Allok Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Wow! I stand by what I said earlier. I think we are heading for something really special here. I am really interested to see where this is going. I keep coming back to this build (like a moth to flame). I'm not sure the extreme weathering is my taste but I just can't look away . Can't wait to see what happens next. the only other way I could think to do it would be to apply "chips" of primer, then "chip" the centers with aluminum afterwords. I use a technique similar to this and it is time consuming. But then, I've never tried it on this magnitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 This is rather extreme like Keith pointed out, but after looking at some pics it may not be too far off from accurate either. I got some good paint'n done tonight! Silver base coat applied to wings and 4 main gear doors White base coat applied to rudder Matte Coat applied to fuse and prop Tomorrow I should be able to get the elevator halves painted in base coat as well. Then the weather takes a big one and gets into the teens again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 painted the rudder in intermediate blue masked and painted the sea blue on the fuselage ripped off the tail gear when unmasking it....drat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 I'll try to get some more pics up tonight. After modifying the tail gear extensively Its gonna be tough to re attach it, worst case scenario she gets mounted on a lifting jig at the tail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 13, 2010 Author Share Posted December 13, 2010 brrrrroooooooo! Rudder is not attached, I messed it up and will have to repaint it. Gear Doors I detailed out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 (edited) When I first saw your weathering I thought whoa, now that's extreme weathering! but thinking about operating on crushed coral blowing in prop wash and on everyone's boots I think this amount of weathering is completely believable. Believable or not, your doing an excellent job of it. Good luck getting that tail wheel mounted. I hope you manage to after all your efforts to date. Cheers! Ron Edited December 14, 2010 by ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Oh Yeah! Methinks we need a tutorial from you on that paint chipping! Everytime I break off a tailwheel/pitot tube/other fragile bits I swear that I will replace/strengthen them with brass rod at the start of the build but I never do! Sure you can fix that tailwheel Shawn. Get the brass!!! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 14, 2010 Author Share Posted December 14, 2010 Thank you everyone for the comments and support! The funny part about the tail gear is I already pinned the fork as I knew it would be weak...didn't pin the main part thought.. lol Whats that about hind sight being 20:20? My chipping technique is the same as pinned on the forums here (somewhere). The only difference is I am using rattle cans instead of an airbrush, a scotch brite pad to knock of the salt and "scuff" the paint (be sure to scuff in the direction of wear AND airflow) and Im not rinsing it under a faucet. I wet an old wash rag and rub the plane down afterwords. Lots of work but Im loving it and will use this technique on future builds as well. Getting over my fear of a new technique (the whole point of this build actually was to learn) had opened the door for neat stuff to try. Just wait till I do my "salt wash" to fade this turkey....Im gonna need a shot or two before I start that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 14, 2010 Author Share Posted December 14, 2010 I was wrong, the sticky thread was over on ARC: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=171765 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 17, 2010 Author Share Posted December 17, 2010 re attached the tail gear so I can Matte coat the model and start weathering it. By weathering I mean washes, oil, adding some of the doors I've made (wing support rod doors, pilots step, wing fold doors) from aluminum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 wow lots done this weekend. Matte coated fuse washed seams in thinned black tempra added oil from exhausts added staining from fuel filler and seams added seam tape to forward fuse finished the elevators and rudder broke my memory card reader so I cant upload pics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 I would like nothing more then to show them to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metallicus Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 ah was looking forward to the update pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 If I can find the damn cables, I'll post them this evening. They've got to be in one of the boxes of my gear..but which one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 Here ya go, a quick "fix" to get you through..lol The fuel/oil stain in front looks white here, its not...its the flash reflecting off the ceiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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