arfa1983 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 You must be happy with how those stripes turned out John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 1 hour ago, arfa1983 said: You must be happy with how those stripes turned out John! Thanks @arfa1983 Pretty happy. I will have to correct a bit here and there on the spine as I mentioned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 On 3/1/2022 at 7:33 PM, Bertie Psmith said: This is an entertaining thread. Thanks Bertie. You have the follow the instructions and also adjust for painting. For example, they say to attach all the whizz bangs as you build the wing assemblies. Of course you cannot do that or else you cannot paint it correctly, or easily, or at all. Once again, all the small pieces get glued on last, after final major assembly and any weathering. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, John Masters said: Thanks Bertie. You have the follow the instructions and also adjust for painting. For example, they say to attach all the whizz bangs as you build the wing assemblies. Of course you cannot do that or else you cannot paint it correctly, or easily, or at all. Once again, all the small pieces get glued on last, after final major assembly and any weathering. Too true John, One particular problem few manufacturers think of with British post war planes is the ruddy underwing serials - they often go under pylons and over wheel doors. At least Airfix provide cut up serials for their Phantom but I got away with using the optional whole ones on my particular build as it seems to have used smaller numbers/letters than the other two options but I don't think they said to put the decs on before fitting the pylons! There can be a similar problem with the US Star and bar as well. Pete Edited March 3, 2022 by PeterB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 On 3/1/2022 at 6:29 PM, PeterB said: Enjoy your break. Thanks! A small preventative medical procedure one does every few years or so. Clean as a whistle, so to speak! 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 6, 2022 Author Share Posted March 6, 2022 Back from my check up in Athens, I have begun the thought process that eventually leads to masking and/or paint. I think, since so much of the aircraft is Sky Type S, I'll start with that. The Dark Sea Grey will be easy enough to paint with some masking. I have question about the registration numbers...there was some discussion about whether it is accurate to have them on the nose or not. They would have been beneath the invasion stripes, correct? So do I leave them off for accuracy? I don't know folks, so some help here wold be grands! Thanks! --John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 7, 2022 Author Share Posted March 7, 2022 I masked the stripes and applied the Sky Type-S to almost the entire fuselage. I think this paint job will really give the aircraft a shark-like appearance. I have Calculus' submarine n my mind, even though it will look complexly different. Hergé drew this, by the way. Not me. I found it on the web. Here's the Wyvern... The Tyre S looks very nice. Sprayed on smooth and silky. Dark Sea Grey tomorrow... --John 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Good progress again John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 8, 2022 Author Share Posted March 8, 2022 8 hours ago, Col. said: Good progress again John. Thanks Col. I'll remask and add the DSG today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 8, 2022 Author Share Posted March 8, 2022 Masked for the next round... Don't you just love Dark Sea Grey as the FAA used it? Lovely tone... It looks even better when matched with Sky Type S... Busy night on the bench...😁 --John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 John ,nice paìnting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Nice to see it getting some colour James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share Posted March 9, 2022 11 hours ago, Hewy said: John ,nice paìnting! 7 hours ago, 81-er said: Nice to see it getting some colour Thank you both. The question still nags...are the registration numbers suggested by the profile incorrect? I'll have to do a little digging. Found it: during Operation Musketeer the reg numbers were overpainted with the invasion stripes aft of the national markings. It was only after the Suez Crisis that they were painted back and on the nose. I think I will do that version because I like decals and markings. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Now it's looking colourful if not pretty. It will be splendid, I'm sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 12, 2022 Author Share Posted March 12, 2022 A lot happened last night. I went to bed very early and woke up 2 hours later feeling pretty good, so I went to the bench. I attached the landing gear, the rockets. the wheel bay doors, the attachments for the wings, the finlets, navigation lights, etc...I didn't document it. You know how it is when you're on a roll. I've decided to leave the fuel pods off. The instructions have them sitting right next to the rockets which, to my mind, makes no sense. Good way to blow yourself up, imho. I am basically ready for decals now. --John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Nice progress again John. Hope the decals perform well for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 12, 2022 Author Share Posted March 12, 2022 50 minutes ago, Col. said: Nice progress again John. Hope the decals perform well for you. Thanks Col. I can see wrapping this up the next couple of days, maybe three. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 12, 2022 Author Share Posted March 12, 2022 The decals went on very easily. Only a couple of small adjustments. One note: not enough 'Sling' stencils. I had to remove some of the rockets to add some. I can glue them back easily. This is interesting...notice the 'W' and the '7'... Snip snip... Varnish next, then specific weathering... --John 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 With everything on, varnished and everything...I'm calling this one done. It's a clean, post-Crisis machine... I'll get some gallery images tomorrow for the...ah...ummm....gallery... --John 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Well done John. Tidy work again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Very nice indeed, the foldable wings is a nice touch too 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 14, 2022 Author Share Posted March 14, 2022 On 3/13/2022 at 6:22 PM, Col. said: Well done John. Tidy work again Thank you Col. 18 minutes ago, desert falcon said: Very nice indeed, the foldable wings is a nice touch too 👍 Thank you DF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Another nice result there, John James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 15, 2022 Author Share Posted March 15, 2022 1 hour ago, 81-er said: Another nice result there, John Thank you James! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted March 16, 2022 Author Share Posted March 16, 2022 All done and I placed it next to one of its sisters, another with a 'good personality', the Gannet. Both FAA and both looking very nice in their FAA colours. There are more in the gallery...The Corsair is up next! --John 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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