keefr22 Posted December 4, 2009 Posted December 4, 2009 That looks great Mike, paint is looking very nice! Great looking aeroplane as well! Keef
Mike Posted December 4, 2009 Author Posted December 4, 2009 Thank you gentlefolk... decals today Mind you, I think I've lost the Falcon decals, so I might have to fall back & use the SC ones - bet they're crap
Mike Posted December 4, 2009 Author Posted December 4, 2009 Why am I not surprised that the SC decals were poo? Everything else about the kit is (except for the spinner)! I've had to raid the spares for the roundels and codes. The roundels were from a Tamiya Spit, the fin flashes from a Tamiya Mossie, and the codes from a sheet of Carpena codes of various sizes. Thanks to Ian's reply to my enquiry about P decals, they're on the way from Fantasy Printshop in 30" and 36" sizes, so will hopefully be with me tomorrow, or maybe Monday. It'll slow things down, but I just couldn't bring myself to play jigsaw with the kit decals... horrible! Once they've got past the worrying wrinkly stage, I'll post up some pics
Mike Posted December 5, 2009 Author Posted December 5, 2009 Cheers Mish. After a mini-disaster with some Tamiya decals reacting badly to the Mr Mark Softer, leaving me with some icky wrinkled decals, I was left with this: I decided to exercise some caution & gently wet sanded the wrinkles off with a fine sanding stick, being careful not to leave any sanding debris behind. Then it was a trip to the decal stash to see what I had that would fit the bill. I ended up using some more Tamiya upper roundels, but used the less aggressive Mr Mark Setter. The underwing roundels were from an Xtracrylix set for the Normandy Landings, so I guess I'll have to repay that set some day Anyway... here she is with her stickers on
Paul A H Posted December 5, 2009 Posted December 5, 2009 Looking good - nice save with the decals too!
stringbag Posted December 5, 2009 Posted December 5, 2009 Looks like a save there Mike. Still think you should have painted them on though Chris.
Mike Posted December 5, 2009 Author Posted December 5, 2009 Still think you should have painted them on though A big case of CBA there Chris...
stringbag Posted December 5, 2009 Posted December 5, 2009 A big case of CBA there Chris... I think a side view is in order here Mike, just to show the true length of the MB5. I don't think the 3/4 views do it justice. Thats if you CBA Chris.
Antoine Posted December 5, 2009 Posted December 5, 2009 Nice one Mike, Your decal thing happened to me too. I don't use softer/setter anymore, and I tend to use more and more masks (Montex). That's the way!
Col. Posted December 6, 2009 Posted December 6, 2009 Er, Mike, think you've stuck the wrong prop on that Mustang Cracking work so far boss, missed this and plenty other builds in my absence so gradually catching up. You certainly know how to work a vacuform kit.
CockneyCol Posted December 6, 2009 Posted December 6, 2009 Really nice build...evrytime I see it I want to go in the workshop and attack mine...perhaps in a few months!!!!! Cheers Col'
Mike Posted December 6, 2009 Author Posted December 6, 2009 Er, Mike, think you've stuck the wrong prop on that Mustang Cracking work so far boss, missed this and plenty other builds in my absence so gradually catching up. You certainly know how to work a vacuform kit. Good to see you again Col. Where you been this time? Had someone stuck a pedal on too tight on your bike? Thanks for the comments folks
spitfire Posted December 6, 2009 Posted December 6, 2009 Looking good now Mike, that's why I like masks for markings, but I'm not brave enough to do all the markings that way. Cheers Den
Mike Posted December 6, 2009 Author Posted December 6, 2009 Thanks Mish - at the special request of Stringbag, here's a side on shot of the (mostly) decaled airframe... just waiting for the Ps to arrive now before I can continue. I got a dispatch note from Fantasy Printshop today, so hopefully tomorrow or Tuesday
stringbag Posted December 6, 2009 Posted December 6, 2009 Thanks Mish - at the special request of Stringbag, here's a side on shot of the (mostly) decaled airframe... just waiting for the Ps to arrive now before I can continue. I got a dispatch note from Fantasy Printshop today, so hopefully tomorrow or Tuesday Nice one Mike. Shows the rather elegant lines to much better effect I think. A Mustang on steroids LOL Talking of P's---------Must dash...... Chris
Skii Posted December 6, 2009 Posted December 6, 2009 Very cool boss, very cool indeed , that shiney spinner is yummy
Mike Posted December 6, 2009 Author Posted December 6, 2009 Cheers laa I thought I'd try something different with the exhaust stubs on this one, and gave them a base coat of shiny black. On top of this I sprayed Alclad Dark Aluminium, heavier at the ends, and then alternate coats of hot metal purple and blue to simulate heat discoloration. Once those were done, I mixed up a small amount of Mig Old Rust pigment with fixer, and gave it a dilute wash, heavier nearer the engine, in line with observations of a few running Griffon engined Spits on the web. I'm not sure you can see the detail here, but it seems to have come out ok. A lot of masking tape was harmed during this process
Osher Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 Wow, leave this thread for a week, and look what happens. Beautiful work Michael!
kitnut617 Posted December 9, 2009 Posted December 9, 2009 I've had a re-read of the article about the large scale MB5, it's 1/24 and built by Alan Clark and as has been pointed out, it was in SAMI
Mike Posted December 9, 2009 Author Posted December 9, 2009 I've had a re-read of the article about the large scale MB5, it's 1/24 and built by Alan Clark and as has been pointed out, it was in SAMI Aye... a big old beastie indeed! Wish I'd seen it (and the one at ARC) before I started mine
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