gav Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 (edited) He is/was?! Old age catch up with you G - you forgotten who you are.....??!! NMF is now done & dry on the Connie (lurching back onto topic!!) Got to pluck up the energy & mask it all off for the white now!! And G, why not enter the GB with that Czech 'bus??!! You'll have nearly a month to get it done!! K Had trouble with my login from work so had to create a new login. The czech bus has had windows filled and sanded. Will try and get it built as the decals are really nice and I flew on one last week and CSA even managed to find my suitcase and get it back to me! G Edited September 10, 2010 by gav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted September 27, 2010 Author Share Posted September 27, 2010 (edited) OK, finally made some progress on this thing. Don't know why, but it really hasn't grabbed my interest. Maybe because as a supposedly 'state of the art' new release it has its fair share of fit issues - they don't bother me, but I don't expect to be doing the same amount of fiddling on a new mainstream injection kit as on some obscure limited run jobbie (on which, when I'm expecting problems I actually enjoy sorting them out - this kit has had the opposite effect!!) Anyway, she's now fully painted. I used Games Workshop Mithral silver with oversprays of Chainmail & Boltgun in order to try & get an overall weathered NMF finish on it. The walkways are the Tamiya grey primer & the walkway lines & de-icer boots were hand painted with GW black. The white top is Zero paints brilliant white which I've cut back with Tamiya finish compound to give a finish I hope will be smooth enough for the decals. We'll soon find out, as I'm off to start putting the stickers on it now! Here's some pretty grotty pics as there's only pretty grotty light here today due to the pretty grotty weather!! That's all folks..... Keef Edited September 27, 2010 by keefr22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Black Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 Looks really good, Keef! Shall we revive the Connie Lingus comments? No.... prolly best not, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev1n Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 defo best not to..... looks fab keef - you must push on !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted September 27, 2010 Author Share Posted September 27, 2010 (edited) Cheers guys! Bit of a disaster in the decal department though. I'd not used Max decals before so I 'tested' them by using the Connie flightdeck decals on my scrap test model. They worked perfectly. However, when I put the port cheatline into water it broke up into about a dozen pieces. Managed to get it together jigsaw fashion, but its going to need a bit of patching with some of the spare green bits on the sheet. I'd also cut out one of the Irish flags for the centre fin, & the same thing happened to that. So I've given the sheet a good coat of Microscale liquid decal film & am leaving it dry overnight. Fingers crossed it works tomorrow...... Keef Edited September 27, 2010 by keefr22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Black Posted September 28, 2010 Share Posted September 28, 2010 Best of luck! I had some minor issues with the larger Emirates decals on my big bus - these were from TwoSix. Thin decals are great, but these were a little *too* thin. A coat of Klear on the decal sheet worked wonders in keeping them together.... those tail decals are HUGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 OK, I'm calling this done. The decals worked OK'ish after the application of decal film, but the window decals were (are!) horrible. They were horrible to put on & look horrible now! I don't like window decals at the best of time, but when they're printed in mid blue they look particularly naff! On Thursday I didn't think I'd get it finished for the deadline, as after I'd sprayed the exhaust stains on I realised I'd done two from each engine on the top of the wings, while there should only be one (there's two exhaust under the wing, but not on top!!) So some frantic masking & respraying had to happen yesterday, & that's when I usually manage to c*ck something up - but apart from breaking off three prop blades I got away with it! Not a particularly enjoyable build (maybe it was just me!) but I quite like the finished result! Here's some pics, I'll try to get some daylight ones tomorrow (if we get any daylight tomorrow that is.....!!! ) Some more in the finished gallery. Just have to make a base for her now. And maybe repaint those damn windows......!!! Thanks for looking! Keef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchem Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Well mate, I gotta say you've come up trumps again ! (Guess I would have expected nothing less !) Very nice job. mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 Thanks Mike! K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbag Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 Very nice indeed Keith. The wings in particular look superb. Cracking job. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted October 2, 2010 Author Share Posted October 2, 2010 Cheers Chris! K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 OK, I'm calling this done. The decals worked OK'ish after the application of decal film, but the window decals were (are!) horrible. They were horrible to put on & look horrible now! I don't like window decals at the best of time, but when they're printed in mid blue they look particularly naff! On Thursday I didn't think I'd get it finished for the deadline, as after I'd sprayed the exhaust stains on I realised I'd done two from each engine on the top of the wings, while there should only be one (there's two exhaust under the wing, but not on top!!) So some frantic masking & respraying had to happen yesterday, & that's when I usually manage to c*ck something up - but apart from breaking off three prop blades I got away with it! Not a particularly enjoyable build (maybe it was just me!) but I quite like the finished result!Here's some pics, I'll try to get some daylight ones tomorrow (if we get any daylight tomorrow that is.....!!! ) Some more in the finished gallery. Just have to make a base for her now. And maybe repaint those damn windows......!!! Thanks for looking! Keef Could print up some windows on the PC in black to the right size? Wot size are they? would look better than the blue! BTW, I got the E-2 in easily. The fake price tag helped! Will have to keep it for future use! G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prenton Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 AAAAH That brings back memories.... well, actually, I was a toddler at the time, so I don't remember it either, but it has a certain classic look that the later BAC 1-11's and Boeings just don't have. Nice to see the shamrock there too! Philip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Keef, that's stunning work. Captures the Connie beautifully Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Rogers Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Lovely looking Connie Keith, looks nice in those colours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 Thanks guys, all the comments are much appreciated!! @Gav - thanks, I'll trace them to get the exact size & shape ready for next meeting! Keef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Black Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Lovely-looking beast Keef! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted October 3, 2010 Author Share Posted October 3, 2010 Cheers Milo! Keef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidelvy Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Very nice. I'm not a big fan of airliners (toothpaste tubes with wings) but tthree attract my interest. One is the Concorde, another is the DH Comet and the third is the Super Constellation. You've done a cracking job and I hope to see her soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted October 6, 2010 Author Share Posted October 6, 2010 Thanks Dave! If I can get the base finished & a box made up, I'll bring it down next Wednesday! K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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