danimalmagic Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 BSG Viper MkII Week 2. November 12 2016 at 10:45 AM Danny Attree (Login danimalmagic) HyperScale Forums from IP address 94.196.160.208 Hello all, needless to say another very busy week but I was really enjoying the model coming together so the hours flew by. I left off last week with the Viper all assembled but just needing some fine filling, I use a liquid primer here (Mr Surfacer 1000) as it fills any voids and sands down to a smooth finish. A quick sand and wipe over with some cleaner and the Viper is ready for paint. I am going to post shade the paintwork so the first coat is a light sand colour. While that was drying I moved on to the base, in order to keep things neat I want the 9V battery hidden in the base but remaining accessible for when the battery needs changing. First thing to do is to drill the mounting hole, due to the mounting point on the Viper you can either drill the hole off centre or on centre and use a cranked mounting pole to keep the model roughly over the middle of the base. I thought it would look better on centre. Next I need a pilot hole in through the side for the switch cable, so a centre is drilled first on my Milling M/C. With that done the pilot was put in until it connected up with the hole drilled in the top for the mounting pole. Next I need to open out the hole to incorporate the switch, not all the way through but about 1â€/25mm depth x 10mm dia to incorporate the switch body and any excess cable. With that done I marked out the battery compartment cover and scored with a knife so the felt comes away without ripping the rest up. Next thing to do was get it all parallel in the machine vice and then machine the battery cover outer step using a 4mm slot drill, you could use a Router but I don't own one so it's the Milling M/C for me. From there using a 6mm slot drill I machined the recess for the battery, I needed to put a little notch in the top left side to incorporate the batter connector and cable. Battery cover fitted, this will be fixed in with two small screws later on. Lastly to finish the base I just needed to test the fit of the switch. Con't mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimalmagic Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 With the base done I moved back on the painting, I used thinned Tamiya gloss white and filled in the individual panels up to each panel line but leaving a border to give the panel line a bit of depth. For me I find post shading a lot more effective, and if you are not happy you can increase or decrease the shade of the panel line without putting on too much paint. Internal details masked and sprayed Gloss Aluminium. While that was drying I got on with the canopy, once masked it was painted grey for the interior shade the silver over the top for the external shade. The next bit was the decals, a lot of time, care and setting solution required. Last step before finishing it all off is the pilot, looks much better in reality. I am now in the process of adding the finishing touches of weathering and washes then I can sort out the electrical connections and mount to the base. If all goes well I will be done in a few hours, if I get time I will post the completed model today. Thanks for looking. Danny mpk, Shaka HI and KUROK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Looks great Danny. That's a nice base that you made for it too. Carl mpk and danimalmagic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Wow..that looks fantastic! danimalmagic and mpk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimalmagic Posted November 13, 2016 Author Share Posted November 13, 2016 Looks great Danny. That's a nice base that you made for it too. Carl Wow..that looks fantastic! Thanks guys. Danny mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Wonderful! Kev mpk and danimalmagic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danimalmagic Posted November 13, 2016 Author Share Posted November 13, 2016 Wonderful! Kev Cheers mate, 1st job for a new client and some more to do for him in the future so all good. Danny mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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