Markh-75 Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 Yes it’s there, it’s not a real one but a piece of photo-etch I glued in. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markh-75 Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 Not been feeling great over the past couple of days, If I'm not well I just rest up, I tend not to have much get up and go when I feel like that, (felt more like it got up and went!😂) but I have made a start on painting. Its all primed and rubbed down, and it got its first coat of Colourcoats Insignia White this evening; doesn't look too pretty but its a start! I normally do the undersides first, I then mask for the upper sides and start painting. This will be the first time I've painted white with thinning! Gonna try something new on this one! All will be revealed if it works out! Like i said; its doesn't look too pretty just now but give it time! I was thinking about white/ intermediate blue and non specular sea blue but its a rather involved scheme for such a small model, so it'll be white undies and blue/grey everywhere else, as on the box. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markh-75 Posted August 4, 2022 Author Share Posted August 4, 2022 I primed the underside of the floats in white primer and everything else in light grey, the grey kinda took over though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Looking good Mark and has come together well. I know what you mean re brushing on the white with thinners. Looking forward to seeing the paint progress and your extra work on the spinner in place too. Great work Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markh-75 Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 I’m painting the model blue/grey so the spinner is now black, it’s been painted and I need to put the yellow tips on. It’s just a patience building exercise while I paint it (especially the white, lol). I quite like the patience building in thinning the paint and obviously some colours are easier to colour fill than others, but the patience part also helps me in many other areas of my life; I’m a lot calmer than I ever was and this really helps me and the people around me.🙂 Modelling is very beneficial for me.👍 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markh-75 Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 Gave the underside another coat this morning, looking good but needs a rub back here and there before I put anymore paint on it; it does need another coat but I think this time I'll put a little more paint than thinners, its a good paint, plenty smooth and easy to paint on but I think it needs a tad less thinning. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markh-75 Posted August 7, 2022 Author Share Posted August 7, 2022 Here we are with another coat on! (warm in here innit?)😂 This time I reduced the amount of thinners and allowed the paint to go on a little thicker, better coverage, one more coat like that I think, and when its dry I can start masking for the upper 'arf! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markh-75 Posted August 8, 2022 Author Share Posted August 8, 2022 Much better! Next stage is to do the masking so I can paint the upper half! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markh-75 Posted August 11, 2022 Author Share Posted August 11, 2022 Decided not to mask it, I have lightly pencilled in the curves and I'll just paint to those, to mask the wing floats would be risky as its just that one leg/spar holding it on, dont want to risk a breakage (the more a thing is handled, the more chance there is of it being damaged). There are really no straight paint lines on this so masking is out. Will be back onto this very soon. There is no hurry really.🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 Looks good Mark, great job, looking forward to the paint going on topside. Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markh-75 Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 Thanks Chris and Ali, (and indeed everyone) it WILL be finished, you can look forward to that. Low levels of concentration mean I cannot do what I would normally have 'just got done', I need to be 'in the groove', I still struggle a bit with tiredness, but enthusiasm is always sure to return and always does. I really enjoy modelling but I also know my limitations, when I can and cannot, and I dont try to force it because I will just make mistakes, and then next time have to spend time undoing them to put it right. I thus do it in stages and when I'm ready, I get back to do more, but it gives me time to think it through rather than just battering on. I know its only plastic but I like my plastic to look as best as I can get it, so its done in stages. Its taken time to learn my limits and work to them but its good that I do, avoids frustration and burn-out; an important lesson for me; just takes a little longer but I learned that there really is no hurry coz its a hobby.😀 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Looking good! After that many coats of white you are ready for modelling something in trainer yellow… On the topic of offset fins - it is a common way for an aircraft designer to offset the torque produced by the rotating propeller. The airflow going around the offset fin provides a twisting moment that counteracts the twisting moment produced by the propeller. Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markh-75 Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 2 hours ago, AdrianMF said: Looking good! After that many coats of white you are ready for modelling something in trainer yellow… On the topic of offset fins - it is a common way for an aircraft designer to offset the torque produced by the rotating propeller. The airflow going around the offset fin provides a twisting moment that counteracts the twisting moment produced by the propeller. Regards, Adrian You never know! I do have two propellers to paint tips in!😂😂 Thank you for your insight into the offset tail-fin! I hadn’t thought of that! I can always rely on the excellent knowledge and insight from my friends and fellow modellers in Britmodeller!👍 Thank you, I knew there would be a sensible reason why they did that but I hadn’t found it, even online but maybe I’d entered the wrong keyword! Cheers Adrian.👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markh-75 Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 I felt like doing something today; painting tyres and propellers etc and I gave the Seamew its first coat atop! In the plans, the line of the upper and lower paint on the sides of the engine cowling reaches just above the engine exhaust stubs; the picture on't box shows the line to be half way up the cowling! Hmm! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markh-75 Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 The colour is building now! Tomorrow I'll give it a rub back where its needed and a wipe before its 3rd coat. Any blue I get on the underside of the sponsons I wipe off right away and then later on I'll rub it with fine paper and repaint it back in with insignia white. I also started painting the lines on the clear parts; I gave them a few hours and then used a cuticle pusher (wooden stick fer yer fingernails!) to carefully scrape away the excess paint on the glass areas. I'll let it dry a bit longer and later today I'll give it another coat of paint; tomorrow I'll do the same again with the stick and see how it looks. If its fine it can be fitted when ready to. The wooden sticks I sharpen just by rubbing the end on a sharpening stone; the wood will not scratch the window areas and is great for removing the excess; makes a smart job. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markh-75 Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 The colour is really filling out now! One more coat before I tidy the white areas properly, the clear parts are looking good too but need another coat. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 That is really looking very nice. Nice paintwork. Cheers, Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 That is looking smart! The Seamew has a strange appeal for me (actually both do - I also like the British Short Seamew). I suppose I like odd, little-known types. Regards, Jason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markh-75 Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 16 minutes ago, AliGauld said: That is really looking very nice. Nice paintwork. Cheers, Alistair 9 minutes ago, Learstang said: That is looking smart! The Seamew has a strange appeal for me (actually both do - I also like the British Short Seamew). I suppose I like odd, little-known types. Regards, Jason Thank you Ali; the paint thinning definitely works! Much nicer finish, but then its Colourcoats! Its always gonna look great! Yes, Jason there was a strange appeal to this one for me too, just its looks, its outline and because its a seaplane! Its starting to come around now! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 12 minutes ago, Markh-75 said: but then its Colourcoats! Its always gonna look great! Ain't that the truth. Cheers, Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeusa Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 I do like your work on this very maligned aircraft (although justified). It looks like it should work, it just doesn't. One of the corrections made to make it more stable was a larger tail that was curved slightly. That may be why you are having so much trouble with the look of the tail plane. I have the 1/48 version from Czech Model that is awaiting me to build. You are manhandling a kit of an aircraft that had to be manhandled to fly. Sorta full circle. Excellent work and you are almost finished. Keep it up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markh-75 Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 2 hours ago, georgeusa said: I do like your work on this very maligned aircraft (although justified). It looks like it should work, it just doesn't. One of the corrections made to make it more stable was a larger tail that was curved slightly. That may be why you are having so much trouble with the look of the tail plane. I have the 1/48 version from Czech Model that is awaiting me to build. You are manhandling a kit of an aircraft that had to be manhandled to fly. Sorta full circle. Excellent work and you are almost finished. Keep it up. Thank you for that; yes I have read about this aircraft; in fact the Navy decided to go back to using the aircraft it was supposed to replace, the Seagull, its engine was part of the issue as it was underpowered and the aircraft flew slow, stability was an issue too hence the large tail (like a Helldivers tail, great big thing for the size of the aircraft). I like your Manhandling statement! Its actually quite true. I bought it because the picture on the box didnt really emphasise the tail but more the side profile, I guess I liked its unusualness; and because its a seaplane!😀 For a model I had little hopes of ever completing, at least not in the near future it has fought me a bit, but I've won the battle! Just needs one more coat of blue/grey and then I'll freshen up the white on the sponsons before adding other details. The clear parts are painted and looking good but I think they could use another coat, and only slightly thicker so that it will cover just nicely. Here are the clear parts, I meant to add the picture in my post so I'll add it now. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markh-75 Posted August 16, 2022 Author Share Posted August 16, 2022 Wasnt able to do much to this until later in the day and i have made a mistake; the undersides should be light grey, NOT white! I reckon two coats of thinned grey will cover the white well enough. I gave the clear parts a final coat, touched in a few little bits in the front and rear cockpits, did some dry fitting and adjustments before fitting the canopies front and back. Theyre glued with PVA and I'll leave it over night before I do anything else. I'll use PVA tomorrow when I remove the tape and elastic band to fill any crevices. I wont fit the beaching gear until its all painted. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Looking good! I had no idea the canopies were so square. Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markh-75 Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 8 hours ago, AdrianMF said: Looking good! I had no idea the canopies were so square. Regards, Adrian They’re actually a bit thin too, had to be careful when painting and cleaning, felt like they could break at any time! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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