ProfSparks Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Hi All  As a quick New Year divertimento I've pulled this from my pile of hapless voulenteers  Less than 50 parts, silver and yellow, what's not to like?!  There's some nice detail in there too  However, no IP decal 😶  Never mind, the cockpit calls for Chromate Yellow, a colour I've yet to become acquainted with!   Comments and suggestions welcome  Cheers Steve  10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 As far as cockpit colours are concerned: The USAAF reference also includes cockpit internals, and you can tune the colour callouts from the kit to those mentioned in that reference. Â 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Interesting subject Prof - I’m in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfSparks Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) Hi All  On 1/3/2020 at 7:17 PM, CedB said: Interesting subject Prof - I’m in Hi Ced, welcome along, always an honor to have you looking over my shoulder  On 1/3/2020 at 7:04 PM, alt-92 said: As far as cockpit colours are concerned: The USAAF reference also includes cockpit internals, and you can tune the colour callouts from the kit to those mentioned in that reference.  Thanks Alt-92 ( and huge thanks to Phantome for the research!), I've adapted the Chromate Yellow to Chromate Green Vallejo Air 71.094     I've a feeling I've misplaced the control column, no change there then.   Comments and suggestions welcome  Cheers Steve  Edited January 13, 2020 by ProfSparks Broken pic links 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Always pleased to follow along Steve  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfSparks Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 Hi All  Moving on to the wings, they're well supplied with plastic gates and release pin towers  There's even a gate on each of the pitot tubes.  The fit isn't too bad  But the fit to the body will need some fettling   At least I don't have to paint it yet   Comments and suggestions welcome  Cheers Steve 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Er, yuk?  I find that, with these short run kits, it's an idea to try and 'see' what the original mould looked like. In the photos above I can see the lump in the fuselage gap and a 'ridge' on the wing part and also at the back - quite common in my experience.  I use a Citadel 'Mouldline Remover' on this sort of thing (about £8 online) and it's great; scraped down the edges it seems to 'know' what is flash and what is part. Worth the investment? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfSparks Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 Hi Ced  That 'Mouldline Remover' looks a nice bit of kit, and it would have been nicer if I hadn't just spent the last half hour on Y'Toob clicking through a review of it onto some serious build vids  More building, less watching building   Cheers Steve 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfSparks Posted January 25, 2020 Author Share Posted January 25, 2020 Hi All  Some brushwork  And fixin'   Tail feathers on  A bead of PPP round the edges should see them right   Comments and suggestions welcome  Cheers Steve 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Nice work Steve  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Looking good. Interesting subject 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfSparks Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 Hi All  Not much on this one, mostly trying to get a decent yellow on the wings after masking the black lines.  Vallejo 71.025 Dark Yellow as a base, then several coats of 71.002 Medium Yellow to follow.  Not only the viscosity of semi-skinned milk, but also the opacity .   Comments and suggestions welcome  Cheers Steve 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Nice yellow Prof. Yellow is a pain isn't it? Some people say to spray white (or pink!) first to reduce the number of coats required. I'm too lazy and have found that VMA 71.078 does the trick. YMMV. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planebuilder62 Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Yepp, I agree with Ced. A couple of layers of white to make a solid undercoat for the white. Yellow over yellow I find takes forever to get the right yellow shade. Â Good luck Sparks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 My last couple of yellow paint jobs I've moved away from white undercoat and used pink, actually @CedB patent figure undercoating Ratskin Flesh. Almost makes painting yellow easy, much easier to get an even coloured finish. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfSparks Posted March 8, 2020 Author Share Posted March 8, 2020 Hi All  @CedB knows his onions, so a couple more rounds of 71.078 went on for good measure.  Did it work?  You'll have to wait and see!  Masked for the undercoat of generic grey  A flash over with 71.062 Aluminum  Ooh, shiny 😎  And the big reveal  The yellow is darker than the photo suggests, and as the colour callout on the box is for "Dark Yellow" I'm going with it.  A couple of spots to touch up, nothing drastic, then a coat of Pledge to seal it all in before the decals.   Comments and suggestions welcome  Cheers Steve 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Veeeery nice Steve, lovely job  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfSparks Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 Hi All  Stickers on, the tail is still wrinkly from the Micro Sol  I've since trimmed it back and given it all a sealing coat of Pledge, now just waiting on it to dry out before approaching with the Flory.   Comments and suggestions welcome  Cheers Steve  6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfSparks Posted March 18, 2020 Author Share Posted March 18, 2020 Hi All  A quick wipe down with a dark Flory wash and a coat of W&N Matt Varnish  That prop is the second attempt. The first one was when I thought I could brush paint the tips  Anyhoo, she's now in quarantine for a couple of days to harden up before final assembly.   Comments and suggestions welcome  Cheers Steve  6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Looking very smart Steve  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfSparks Posted March 21, 2020 Author Share Posted March 21, 2020 Hi All  Managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory on this one...    The canopy is just placed on, because although it's not too noticeable in these pics, I dropped the starboard exhaust manifold down inside the body. It rattled around for a bit while I tried to wheedle it out, but it then fell silent and hasn't been heard of since , so I replaced it with a short length of wire sleeve.  Odds are that if I sealed it up it would release the part back to rattle for all of eternity.  So there she'll sit, in limbo. I'll shake her every now and then just in case.   Moving swiftly on...   Comments and suggestions welcome  Cheers Steve  2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Very nice Steve, lost manifold accepted  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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