AliGauld Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 45 minutes ago, Spookytooth said: You are getting a dab hand at this Alistair. A great job mate. Stay safe. Simon. Thanks Simon, Until I get overconfident and it all rises up and bites back. Cheers, Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 I only had time for a minor update today. The wing walks were masked and done leaving a few minor touch ups required. The touch ups were done off camera which will allow me to get a clear coat and the remaining decals on tomorrow. I should manage to get the undercarriage and aileron actuators done as well which will leave the exhaust and the pitot to do. Thanks for looking, Cheers, Alistair 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Great success! That really looks lovely. Cheers, Andre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, Hook said: Great success! That really looks lovely. Cheers, Andre Thanks very much Andre, Just getting closer to the finish. Cheers, Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 1 hour ago, AliGauld said: Until I get overconfident and it all rises up and bites back. The circle of life as regards modelling, at least in my experience. The moment I think I know what I'm doing... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 3 minutes ago, Procopius said: The circle of life as regards modelling, at least in my experience. The moment I think I know what I'm doing... Absolutely. The moment the fear goes it will go horribly wrong. Cheers, Alistair 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 Looking good Alistair, nearly there now. Chris 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 19 hours ago, AliGauld said: The moment the fear goes it will go horribly wrong. Ah yes, the moment where you hear your inner Clarkson going "I mean... how hard could it be?". Cheers, Andre 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 17 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: Looking good Alistair, nearly there now. Chris Thanks Chris, Getting there. Cheers, Alistair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galgos Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Looking very fine Ali, you’re really making a great job of your Harvard and learning lots along the way! Depending on how finicky you want to be, those little circles either side of the walkways are petrol filler caps painted red….a little blob of red paint will do in 1/72 scale….1/32 is less forgiving! 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 52 minutes ago, galgos said: Looking very fine Ali, you’re really making a great job of your Harvard and learning lots along the way! Depending on how finicky you want to be, those little circles either side of the walkways are petrol filler caps painted red….a little blob of red paint will do in 1/72 scale….1/32 is less forgiving! Thanks very much. Both for the kind comment and for the info. I'll get the red out. Cheers, Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 A clear coat in prep for the remaining decals. Followed by said decals. Once they are settled I'll need to paint a little white on the tail plane, some red to join up the fin flash and then a clear coat and some weathering. Oh and I nearly forgot the prop decals. Thanks for looking, Cheers, Alistair 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Alistair, Looking lovely and crisp - great job on the markings! Cheers, Roger 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted November 30, 2022 Author Share Posted November 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Dunny said: Alistair, Looking lovely and crisp - great job on the markings! Cheers, Roger Thanks Roger, They are very far from perfect but do obey the 1ft. rule. Relaxing with a mug of mulled wine now and feeling slightly Festive. Cheers, Alistair 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 While the second clear coat is cooking on the fuselage I thought I'd get on with the sundry bits and bobs. The first thing I did was to go for the wheels and found this. Well, those will need to be sorted. Out with the Mr. Surfacer. In the meantime I got the other underside bits started. And the exhaust got it's initial black coat which will be dry brushed with silver followed by two different rust colours and a Nuln Oil wash. Thanks for looking, Cheers, Alistair 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Alistair, Shame about those wheels, but easily fixed! Hope the mulled wine was kind to you, Cheers, Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 29 minutes ago, Dunny said: Alistair, Shame about those wheels, but easily fixed! Hope the mulled wine was kind to you, Cheers, Roger Yes, it was. So much so that I'm cuddling another one tonight. As you say the wheels are an easy fix but who puts ejection ports there. Cheers, Alistair 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.au Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Catching up here Alistair, and a nice catch up it is. The little Harvard is shaping up magnificently. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 4 hours ago, mark.au said: Catching up here Alistair, and a nice catch up it is. The little Harvard is shaping up magnificently. Thanks Mark, She's looking not too shabby at the moment. Washes and oils today and we'll see how that goes. Cheers, Alistair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 The undercarriage doors got some interior green. The exhaust got various dry brushes and a wash. After a Flory wash and some oil dot work it was glued to the fuselage. There appear to be a couple of bits of stray white on the port tail fin which will be fixed in a wee while. Thanks for looking, Cheers, Alistair 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Alistair, this looks fantastic! I think the T-6 looks pretty smashing in the british camo scheme. Those painted on roundels look great too. the more time goes by, the more I want to paint as many markings as possible instead of using decals, but when it comes to roundels, the only ones I've been able to do are Japanese hinamaru. Probably because I don't have a fancy cutter. I love those exhausts! What did you dry brush them with? Making realistic exhausts is a skill that eludes me at the moment... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Looks absolutely fantastic Alistair, great work, the exhaust too has some cracking effects. Looking forward to seeing the greenhouse unmasked. Chris 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ngantek Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 It's looking great Alistair. Those exhausts are particularly good. Fantastic work Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2996 Victor Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 +1 for what @opus999 and @bigbadbadge said! And I'm interested to know how you achieved that exhaust weathering, it's brilliant. Cheers, Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGauld Posted December 3, 2022 Author Share Posted December 3, 2022 9 hours ago, opus999 said: Alistair, this looks fantastic! I think the T-6 looks pretty smashing in the british camo scheme. Those painted on roundels look great too. the more time goes by, the more I want to paint as many markings as possible instead of using decals, but when it comes to roundels, the only ones I've been able to do are Japanese hinamaru. Probably because I don't have a fancy cutter. I love those exhausts! What did you dry brush them with? Making realistic exhausts is a skill that eludes me at the moment... Thanks very much, Having a fancy cutter does make a difference as I could never get a circle cutter to work for me. 2 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: Looks absolutely fantastic Alistair, great work, the exhaust too has some cracking effects. Looking forward to seeing the greenhouse unmasked. Chris Thanks Chris, I'm a little apprehensive about the greenhouse as the mask set from Special hobby was not good. The cuts on it didn't go all the way round. I may have to resort to the hairy stick and toothpicks. We'll see. 2 hours ago, Ngantek said: It's looking great Alistair. Those exhausts are particularly good. Fantastic work Andy Thanks Andy, most kind. 2 hours ago, 2996 Victor said: +1 for what @opus999 and @bigbadbadge said! And I'm interested to know how you achieved that exhaust weathering, it's brilliant. Cheers, Mark Thanks Mark, The exhausts. Can't take any credit for this as I found a quick way to do these on t'internet. I base the exhausts in black, then give them a heavy dry brush with any silver type metallic colour. This is followed up by dry brushes with Panzer aces Dark Rust, Light Rust and Yellowish Rust. Lighter dry brushes on each occasion. Then an overall wash with Citadel Nuln Oil. All in all this takes about ten minutes once the base black is dry. Finally if I think it needs it some Tamiya Weathering Master Soot in the places where there might be a soot build up. Credit goes to Jon Bius for all of this I just nicked it. His page link with pics is here. https://www.jonbius.com/2018/10/16/painting-exhausts-a-quick-and-easy-method/ Hope that helps, Cheers, Alistair 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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