Good luck Theuns, I've never had very good luck with getting Day-Glo to look right but what you've got looks good there!

Alteast the dayglow seems to have cured, so the masking will be the next "interesting" exersize!

Theuns

Talentless and Theuns lookin good guys

The masking is on over the daygolw, as soon as the rain lets up I'll get some silver on and see "what lies under"  !!

Theuns

Lookin forward to it Theuns

where on earth did you get the dayglo from, is it easy to spray?

Wow ,what a pita to get loged in! 2 days I tried now :-(

Anyway, the dayglow is humbrol 209 and you just need to spray it over a wite base as it does not cover well atall, otherwize it works just like normal enamel in thinning and spraying pressures.

The masking was "interesting" to say the least.

I didn't want to do a gloss coat for just the few decals, and so I put them on with future as a setting solution, I got away with it this time LOL!

I will post pix of the completed heli soon. I just need to do some washes and paint the rotors.

Theuns

cool!! that really looks good!

Well I got an update:

All put together and looking like a Jug.  Now onto sanding and filling, and yes even more sanding.

While waiting for the plane itself to dry, I had the crazy I idea to wire up the engine. If I get this idea again, it won't be any time soon!

Before:

After:

oh hai, nice bit o wiring/plumbing , its been very quiet in here recently

A question for the P-51 lads -

I know it has been said that the Mustang's wings were seamfilled except for the gun access panels and wingtips.

Would it then be safe to do the same on a model of a Korean war F-51?( the South African A/F used some lend lease USAF F-51's there)  

I understand the wings were also painted silver lacure but the fuse and tail were left NMF, is this correct?

Having not seen silver lacure in real life before, does it just look like normal silver hobby enamel?

Thanx

Theuns

Theuns: WOW! Nice work there, I hate masking irregular lines like that, great job!

Not sure about the seams in post WW2 P-51s but the lacquer paint is slightly duller than aluminum. Not sure how to describe it but if the aluminum is like the shiny side of aluminum foil the silver lacquer is more like the dull side of the foil.

Was the lacure only applied over the filled and sanded wings? I guess so otherwize lacure it atall?

Theuns

I think it was just to cover the putty applied to the panel lines for protection and even everything out for more streamlining.

Hey Vette, i apologise for my exetended absence, Guitar took over...If it's cool id like to submit a Has P-51 for this GB, the same one i started ages ago, only the pit is done....Jules

Theuns that looks great buddy !!!! Frankly I was a bit worried about the dayglo but ya pulled it off beautifully

B17 yeah I know wireing those big  radials is a pain, but in the end is so worth the effort. And you went an did a very good job of it too

Julez ??? is that you Julez ???? JULEZ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course your P-51 is in, and welcome back bud. Kinda missed ya around here.

talentless

vetteman42

 

Talentless those gear bays look awesome !!!!! Hey are you looking for a test pilot for the test flights when this thing is finished ? OH and about the carpet monster, it was determined by our very own CallSignOwl after a great deal of research, that offerings of jelly beans will plaicate the carpet monster to some degree. I have found that jellybellys will also help as I ran out of jelly beans once.  

I find swearing very loudly helps. it annoys the wife, doesnt help me find what i dropped, but i feel much better for it. so i had another go and guess what, yup , i dropped it..but now there are four bits on the floor, the odds of finding one are improving all the time and when scrabbling under my desk swearing (quietly) i found 2!!!!! wohooo!!!

DSC01856 by omgpainful, on Flickr

 

Ok so I found a trick to beat the carpet monster, but it is very very scary, especially if ya get caught. I got caught so I know first hand, my only saving grace was that it was an old pair.

Anyway as I was getting ready to vacuum the mancave something clicked in my head, I knew if I do this all the little parts I have sacrificed to the carpet monster will be lost forever. I remembered seeing a pair of nylons hanging on the towel rack drying. Next thing I knew I was stretching them over the nozzle of the hose and wrapping a rubber band around it to hold it in place. ( I swear I had to have read this someplace) In my mining endevors you would be suprised what I found on the tip of the nozzle snuggled in the nylon, but thats a another story. I found a whole bunch of stuff I had dropped. As I was sorting through my treasure trove having not removed the nylon, yup it happened little sister shows up and spots what I have done. I still dont believe what happend next, even while it was happening, so I wont relate it. Lets just say it worked great even found a wind screen I lost last December. Next time I am takin me to the store and buy a pair, should be fun watching the reaction of the cashier, should at least be as good as the girl at the beauty supply store when I go in there. I know for a fact it will be a heck of a lot safer and quieter.

Hope this helps you out

Thanks Randy

I've been lurking around for a while checking out everyones cool builds and now i feel the urge to build again...It's good to be back,

So if it's ok i'll finish off that 51 from GBIII, only the pit has been started so far and i'm adding the Verlinden engine set to it as well....

Been stalled for a bit, i mislaid the bag containing the rest of the bits (yup, i really am that careless)

just about ready to start painting. now how the hell do you hold something like this and spray it. i cant shove anything too big up the pipes as ill damage the parts i added for the apu exhaust. any advice welcome.

DSC01898 by omgpainful, on Flickr

DSC01897 by omgpainful, on Flickr

I'd hold one wing with a gloved hand and paint the rest of it. let it dry and then paint the wing you were holding while carefully holding the already painted wing again with a clean glove.

a paint stand may also be a good option... I've never used one (due to not having one) so i dont know how painter friendly they can be... but i've seen one in the hobby shop TV

either way i don't see it happening all at once.

what about the intake? if i remember right the lightning has a pointed air deflector in the intake so i guess that would block anything from entering... unless its not there yet?

-Andy

Finally got some pics uploaded of my 72nd Thunderbolt. Im building this one straight OOB, and it wen together rather well. I forgot to get pix of the office, but its just the kit included details. It was only a few hours before I had this:

The next day I finished the main assemblies and masked. I used Testors rattle can silver metallic for the NMF. It went down well, but I found some areas that needed more sanding. After I retouched the paint, here is what I got:

And detail painting. Once cured, the rattle can paint holds up well under masking

gloss coat and decals next!

Talentless & Owl - those are coming along nicely!

Lightning and Thunderbolt- somehow they go together too.

Owl - regarding the question i asked a couple of posts back. how did you hold and spray your plane? did you do it in one go or a couple of goes?

talentless

Owl - regarding the question i asked a couple of posts back. how did you hold and spray your plane? did you do it in one go or a couple of goes?

I sprayed it in one session, but since I used a rattle can it dried quickly. I set it down in my (cardboard) spray box and gave it a couple light coats....waited a couple minutes until that was dry, then flipped the plane over. To get the corners I held the kit in my hand and tried not to get too much spray on my hand! I then lightly buffed the paint with a cotton ball to smooth out any graininess.

CallSignOwl wow you are both fast and good, great finish and, well, looks like you spent a week on it. I cant get rattle can paint to work for love nor money.

Talantless I generaly paint the bottom of all my models first, holding them in my hand, latex gloves help with this. Set it on a box to hold it flat and let dry. Once the bottom dries and after masking for over spray if needed, same thing for the top. I made a paint stand once and found it a major PITA especially for soft lines between upper and lower camo, that I tossed it in the trash can.

thnaks for the advice, I've had to delay painting.i bought a resin intake ring, got carried away and decided to spray it up and install it at the end. then i realised the pitot tube blends into both the riong and body so it has been glued on and im sanding it in as i type

vetteman42

Talantless I generaly paint the bottom of all my models first, holding them in my hand, latex gloves help with this. Set it on a box to hold it flat and let dry. Once the bottom dries and after masking for over spray if needed, same thing for the top. I made a paint stand once and found it a major PITA especially for soft lines between upper and lower camo, that I tossed it in the trash can.

Vette i pretty much paint mine the same way as you....I also add a coat of future inbetween coats for some added protection against tape pull off....

Here is my SAAF "NMF"  Sikorski S-55 (H13-b)

Hope there is enough silver in there for you guys LOL!

Theuns

Theuns: Congrads, great job!!! Super job on the NM but I'm still even more impressed by the perfect day-glow stripes!

Same here that dayglo look really neat. i dont think ive ever seen one like it.

Finally got the alclad on mine. bit dissapointed looks slightly patchy and too damn shiney. May have to go over some of it with a duller aluminium to tone it down. suely lightnings didnt look so reflective all over did they?