SimonCornes Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Its looking every inch a Wessex - a tribute to both FLY and yourself! You may find that there is a demand for your intake mesh - pressed of course!! HL-10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karimb Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 One word. Superb! Karim HL-10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Coming along fine and dandy, schweeet! HL-10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Looks great! HL-10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Lovely build - great mesh solution too, glad that worked out so well. Yup, she a very large bird in real life! Torben HL-10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Lovely stuff! HL-10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 I have got quite a bit done overnight. Camouflage completed, decals on and weathering started. The decals are a mixture of spares box, RAF roundel, Royal Air Force title, and letter A, and the kit's for the rest. The kit's decals are well printed, with loads of stencil data. The layout of the sheet make finding some stencils hard as the sheet hasn't been laid out so the decals are in numerical order. Also, there are a lot of unused decals present. Anyway, here are some more photos: Oil wash of Raw Umber applied to whole airframe following decal application, Oil wash removed! The black underside had some panel lightening with Panzer grey The model has had a matt coat applied and the final bits of detailing is being added: The exhausts are the kit's parts. They needed careful cleaning up and some thinning on the inside. I painted them with Alclad flat aluminium then used Tamiya clear blue, yellow, and smoke to give them a heat stained effect. Thanks for looking, Angelo kkarlsen, Starfighter, Shawn M and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Crosby Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Hi Angelo, Great model! You've nailed it with the detail and overall look of the beast. But the mesh. No good telling us you got it from a contact. What is it and where's it from? Regards, Bruce Crosby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 Hi Angelo, Great model! You've nailed it with the detail and overall look of the beast. But the mesh. No good telling us you got it from a contact. What is it and where's it from? Regards, Bruce Crosby With regards to the intake mesh, this is how it was done. A very kind chap, DMC over on Britmodeller, sent me a piece of mesh after I accepted that the aluminium bodywork repair mesh from Halfords was way too big! The mesh I was sent is the same as the mesh used in these £1 tea strainer/sieves you can get in Morrison's kitchen section: I annealed it over the kitchen stove, heating it until it glowed red, then let it cool. Be aware, the handle gets very hot! Once annealed, I cut out the mesh and as the heating had softened it, it was easy to crush form around a block of Milliput I had forced into the resin FOD cover provided in the kit, taking care to align the mesh so it runs "North- south & east- west": The whole thing can be smoothed over the block using a brush handle. Once shaped it can be trimmed to size using a pair of nail scissors (Not the wife's!!!!) The trimmed edges are sharp and very stabby(?) so take care. To make the internal frame I used solder which is easy to cut and shape. The external frame running around the outside edge, was made using self adhesive aluminium tape. Hope this helps Angelo. Kagemusha, Rainer Hoffmann, rafju and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff T Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Superb work Angelo! Excellent paintwork and weathering. Cheer's, Jeff. HL-10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfists nz Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Man you're knocking this one out of the park and quickly too! HL-10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Thanks for the mesh info, off to Mozzers tomorrow. The Wessex really is looking the business. HL-10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Beautiful work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durangokid Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Whoa, great job. That just looks way too cool! Bryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Crosby Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Hi Angelo, I thought it might be tea strainer mesh! Nice the way you've worked it though, well worth the effort as it looks brilliant. Now back to my FW190D-13. Regards, Bruce Crosby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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