2996 Victor Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 23 minutes ago, AdrianMF said: Back on topic, cracking on with the Academy: Xtradecal “pre-war” decals plus stripes from a Modeldecal WWI set that had no roundels of appropriate sizes. I have some white WWI serials and some white “A”s in the decal dungeon for later. Mrs MF has very kindly saved me from poking at wet decals by kidnapping me for gardening duties! Great work, Adrian, the camo' looks fabulous! Is that an experimental rudder? Cheers, Mark 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted November 27, 2021 Author Share Posted November 27, 2021 26 minutes ago, 2996 Victor said: experimental rudder? One day I will come back to find the two overlaps magically bonded together by the drying Decalfix, needing only the lightest of trims before yielding a perfect result. Hasn’t happened yet! [edit: 50 minutes lifting carrying and emptying in the wind, rain and dying light has failed, once again, to convince me of the joys of gardening!] 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2996 Victor Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 38 minutes ago, AdrianMF said: [edit: 50 minutes lifting carrying and emptying in the wind, rain and dying light has failed, once again, to convince me of the joys of gardening!] I know that feeling very well! :) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted November 27, 2021 Author Share Posted November 27, 2021 Well I’ll be blowed. PPP does work for large areas: Seen here under a couple of thin coats of Radome Tan. Looks like the Airfix kit will be joining the party after all. I left it to dry overnight and found the right grade of sandpaper to sand down very lightly. Unfortunately the scrap of sandpaper doesn’t have the grade written on the back of it, but it feels like 240 grit. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted November 27, 2021 Author Share Posted November 27, 2021 Revell struts are in the bottom wing, equal overhang both sides: I have also drilled holes in the Airfix wings to mark the strut locations. I’m minded to make my own struts for that one because the kit ones are such a mess. I couldn’t find my other product so I used a bit of Revell Decalsoft, and lo and behold: However, in observance of the First Law of Conservation of Awkwardness, I’ve never seen an Xtradecal roundel fail to settle in before: 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted November 27, 2021 Author Share Posted November 27, 2021 Time to stop for today: Tomorrow, get the Academy build ready to rig, and show the Bristol 142 some love… 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted November 27, 2021 Share Posted November 27, 2021 The are coming on well Adrian the RFC one is looking very nice indeed. Good to see the Airfix one progressing. I have a half used tube of PPP and it is getting harder, I take the nozzle off and use. I have recently had issues with an xtradecal roundel not settling too this was on my Anson and it was one of the huge upper wing roundels. Brute force and klear was used to bed in. Great work Chris 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted November 27, 2021 Author Share Posted November 27, 2021 4 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: half used tube of PPP I haven’t ever used the blue tube adaptor, always straight from the tube. FWIW I’ve put the rest of the PPP in one of those “one person” jam pots and diluted it (to the consistency of Revell’s thicker acrylics!), and it seems to be working quite well for the one day of ops so far. Regards, Adrian 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted November 28, 2021 Author Share Posted November 28, 2021 The rest of the decals on, upside down Xtradecal “V”s with bars, Pegasus WWI serials and triangles cut from a set of D-Day stripes: 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 On 11/27/2021 at 9:52 PM, AdrianMF said: PPP in one of those “one person” jam pots and diluted it Nice idea, might need to try that. Builds are coming along great. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matford Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 On 11/27/2021 at 6:36 PM, AdrianMF said: First Law of Conservation of Awkwardness Is the Second Law of Conservation of Awkwardness demonstrated when you take an item out of a box and can't get all the others back in, even though there should be more room? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 On 30/11/2021 at 15:55, matford said: you take an item out of a box and can't get all the others back in Only when I’ve just had another eBay delivery… Regards, Adrian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share Posted December 4, 2021 Saturday again and I’m sneaking some time at the bench. First up, the Revell one has had the filled slots sanded down and a coat of Radome Tan underneath to seal it all in: Academy exhausts cleaned up, augmented with fishtail ends from plastic card and painted: And the Airfix propeller needs replacing as it is too thin and wrongly has the straight edge at the front. The SPAD VII propeller rotated in the opposite direction to the XIII’s. I’ve carved a new blank from 60 thou card: 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share Posted December 4, 2021 Calling the propeller done: 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 The exhausts look great and the prop looks fantastic. Great work Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share Posted December 4, 2021 2 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: The exhausts look great and the prop looks fantastic. Thanks Chris! The exhausts are just on the verge of being too spindly but they’ll do. I was very pleased with the prop. I haven’t done one since my FROG/Novo Oxford. Rigging today took one hour and ten minutes door to door. The magnifying headset makes it so much easier: I just have to matt varnish the glue spots, add a few bits and bobs and that’s #2 done! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 56 minutes ago, AdrianMF said: Rigging today took one hour and ten minutes door to door. Looking extremely good as usual. I would make a gag about showing off but it might be taken the wrong way so I won't. Cheers, Alistair 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 It does look good and that is very quick rigging too. Chris 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share Posted December 4, 2021 1 hour ago, AliGauld said: I would make a gag about showing off I’ve had some right nightmares with rigging so I don’t mind feeling smug when it all goes well. Karma will get me next time! 1 hour ago, bigbadbadge said: quick rigging I’ve also just bought some Uschi elastic rigging. It’s 1/5 the diameter of EZLine. I pulled it out of the draw today, compared it to EZLine, thought to myself “you’re ‘avin’ a larf” and swiftly put it back! I might have a go with it on the Eduard one though, ‘cos it’s a posh kit. The magnifiers are a game changer for this sort of thing. Well worth the 12 quid I spent on eBay. The only trouble is, they show up how rubbish all your painting is… Regards, Adrian 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share Posted December 4, 2021 Well I would normally be posting a picture of a completed model in bad light on a messy workbench around now, but post image is refusing to cooperate. So: two down, three to go and a couple of Nieuport waiting in the wings. Must get to that Bristol Type 142 again soon! Regards, Adrian 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 Hello Adrian Really interesting thread !! Another serial builder I find it really amazing to compare kits from different brands... I also appreciate the way you upgrade the old ones !! Impressive modelling for sure !! Sincerely. CC 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 5, 2021 Author Share Posted December 5, 2021 1 hour ago, corsaircorp said: Another serial builder I simply didn’t realise how many different kits of the SPAD I’d accumulated! Anyhow, postimage is playing ball again, so here’s the poorly lit model on a messy workbench: And the family picture: 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted December 5, 2021 Author Share Posted December 5, 2021 I’m starting to wonder whether all the slightly different camo patterns are all (mis?-) interpretations of a single pattern or whether there were variations. Time to go stare at photos… Regards, Adrian 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 The completed model looks wonderful, great work. Good point re the camouflage patterns, you could be onto something there. Family photo looks good too. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2996 Victor Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 AFAIK, it was a single pattern, but the variations occurred due to differing interpretation by the many different builders. Each builder had its own tell-tales, such that the builder becomes identifiable by the camouflage pattern. Cheers, Mark 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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