tangerine_sedge Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 It's a blitzbuild, therefore no large kits, no complex camouflage, and no biplane rigging. out goes the 1/24 GR3, the Viggen and the tiger moths I've been eying for the last 2 years.... I've got a whole bunch of cheap Lidl kits that I could make (109, 190, spit, hurricane, provost, gnat), but find myself pulling this out of the stash : image hosting upload I remember enjoying the Mig-15 build, and hope this will be as much fun. I'm a brush painter, but just happen to have some rattle can silver - jobs a good un! This was an Airfix club kit back in 2012 and came with membership and a badge... The only thing slowing down this build is likely to be the thousands of stencils... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 So many stencils! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangerine_sedge Posted May 22, 2020 Author Share Posted May 22, 2020 Compare the US ones to the Russian ones for the Mig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangerine_sedge Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 And, we're off!! A 09:56 start... Managed to paint a chunk of the interior (enamels), and just waiting for that to dry a little before continuing. In the meantime, I can prep the fuselage and wings 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangerine_sedge Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 Break for lunch, with the fuselage built, the wings prepared and even the drop tanks ready... Lunch consists of a cheese and ham toasty with mustard and salad cream on the side 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangerine_sedge Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 Aaaaaarrrrgggghhhhh!!!! Knocked over my bottle of plastic weld all over my work area! No damage to the model, but the gloss yellow didn't fare so well... I've now vacated the room for 30 minutes to let the fumes ventilate. Grrrrrrr! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangerine_sedge Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 Aaaaaaaarrrrrggggghhhh! part 2. I have now managed to squeeze half a tube of filler onto my jumper. whilst squeezing, the bottom end of the tube split and shot it's contents all over my chest... 17:50 and it's all ready for a rattle can spray of silver! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangerine_sedge Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 The starting point for the next 12 hours... I ran out of spray silver halfway through spraying and the result is blotchy.... luckily I have a fresh can ready to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangerine_sedge Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) Finally got a decent coat of silver on the airframe and now onto decalling! As expected, the large yellow fuselage bands are a pain, and the vertical red stripe (now in the bin) seems made for a different kit. I've perservered on, and the kit is fully decalled (I've left off many of the smaller stencils to save my sanity). Once the decals have settled a little, I've got a few details to paint then I'm almost there! post image online host image Edited May 24, 2020 by tangerine_sedge 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangerine_sedge Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) I've just finished off a very tasty roast dinner, made a few detail changes to the Sabre, and finished off the bad job that the kids made of doing the washing up... I'm calling the Sabre done for this blitzbuild, It's as good as I'm going to get it, without spending more a lot more time on it. bank of america around here suntrust atm Edited to add : Completed at about 19:45. Edited May 24, 2020 by tangerine_sedge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 That looks the business, congratulations cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Looks really nice, despite the setbacks. The decals look great, and I'm amazed that the big ones have gone down so well. Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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