mark31 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 i like what im seeing here keep up the great work Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Stella job on the foiling! The cockpit and electronics look really nice as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeA Posted September 9, 2018 Author Share Posted September 9, 2018 (edited) Thank you for the comments guys! Sorry about the glacial progress - lots of very fiddly jobs now. All of the decals are on, except for the red X and red flash on either side of the rudder, which I have to learn how to create. I did strike a glitch along the way when the fuselage seam next to the slot for the strake underneath the fuselage gave way toward the end of the foiling. In the first photo you can see the resultant line in the foil. Plan A was cutting away a slither of foil, shown in the second photo, which will be hidden by the strake when fitted. The errant seam was superglued. This appears to have worked and the two fuselage halves no longer flex alarmingly! The Canuck Symmetrical Markings decals are beautiful to use, although they do need to be handled with care. The long thin ones did cause me some grief, but got there in the end. I just used water and Microset on them. The only annoying thing is that the flag markings on the rudder are slightly translucent and should have been placed on white decal rectangles - which I did not have available. That aside, they gave me the best result I have had from decals yet - almost perfect. You can only barely make out the remaining decal film on a couple of the smaller stencils by looking carefully under oblique light. For the rest, the film is all but invisible. Good enough for me. The bang seat is now in place although not fixed: it slides up and down the rails, although whether it will when the open canopy is in place remains unknown. It would be nice to not have all of the details behind and beneath the seat completely lost from view forever more. Now it's on to teaching myself how to make decals. It could be a while ......... The seat in its rightful place. The open weapons bay is represented by matt black paint on which the central pylon will sit, leaving a fine black border along the sides where the pylon should appear to be sitting inside the bay. Cheers, Mike Edited September 9, 2018 by MikeA Redundant Flickr titles removed johncrow, Trak-Tor, MikeMaben and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 That is stunningly beautiful, but like one of the guys said - nope, I will never do that alaninaustria and MikeA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Really beautiful work! Cheers Alan MikeA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnie Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Gorgeous! MikeA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 The "paint" looks fabulous! MikeA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Really great foil work her. Glad you got the decals worked out! Did you use anything under them before using Microset on them? MikeA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeA Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 4 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Really great foil work her. Glad you got the decals worked out! Did you use anything under them before using Microset on them? Thanks Brian. I just used Microset both under and on top of the decals. If you don’t use anything underneath them they stick as soon as they hit the foil. Being extremely thin, they don’t like being moved around too much once they’re on. Cheers, Mike Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Very sharp. My all time favorite scheme for the 104 MikeA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeA Posted October 11, 2018 Author Share Posted October 11, 2018 (edited) Pretty much all finished now - at long last. Doing the last of the decals was a bit of a trial. I tried various ways of printing them on the Canon Pixma. They looked great on the decal sheet and after the second trial I managed to get them coated with a spray fixer without having any colour bleed, but there was no way I could get them onto the plane. They either collapsed or were almost transparent or both. Maybe printing on white decal sheet may have helped. In the end I surrendered and sent the art work off to Wessex Transfers in Tasmania to get them printed. Rob did a fine job - and gave me four sets of spares. If anyone wants one, send me a message. I'll give them away if you're keen on doing an Aete Cf 104. Anyway, the markings on the vertical stab went on like a dream. There are some annoying inaccuracies, but only minor in the scheme of things. I've yet to get one perfect and I invariably forget the errors after a few months! The overall look is pretty much what I was after. I'll take some more photos after a final check over the bits of weathering that are on the model. In the meantime, a photo of the decals and a couple of the finished airframe. And finally a couple of photos of the other project at the moment - a target with a couple of very small aircraft involved. Thank you all so much for the encouragement and help along the way. I am sorry it took such a long time, but at least I got my moneys worth out of the kit! Cheers, Mike Edited October 11, 2018 by MikeA Redundant Flickr titles removed LSP_Kevin, Anthony in NZ, Trak-Tor and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trak-Tor Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 That plane seems to look awesome! I'm looking forward to more photographs. Juraj MikeA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunda Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Superb. Bravo. MikeA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 My mind is blown. That shows super skill. I will never attempt that. MikeA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Beautiful work and attention to detail Mike! Regards.Andy MikeA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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