Durangokid Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 This is really coming along nicely. Great idea with the tail guide! Love it... Bryan ClumsyDude 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 Nice idea on the pipes Jim! I'll be stealing that idea from you! Thanks Spyros! As with pretty much all my techniques, it wasn't my idea - I stole the idea of Joel_W on his A-4 build (although he referred to it in terms of attaching piping to gear legs), so you'll need to make the royalty cheque out to him. One of many reasons I love LSP! Beautiful (and quite persistent ) job on this one, Jim. A generic question, not specific to this build, about white wheel wells. My understanding is they are white in order to make it easier for the maintenance crews to spot any leaks. Therefore, whils a degree of grime is understandable, if only because the wheels and the braking of them when retracting the gear will generate dust and grime, but shouldn't therefore the wheel wells be basically "clean white" ? I started to have this interrogation a long time ago, in errand times when I was working on a 1/48 (aaaargh !) Tamiya (re-aaaaargh - not resin !) F-16 (re-re- aaaargh !, a jet !) back in the 90s ... Hubert G'day Hubert, I certainly don't see a problem with your logic. In practice, particularly once the gear wells are covered in wash, I reckon I'd be hard put to tell the difference between off-white and white ... I kind of think of it as a scale effect, but really I think it's one of those things that's down to personal preference. This is really coming along nicely. Great idea with the tail guide! Love it... Bryan Thanks Bryan! There's a laser cut one you can get for a 1/48 hornet which is what gave me the inspiration ... but it's much cheaper when you make it yourself! Thanks everyone for checking in. Cheers Jim spyrosjzmichos 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Jmm Holy Cow, just getting my breath back - absolutely beautiful work and your build techniques are amazing. I'm still taking notes on the wheel wheels and the aluminum tape . what a great idea and I'll be using them on the A6 for sure. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted August 22, 2017 Author Share Posted August 22, 2017 Thanks Peter, it's a pleasure as always to have you drop by. Hope to get some colour on this week ... but it's at some risk, as my daughter has been vomiting today and I think I might be next ... Jim Squizzy 78 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Wow Jim, just caught up with your build and just amazing, looking foward to some colour. Regards. Andy ClumsyDude 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted August 23, 2017 Author Share Posted August 23, 2017 Thanks Andy, me too ... spent a couple of hours last night laying down some more masks and I think they're even(ish) ... just got the big showpiece masks on the wings, and the fuselage stars, and we'll be ready for colour. At least after all the cleanup, masking sol, rescribing etc ... so probably another couple of weeks, realistically. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Brilliant and i love the Sponge Bob Pj's too ClumsyDude 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 Brilliant and i love the Sponge Bob Pj's too Haha SPRUNG!! My daughters love watching SpongeBob with me (I've never graduated from my 12 year old sense of humour) so I get loads of SpongeBob presents ... I take my daddy daughter time when I can get it! Cheers Jim Mark M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted August 24, 2017 Share Posted August 24, 2017 You are making some great progress there Jim! It's really tempting me to start my RCAF Tiger Meet Hornet but I've already got too many projects on the go, including two that I started unexpectedly. I still need to contact Randy for some custom masks too. Carl ClumsyDude 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted August 24, 2017 Author Share Posted August 24, 2017 Thanks Carl! You can never go wrong with a tiger meet hornet - hope to see you take a shot at it eventually. Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 Ok, not a huge update today ... I've been hard at it getting the masking done, and (once I've sprayed the nav lights and masked the wheel wells, not sure how I'm going to manage that), I'll be ready to lay down some colour. Might not look like much, but there's a good ten hours of work at least in this, possibly more. Here we are with the first of the rear fuselage stripes. Note the extra thin guide tape that was needed - it has to lie straight over a lot of complicated curves and a regular-length tape wouldn't lie flat. Lines up pretty well with the forward fuse, at least on the left ... the starboard side has a bit of a kink. Top rear mask ... Stars on ... the outer ones took a while as they sit within the walkway stripe, so had to be painstakingly aligned. Note the flap taped in place ahead of wing masking. More in a minute. sandokan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Man! This is certainly an exercise in patience and persistence....... Your masking and clear coat efforts are utterly inspiring Jim..... It's builds like this that motivate me to get better at my painting skills. This will be an absolute stunner when you're done mate Craig ClumsyDude 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 Ok, been waiting for this for a while ... wing masks on! Finally - middle masks weeded out, and touch up masks applied to prevent overspray around bumps (learned about this the hard way on the tails). Note the little bits of tape used to ensure alignment of the masks across adjacent parts ... Thanks for watching ... will hopefully have some colour for y'all next time around! Jim BloorwestSiR, Starfighter, Gazzas and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 Man! This is certainly an exercise in patience and persistence....... Your masking and clear coat efforts are utterly inspiring Jim..... It's builds like this that motivate me to get better at my painting skills. This will be an absolute stunner when you're done mate Craig Thanks Craig, that means a lot ... from a bloke who I reckon knows a thing or two about persistence! Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Looks great Jim! I think you've got a great technique now and a handle on the odd hiccups associated with using masks. Carl Shaka HI and ClumsyDude 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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