It's fast! It's British! It's a Lightning!

[Wez]

1 hour ago, CedB said:

and specific type of flour?

Beggars can't be choosers Ced, use whatever flour you can get because there's sod all on the supermarket shelves!

[corsaircorp]

9 minutes ago, Wez said:

Beggars can't be choosers Ced, use whatever flour you can get because there's sod all on the supermarket shelves!

Whaaat flour too ???

I knew for the toilet paper and coffee filters...

But flour ??

Forget the pastas, and then it's boring to smash it into flour....

Sincerely.

CC

[giemme]

4 hours ago, CedB said:

Nice work Giorgio  

 

I must try the CA and flour thing… and specific type of flour?

Not really. Regular wheat flour, and I think the finer the better (like 00). I'm using gluten free flour though, as 3 out of 5 in my family have celiac disease and it's the only kind of flour we keep at home - and it works great  

 

HTH

[Terry1954]

21 minutes ago, giemme said:

Not really. Regular wheat flour, and I think the finer the better (like 00). I'm using gluten free flour though, as 3 out of 5 in my family have celiac disease and it's the only kind of flour we keep at home - and it works great  

 

HTH

And remember @CedB, don't use any yeast or the model will rise..............

 

Terry

[Biggles87]

You really seem to be making up for lost time now G.

No flour here either, presumably there’s a lot of bread making going on.

 

John

 

[Spookytooth]

Good to see you back on the bench again G.

Yep that canopy is going to be faired in.

If you are using PPP, or similar acrylic filler, add a drop of the cockpit colour to it.

It hides it.

 

Simon.

[giemme]

5 hours ago, Biggles87 said:

You really seem to be making up for lost time now G.

Thanks John   Yes, and trying to keep my mind away from all the worries related to this period ... 

5 hours ago, Spookytooth said:

Good to see you back on the bench again G.

Yep that canopy is going to be faired in.

If you are using PPP, or similar acrylic filler, add a drop of the cockpit colour to it.

It hides it.

 

Simon.

Cheers Simon, will do - thanks for the heads up!  

 

Here's some more progress for your consideration, guys:

 

bottom seam sorted

 

 

Including the tail light

 

I'm still considering the idea of scratch building a new one from some clear plastic scrap, will see...  

 

Next task was to deal with the intake, more precisely the "nose ring" as you can see from next pic, the kit sports a pretty thick edge there

 

 

So using an appropriate Dremel tool I tried to sharpen it

 

 

Definitely better, although not easy to photograph the difference. While I was at it, I decided to add a strip of alu tape for the inside

 

the plan is to paint the outside, instead.

 

That's it for tonight, all comments welcome

 

Ciao

 

 

[CedB]

Nice thinning Giorgio, looks much better  

 

Thanks for the tip on the flour - I'll give it a try, one day when I'm feeling brave!

 

14 hours ago, Terry1954 said:

And remember @CedB, don't use any yeast or the model will rise..............

Thanks Terry - that'll help get them on the ceiling won't it?  

 

14 hours ago, Biggles87 said:

No flour here either, presumably there’s a lot of bread making going on.

Let them eat cake?  

[Ray S]

15 hours ago, Spookytooth said:

 

Yep that canopy is going to be faired in.

If you are using PPP, or similar acrylic filler, add a drop of the cockpit colour to it.

It hides it.

 

Simon.

I have often wondered how to use filler around a canopy and not have it showing on the inside. Yet that is such a simple solution...why did I not think of that? (PS- do not answer that one please!)>

 

All the best, Ray

 

[giemme]

Hi everybody! I hope you all had a Happy (and safe) Easter, compatibly with the current situation.

 

There's been wine and food around here, but I also managed some modelling.

 

Remember the IP coaming I scratch built from brass? Using a Dremel cutting disc, I opened the two slots for the Pilot Attack Sights

 

 

and scratch built those from sprue runners (actually, the small rectangular bits showing the part number from a Tamiya kit)

Glued in place with CA, acting also as filler. I also drilled a small hole on top of them, to represent a sort of projector. I then airbrushed it with Tamiya Flat Black and glued in place using Gator's Grip

 

With the PAS in place and all, it ended up not fitting quite as I wanted ....

 

 

so I followed Simon's @Spookytooth advice and mixed some Italeri Black with PPP, and filled in the gaps

 

 

 

It turned dark grey, as you can see, but that's good anyway because I then resprayed the outside, while for the inside it was dark enough not to show any contrast.

So, once cleaned up and resprayed:

 

 

I then painted the projectors with Italeri Steel, followed by Tamiya Clear Green; the coaming received a drybrush with Lifecolor Dark Grey and Dark Gull Grey, and a coat of W&N Galeria Flat clear

 

then I glued in the reflector screens (made from a thin acetate sheet)

 

 

rather simplified compared to the real thing, but better than nothing (the kit doesn't supply them)

 

I masked the windshield with Oramask, outside

 

and inside (leaving only the outer frames uncovered)

 

A quick pass with a fine brush and Aqua Gloss along the mask edges, and then it received a coat of Tamiya Flat Black too

 

I then glued it in place using Formula 560 canopy glue

 

While I was at it, I also masked the canopy: this time, I had to use Tamiya tape on the outside, as Oramask wouldn't conform to the curvy shapes and was leaving wrinkles near the edges (being quite thick)

 

I used Oramask for the inside, though (not very visible from here, but it's there) and sliced a couple of fingers in the process, while cutting around the masks with a #15 Swann- Morton blade - boy, they're sharp!

 

 

As you can see, the canopy has two hinges on the back side, whose corresponding slots are .... missing on the airframe

 

 

I'll be posing the canopy open, like this

 

 

So I carved out the slots using a razor saw, a chisel and a microdrill bit; here they are, after brushing in some TET to clean out the job

 

That's it for the day, all comments welcome

 

Ciao

 

Edited April 14, 2020 by giemme

[keefr22]

Great stuff - excellent to see this back underway, and good to hear you and your family are well and had a good Easter!

 

Take care 

 

Keith

[Spookytooth]

Nice work on the detailing the office G.

We are glad that you and your family had a good Easter.

 

Simon.

[bbudde]

Looks great Giorgio. Stay safe and tuned.,

Cheers

[Terry1954]

Great stuff there Giorgio.

 

Terry

[Cookenbacher]

Fantastic detail work as always Giorgio!

[CedB]

^ Wot he said! Great stuff Giorgio  

[perdu]

Very very Giorgio, the gold standard as we have become accustomed

 

Lovely work G

[giemme]

13 hours ago, keefr22 said:

Great stuff - excellent to see this back underway, and good to hear you and your family are well and had a good Easter!

 

Take care 

 

Keith

Thanks Keith, much appreciated!

13 hours ago, Spookytooth said:

Nice work on the detailing the office G.

We are glad that you and your family had a good Easter.

 

Simon.

Cheers Simon, thanks   I hope you guys are keeping good too!

13 hours ago, bbudde said:

Looks great Giorgio. Stay safe and tuned.,

Cheers

Thanks Benedikt, I will  

13 hours ago, Terry1954 said:

Great stuff there Giorgio.

 

Terry

Glad you like it, Terry  

11 hours ago, Cookenbacher said:

Fantastic detail work as always Giorgio!

1 hour ago, CedB said:

^ Wot he said! Great stuff Giorgio  

Thanks Cookie and Ced   More details coming for the canopy, but that should be almost it for this build  

 

1 hour ago, perdu said:

Very very Giorgio, the gold standard as we have become accustomed

 

Lovely work G

Thanks Bill, you are way too kind!  

 

Back to work today (with mask an distancing and all), trying to get back to some sort of normality

 

Stay safe everybody!

 

Ciao

[stevehnz]

15 hours ago, giemme said:

all comments welcome

Wonderful work on that cockpit combing, it looks very convincing. 

Steve.

[phantom61]

On 4/8/2020 at 11:34 PM, giemme said:

Definitely better, although not easy to photograph the difference. While I was at it, I decided to add a strip of alu tape for the inside

I like very much...
fine and clean...

 

👍

 

ciao Silvano

[corsaircorp]

Nice and tidy job Giorgio !!

Congrats ! great cockpit saving !

Hope the fingers are operationals again !

CC

[Biggles87]

Coaming along splendidly  ( sorry, couldn’t resist )

[giemme]

On 14/04/2020 at 11:05, stevehnz said:

Wonderful work on that cockpit combing, it looks very convincing. 

Steve.

Thanks Steve, glad you like it!  

On 14/04/2020 at 11:40, phantom61 said:

I like very much...
fine and clean...

 

👍

 

ciao Silvano

Cheers Silvano, thanks   Beeing on the inside, you can't really see much of it, so I think it's more than an acceptable solution.  

11 hours ago, corsaircorp said:

Nice and tidy job Giorgio !!

Congrats ! great cockpit saving !

Hope the fingers are operationals again !

CC

Thanks CC!   Only my right thumb still bothering a little, but it'll be OK in a couple of days  

6 hours ago, Biggles87 said:

Coaming along splendidly  ( sorry, couldn’t resist )

    No problem, John - pun and praise at the same time, what could I ask more?   

 

I managed a little progress today; gap filling around the windshield, again following the advice from Simon @Spookytooth and mixing PPP with some Italeri Black. After a couple of application and drying

 

 

I then removed the excess with a wet finger and completed the filling with pure PPP, again smoothed with a wet finger and refined with a spongy makeup brush

 

and after a quick respray

 

I also detailed the inside of the canopy, adding some cabling and a reference tab for the opening arm. All glued with Gator's Grip but the tab, which was glued with TET

 

All comments welcome

 

Ciao

 

[Spec7]

Just caught up with this, a twin stick Lightning, excellent  it must be good as i joined 9 years ago and this has prompted me to do my 1st post

Edited April 16, 2020 by Spec7

[The Spadgent]

Canopy tastic!!!! ❤️ Simply divine work G.

love it. 🤗

 

Johnny