exdraken Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Ohy that looks really fine already! Yes, those side windows I also remember being troublesome... Good choice maybe to replace them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reini Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 22 hours ago, Parrahs said: Quite a contrast when compared to the gear wells, as these contain no hints of details or even (it seems to me) the rough shape of the real thing. True. But then again the wheel struts seem quite obtrusive so I think they will do a good job of hiding the non-detailed wheel wells But I get what you mean - adding detail in one place makes the non-detailed places look even more bare. And the plane practically has no panel lines in the first place. Interesting to see how the plane looks once the paint is on. Really great to see how you handle the kit - doing a good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 wow this one is really making you work for it!!! But you're beating her slowly and it's looking good. That PE work is very nice considering the size of those pieces. Canopies........now I know why I'm starting to like building AFV's so much! Hopefully you can get a replacement bit. But have you considered using the old one as a mould for a new one? looking at the shape of it you could always "smash mould" a new one from acrylic sheet? It would be nice and thin and help solve your seat problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrahs Posted February 26, 2020 Author Share Posted February 26, 2020 So my replacement canopy showed up. For free. Despite me telling them that I had broken the first one, instead of saying it was missing or anything. Unfortunately, it was also ever so slightly shot short, or possibly slightly banged up by the postal service. Either way a corner was missing. At this point I wasn't going to wait for a third one, so off to plan C instead: vacuformed. Long story short with the main canopy there I had some issues getting it to sit right and given the thin edge gluing it in place was a bit on the frustrating side, so I just decided to use the kit part instead for that. Then off to the wind-shield we go. Here shown with the original (properly shaped) one for comparison. Oh dear. Et tu, third party bits? As you can probably imagine, this little difference in length does change the slope a bit, turning the overall profile of the canopy from an even curve/slop into more of a lying down letter P. To fix this I stuffed the vacuformed one into the original, matched up the rear ends somewhat, and drew a line across the bit sticking out in front for cutting. The framing there will simply have to be somewhat under scale (ie just paint). Luckily the vacuform canopy came as a pack of two, because it took two tries to make something that kinda, sorta fit like it should (you may not get many pictures of the right hand side from now on). And with that the saga of assembling this thing is basically over, and we're in primer. After this pic was taken the nose got to say hello to some of my finer sanding sticks again, after which I got things back into primer. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 ....I think I got lost on the2nd line of the canopy saga! Glad you got it all sorted out. That finish with the black is great, any blemishes would have shown up easily, with the work required to get that nice finish, top marks on it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrahs Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) Got some painting done. First step was to spray on some aluminium for the main gear "wells", underside of the engine, and rear fuselage sides. That done I gave some thought to how easy various bits would be to mask for which step, masked the gear wells and under the engines and sprayed a bit of black again. As masked: I then put in a finer nozzle and went over the underside with a very uneven coat of grey. This was finally covered in a solid but somewhat translucent coat of grey, which I forgot to photo. Oh well, we'll be retuning there for the decals. A quick bit of masking and I started to do the same with the dark blue. That's not a lot of contrast. Something a bit lighter seems like it'd be an idea. Now as per the other SAAB 105 build here the blue does tend to fade to green with age, so I simply grabbed some of that instead. So far so good. When it was time for the covering coat however, well, I'm using a pot of Vallejo for that since I used it on a J35 some time back and it is supposed ot match and all. Unfortunately I just don't get along well with Vallejo Air paints, at all. So when some subtly is called for the best I can do frequently end up being "two year old with a spray can". There's some variation and life left in it at least. Hopefully it'll work out decently with the green next to it. Edited March 5, 2020 by Parrahs Managed to post with half the post unwritten. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reini Posted March 5, 2020 Share Posted March 5, 2020 Nice work, looking forwards seeing the camo with the green What paints are you using? MRP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrahs Posted March 5, 2020 Author Share Posted March 5, 2020 10 hours ago, reini said: What paints are you using? MRP? The paints are a jolly mix from all over the place. Mr Surfacer as primer, MRP for the grey and the green I used to mottle, the blue i Vallejo (I also forgot to mention that I put a miniscule drop of olive green into the final coat there, I should probably have been a tad more generous with that), and the final green for the camo will be Tamiya. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 I do like the pre-shading idea, will be interesting to see how it all comes out. MRP paints, you really can't beat them, my favs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Very nice progress!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 She is looking very nice, mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrahs Posted March 18, 2020 Author Share Posted March 18, 2020 Time for the final stretch. The green was built up in much the same way as the blue, though with a different final colour on top. Going with Tamiya instead of Vallejo on top made the experience rather more pleasant, though I have a feeling I may have gone a bit heavy with the blend coat. With the various leading edges and whatnot also painted up: Decals next, and gluing on the landing gear. Nice and colourful. The painting instructions suggested a winter scheme where the blue had been overpainted with white, but as far as I can tell (Ie according to Kronmärkt) that was an experimental scheme never used at F21 This leaves various bits of varnish, a quick bit of panel lining (what panel lines and such there are), adding the gun pods and replacing the masking windows with the final ones. And so the next post on this project will be of the finished aircraft. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Tidy paintwork and this one really comes to life with the colourful decals applied Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 gee she looks nice!! Well done on that paint job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrahs Posted March 19, 2020 Author Share Posted March 19, 2020 And done. The "proper" photos go in the gallery, but I'm rounding off here with a photo of the jet side of the family. Something I did miss earlier is that between the camo and the aluminium paint I hit the model form above with a very light and highly diluted bit of buff to fade and blend things together a bit. Now I'll go back to a build where things fit... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reini Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Parrahs said: Now I'll go back to a build where things fit... I know how you feel Very sharp work with the Sk60 - and great collection of Saabs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Nice result and a great collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 well done on completing her, not the easiest of tasks, but the results are awesome she look really nice. That is a fine collection you have there and she fits in nicely. It's been great to have you along and I hope for the most part you enjoyed the build, hopefully now you get to build something a bit more relaxing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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