Terry1954 Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 ............... so maybe .............. the scales are used to weight the white powder, for bagging in small packages ........... 🤔 All we need now is a link to a burner phone and some hooded dudes on scooters .......... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 2 Author Share Posted May 2 Trust me young Terry, I DO NOT need a link thereto. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 5 Author Share Posted May 5 Well I have given up on this. The resin didn't mix well and definitely did not get to the deepest part of the mould It's b......ing horrid See? I reckon I'll have another go at using the thick kit things, try to disguise the awful awfulness of the things. I am happier with the F6 though. This is beginning to convince me mucho It does need serious planning for 'the next step' but on the whole it's becoming a bit W O W. As long as the surface I stick it down to has been properly prepared it's a delight to work with. Mmmm 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 Proper metal job there, Bill! Ciao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 8 Author Share Posted May 8 Working the tailplanes next Not sure this will ever look right... Let's find out Edges are the problem, 'specially at trailing edges. I've tried to deal with them by wiping a wet brush loaded with Humbrol Clear along the edges where they join, 'spect I will find out after the decalling process which will come just after I add the after market fuselage intakes I bought optimistically All go in Lightning land, but a little reduced activity up in Vixen Valley. But I have plans 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 I can't really see the trailing edges form there, but the leading ones look just right to me Ciao 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 8 Author Share Posted May 8 Now where was I? Oh yeah, a start made It begins, the long journey About five miles of thin black line to go At last an identity, an owner. 23 sqn, I like the red and blue stripes, actually quite a stressful fit to the model but who wants easy? (I mean who else wants easy, count me in) 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Looking seriously good with stickers on! Ciao 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 4 hours ago, perdu said: but who wants easy? (I mean who else wants easy, count me in) oh yeh, You’re know for taking the easy way, Bill (Wot G said about looking good) 2 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Looking very nice and shiny. I like 23 squadron colours, that's what I plan my Gamecock will be wearing when done..... remember that one 😳 T. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Wowza Bill, looks great! Regards, Adrian 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galligraphics Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 Shiny metal and red, white and blue - what could be better? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 10 Author Share Posted May 10 Most of the maintenance stencils are on now, courtesy of Modeldecal sheet 99, my eternal thanks to Dick Ward for Modeldecals. Life savers all. I'm having fun with the belly tank trestle marks but Percy Verence is bound to win the day, ably abetted by Microscale thin black stripes. And the identity crisis is now a thing of the past 'C' is to be XS937 so I printed the serials and have these ready to add tomorrow I have spent most of today's build session working on the Kestrel, Lightning and possibly some Sea Vixen tomorrow, we'll see how it goes huh? 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 That Lightning is a Thing of Beauty. 😍 Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 True, a shiny beauty! Ciao 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 the transfers certainly bring the airframe to life don't they? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 14 Author Share Posted May 14 I need a new test mule Can I safely spray Tamiya TS-79 over Bare Metal Foil without losing its metal skin look? Now to choose a test piece... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 On 5/10/2023 at 4:55 PM, perdu said: Most of the maintenance stencils are on now, courtesy of Modeldecal sheet 99, my eternal thanks to Dick Ward for Modeldecals. She's looking so good in that shot Bill, and as you say, Mr Ward did us all proud back in the day. I had so many of his early sets, and quite a few more of the later ones. Most of my models were bedecked in his stuff back then. R.I.P Dick. Terry 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 15 Author Share Posted May 15 It may seem simplistic to note it but Dick Ward made realistic modelmaking a tool in all our armouries, I bless his memory countless times within a build. And curse if one of my builds was not actually covered by his extensive repertoire... This is a tad different anyway. My Bare Metal foil test bed Shall we look at this? Starboard wing in-board of the fold The main panel is Matte Aluminium foil and the frontal piece is Shiny Chrome both sprayed carelessly with Tamiya TS-79 and know what? I think that's okeydokey so I will be spraying the entire Lightning with the stuff tomorrow Phew There's a little patch of unvarnished foil under the leading edge, I like the varnished truth. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Works for me Bill. Transfers on anything shiny need a good sealing in. As me how I know (he said, rubbing transfers off his fingers…) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Ranger Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 On 5/8/2023 at 3:39 AM, perdu said: Working the tailplanes next Not sure this will ever look right... Let's find out Edges are the problem, 'specially at trailing edges. I've tried to deal with them by wiping a wet brush loaded with Humbrol Clear along the edges where they join, 'spect I will find out after the decalling process which will come just after I add the after market fuselage intakes I bought optimistically All go in Lightning land, but a little reduced activity up in Vixen Valley. But I have plans Instead of trimming both top and bottom at the trailing edge, you might wrap the top piece of foil around the trailing edge and trim it at a convenient but unobtrusive panel line on the underside of the tailplane. This has worked for me to eliminate similar problems in the past. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 17 Author Share Posted May 17 48 minutes ago, Space Ranger said: Instead of trimming both top and bottom at the trailing edge, you might wrap the top piece of foil around the trailing edge and trim it at a convenient but unobtrusive panel line on the underside of the tailplane. This has worked for me to eliminate similar problems in the past. I might just paint them, the shape gives several bad edges 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 27 Author Share Posted May 27 I am getting fed up with Bare Metal Foil now, I might hide away and sulk but in the meantime I have made and fitted the standby compass into the screen framing Unlike many other RAF machines Lightning screen frames had very little other stuff tacked to 'em so I'm leaving it at this So now I can add these after putting on, painted of course and with their tiny little decals on. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr91 Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 2 hours ago, perdu said: I might hide away and sulk Oh, please don't do that Bill. We'd be lost without our Perdu! (See what I did there? Eh? Eh? ). Even if you don't think it's going well, we mere mortals are learning lots. Thanks for sharing all this. Cheers Rob 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted May 27 Author Share Posted May 27 Yeah I seed wot yoo dun Nice 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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