The In My Stash GB : Redux

Well, at least I'm still good looking.

No proof, no camera, take my word for it, would I lie to you?

Tony

TGregory wrote:

Well, at least I'm still good looking. No proof, no camera, take my word for it, would I lie to you? Tony

no never tony

I guess I'll get the model done first and then when I go to SLC again I'll have to pick some up.

That'll be a funny biplane lol without rigging.

If you didn't want to build it, you shouldn't have put it on the list.

Keep in mind, you don't have to build the others in your list.  It's cool if you do, but no one will twist your arm.

Thanks Kenny and TG I don't think I will be able to build my next build because its a biplane And I cant find any rigging wire. I had some cable but it mysteriosly vanished so if anyone had knows what to use for that thanks in advance.

Try invisible thread from the sewing department...obviously take SWMBO along so people thinnk it's for her, not you. To colour it, trap the thread between a table and the point of a suitably coloured Sharpie or other felt pen and pull it through. Hey presto, black thread, or brown or whatever colour you want. Then superglue into place, using accelerator is best as you can maintain the tension. I have just tried it out on an E13A1 floatplane - 8 wires on the floats. It went ok, drilled holes into the floats and lower wings and pulled them tight before the wing tops were put on. They seem to have slackened a bit during thr rest of the construction process, but I read that putting a heat source close to the thread will tighten it up again. Got to try that on a seperate piece of thred first though.

Paul 

paul_toz wrote:

...I read that putting a heat source close to the thread will tighten it up again. Got to try that on a seperate piece of thred first though. Paul

Guys, I use the invisible thread all the time for my aerials and yes a heat source will help tighten it up.  My favorite heat source is a small soldiering iron which works wonderfully.  Provides the right amount of heat with a small tip for getting into tight spaces.  Just move the tip a little closer at a time until you see the thread tighten up and work it up and down the thread a bit.

Thanks for that Dave - I'll go straight ahead and try that now rather than experimenting.

Paul 

Raptor, I've not tried it with fishing line so I would experiment if I were you beofre trying it on the real thing. 

Paul, hope it turns out!

I'm still trying to get the computer to recognize the camera. Got the prop and spinner painted, engine is comming along, cut out the molded air hose from the cockpit and repaced it with guitar string (low E). Will post progess when I can.

Well, I closed up the fuselage and then pulled out the 80-grit stick
and proceeded to beat the hell out of this kit.  LOL, it was like
sanding a chunk of wood.   The panel lines are gone, the seams are
smooth the touch.  Most of the sanding effort was trying to address
some of the profile problems (particularly on the nose).  I probably
sanded off 0.020" of material in some places to get the right contour. 

Anyway, that was a blast.  This plastic sands very nicely.
I still have a little work to do before I move to the wings.

Canopy isn't bonded yet.  Still trying to pull that perfect shape for
the top piece. 

In an effort to clean at least one of the builds off of my bench (before I jump into MORE GB's) I've been making a serious push on the MiG. The majority of the body work is done, mostly happy with all of the seam work, not confident enough to re-scribe panel lines, so I can't go really nuts with a belt sander like I want to. Excuse the "up on blocks" appearance, haven't attached the landing gear yet.

Just need to mask off the nose cone and canopy, then it's time to start spraying some paint...might be able to get at the underside tonight.

The finished cockpit:

Will try to get some more pics in there with better lighting when I get a chance. 

IL, oh boy, this isn't the Mig-31 again is it? You were never the same after that....

Dupes, the Mig looks really good.  And the cockpit PE looks appropriately busy, although typical to PE a little flat.  That's the medium, though.

Looking good, Dupes! Very nice looking cockpit!

Cheers,

Azgaron

Hey fellas, thanks a lot! My first PE cockpit, it certainly is pretty sweet. Glad this is an aircraft that you'll actually be able to see into.

Arki- I know what you mean about it being too "flat". There are some 3-D type knobs and levers, but they're so damn small that I can't really get them to come out in the pics. I need a smaller lens I can just shove right in there, because you can't see all the detail in the ones I have here. I'll see what I can do.

Time for paint! 

really great work there dupes, it turned out like a stunner. I gotta get me some of that pe stuff

Steve

Yeah - wow.
That does look great.

Good work Dupes.

Hey, thanks again guys! Glad it turned out so well.

Sprayed the underside last night, then was able to mask off the wheel wells and spray those as well. Need to throw a bunch of tape all over the kit and then it's time to start in on the topside camo! This is where it gets fun.

Sure is! Got the upper half basecoat on last night, then this morning threw on the silly putty mask for the green portion of the topside camo. Tonight will be the gray borders on the green (pretty neat camo scheme) which I think I'll have to freehand, unless I can find some more silly putty after work today...nahhh, I love a challenge. Free hand it is!

Hey dupes, it's really looking good. I have to try the silly putty some day. I bought some but not used yet. Best of luck on the free hand colour. It's not as bad as you think.

Steve

Looking good, Dupes!

I really like to try silly putty someday, if I can get hold of some.

Cheers,

Azgaron

Thanks fellas! If you guys haven't tried the silly putty method, you really should - it makes complex camo schemes very simple. One good thing I learned from building all that armor.

Got a little bit more work done (heh) this evening - was so fired up with how it turned out, think I ripped the masks off about 5 minutes after I was done spraying - i.e., about the time it took to clean the final color of paint out of the airbrush. Here she is as of now:

Was really hoping to finish this guy up and claim my badge, but I have another build starting tomorrow, promised I'd get right on that one...so the MiG is going to have to sit on the shelf until Monday or Tuesday unless I can sneak a little work in between this and the other one.