81-er Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 The paintwork's looking good, Jack, nice work James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 Just a quick note to say that I have actually been working on this build, honest! Everything in terms of the painting seems to have gone very slowly indeed, and a cock-up on my part when painting the exhaust covers has put another couple of days on things. At the moment it's drying off a bit more, but hopefully I'll have something to show you all soon. Cheers, JRK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted September 8, 2022 Author Share Posted September 8, 2022 Right, some actual progress to show you. I've been working on this build but doing fiddly things that need ten minutes of painting followed by a day of drying, and other jobs of that nature. However, I've finished the alloy heat shields / engine covers / thingummyjigs, painted the radome, and as is hopefully very apparent, sprayed the tail insignia. The heat shields aren't what I was hoping they'd be - I wanted fully chromed but couldn't airbrush the metallic enamels well enough to get this. I did partially redeem things with four or five coats of W+N Galleria gloss over the heat-blueing that I used CC's Bright Blued Gunmetal and Parkerised Gunmetal enamels (heavily thinned) to simulate, so it's not all bad. The tail insignia is something I'm pretty happy with. There's a few corrections that need to be made, mostly down to some shoddy masking on my part, but I really like the effect and when it's all dry I think it will look the part. Onwards and upwards - any comments and criticisms gratefully received. Cheers, JRK 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 It's looking very nice, Jack, good work James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Really nice work Jack. This is turning out very well indeed and the sunburst on the tail has come out especially well. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Looks good Jack, painting white over a dark colour, like red, can be worrying, but you succeeded. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shalako Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 The colours are spot on!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings unlevel Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 On 09/09/2022 at 06:38, jackroadkill said: The tail insignia is something I'm pretty happy with. I’d be very happy with that, that comes up really nicely! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted September 27, 2022 Author Share Posted September 27, 2022 Little more than a teaser, I'm afraid. I seem to have been stuck doing piddly little bits here and there, even though I thought "Surely the gloss coat will be next" about two weeks ago.... Turns out that real life truly gets in the way of building. Anyway, tonight I put most of the undercarriage and the speed brakes in, so I am at least getting somewhere, if not making giant leaps. I've also got the black paint on the arrestor hook and cut out and painted the transparent sections of the navigation lights. So, there's some progress being made. Hopefully I can get the gloss coat on soon. Cheers, and thanks for keeping the faith! Owen 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 All progress is good Owen, and getting the undercarriage on is a good step to make. Plenty of time left in the GB so I am sure you will get her finished. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted September 27, 2022 Author Share Posted September 27, 2022 9 minutes ago, modelling minion said: I am sure you will get her finished By hook or by crook! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 She looks like she's shaping up well to me, and with plenty of time left in the GB to finish her James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted September 28, 2022 Share Posted September 28, 2022 Looks promising, if slower than you'd like; but then detail (and RL) slow things down. Hope you can get that gloss coat on soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 These are the worst decals ever. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 The worst ever? What did they do wrong? Hope the rest behave better than these 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 13 minutes ago, Robert Stuart said: The worst ever? What did they do wrong? Hope the rest behave better than these They're reluctant to come off the backing paper, they're thick, not very sticky and the carrier film is opaque. Other than that, they're marvellous, apart from the stencils looking comically oversized! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Sorry to see you having issues with the decals Owen, very unusual for Revell decals as they usually behave very well. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 2 minutes ago, modelling minion said: Sorry to see you having issues with the decals Owen, very unusual for Revell decals as they usually behave very well. 🇺🇦 Being fair to them they're a million years old. They're starting to behave themselves with liberal applications of Ammo's Ultra Decal Fix, so it might be okay. I'm so glad I painted the tail insignia though. That would have been a nightmare to decal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 One side down. I'll have a go at the starboard decals tomorrow, once my resilience has returned. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 Seems as though you are getting those decals under control, that side looks good to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 I think that side has turned out very well indeed and I am sure the other will be just as good, and you definitely made the right decision in painting the sunburst on the tail. 🇺🇦 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted October 4, 2022 Share Posted October 4, 2022 I'd say you're conquering the decal problems, she's looking fantastic James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted October 4, 2022 Author Share Posted October 4, 2022 Not a great photo but proof nonetheless that I got the remaining decals on. Lots of decal softener has gone on since the picture was taken, so hopefully the look of the things will improve a bit. I'm umming and ahhhing about using the aircrew names, as the ones in the kit aren't the same as the ones in my reference photo... Either way, the next job in another coat of gloss - these decals will need holding down good and proper. There won't be much weathering, but between the gloss and matt coats I might do a bit of filtering to tone the bright red of the decals back a bit. Cheers, JRK 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted October 5, 2022 Share Posted October 5, 2022 Looks good, wouldn't know you had issues with the decals. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 3 hours ago, Robert Stuart said: wouldn't know you had issues with the decals. I'll gladly take that, Robert! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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