Jeddahbill Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Greetings! Finally this project has come to completion! No decals with kit, so I ended up brewing some on my steam powered inkjet printer. Beautiful flying machine and a nice change for me. Many thanks for having a look, your comments and questions are always welcome! Cheers, Bill Deep in Covid Country 48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 This looks very impressive, can you please explain how you created the water effect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 A very handsome little model, excellent work on that awkward rigging around the floats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Lovely job on an old classic, Great little base too. Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Who told that Frog kits are obsolete? Very nice result: excellent painting work and the splashes on water - delicious! Regards J-W 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanm Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Great model of an amazing aircraft and to see an old Frog mould come up so well. Nice base as well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Very nice build Bill.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Nicely displayed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S. Uehlinger Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Beautiful work! I also would like to know how you created the "Water Effect".... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallBlondJohn Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Very nice. My Frog build had the decals which promptly disintegrated so no loss there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeddahbill Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 Thanks everyone for all the kind comments! The water display base is a textured blue tinted styrene sheet from Evergreen or Plastruct. I don't have the packaging to provide a better description, but I think it was called "Agitated Water". Trimmed a piece to fit the wood base, added some details for the floats and glued it in place. On other builds I have used textured clear plastic ceiling light panels which are more difficult to work with and require painting - these can also provide a very nice base. Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Looking very nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Wonderful model and a great display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Congratulations on a fine piece of modelling, the painting looks fantastic a very well done 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Smashing job, nicley displayed too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 That's one racy racer! What a shape and what a finish - well done (and the vignette, too). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 I could just dive in! Very nice build and the home printed decals with white border are superb, prey tell how please. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeddahbill Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 (edited) Many thanks for the kind comments! Decal for the rudder was printed with my antique steam powered HP 6210xi inkjet printer on clear decal paper so that only the red, blue and black are printed. Inkjets can't print white, so that portion of image comes out as clear. The rudder part from the kit must be painted white so that it will show through the clear sections of the decal. I sized the decal image slightly larger than the rudder part to provide better coverage on the edges. After printing the decal, I sprayed it with gloss clear to seal and protect the ink. Several very light sprays of clear worked best and it is important to let it dry overnight. Cut the dry decal very close to the printed image, but it is essential to leave a small clear border or the ink will run once it is exposed to water. Use a good decal solution and keep working the edges very carefully until they conform. Before doing the other side, it may be necessary to trim some excess decal that is overlapping the edge. When the first side of the rudder is done and completely dry, repeat the process for other side. When everything has set up there will probably be some very small areas along the red and blue edges showing white where the decal did not cover - carefully touch these areas up with paint, marker, or tiny bits of spare decal. Finish up with a coat clear to seal and protect the decal. Please let me know if you have questions. Cheers, Bill Edited January 17, 2021 by Jeddahbill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Outstanding , wonderful model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Looks lovely, what a cracking model, great work on this very old kit. Looks wonderful on the base too. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djos Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Simply beautiful model. Starting plastic is quite tricky, and you managed it perfectly. Great result Regards Djordje 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeddahbill Posted January 22, 2021 Author Share Posted January 22, 2021 Very pleased that everyone enjoyed the images and took time to comment - Thank You! Bill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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