zebra Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 This is looking great John. You really don't know the meaning of procrastination though do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Looking good, lovely paint work John. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 11 hours ago, stevehnz said: Looking good, lovely paint work John. Thank you Steve. My modelling, overall, has improved a great deal over the past two or three years and it is largely due to this forum. My hat's off to you all! I really do need an airbrushing lesson or two. I am still sometimes having issues with clogging paint. Anyway...time for some decals. The decals are a bit thick @Corsairfoxfouruncle and they take a long time release from their backing... The walkways are painted... The decals are cut out... And on they go...or went... What are these three things? Are they lights? Should they be red, green and blue? Some varnish and a light touch of exhaust and this will be in the gallery tomorrow. --John 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 14 hours ago, zebra said: You really don't know the meaning of procrastination though do you? Thanks zebra... Well....I can sit around and do nothing with the best of them. But I do like to keep active! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, John Masters said: Thanks zebra... Well....I can sit around and do nothing with the best of them. But I do like to keep active! Mrs Z suggested that maybe modelling and procrastination might actually be the same thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 44 minutes ago, zebra said: maybe modelling and procrastination might actually be the same thing! My English friends have dubbed me an anorak. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 I am calling this one 'finished' and I am very pleased with it even though it is a more red day-glo, not orange. I will let everything settle overnight and tomorrow take some better images in better light and add them to the gallery! Now, to get some other stuff done (LVG, Snipe, Jaguar [Gulf War GB]...) before I start my second Texan! Now, @zebra, that's procrastinating! --John 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 Another little beauty John 6 hours ago, John Masters said: My English friends have dubbed me an anorak. Oh well. wear it with pride (metaphorically, I suppose you don’t really need the actual coat where you live) although I thought we were all nerds these days. I’m working from home today so I think I’ll go and procrastinate a clear coat onto a Skyhawk before I start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 8 hours ago, John Masters said: What are these three things? Are they lights? Should they be red, green and blue? Yes, John, there were lights. However the South Africans removed them. That is a little beauty of a build :). 👍👍👍 Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 8 hours ago, RidgeRunner said: Yes, John, there were lights. However the South Africans removed them. That is a little beauty of a build :). Thanks Martin. I think I can take them off and repaint that area. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 10 hours ago, zebra said: I suppose you don’t really need the actual coat where you live Certainly do! It can get down to 0C here in the winter. I am wearing a light fleece this morning and it is blissfully raining today. High in the teens... 10 hours ago, zebra said: wear it with pride I do. I just wonder what all these people do with their free time. I suppose they yell a lot at the TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 10 hours ago, zebra said: I think I’ll go and procrastinate a clear coat onto a Skyhawk before I start! Hahaha! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 It looks nice next to some of the other aircraft in strange clothes... The rest are in the gallery! --John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reini Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 @John Masters That's a nice selection of beautiful models! Nice to see Finnish Brewster amongst them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 20, 2021 Author Share Posted April 20, 2021 1 hour ago, reini said: Nice to see Finnish Brewster amongst them Thanks! One of my favourites too. You guys really knew what to do with those aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonners Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 (edited) That looks very smart, John; I remember making the schoolboy (literally - I was 13) error of standing too close behind a SAAF Harvard when it started up with some loose gravel on the ground. Ouch... If you don't mind me pointing out one glaring but probably correctable error, though: the springboks on the SAAF 'castle' insignia always faced inwards on the upper and lower wings and forward on the fuselage. Yours all face in the same direction (left). Jon Edited April 20, 2021 by Jonners 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 17 hours ago, Jonners said: Yours all face in the same direction (left). Those would be the decals, not me. They all faced the same direction. And since I have already varnished and finished the build, I won't be correcting them. Thanks though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Very nice result an a great scheme John, well done mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 9 hours ago, modelling minion said: Very nice result an a great scheme John, well done mate. Thank you Craig. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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