mozart Posted March 3, 2017 Author Share Posted March 3, 2017 Good news and bad news!! The good news is that the stencils on the upper and lower wings really worked a treat, I'm very pleased with the result! The bad news is that in taking off the masking tape from the port wing, I managed to pull the wing away from the fuselage......the trouble those wings have caused me and all because of my earlier ineptitude! Doing the fuselage codes tomorrow and hoping to get that ******* wing back on! sandokan, BradG, Alain Gadbois and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 That looks fantastic, Max! Kev Jeff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 (edited) Coming along beautifully Max. Shame about the wing, but stuff happens, no doubt you'll fix it perfectly. Incidentally, I think Alain's "Unknown Pilot" standing in front of an Albacore(?) a few posts up may well be Joan Hughes. Edited March 4, 2017 by MikeC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 Fuselage codes are done and the pesky wing is back on, just lots of setting time required now: Alain Gadbois, sandokan, TorbenD and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 That's looking great. Wish I had a machine to make masks too, I could do with some! Top job Max. mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 It's all down to the paint I use Jeff, Mr Paint http://www.mrpaint.sk, beautifully thin and sprays straight from the bottle. It says acrylic, the pigment may be but the carrier isn't, it's really quite smelly but I just love working with the stuff! Hey Max, thanks for the link, I will check it out..... got to find a supplier who has it in Canada o will ship 'to' Canada...... I need to step out of my comfort zone, all I have ever used was enamels, I did try acrylics years ago and it was a very unpleasant experience to say the least........but that was back then and it is now, so I might have to try something new.....................................sorry about the lower wing, damn...... imatt88 and mozart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Great work Max. Your Tiggy is looking completely spiffing. Cheers mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 (edited) That's looking great. Wish I had a machine to make masks too, I could do with some! Top job Max. That's looking great. Wish I had a machine to make masks too, I could do with some! Top job Max.Yes, the Silhouette really does making individual masks easy Radders, and I also enjoy the challenge of learning how to find the best way of using it.....making an "M" for instance is best done by doing the left half, grouping all the lines, copying the group then flipping it horizontally, joining the two halves together then grouping these into one. Once all the letters are done I grouped them all then scaled to fit the different places on the fuselage, great fun to play around with! Hey Max, thanks for the link, I will check it out..... got to find a supplier who has it in Canada o will ship 'to' Canada...... I need to step out of my comfort zone, all I have ever used was enamels, I did try acrylics years ago and it was a very unpleasant experience to say the least........but that was back then and it is now, so I might have to try something new.....................................sorry about the lower wing, damn......I'm not sure Mr Paints are easy to get hold of in your part of the world Jeff, hard enough and expensive in the UK but they are superb and come in an enormous range of colours including metallics so well worth it. The wing is back in place, it's funny that the little brackets that I made that give rigidity to the aft of the wing to the fuselage on the real plane really do the same job on my model! Great work Max. Your Tiggy is looking completely spiffing. Cheers Thanks Guy, spiffing is a very 1930s word so very appropriate for the Tiggie era if not the quality of the model! Edited March 4, 2017 by mozart MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Max, this is coming along beautifully! Those masks work great and the results are fantastic! Too bad about the wing, but seems OK now at least. Yes, the aircraft in my last post is a Fairey Albacore, the successor to the famous Swordfish, but was eventually replaced in service by that very aircraft! Still one flying today, the last British aircraft that can still launch a torpedo? I wonder.... mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollieholmes Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Thats looking really smart now. mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Good-looking bird, Max. Sincerely, Mark mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 A little bit of detailing started before the upper wing is added. The fuel tank in the centre of the upper wing will have various connections for fuel lines etc added shortly: Alain Gadbois, Hubert Boillot, Shaka HI and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 (edited) First experiments with making the nose panels out of lead foil, looks promising: This is what I'm trying to achieve: Edited March 5, 2017 by mozart rafju, Anthony in NZ, BradG and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Max, you could glue the metal on the plastic parts for support, just trim the apparent edges to avoid a thick looking panel. The latches could be added, in lead even for that mettalic effect, and would add finesse to the parts. Regards Alain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 I'll be gluing the metal to the top curved section and the forward and lower sections Alain since they all give the assembly strength but the two side panels will simply be lead foil - it's rigid enough to hold its shape but thin enough to look realistic. Alain Gadbois and geedubelyer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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