palacefan Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 (edited) The first of my many hopefully. This is where it stalled: And this is what I have done this weekend. Painted the wheels and under carriage Sprayed the bottom grey And pre shade the top, awaiting paint. Edited December 28, 2009 by palacefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Great progress for a weekend worth of work! Do you have pictures of the scheme you are doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palacefan Posted November 22, 2009 Author Share Posted November 22, 2009 Do you have pictures of the scheme you are doing? This one, its olive drab on top, grey underside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osher Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Looks good! Is the Minicraft kit any cop? What airbrush is that, BTW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krustydave Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Its looking good wayne! keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palacefan Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 (edited) Looks good! Is the Minicraft kit any cop? What airbrush is that, BTW? Its not Tamiya standard, but its also not limited run depths. With a little care it would build into a reasonable kit, but it has been frustrating in places. As for the airbrush its a Revell Profi something or other. The Olive drab arrived today so I will be having a crack at it this weekend fingers crossed. Edited December 4, 2009 by palacefan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmpanther Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Keep it up Wayne Do you think it'll be finished by Tuesday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palacefan Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 Keep it up Wayne Do you think it'll be finished by Tuesday? No, I need to do the creating of decals bit and paint all of the turrets. I have an Eh101 i want to bring along though for some idea on how to save a bit of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Nice work Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palacefan Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 excuse the rubbish pics, but just an update because the green has gone on. i am pleased with it one minute and feel the pre shading is overdone the next. I am going with it and hoping the flat coat will knock it back a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Looks good Wayne, I suspect the flat coat will even it out a bit more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousFO98 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 nice! personally i like the Liberator more than the B-17 and the type never gets the credit it deserves. And a SEAC one is an excellent choice imho so good luck with the project Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF Liberators Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Hi Wayne. A subject very close to my own heart mate. Looking good so far, if you need any info just shout. I have a lot of photos of 355 Libs and a number of colour plates etc. If you can't find what you want on my site I may have it in my collection so just shout. Cheers Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmah Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 i am pleased with it one minute and feel the pre shading is overdone the next.I am going with it and hoping the flat coat will knock it back a bit. I think it looks good, the wartime pictures I've seen of these on the internet show quite worn airframes and I think you have captured it well. Regards Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osher Posted December 27, 2009 Share Posted December 27, 2009 Looking good, excellent job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palacefan Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 I have done a little more. The resin exhausts with the flame dampers are painted and attaches, The engines are on, and i couldnt resist puting 'Daring Diana' nose art on. I have also started painting the gun turrets so it wont be long now until it is finished. It needs the edge touching up but it worked. Its about the right size, the photos i have only has the pitot and the little window as reference to its actual size. I like the fact that its big as it is a tribute to the crew of Daring Diana. Exhausts fitted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmpanther Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Hi Wayne, Looking good mate. Darren p.s. Happy New Year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF Liberators Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Looking good, where did you get the resin exausts from? Ah it is a 159 Squadron Lib, the topic originally said 355 Squadron. I assume you've been talking to Matt Poole about DD? He's the officionado when it comes to 159/160 Sqaudrons. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Nice work Wayne, hope to see her finished on time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palacefan Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 Nice work Wayne, hope to see her finished on time Bugger!!! I didnt look at the end date. Well at least the GB had the desired effect and got me building again. I would / could of had her finished on time but the turrets looked rubbish when painted as the join went over the top of the glass, not the glazing bars. I have ordered some replacement ones, so when they arive i will post the finished model on ready for inspection. Gary, the resin exhausts were my first attempt at resin casting, as they needed the flame damper. they didnt come out great, but good enough for me, and i learned alot doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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