alt-92 Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 44 minutes ago, neil5208 said: Due to the Almark decals poor quality and just being plain wrong I will need to find some different ones so I cant start painting until new ones have been sourced. PM inbound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 Finally got the new decals through yesterday, Belcher Bits Canadian CF101's. This set has enough serial numbers to enable the representation of any of the Voodoo's operated by the Canada, this includes the black electronic warfare aircraft. After looking at some pictures online I'm going for aircraft 035 while it was with 409Sqn. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted August 26, 2022 Author Share Posted August 26, 2022 After doing 3 Bandai Star Wars kits its time to get back to the Voodoo, sprayed Mr Hobby Colour H51 as this was the closest I had to FS36492 but it look to dark so I may go for Tamiya XF12 IJN Grey a bit later. Also as it was my 50th last week the wife let me loose in what's left of Regal models in Chatham with a budget of £100, unfortunately the owner is closing the model side of the business as its no longer viable but he did give me a good deal on the kits below. Without realising at the time I now have a delta wing collection, Decals have been ordered for the Vulcan and Flanker, Vulcan will be XM607 as Red Flag 1977 and the Flanker will be an Angolan aircraft. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 Resprayed the Voodoo a few days ago with Tamiya XF12 IJN Grey which is much better than the H51 that I used before. Masked up the nose and flap areas so this could be sprayed black and red. Once this had dried I can do the tail section and redo the wheel bays. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 Nose and anti glare panel sprayed with gloss black, anti glare panel will be sprayed matt once all the decals have been sealed. All undercarriage bays resprayed along with flaps and air brake panels. Started work on the fuel tanks. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted September 23, 2022 Author Share Posted September 23, 2022 Jet nozzles and tail heat shield sprayed with Mr Hobby MC211. I'll need to leave this to fully harden before I can do any further work on these. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 She’s coming along nicely, Neil. I do like the XF12 by the way -Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Looks very good. I do agree that tamiya color looks cool. Serkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT Red Sox Fan Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Great work—really like you sorted out the metallics—best, Erwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 Put a couple of layers of Klear floor polish on yesterday and started on the decals this afternoon. First time with Belcher Bits decals and they seem to go on fairly well but take a long time to settle down even with Microsol red so its now in the airing cupboard to see if a bit of warmth helps. Still a bit crinkly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 I've found that gentle heating with a hair blower can help in situations like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 Almost completed the decals using the Belcher Bits and some of the stencil data from the kit kit decals, still not sure about the large walkway markings as I still have the kit one which have just the black lines but I continue with the Microsol to see if the crinkling goes. I managed to break off the starboard pitot during one of the decal sessions so I will have to make a replacement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 On 9/25/2022 at 7:10 PM, billn53 said: I've found that gentle heating with a hair blower can help in situations like that. Or make a tiny hole in the bubble gently with a sharp (preferably disposable injection) needle or new #11 Xacto to let the trapped air to escape and apply a little setting solution to that area only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share Posted October 14, 2022 Been concentrating on the Flying wing and Mighty Dragon for last few weeks but did some work on the Voodoo yesterday and this morning, still not happy with the walk way decals from Belcher Bits so I may remove them and use the kit ones instead. Finished off the exhausts and fitted Fuel tanks have sprayed and clear coated ready for decals. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 3 hours ago, neil5208 said: still not happy with the walk way decals from Belcher Bits so I may remove them and use the kit ones instead. As I proposed before, you can give try to open some little holes or even make clean cuts along these bubbles and using decal softener fix them. Some overlapped areas shouldn't be a problem. When I have such large decal I start from one edge and slowly move towards the other end to let the trapped air to escape using a brush or qtip. Serkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 Made the decision to strip the decals off and replace with the kit ones, tock about 25 mins soaking with Microsol red before they would come off. Fuel tanks, flaps and hook fitted. Along with tail planes. I'm off for a 2 week course in lovely Gosport on Monday so I think this one wont be finished before I leave unfortunately. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share Posted November 5, 2022 Calling this one done, RFI will be up shortly. If anyone would like either the Almark decal set or the remaineder of the Belcher bits decals send me a PM and I'll send them on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Looks very beautiful. Good work!.. Serkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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