Jan_G Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 So here I have a little progress with this one I managed to glue together fuselage and all major parts (all glued with epoxy from HPH which is superior to me) and rescribe the lines there is no big cleanin and sanding needed cause all big parts are well prepared, but as usual, I had to be very careful because of all small holes which appears even after really gentle sanding. So I decided to first give it some layers of Mr surfacer and then just smooth the surface. no fit issues noticed so far to keep geometry of both wings is quite simple cause there is no dihedral on both wings there is some really fine details on the engine, and because most of it will be hidden at the end, I will focus on cylinders, plug wires and exhaust thanks for looking jan Hubert Boillot and dutik 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted January 18, 2017 Author Share Posted January 18, 2017 Was thinking about creating flight deck as display base for this one from wood, but I found by accident this nice resin flight deck, produced by Eureka XXL company (first time I heard abut them) It is a foam board covered with surface made from resin and with wooden frame. It should depict WWII US flight deck, and even I am not expert for aircraft carriers, the details looks really fine and with some easy painting I think that I will achieve good results. Metal cable is included as well. And for the price of 15€ is good value for money, considering that you will usually pay the same money for 2D printed foam board So here are some photos of it thanks for looking jan Tnarg and Hubert Boillot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Following your great work with interest, Jan And thanks for the tip on the base. Will be looking for this one as it is definitely very interesting ! Hubert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 Following your great work with interest, Jan And thanks for the tip on the base. Will be looking for this one as it is definitely very interesting ! Hubert thanks a lot Hubert really apreciate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 small update I painted the engine based on instructions and added wires thanks for looking jan Tnarg and LSP_Paul 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 started to paint major parts as usual I first sprayed surfacer, then I sprayed Mr. white base Between the steps I have used cotton Polishing Pad to achieve a surface as smooth as possible and applied silver dope on fabric surfaces and tail (mixture of Alclad White aluminium and Mr. Paint light grey in ratio 2:1) and then I applied light grey on all metal parts (which is little bit darker then silver finish) here the difference is quite visible thanks for looking jan Tnarg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Looks sweet Jan, really neat work. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 for blue paint I have used mixture of Mr. Color FS 15050 and bright basic blue in a ratio 1/1 attached fuselage mask is nice adition, saves a lot of time yue can see the difference of blue shades between fabric and metal and main parts ready for gloss coat thanks for looking jan LSP_Paul, r0t0rdr1ver, TaffyMan and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Buddee Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Wow, that's turning out beautifully Jan. Very nice indeed! Cheers, Wolf Joel_W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Wow, that's turning out beautifully Jan. Very nice indeed! At this risk of sounding lazy, seconded! Kev Joel_W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 3rd !!........Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 And four...ded Hubert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 This looks real nice! Both the model and your build! Looks like one of these eternal classic cars from the 30ies Regards - dutik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel_W Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Jan, Just an impressive build from the start right through to the masking and painting of the gloss blue. Joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 Thanks guys for kind words! really apreciate This looks real nice! Both the model and your build! Looks like one of these eternal classic cars from the 30ies it looks that these planes were maintained to highly polished finish as you can see below on the photo, even it is not the particular aircraft I am building they treated like a cars I have managed to apply decals yesterday, and it was straightforward job with no issues will post some pictures later thanks for looking jan LSP_Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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