, as I found out. Even if you don't lose it - I nearly did - fitting them is quite tricky. Anyway, nice work Stuart. And the sky code looks just right. May ask who made them? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted March 8, 2020 Author Share Posted March 8, 2020 Cheers for the encouragement guys. 3 hours ago, Johnson said: May ask who made them? Xtradecal. I have very carefully tackled the landing light. I didn't want to have another round of painting to repair any damage done, so the area was masked, filed and sanded. Although not perfect, it's as a far as I dare go. Stuart 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 Has been a busy week. Calling this done. Not my better pieces of work but considering what I started with, I'm quite pleased with how its' turned out. Still got to find a varnish that i'm happy with. Suggestions? Stuart 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 That turned out nicely👍🏻 It looks very purposeful in the Day Fighter Scheme. Trevor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 That was a Frog Mustang?? You should be well pleased Stuart, very nice indeed. Terry 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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