Guest Peterpools Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Jan Absolutely gorgeous work and your painting skills are second to none. Following with great interest as I have quite a few Lukgraph kits and have yet to attempt to build any. I'm hoping your build gets me going in that direction Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 i was working on this one a little bit added fuel pipes and wires to wing struts undercarriage assembly was a little bit tricky, I kept the geometry, fixed with CA glu and after it just used epoxy glue for strengthening it undercarriege struts painted and attached to fuselage thanks for looking jan Hubert Boillot, dutik, RLWP and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 prop painted with glossy black overall, then I have masked painted prop tips and finally painted with Alclad white aluminium engine with cowling completed have used rust pigments mixed with tamiya thinner for exhausts, now it is ready for weathering thanks for looking jan RLWP, r0t0rdr1ver and Hubert Boillot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 finally added all small details and all major subassemblies are ready for gloss coat and weathering thanks for looking jan LSP_Paul, dutik, Hubert Boillot and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Jan, I'm literally speechless Those added details just bring your build to the next level, as is the engine. But that prop; OMG it's as perfect as one can get it, and then some. I'm really looking forward to your next update. Joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 some progress on this one I finished subtle weathering - dark blue wash for blue areas and dark grey for silver, also I have applied blue filter mostly on fabric surfaces after it has completely dry, I have finished metal surface with Mr. color semigloss varnish (in reality I have mixed super clear and semigloss in ratio 1/1, because super clear was to glossy). For fabric surfaces I have used mixture of Mr. color semigloss and flat clear (ratio 9/1) I have used cotton pad to polish it afterwards. I have started with the rigging of the upper wing prior final assembly and wing struts glued in place. To be honest this was the most difficult part of the build. there is no easy plug and play solution (like WNW) for alignment of wings and struts and it took me 2 nervously evenings to put it together and now I need to finish rigging and do some minor repairs and it should be ready thanks for looking jan RLWP, MikeMaben and r0t0rdr1ver 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted February 7, 2017 Author Share Posted February 7, 2017 and some progress on base as well first some layers of Mr. surfacer and all metal parts painted with Dark deck gray (you can see subtle preshading) wooden planks painted with tamiya deck tan oils applied and base ready for gloss coat and weathering thanks for looking jan r0t0rdr1ver, Shawn M and Hubert Boillot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Good show. This will make for a very nice presentation. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 She is looking very good Jan. Love it ! Hubert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamj Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 looking great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Jan, The paint looks incredible with the gloss and the light weathering. Looking forward to seeing how all that rigging comes together. Joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Loving this one Jan. The gloss is brilliant and the details, superb. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 looks fantastic! what are the fish hook lookin things on the gear axle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 Thanks guys for your kind words, really apreciate looks fantastic! what are the fish hook lookin things on the gear axle? these are the cable hooks used on carrier planes prior 1930 together with tail hooks here you can see that arresting cable system on flight deck and retracted hooks on F3B Did not know about this arresting system this before I started research of this particular plane There is no good evidence of this particular plane, did not find any photo of it and most probably if it has these cable hooks, it must be around 1930, so most probably upper wing would be painted orange yellow and there will be tail skid instead of tail wheel. But I have decided to follow instructions and do it OOB jan Shawn M and RLWP 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 This is just superb, Jan! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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