Big Dave S Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 A coat of grey sprayed on this morning. A few issues with white streaks courtesy of my making a thin mix. The joys of enamel paint ... 😑 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Hmmm. Second coat has white streaks too. Mixed a fresh batch of grey. Hopefully coat no3 will be ok. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 3rd coat sprayed Hopefully that is it for airbrushing. Been a tad awkward on this project. Am concerned that any more will obscure the panel lines and there is still the green pattern to do. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 This is starting to feel like the last aircraft for a while. I think a figure may be next. Time will tell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham316 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Keep going Dave, she’s looking great, will look even better with that green on too 😉😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 Busy day. Only time to take masking off and touch up the metallic paint. "Reactor", from the album here, sounds fantastic. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Nice steady progress. Looking good. 👏 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 Site inspection (and wretched litter pick) at work. A chance to mull over what's next etc. The panel lines aren't very deep on this, so a pin wash is essential. After a couple of overall washes. Research has shown the wheel wells and associated covers are white inside, so that's a job for this week. Along with hubs, tyres, struts and other details. Off out now to pick more 5h1t up... Keep smiling 😑 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 Bits of detail this week. Started on the wheel wells and covers. Canopy, those bits in white on the fin. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted January 13, 2021 Author Share Posted January 13, 2021 Absence of serious exercise is starting to make itself felt. Endorphin withdrawal. Very, very tetchy... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Mate, these should cheer you up, volume at 11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydfddlcebSo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1igQoRqpBA 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 33 minutes ago, Pete in Lincs said: Mate, these should cheer you up, volume at 11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydfddlcebSo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1igQoRqpBA Thanks! That second one is superb. I remember watching them do touch-and-go landings at an airfield when I was in my very early teens. Plane after plane. Quite a racket. I have it in mind that that was Lincolnshire...? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Big Dave S said: I have it in mind that that was Lincolnshire...? Probably Scampton or Waddington. BTW, I'm a Leicester ex pat too, Grew up in Wigston. I now live just North of Scampton. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 55 minutes ago, Pete in Lincs said: Probably Scampton or Waddington. BTW, I'm a Leicester ex pat too, Grew up in Wigston. I now live just North of Scampton. We spread ... like covid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.au Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 7 hours ago, Big Dave S said: We spread ... like covid. “Love Spreads”. Stone Roses. The Vulcan looks good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 4 minutes ago, mark.au said: “Love Spreads”. Stone Roses. The Vulcan looks good. Thanks Mark. Still detailing. Not much to show yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 Good grief! Painted the undercarriage. No second coat going onto THAT! What a palaver... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 Another attempt to cover the white streaks on the brush-painted canopy failed. I guess the next step is cover it with green. Hmmmmmmmm............. 😐 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 First coat of green pattern applied. Took ages!!! Am so glad this and the Victor are 1/144. Off to get lunch, thru the slush, with my daughter now. Am always sad when the snow starts to melt. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 Second coat of green pattern applied with a brush. Mostly okay, but a couple of areas need a third layer (groan...). Enamel dries streaky if you wet it too much. Hmmm... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 I don't like the idea of airbrushing pattern in small scale as the feathered edges would be huge, scaled up, so brush painting seems a sensible option. The finish ain't great though. Washes and varnish should help. But the paint goes on thicker than it should and tends to misbehave. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 Green camouflage is officially over with. Next up: 5 coats of gloss varnish. Then washes. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.au Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 6 hours ago, Big Dave S said: I don't like the idea of airbrushing pattern in small scale as the feathered edges would be huge, scaled up, so brush painting seems a sensible option. The finish ain't great though. Washes and varnish should help. But the paint goes on thicker than it should and tends to misbehave. Masking? Agreed that the feathered edge would be too broad otherwise. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dave S Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 16 minutes ago, mark.au said: Masking? Agreed that the feathered edge would be too broad otherwise. Yeah. A real pain downstairs. Getting the sinuous edges etc. And, with just one more to do like this it's a bit late to change now..! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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