Out2gtcha Posted July 20, 2014 Author Share Posted July 20, 2014 Thanks guys! More progress last night....................... Got the prop masked off, then shot the front with my version of service gray (AKA DG gray). Then I turned the prop around, and right over my paint booth ventilation, shot the back with matt aircraft black, not masking anything off. This worked a treat, so then once dry, I removed the masking painted the prop hubs MM steel, then added some scale hardware .08 brass nuts.................I know these are not as prominent on the 1:1 but IMHO sometimes things in scale size, have to be beefed up in color or visual intensity to get the same effect in the smaller size/scale. Still, all in all it came out cool looking IMO: Now it was time for.................................FOIL! I have gone over my foil technique here on the forums quite a bit, and there are many peeps here now who also foil, so I wont get into all that................but I did start as usual with a nice flat square of tile to work on. The one area where my technique may differ a little from most is that I found for me, using MS foil glue thinned with bottled water shot through an air-brush works better than using a hand brush to apply the glue. This is not to say mine is better or worse, I just find for me bersoally its what works. Got my Tile square, airbrush loaded w/thinned MS foil glue, multiple spreaders, some 90% alcohol, a bowl of tap water and some eye droppers: First I glued the wings on, so I could foil the bottom section that is attached to the exposed NMF area on the nose all in one. I wished I could have waited to attach the wings, but with the front fuselage section as a molded part of them, I thought it would be better this way: Got the under belly started, along with the fire-wall: After that was finished up and burnished, I moved on to finishing the engine and installing the Bentley: The bottom is not quite done, as there are a few little sections to fix, and to finish burnishing, but it looks ok I think: The last section I got a start on was the upper cockpit cowl: All for now guys and gals. More work to proceed today a little then this week could be back to slow mode. Stay tuned and cheers! Whitey, Iain, Pfuf and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Brian Tremendous progress on the Snipe and as usual, your foiling is simply stellar. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyZeit Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 (edited) Awesome Brian. Love the foil! I need to get one of these WnW kits, it's all I hear about! Maybe I'll get one when my Barak is done.. Justin Edited July 20, 2014 by FunkyZeit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Awesome work as always Brian! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 21, 2014 Author Share Posted July 21, 2014 Thanks guys. I finished off a lot of the foil yesterday, but am holding off on pics until its done, so you can get an idea of what it looks like in the end. Pics to come shortly! Thanks for stopping in on me, and cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted July 21, 2014 Share Posted July 21, 2014 Keep it up Brian! looks great! Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Masterfull work Brian That propose is beautifull ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Thanks guys. Got the cowl itself glued on (fit was stellar) and finished up all of the foiling. The foiling wasn't a dig beal till I hit the cowl itself.............which was exactly as I expected it to be. But I wrangled it into submission, and did finally triumph to my own satisfaction. Its by NO means perfect, or even the best foiling job Ive ever done, but I do think it turned out neat looking all the same. On the flip side of that there was no wrinkling or sanding of the foil required either: Before foiling the cowl, I even attempted some dings, dents and weathering on the foil.................some turned out good, and others not so much. You can just barely catch a glimpse of the dings put in in this pic, which will look better and more appropriate with the final weathering: After the foiling was done, I painted the strut details gloss black as that install is heading up fast: I also managed to get the blue on the wheels painted, the tires painted black, with some "weathered black" for the tread area, and after all that dried, got a coat of gloss on the tires in prep for the Palmer Cord Aero tire decals: More to come this week..............I hope. Or maybe not. I definitely have to work this weekend (BLECH!) but hopefully will be back to the little Snipe ASAP, as im having a blast with this one!! Cheers, DesertRat and Girlscanplay2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 YAY!!! Just got informed by my manager that ATT (I work carrier/circuit related issues for my company) has now scheduled the weekends work a bit differently, so I may not have to spend my entire weekend working. POSSIBLY back to the little Snipe sooner than I thought! Girlscanplay2 and Uncarina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girlscanplay2 Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Wow Brian, You are doing a Fantastic Job!! Looks GREAT!! Teresa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Brian The cowl foiling looks incredible, including the dings and dents. of course, I'm not even going to mention your struts which just knocked me out! Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 Teresa, Peter, thanks very much for the positive comments. Now that the foiling is done, Im going to push on toward the rigging. I still need to paint the Bobs Buckles tubes that I will use for the rigging, as well as having to paint the cockpit combing that I forgot about. BUT.....................Im getting close. Working on a few ideas to get some color on the BB tubes atm. I will also be using some of my new Uchi's new rigging material for the control surface cabling to see how it works. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunkyZeit Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Awesome Brian! We need to converse a bit about blending foils over large round surfaces when I'm done my f-16. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Awsome work Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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