giemme Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 5 hours ago, The Spadgent said: I get that removed over the weekend I’m sure we will be smelling paint. 💆♂️💆♂️💆♂️ keep em crossed Fingers crossed, then Zero Is quite a subject, isn't he? Ciao 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitsticker Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Hi Johnny, Fantastic riveting there! No one could ever accuse you of being a lazy modeller........ And I think we all love Zero......... (Had a Schnauzer in my youth, fantastic dog, great companion) All the best Geoff 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Hey Johnny, impressive perseverance with the rivets, they look great! I am taking notes on how to apply rivet decals for later builds... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 On 15/01/2021 at 17:21, Biggles87 said: Amazing riveting ( or rivetingly amazing ) John Thank you kind sir. On 15/01/2021 at 17:34, Nikolay Polyakov said: The riveting looks so good, Johnny! 👍 I definitely want to try them... 🤤 Thanks Nikolay. I bid you good luck Dear friend. On 15/01/2021 at 18:29, Spookytooth said: They look very splendid Johnny lad. We now await some paint? Stay safe. Simon. Only a little while longer. On 15/01/2021 at 19:01, Massimo said: Life will look different after those rivets !!!! May I suggest an eggplane after this build? Do you mean the cartoon ones? I love those but spend a good half hour trying to choose one then shutting the browser. 😮 On 15/01/2021 at 20:12, Marklo said: Actually the riveting looks pretty good. I was afraid that it would look like something off the back end of the titanic ( I shan’t take out my riveting soapbox, but I’m sure you’ve seen me opine on them and my years as a PWA 16 specification expert ) I’m still eager to see some camo go on the thing. I also see that there’s a proposal for a hind STGB next year, could be fun. Well they’re not coming off again. At least the ones that didn’t peel off with the carrier film removal. Here’s to paint. 👏 On 15/01/2021 at 21:38, rob Lyttle said: Looks like we have a new contender for the title "10,000 rivets flying in close formation".! You’re not wrong. On 15/01/2021 at 22:22, giemme said: Fingers crossed, then Zero Is quite a subject, isn't he? Ciao Thanks G I needed it. Zero is the best hound. 20 hours ago, Kitsticker said: Hi Johnny, Fantastic riveting there! No one could ever accuse you of being a lazy modeller........ And I think we all love Zero......... (Had a Schnauzer in my youth, fantastic dog, great companion) All the best Geoff Aww thanks. Zero says “Woof❤️“ 15 hours ago, James G said: Hey Johnny, impressive perseverance with the rivets, they look great! I am taking notes on how to apply rivet decals for later builds... Thanks. I wish I had better notes for you to follow but still I have no clear path. Morning Britmodellers. What time I have had over the past couple of weeks has been full of dots making the name of this thread VERY relevant indeed. My view at the bench for this weekend has been thus. And as I lie on the Sofa at the back of the cave writing this I can say I’m done.💆♂️💆♂️💆♂️ Not as in giving up as I’m done with the rivets. The ipa worked to a fashion, I have no more advice as to the best way of doing this pass other than what has been documented so far. For the last section I used cotton buds, paint brushes, T-shirt’s. None were better that the last. I had some dissolve easily (mainly straight lines) some would just lift right off (mainly straight lines 😩) and some would bubble and peel up. I think I have managed to keep a majority on the helicopter but Daym!!! That was a struggle. If anyone does attempt this and find an easier path please let me know. We are here. I have masked all the holes with damp tissue and the front engine holes with tape. She is ready for a cockpit inner colour then primer. Strangely “Take five” is on Cerys’s Radio 6 show right now which is what I’m doing. Time to set up the booth. Hopefully this hill has reached its peak. All down hill from now on. More later on. Johnny 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 (edited) I do like your work station you have there Johnny. It is stuck in the corner of the front room, so does limit what I can use. But at least it is warm and dry. It will be great to see some paint on her mate. Stay safe. Simon. Edited January 17, 2021 by Spookytooth 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 55 minutes ago, The Spadgent said: Time to set up the booth. Looking forward to the paint going on, Johnny Ciao 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Damnit Johnny the thing looks as if it has been assembled bit by bit in a factory. Truly just what the doc asked for with all those rivets, well done chum. Paint on! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolay Polyakov Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 2 hours ago, The Spadgent said: Time to set up the booth. Yes, we’ve all been waiting for this moment! 🤤 2 hours ago, The Spadgent said: Hopefully this hill has reached its peak. All down hill from now on. Excellent and relatively fast work, my friend! 👍 The riveted surface looks like the real unpainted thing. Irvine Welsh? 🙂 I’m having lovely memories of his books back in the early 2000s when I was a student... «The Acid House» was a bit shocking! «Paint ’em all!» 😹 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Pretty special with those lumps on Johnny - looking good already. If you never do it again it will be a great memory for you eh? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 9 hours ago, Spookytooth said: I do like your work station you have there Johnny. It is stuck in the corner of the front room, so does limit what I can use. But at least it is warm and dry. It will be great to see some paint on her mate. Stay safe. Simon. Thanks. It’s smaller than the old bench but I like that it’s in the window. 8 hours ago, giemme said: Looking forward to the paint going on, Johnny Ciao Thanks. There’s some on. Hurdles though. Always hurdles. 8 hours ago, perdu said: Damnit Johnny the thing looks as if it has been assembled bit by bit in a factory. Truly just what the doc asked for with all those rivets, well done chum. Paint on! Thanks Bill. Tis high praise from such as yourself. 7 hours ago, Nikolay Polyakov said: Yes, we’ve all been waiting for this moment! 🤤 Excellent and relatively fast work, my friend! 👍 The riveted surface looks like the real unpainted thing. Irvine Welsh? 🙂 I’m having lovely memories of his books back in the early 2000s when I was a student... «The Acid House» was a bit shocking! «Paint ’em all!» 😹 Thanks. I’m looking forward to this bit too. I’ve got books all over the bloomin place. 😇 1 hour ago, CedB said: Pretty special with those lumps on Johnny - looking good already. If you never do it again it will be a great memory for you eh? It’ll be a memory. That’s for sure. 🤣 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 Evening you lot. More has been done with this beastie. seems like the rivets had one more trick up there pesky sleeves for me before they lay down. Let me explain. First up I had to get the inside colour of the canopy on. So ... And tother side. All fine and dandy. Now let me tell you after the rolling and dabbing and brushing of the past week or so I was a little worried I might get a little fuzz in the paint but I did my very best to rod myself of it. From here she looks fine. Alas close up she looks like a microscopic floor mite. 😩 I set the lights for maximum horror! 🧟♂️ What a to do. Well I figured I’m in now so I waited for a partial dry and sprayed her nethers. She then sat a while to dry. After an hour or two drying ( Tamiya primer is great for that ) I spent a good hour or so with the tweezers and rubbing with my bare fingers until we were here. And the tail. You can see that although a right royal pain to install the rivets look really good under paint. 😀 Not quite out of the woods yet. I left her for a while and came back with fresh eyes and my secret weapon. That did the trick. A good half hour gently brushing and smoothing and all of Ze fluff was banished. 🤩🤩🤩 I did a once over for fit and gaps. The only bit I had to fill was the canopy to the nose. PPP sorted that. Not wanting to leave her there I decided my last task for the day would be a pre shade. 😇 I think I’ll do a double pre shade as I’ve been talking to @VT Red Sox Fan about this over on his lovely build. so here we are with the black on. And from the front. I added a bit of variation free hand before using my stencil. Hey @CedB what’s this? 😂 sorry couldn’t resist. 🤣🤣🤣 After that I used the Ushi stencil to add some mottled variation. I’ll use thinner coats again to slow this to show through. And there we are. I’ll add a white pass to boost the middle of the panels before heading for Colour. I’m happy with that. Thanks for dropping by. Hope you are all having as good a weekend s as possible. Take care and as always. Happy modelling. Johnny. 🐊 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, The Spadgent said: and my secret weapon. I hope you did what I do Johnny... use the wife's! It's not the time to let your personal hygiene standards drop. Lovely update - really looking forward to the next few layers 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 I saw it - a dead one of those! Superb stuff Johnny, this is going to be epic. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Wow Johnny... those rivets look AWESOME!!! This is going to be superb! This will be a good example for @VT Red Sox Fan, I loved how your mottled variation from the stencils looked on your Horton -- and that's what prompted me to get my stencils. Thanks mate! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 He's right, this is going to be superb, or even awesome! John 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Biggles87 said: He's right, this is going to be superb, or even awesome! John And very very good I am ignoring the instinct to just say rivetting, far too good for trite amusement B**** brilliant finished job coming along, I was ____ scared that using the family toothbrush was going to whip off all the rivets in wide swathes Phew 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Glad you were able to fix the riveting mess, Johnny The pre-shading looks impeccable, as usual Very much looking forward to the actual painting Ciao 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet Mike Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Looking awesome Johnny! Helicopters have never really been my bag, (Memories of rotor blades lasting about 5 minutes on any of my childhood builds) but after following this, and rewatching the epic HBO Chenobyl series again, I'm very tempted to do a Mi-8 ... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolay Polyakov Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 12 hours ago, The Spadgent said: That did the trick. A good half hour gently brushing and smoothing and all of Ze fluff was banished. 🤩🤩🤩 I need to tell it to my Carpet Monster! 😹 Maybe it’ll do the trick... 😉 12 hours ago, The Spadgent said: After that I used the Ushi stencil to add some mottled variation. Impressive work, Johnny! 👏 I’m sure you’ll paint her spectacular. I’m glad that there was enough rivets for the whole model and that all is visible after priming. 12 hours ago, hendie said: I hope you did what I do Johnny... use the wife's! It's not the time to let your personal hygiene standards drop. Brilliant! 😹😹 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Your pre finish painting is streets ahead of my final coats. Painting never was my forte... Lovely stuff! Ian 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Not looking too bad Johnny, in fact she looks fantastic mate. Stay safe. Simon. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Tip Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Phew, for a short moment it was Dr. Spadgent's House of Horror all over again... but it looked worse than reality. Zero doesn't have the letters A6M on his name tag, does he? (sorry, I kept it to myself for so long...) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 On 17/01/2021 at 22:55, hendie said: I hope you did what I do Johnny... use the wife's! It's not the time to let your personal hygiene standards drop. Lovely update - really looking forward to the next few layers What else? Mines electric, far too harsh for such delicate work. 😂 On 18/01/2021 at 00:33, CedB said: I saw it - a dead one of those! Superb stuff Johnny, this is going to be epic. Ha! Sorry Ced. 😄 On 18/01/2021 at 00:39, opus999 said: Wow Johnny... those rivets look AWESOME!!! This is going to be superb! This will be a good example for @VT Red Sox Fan, I loved how your mottled variation from the stencils looked on your Horton -- and that's what prompted me to get my stencils. Thanks mate! Thanks. Yes it’s a good opportunity to run through the process again. On 18/01/2021 at 06:25, Biggles87 said: He's right, this is going to be superb, or even awesome! John Too kind. 😍 On 18/01/2021 at 07:51, perdu said: And very very good I am ignoring the instinct to just say rivetting, far too good for trite amusement B**** brilliant finished job coming along, I was ____ scared that using the family toothbrush was going to whip off all the rivets in wide swathes Phew Riveting!!! Why did I not see that coming. 🤣 I think once the paint is down they’re locked in. 🥳 On 18/01/2021 at 10:04, giemme said: Glad you were able to fix the riveting mess, Johnny The pre-shading looks impeccable, as usual Very much looking forward to the actual painting Ciao Thanks Giorgio. I’m having a lot of fun paint side. On 18/01/2021 at 11:10, Quiet Mike said: Looking awesome Johnny! Helicopters have never really been my bag, (Memories of rotor blades lasting about 5 minutes on any of my childhood builds) but after following this, and rewatching the epic HBO Chenobyl series again, I'm very tempted to do a Mi-8 ... They’re a nice departure from Aeroplanes while still having the same great bunch of faces tagging along. 🥰 On 18/01/2021 at 11:18, Nikolay Polyakov said: I need to tell it to my Carpet Monster! 😹 Maybe it’ll do the trick... 😉 Impressive work, Johnny! 👏 I’m sure you’ll paint her spectacular. I’m glad that there was enough rivets for the whole model and that all is visible after priming. Brilliant! 😹😹 Just enough rivets. I took some liberties near the end as I lost a few here and there. On 18/01/2021 at 11:38, Spookytooth said: Not looking too bad Johnny, in fact she looks fantastic mate. Stay safe. Simon. Thank Simon. On 18/01/2021 at 11:22, Brandy said: Your pre finish painting is streets ahead of my final coats. Painting never was my forte... Lovely stuff! Ian I’ve seen your builds they’re great. 😍 I’m glad you like her though. 😇 On 18/01/2021 at 14:41, Johnny Tip said: Phew, for a short moment it was Dr. Spadgent's House of Horror all over again... but it looked worse than reality. Zero doesn't have the letters A6M on his name tag, does he? (sorry, I kept it to myself for so long...) I’m skipping over pitfalls like there’s no tomorrow. 🤪 Yes I have had that comment quite a bit about the hound. His name is actually from “A nightmare before Christmas” Jacks dog is called ZeRo. 😇 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 Evening you lot. Thanks for all the lovely comments. just a quick update to show @VT Red Sox Fan what I was wittering about on his thread about a white boost on my pre shade. basically it’s a little bit more that 1:1 thinned Tamiya white airbrushed in the centre and high points in a bit of a flamboyant squiggle fashion. Better on this shot. As these things are usually well worn I’m going to go full tilt. You can use this to accentuate some of the panels you might have been a bit too harsh with on the black pass. See the top panels. You can really see the mottles here. This will (he says) form a solid worn base for the top coat. I’ll let that dry for now but I did prime the other Hind. ahhhhh. Paint everywhere. 😍😍😍 Hope your week’s going well. More soon. Johnny. 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Interesting technique, I’m thinking of trying this on my FW190 and F117. Still dying to see some camo go on 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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