fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 20, 2020 Author Share Posted March 20, 2020 Managed to do a very quick -and well protected- session with the airbrush. The second coat of primer is applied, still some spots to touch-up: 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 I added the diagonal struts at this point and primed the assembly, judging it far more convenient. Ideally, this is how this part should have been provided, as a unit, but resin casting has its limits, as we all know. The radiator is given a gloss black base: As we know, the struttery on the tail is inaccurate, therefore in preparation for substitutions/additions I am priming some more strut material from the spares bin, with some members being a bit less portly than the kit's: 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 The new and corrected beaching gear made of tube is given pins to be able to anchor it after painting of the model. The instructions call red, but photos show natural metal as far as I can tell: 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massimo Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 Wonderful job on this beaching gear!!! Your models are always original and different!!! And yourskills are unbelievable! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Massimo said: Wonderful job on this beaching gear!!! Your models are always original and different!!! And yourskills are unbelievable! You are very kind Massimo, I wish half of what you say were true! 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles.w Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 On 3/19/2020 at 5:00 AM, Moa said: The measures from the wing were transferred to a sheet of paper, and using five-minute epoxy the engine pan legs were glued and the whole assembly carefully aligned. This is not as easy as it sounds, but I had tried two other ways before and failed, and this worked. The definitive method has an elegance to it! Nicely resolved. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 25 minutes ago, greggles.w said: The definitive method has an elegance to it! Nicely resolved. Thanks! I have developed the talent for finding a good solution, if only after I have exhausted all the bad solutions first 😝 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 After trials with several blue hues I went for what I liked best. It's called "Je ne sais quoi bleu": 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles.w Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Moa said: After trials with several blue hues I went for what I liked best. It's called "Je ne sais quoi bleu": Well, it looks lovely "Je veux savoir quel bleu?" (hope Google Translate got that right!) & what would we all do without the humble wooden clothes peg... Edited March 25, 2020 by greggles.w 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 Just now, greggles.w said: Well, it looks lovely "Je veux savoir quel bleu?" (hope Google Translate got that right!) & what would we all do without the humble wooden clothes peg... 😝😊 "The clothes peg, fundamental brick of the modeling social construct." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, greggles.w said: "Je veux savoir quel bleu?" When back to the board I will find out what I ended up using and will report 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 15 minutes ago, greggles.w said: "Je veux savoir quel bleu?" I ended up using (much to my surprise) a relatively old small glass jar of Testors gloss dark blue. It's very similar to Model Master's Ford and GM engine blue (2727) I toned it a wee-bit with a little pinch of Humbrol gloss 14 "A little bit of something in my life.... 🎼 🎶 " 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 Painting is completed. After some conservative (A word that has some very unpleasant echoes) drying time, assembly will proceed. You can see that the metal-painted engine pan has been masked for this stage: 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonC Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Just caught up on this, outstanding work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 26, 2020 Author Share Posted March 26, 2020 34 minutes ago, JasonC said: Just caught up on this, outstanding work! Thanks Jason, the fun shared is twice the fun! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 The engine castle is now glued in place: 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew.S Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Lovely! The blue colour is very satisfying. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 42 minutes ago, Andrew.S said: Lovely! The blue colour is very satisfying. Thanks Andrew! Cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 The strut the manufacturer missed/Misplaced that connects engine pan and spine is added. The leather headrest is painted, and a missing Pitot is added from a P.E. set: 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 Looking really smart, that engine looks nicely planted on its legs. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 30 minutes ago, Courageous said: Looking really smart, that engine looks nicely planted on its legs. Stuart Thanks Stuart Actually, I hit a little snafu. All was neat and impeccably placed, so something was bound (we modelers know this) to happen. And it did. I was trying on the upper wing when I realized that the wing would hit the engine top, and therefore the wing struts would be short. The necessary adjustment was of about 1 / 1.5 mm. Therefore I had to yank the engine castle assembly (yeah, tell me), losing in the process the firmly glued pips of the struts that went on the lower wing, and of course marring a bit the -until then- flawless finish. I can't but attribute this to the kit's engine gondola struts being too long. The surface had to be fixed, the base of those struts very carefully trimmed, in order to lower the castle that darn millimeter. Everything was glued back and fortunately looks right, but this is yet one more glitch with this kit. The fantastic detail and surfaces, the good casting, the superb subject, are let down by some questionable engineering in certain areas, and a bit or research lacking in others (decals, tail struts, beaching gear). Still, this kit merits that extra effort in my humble opinion, but I wish I would not have encountered these issues. We Volga on. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 If you’ve lowered the engine I assume that you have checked that the prop clears the fuselage (hull?). AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 38 minutes ago, Andwil said: If you’ve lowered the engine I assume that you have checked that the prop clears the fuselage (hull?). AW Grrrr!!!! why would you like to look for more problems?! 😝 I did check, there is still a good 2mm clearance, which reinforces my view that those struts were too long. But there is something in that area that I forgot to point out for future generations of Karaya's Sea Lion builders: There were a few battens on the spine immediately behind the prop, a standing area no doubt. These are visible in a photo that also clearly shows the number 14 on the fuselage left side (will we ever know if the number was on the other side too?) in the book "British Flying Boats" by Peter London. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted March 29, 2020 Author Share Posted March 29, 2020 What building models in the same room where you have your office does to your computer. My desktop computer was behaving erratically, it was high time to go inside and see what was going on. I suspected a faulty power supply, but my younger son (a computer wizard and programmer) suggested to renew the thermal paste on the heat-sink array. I removed the fan and the finned heat-sink element, and boy, was he right... 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles.w Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Crikey Moa! You're lucky it survived that!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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