Happy Easter to all...

29 build update...the cladding of the 29 is complete.  She received 3 shades of clad including: airframe aluminum, dull aluminum, magnesium and also took on some silver plate buffing metalizer, (which I really liked the control of even though it meant extra work!)

Wing tabacle abated...but I'll let you folks be the judge on that! LOL...the shortcomings of the overall result is in the base coat and sanding (surface prep before clad). I would definitely do some things different now, but feel I made a "fair" recovery. Intrigued to see??

...doing some touch ups this evening and should get images up by Tuesday/Wed.

Enrico- all I can say is  followed by  and lastly...

She's beautiful Enrico! The more I look at the checkers the more I love them!

Happy Easter to you and your family sir.

brilliant!

She looks great, Starfighter!  Love that checkerboard tail.

Gary

hi all......I can see metallic beauty all around the Gb...compliments to all!!!......my preferred is the B-29!!

The P-51D is ended.........Good Easter from Italy.....Enrico.

it looks like its pointing slightly to the left if anything

looks ok to me. maybe you are pished :-) or i am....

Thanks guys! That darn drop tank looks crooked to me, same as the last P-47 I did though!

Gammera - very very cool !!

Gamera- Gladys looks great!! Love the detail work you put into her engine in behind that prop.

Well, I'm enjoying this balmy spring weather but it's been way too windy to take any photos outside for the past two weeks. So since the lighting is good in the office I took these photos there- please excuse the file cabinets! So here finally are my photos of 'Gladys'! 

Applying this filter got rid of most of the weird green neon effect on the yellow nose I had from the outside photos- so here's pilot Hans von Hornet ready to take 'er out! 

as above!!!

Awesome paint work!

......Hi....almost ended.....almost.......!!Ciao Enrico

Oh I'm sorry, misunderstood you. Afraid I'm not really sure, you have the right idea there, try something out on a test piece or old model before you try it on a good one.

if you give alclad a few coats can you mask to it or will it still pull off?

I was unclear on the buffing...I was trying to buff the Silver Plate Metalizer (rattle can). I used that on the cowlings and came out great. The reason I was testing was I had painted the prop hubs silver (testors small bottle-hand paint) very early on in the build and dipped them in future after the decals were applied. Since the cowlings came out so well, I considered doing just the hubs with Silver Plate. So...I painted>dipped in future a spare part and let dry over a week > then sprayed the Silver Plate > attempted to buff and did not work.

No intention on buffing the alclad...which got first light coat applied this morning. Probably needs 2 more light coats before I peel the masking and work on the 2 other alclad shades for panels.

Sorry for any confusion

buffing alclad doesnt increase the shiney it just rubs through it lol its VERY thin

Bruce: Nice work there, I also love how the ammo belts came out.

Eatthis: Cool - the NM on the P-51 and SF53 looks perfect.

Rich: She looks all ready for the NM now. I did the same thing, painted her all black and then masked off the black leading edges before spraying. Not sure what happened with your buffing, I've never tried it before. I suppose you could lightly buff Alclad but I've been able to get the shine I wanted so I never tried.

that b29 really does look special!

can i enter another quick build?

i built this today in about 3 hours very few parts pretty poor fit though.

this is another for a what if gb on another forum (whif ww2 was 1944-1955)

heres another interceptor the saunder roe sr53 is a stepping stone between my twin engined spitfire and the monstrous ee lightning.

it was a real design with a small jet engine suplemented by a rocket motor

Just for fun...I tested the metal plate buffing over a spare part that had been painted and dipped in Future and was completely dry...when attempting to buff, it appears that the metal buffing spray ate through the future and softened the original paint. so when trying to buff to a polish shine, it removed all back to the bare plastic or grey primer. FYI...

Bruce- That ammo run on the 51 is sweet! Nice work there sir 

Eatthis- loving the alclad work you are doing. That group looks pretty imposing. 

29 Build update: The repair of the right wing paint tabacle is complete. After sanding, I took a piece of landscape wiring and stripped it to reveal stranded wire. Then I took a single strand and pulled it through a small puddle of clear parts glue and touched each panel line and removed the wire. It left a small ridge of glue to simulate the raised panel line...not perfect, but may just be enough. I proceeded with a few touch ups to sanding and polishing...and then on to masking...she is ready for cladding. After that is done, I will revisit some additional panel work as necessary.

Some WIP below: (including engine/prop assemblies)

Masked bottom side-

The assemblies close to their homes...tempting huh?

Smelling the build assembly finish...undetermined yet on washes. Decaling and detail work pending.

oob build not alot to say really apart from where has alclad chrome been all my life  :D

Getting the 1:24 scale P-51 together, heading for masking and paint.

Capt. John is getting anzzie.

Sweet & clean...looking good!

shiney

ive knocked this up tonight

?? iv only ever built 2 spitfires lol

wheres the spitfire wings Eatthis??

Glad to see this GB still rolling, some great stuff on here now!!