Zero77 Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 (edited) Finally it's done ! I've started it more than one year ago, but most of the time it stayed on my bench half built and untouched. I restarted it a few weeks ago, and was very happy to meet this model again. It was a pleasure to build for a resin kit, with a very good fit and a very few issue (maybe the only issues were my fault). The painting was not easy though, as i had to cut masks for everything, and the yellow wings also ask for a lot of masking. Yellow is definitely not an easy color to paint. It is almost translucent, and even the tiniest bit of dust is visible. The olive drab color is a mix with british dark earth and US olive drab, to get something a bit khaki. The white is also a mix to get something more creamy, and the yellow as well (pure yellow + a bit of orange). Of course it's straight of the box, except a few things, like the antennas, and of course the rigging. This aircraft is not the easiest to rig, especially just in front of the cockpit, as there is a very few space between the upperwing and the engine cowling. It's a bit like building a boat model in a bottle. The control cables are EZ line, the structure rigging is Prym flat elastic wire and the antennas are Uschi elastic wire. The turnbuckles are basically brass microtube cut to lenght, and they are not present everywhere as some rigging points were inside of the fuselage. Now i can jump on the next build to be finished, and i think it will be another Curtiss bird, as i have a P-36A about 75% build. Here is a link to the WIP thread : http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=54237 Edited December 29, 2015 by Zero77 airea, mywifehatesmodels, sandokan and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero77 Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 tucohoward, alain11, Aerobat and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero77 Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 Hubert Boillot, Leaning_Dog, EmperorKai and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero77 Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 And in the display, with the friends ! Hubert Boillot, Fencer-1, EmperorKai and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 That's gorgeous! Iain Zero77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Beautiful work and pics. Great job !........Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Simply beautiful finish ! Barry Zero77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Wow, that's nice!! Brilliant work, it is (to me at least) a lot harder to do an air show-clean finish than it is to do weathered. You've nailed it, just terrific. Cheers Jim Zero77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Magnifique Nicolas Makes me want to start mine on the spot ! Hubert Zero77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero77 Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 Thanks for your comments ! Wow, that's nice!! Brilliant work, it is (to me at least) a lot harder to do an air show-clean finish than it is to do weathered. You've nailed it, just terrific.CheersJim Yes, i agree ! Sometimes i use weathering tricks to hide small mistakes... Impossible with a shiny racer. However, i did not wanted to depict an air show aircraft, but on every period pictures i was able to see, the P-6E all look very clean. I first wanted to make a bit of smoke on the fuselage side, but i was not able to spot any stain. I think that the early 30's USAAC aircraft were very carefully maintained and clean. I just add a very slight dirt staining on the walkways, which in real appeared to me to be a band of cloth glued on the wing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 What a stunning build, Nicolas! Just gorgeous. May I publish it on the website? Kev Zero77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 hi An other one top notch build !! Beautiful AC , and very nicely done .. good masking / painting job one the cowl and gear legs Alain Zero77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero77 Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 Thanks ! Of course you can, Kev ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngtiger1 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Totally awesome. Love those early yellow wing birds Zero77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Thanks ! Of course you can, Kev ! Here you go, Nicolas! http://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=2536 Kev Zero77 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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