modelling minion Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Good old Halford's appliance white, definitely my go to for large areas of white on a model. This is certainly an eye catching scheme Robert and will look great on the stand you have built for it. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted September 27, 2022 Author Share Posted September 27, 2022 Thanks Craig, I hope so 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 She's coming along well, Robert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 And, now for a little colour on the F-5A. The underside of this machine has a large maple leaf, which is on the decal sheet, but might prove difficult to manage. I have some Frisk film, bought for the F-5E, but decided it'd be useful here. Masking the whole maple leaf in one go would be doable, but, not easy to manage. Seems the original airframe was broken down for painting. The colour demarcation can be seen here (link). Any way, maple leaf started (includes overspray) 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 That looks really good Robert, I have no doubt that the overspray will be easily cleaned up. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 32 minutes ago, modelling minion said: That looks really good Robert, I have no doubt that the overspray will be easily cleaned up. 🇺🇦 Thanks 🤞 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 I really don't blame you for not wanting to apply a decal that large. The paint is looking good. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted September 30, 2022 Author Share Posted September 30, 2022 Thanks James. More red, but getting there; the white needs retouching, and there will be other colours (jet exhaust and some details), but the painting is (should be) nearly done. With masking in place: I wanted to move the right (starboard, upper) wing's maple leaf, so this will be the heaviest re-touch (white over red, worrying). And, with the masking removed. Somewhere along the way, the rudder went AWOL; this I can deal with later. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 That has taken a lot of patience and masking Robert and is looking very good indeed. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted September 30, 2022 Share Posted September 30, 2022 Woah, that's going to be superb! What a fantastic project. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings unlevel Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Really striking! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 That really is a great choice of scheme! James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share Posted October 14, 2022 On 02/10/2022 at 12:04, 81-er said: That really is a great choice of scheme! Thanks, James, the scheme is lovely. The decals? Less so. The decals are dated 1991, so age may have affected them, and they are the sort printed on a continuous carrier. I think one, and only one, behaved as I would wish. The rest broke on removal from the carrier, or, in one mysterious case, after it was settled in place nicely. This is the starboard side. Looks OK A good colour match between the red paint and the red decals. Any problems can be repaired with a spot of paint. The port side however ... This moose head, which should have been easy, rolled up before shattering. Part of his (her?) antler is missing. I'd probably get away with that. The following 'Canada' decal went on beautifully, no issues at all. Or not in the application. Don't know how I did that, but it is shattered, and, by the time I found that, had settled onto the model immovably. That can, probably, be solved, but not before Sunday. This, I'm afraid, won't make the gallery. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 That sounds like quite a nightmare. I think you're right about the moose head, I didn't notice the missing piece until you pointed it out. It’s a shame it won’t make the gallery, but hopefully it won’t be long after that until it’s done. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Thats a real shame about the decals mate, the curse of old decals. Its a pain when you get so close to the end of a build and encounter a problem but I have do doubt that you will get it sorted and that she will end up looking fantastic. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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