bigbadbadge Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Looks absolutely stunning, the Aluminium paint really stands out and shines well in this light, love it. Great work Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted April 14, 2022 Author Share Posted April 14, 2022 More drama - it turns out the leading edge paint isn't paint at all. A mate who learned to fly on Vampires told me last night that the leading edge paint is actually an erosion tape - I should've known as I've used this on other aircraft. That means I need to redo the black edges and touch up a couple of other areas before moving onto the wash, too. Sigh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Great job- the proverbial silk purse from a sow's ear. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted April 17, 2022 Author Share Posted April 17, 2022 Arrrggghhhh! This thing just doesn't want to be built! While masking the leading edges for touch-up, I managed to tear two more decals and had to redo those, too! I've never had this happen before on Future-coated decals. Luckily, a spare Seafire decal set and a very old Roodecal RAAF/RNZAF set (which performed flawlessly, despite its >30 year old life) provided the replacement roundel for the wing underside and a Tasman RAAF lettering set was an excellent match for the damaged external tank numbers. No more masking and no more touch-ups! Leading edges touched up with a brush and the damaged aluminium paint can stay that way! Now a quick wash to highlight a few details and I'll be recoating with Future before fitting the wheels, top antenna and canopy. Unfortunately, I have two more Classic Airframes in the stash to do - a Meteor Mk.8 (which may well be replaced by the Airfix kit after this!) and a Fairey Gannet. They won't be high on the to-do list... I just want this damn thing off my bench so I can concentrate on the next disaster project - the 1/72 SP-2H Neptune. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Well Rob, you really nocked this bird about getting it into shape. It started to look good when you got some paint on it. Now it looks great. Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Rob sorry to hear of the decslling woes whilst trying to sort out the leading edges. On another thread for an AEW.3 Gannet where masking over Decals was being discussed, someone came up with a wonderful idea of using wet paper as a mask, absolute genius. Using the none sticky part of a post it note wet it sticks to the model to cover the decal and doesn't rip. Amazing idea. Hope you can get sorted okay Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Stunning effort Rob, cheers, Pappy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbob Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 2 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: ...someone came up with a wonderful idea of using wet paper as a mask, absolute genius. I've had that idea, but not yet actually tested it. I'm honestly not sure if I'm clever, or just a thief, since I can't remember the origin of the thought! Knowing me, I'd do it on water-soluble paint and mess the whole thing up. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted April 17, 2022 Author Share Posted April 17, 2022 Thanks for the positive comments, all. It's okay but not my finest work but this time I think I'm able to blame the kit to some extent! It'll look stunning next to the Macchi MB326H i did over 30 years ago that was brush-painted before I had any real skills... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted April 18, 2022 Author Share Posted April 18, 2022 Last bit of tidying up done. Realised I'd missed a couple of small decals and completely missed the wash on the port flap/speedbrake wells and the nose undercarriage well, so I did them today. Now I just need to wat for the paint to dry and I can coat it in Future and add the last couple of items (wheels, canopy, canopy antenna and the exhaust pipe. Probably next weekend at this rate. Thanks for sticking with me! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Looking lovely, great work, not much further to go to get off the bench. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted April 30, 2022 Author Share Posted April 30, 2022 Done. RFI at Thanks for coming along on the journey! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Congratulations on getting this one over the line, looks wonderful, great work. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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