Antoine Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 I think that I'll make it, but there's no margin for error... How about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I think that I'll make it, but there's no margin for error...How about you? I might be able to wrap up two of the P-40s and enter them with the P-38 as individual entries. No chance of completing the dio though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 I just had a look on the P-38. For the dio, You already acknowledged it from the begining, so no surprise here. Two, and certainly three? That's already two more than me! And you should have a special mention for this try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted December 5, 2011 Author Share Posted December 5, 2011 Ok, no pics for tonight, but I've finished the last bits of painting (Floats, antennaes, flaps, pitot). Tomorrow, I'll do a bit of weathering, then I'll put the last parts on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 Small touches of weathering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 I like that Antoine. It's very intelligent use of the technique (which I will undoubtedly adopt, thank you!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 I'm sorry Don, I'm in a bit of a hurry, I didn't take time to translate my original French topic on this one. It's an old armour painting technique, not mine specificaly. Differents oil colours, a brush to apply randomly some spot of each color on the area you want to fade, then use a wide flat brush soaked (Not to much in turpentine to blend all the spots. Use the brush downward only, always the same, and wipe it with a rag from time to time. You can also have a look here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted December 7, 2011 Author Share Posted December 7, 2011 Every part are glued Not too easy to glue the floats, especially the one with the ballast. I should have used the trolley to help in keeping the good position while the glue was drying. Still to do: - A few paint touches here and there. - Matt varnish - Finish the trolley - And also the bomb! But for now, the whole thing is drying, and I'll give it a good polish tomorrow. Reste: Trolley is ready for paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Nice work Antoine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greased Lightning Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Coming along beautifully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Thta's increasingly nice. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 (edited) Okay, I consider it finished. I'll post some pics soon, lattely in the afternoon, as the sun might show up (Its a bit cloudy for the moment). I hope you won't mind, as I still have to finish the trolley (No way I can finish it today), and bomb up the aircraft. Mish, please let me know if there's a problem with that. Most of the build passed without problem, but there were a few in the end, more of it latter. Edited December 10, 2011 by Antoine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Hi Antoine, put what you can in the Gallery before the finish time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 Here are the first pics, others will follow covering the details Quite happy to have finished (in time), but not too much, as I've made some little errors, that a better planning would have helped to avoid. I should have treated the floats appart till the very end. ne of them is heavily ballasted, and its weight is annoying during the finishing touches, without speaking of of correctly varnishing all the surfaces. It nearly broke several time, and now its moving a bit, I'll have to repair that. Once the masks were removed from the canopy, they left somes traces, glue or something. Not really visible on the pics, but there they are. Cotton bud, rag, they're impossible to remove, and at the same time I don't want to ruin everything. But here are the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AnonymousDFB1 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Looks great Antoine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CliffB Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Congratulations on a great result Antoine - and your build thread was pretty impressive too! Cheers Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 Glad you like the build thread. I was thinking at one point to stop it, because of obvious lack of interest vs time spent for the translation. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Bravo Antoine! Avec seulement quelques heures restantes, vous avez produit une attention aux détails gem.Your est très bonne. J'admire votre marquages ​​peints. Ils sont très supérieurs aux décalcomanies. Votre intempéries est très intelligent, surtout sur ​​les flotteurs. Le déchiquetage est peut-être un domaine qui ne convainc pas l'œil, mais le reste est excellent. Peut-être que les marques sur la canopée ne sont pas des résidus. A le ruban de masquage endommagé la surface elle-même ou enlevé le Klear? Dans ce cas, vous pourriez être en mesure de le réparer avec une couche de Klear. Bonne chance. Merci de continuer l'histoire pour nous. J'ai apprécié la lecture et j'ai beaucoup appris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 9/10, Don! But let's stick to english. Well about the klir, I don't know what you mean, as I've said that there nothing like that where I live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 One last suggestion for the canopy problem. A wooden cocktail stick sharpened to a chisel edge might remove that residue without harming the plastic. p.s. Credit for the the French translation goes to Google, not me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Very nice Antoine! A great subject and a great build Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Merci Antoine pour ce montage mené à bien / Congratulations for this very nice buid. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted December 10, 2011 Author Share Posted December 10, 2011 One last suggestion for the canopy problem. A wooden cocktail stick sharpened to a chisel edge might remove that residue without harming the plastic. p.s. Credit for the the French translation goes to Google, not me. I'm reaaly disapointed, Don, I really thought you wrote it on your own... About the cocktail stick tip, I don't think it would work as a cotton bud soaked in windex didn't do the trick. It seems that there are small scratches, and I don't know how they were made. I'll try to live with that. One thing for sure, I deeply regret the absence of klir. I've also a bunch of lifecolor paint, and I used to dilute them with klir back in France, it was fantastic. But here, it's most difficult to use them, even with the lifecolor dilutant. Very nice Antoine! A great subject and a great buildAndy Many thanks for your nice comment, Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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