BGB Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Hello, Nice work Cheers Boris Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Nice work Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted May 25, 2015 Author Share Posted May 25, 2015 Hello, Nice work Cheers Boris Indeed! Thank you gentlemen! My wife and I had our 5th anniversary on Saturday so I didn't get too much done here but progress nonetheless. I attached the tailplanes and ailerons to the wings. I noticed that on the starboard wing, I had broken off the end bit so made a replacement from styrene.Once it's dry, I'll do the final shaping. Carl Daniel Leduc, Sparzanza, Zero77 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marauderdriver Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Very COOL. I have a bench monster in the shape of a KAT! She has gotten on my bench 2 time in a year and 3 months Did what the Germans could not do.....Shot down "Milk Wagon" my 1/32 B-17 and scattered parts for my MIZZ Rhonda Kay What-it and 1/144 KC-135R Commission build For some reason that I don't understand......she is still breathing Nice job on the rudder Sir jack BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris McMillin Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Nice! Reminds me of the Cavalier Mustang in this form I'd go for the Cavalier tall tail mod like this on with those tip tanks. A lot of loiter and slow speed maneuvering in store for this mission and the vertical area makes it a lot more stable carrying all of that weight out on the tips! Chris... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 I'd go for the Cavalier tall tail mod like this on with those tip tanks. A lot of loiter and slow speed maneuvering in store for this mission and the vertical area makes it a lot more stable carrying all of that weight out on the tips! Chris... Thanks for the info Chris. I thought that the Cavalier might have a taller tail but since it's done, I'll leave it way it is. Speaking of which, I finally got back to working on the Mustang if only a llittle bit. I primed the fuselage so that it's ready for a coat of gloss white which I'll try to spray in the next day or two. So it's moving forward again, Carl Zero77, Menelaos, Out2gtcha and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 Very COOL. I have a bench monster in the shape of a KAT! She has gotten on my bench 2 time in a year and 3 months Did what the Germans could not do.....Shot down "Milk Wagon" my 1/32 B-17 and scattered parts for my MIZZ Rhonda Kay What-it and 1/144 KC-135R Commission build For some reason that I don't understand......she is still breathing Nice job on the rudder Sir jack Yup, have one of those too. I watched her hop up onto my bench in the most indirect way possible. This caused the launch of my Dragon BF-109, the scattering of my FW-190 parts and one of my RC cars taking a tumble. She then looked at me with a "What? I meant to do that" look on her face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 I sprayed the gloss white last night and it came out really well. I used Tamiya X-2 gloss white thinned with their lacquer thinner. For the final coat, I thinned the paint quite a bit more than usual and sprayed a wet coat on. This seemed to level it out gave it a nice gloss. After it dried, I then started masking it off for the wings and tailplanes to be done in black. I start by outlining the demarcation with 1mm masking tape and then using 5mm tape to thicken it up a bit. I then use painters tape for the general masking. Out2gtcha, Sparzanza, Zero77 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phasephantomphixer Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Turning out GREAT! Also a real nice idea to get good use from the Dragon kit. And has me thinking even better to use for the 1/24 Trumpeter kit! You can not only display it with same scale vehicles more easily, but the ejection seat would fit very well since the Trumpeter P-51 has that weird canopy and sill bulge already incorporated. BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 this is going to be gorgeous! Gold pinstrip at the black edge? Out2gtcha and BloorwestSiR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 this is going to be gorgeous! Gold pinstrip at the black edge? Oh yeah that would be neat! Or even gold pinstriping on the fuse..............or even between the B&W demarks. BloorwestSiR and Shawn M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 this is going to be gorgeous! Gold pinstrip at the black edge? Oh yeah that would be neat! Or even gold pinstriping on the fuse..............or even between the B&W demarks. Hmm, hadn't thought of that. I was thinking gold prop spinner and maybe a bit on the canopy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted June 12, 2015 Author Share Posted June 12, 2015 Turning out GREAT! Also a real nice idea to get good use from the Dragon kit. And has me thinking even better to use for the 1/24 Trumpeter kit! You can not only display it with same scale vehicles more easily, but the ejection seat would fit very well since the Trumpeter P-51 has that weird canopy and sill bulge already incorporated. Revellogram has a Ford Mustang Pursuit car model and Verlinden did a CHP figure in 1/24 scale so they would look awesome side by side. phasephantomphixer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phasephantomphixer Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Might be some scheme ideas from a look at their Helicopters, and did they paint up their Patrol Cessnas? Also like to see a closeup shot on how the putty worked out when said and done if possible? Looking for one that will leave a subtle hint of what was - which is uniform throughout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted June 14, 2015 Author Share Posted June 14, 2015 Might be some scheme ideas from a look at their Helicopters, and did they paint up their Patrol Cessnas? Also like to see a closeup shot on how the putty worked out when said and done if possible? Looking for one that will leave a subtle hint of what was - which is uniform throughout. I did a Google search for some of their helicopters and they're blue, gold and white. Oh well. I tried to take a pic of the lower wing with the black primer on. In the pic, you can just make out some of the rivets very subtly. I think that it should be possible to achieve a uniform finish that way if you use water and your fingers to "sand" away the excess. Since it's water soluble, your finger will dip into the rivet slightly and leave that bare hint of it. Zero77, Menelaos and dmthamade 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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