Brigbeale Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 Sea Vixens and Buccaneers 😍😍😍😍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigbeale Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 Here is the Sea Vixen with it’s upper surfaces painted with 2 coats of IJN Grey. I have also coated it with my Astonish Floor Polish which gives a semi-gloss appearance when dry. As Chris said - it definitely looks more Sea Vixeny now!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Oooooo yeah definitely looking very Sea Vixeny. Great job looks lovely. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigbeale Posted March 26, 2021 Author Share Posted March 26, 2021 (edited) A little off topic..... Here’s another addition to my carrier borne aircraft collection which I won on EBay for £3.99 + p&p. Edited March 26, 2021 by Brigbeale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 The Sea Vixen isn't even finished yet and it already looks light years ahead of where it started! The F-18 will be an interesting build given the age of the kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigbeale Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 (edited) I spent the last two evenings decalling the Sea Vixen. The purchased Frog decals applied nicely. I was dubious at first but they posed no problems. The home made ‘Keep Off’ decals also applied well, but they finished up more shiny than the others, I don’t know how as they were sprayed with Matt spray varnish🤷🏻♂️. I just coated them with some Matt Varnish to dull them down a bit. This is the result of the decalling. Edited March 28, 2021 by Brigbeale 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Now this is looking stunning, it really does. Love it. Great work on those keep off decals too. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Fantastic restoration, hard to imagine the dogs breakfast it started out as. 👏 AW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigbeale Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 Tonight, the replacement 3D printed main gear legs and wheels were painted along with the nose-wheel. Each were drilled with a 1.5mm hole to accept a styrene rod to help locate them into re-drilled holes in the wheel bays. They were then painted with Ocean Grey (the Frog instructions call for a blue-grey and the O/Grey is a kind of blue grey.....). Tyres were painted the usual Revell Anthracite. The gear was TET’d in position. The gear braces were snipped off the originals and added to the wheel bay. The wheel bay doors were then added. The fuel tanks were attached to the outer pylons and the RedTop missiles (with the ends painted black🤷🏻♂️) were added to the inner pylons. The copied Matra Rocket pods turned out to be too large. I’ll copy the Phantom ones instead and 3D print them as they look the right size. I made a refuelling probe out of a piece of 1.75mm 3D printing filament simply straightened and sanded to a blunt point. The locating hole was enlarged and the new probe s/glued in position - I could have used TET but it probably wouldn’t have stuck the filament(PLA+) in its raw state. Once that had set, I painted it black and added silver to the tip to denote the nozzle. There are a couple of minor thins to do and that will be the Sea Vixen finished. Here’s where it is at - at the moment. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnson Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Looks superb Brian, fantastic job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Looks super, hard to imagine it’s a refurb not a careful build of a pristine kit! Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Looks gorgeous, another successful rebuild. Loved seeing this come together. Great work Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Beautiful! It turned out fabulous, especially considering how it started out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvinneko Posted March 5, 2023 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Another great restore! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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