She's looking great LA! 

Almost to the finish line!!! 

Good to see the legs on LA, will be nice to see this one done.

Thought it was time to bump this back up!

She's up on all three legs now

Here is the tail wheel area. to give it solidity, brass wire was drilled into the wheel, then bent up to go into the swivel. the fork is built up around the wire to hide it. The wash in the panel lines was improved with Steve's method, still not as much I was after.

And the exhaust stacks were painted, given a bit of colour and installed.

Surely it can't take too much longer...

That looks fantastic Lost. I sure like the markings. 

I've found that if I add a small dash of dish soap to the Flory washes they will work much better on glossy finishes. I hope that helps out some.

I thought it looked like Flory. I know the feeling. I had the same issue on the canberra, it does not hold well to gloss especailly on shallow panel lines. I have found when i want a clean finish rather than cover it all, i use a fine brush and just run it along the lines. I then left for 24 hours and used a dry cotton bud (q-tip) and that helped a lot.

Thanks guys there is light at the end of the tunnel. Hopefully not a train.

Bish the wash is the Flory dark dirt before being washed off. Very sadly the coats of paint and gloss have meant all the panel lines I lovingly scribed are not holding the washes so well. But it is a show boat, so that is not a huge problem, but mark it down to experience.

Good to see the markings on LA. What have you used for the wash.

Looks awesome LA, you're on a roll!

So with the camo done, markings went on:

and these are the remaining pieces lined up ready to go on:

For weathering, since it is a prototype at an airshow I have gone for minimal effect, hope you like it:

Congratulations on bringing home the bling Trabi. I personally think it is well deserved. Nice to have your excellent efforts recognized.

Big congrats there Trabi!!! 

Yeah, model shows are funny, I've won a few here and there with something I was almost ashamed to take. 

Trabi, great result for great work.

No joke!

Well done Trabi. Always niceto see when members pick up somthing for their models.

Hi guys!

Nice to see, that people are still building these kits to get them ready

I hauled my Ta-154 this weekend to our biggest yearly hobby fair (=to get free tickets ) Today when I went there to get it back I was bit stunned:

Looks like, that every time I build something for "joke" I get some prize and when trying for real get nothing

Thanks for watching!

I know what you mean Joe, looking forward to seeing her when you get some more time.

JOE RIX

By the way gentlemen, Thanks for the encouragement. I'll be back at it soon enough. Spring is simply a busy time for home and yard projects. And, just enjoying the outdoors.

 

Like the camo job LA, really looking the part.

Thats good news Joe.

By the way gentlemen, Thanks for the encouragement. I'll be back at it soon enough. Spring is simply a busy time for home and yard projects. And, just enjoying the outdoors.

Oh Yeah. Now we're cookin' Lost. The overall camo looks terrific. Superb job.

She looks great LA, really nice work on the camo.

Joe, sorry to hear it will be a while before we see the corsair finished - a beautiful plane.

Now it looks like something - all the masking is off! Think I need to do some more work on the undercarriage though.

She's coming along great there LA!

Joe, sorry to hear that but hope you will post an update when you get more done.

No worries Joe, thanks for the heads up. But please do still feel free to post it here when you are able.

That is looking really good with some paint on. That's also an impressive looking masking job you've done there. Always good to see you're progress.

Wish I could report some significant progress on the Corsair. Unfortunately, other obligations and priorites have significantly diminished my bench opportunities. Like so many of us, it's just life things. I'll get to it when I can, that's for certain.

Thats looking much better with some paint on LA.

Thanks for the kind words everyone,

It is continuing on at a slow rate, but there are some colours going down...

The DSG has gone on:

And then two hours of masking got me to this point...

And next is the dark green, so stay tuned.

The yellow and the canopy are looking very good Lost. I would certainly consider those big hurdles overcome. I feel the same way about cutting out vacuform canopies. I've done a couple in my time and I'm always looking for better techniques for cutting them out. Thank you for your approach. Well done.

She looks very good LA! 

And yeah, good idea on the canopy. I'd not thought to mask it before cutting it out before.