LSP_Kevin Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Fantastic work despite the setbacks, Carl! Really looking good now. Kev BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 That looks really good, Carl! Problems or not! BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Wow man that does look great. BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Nice! BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jep1210 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Not sure how this one slipped past my radar, but its looking good. BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fvdm Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Sorry to hear for the guns and ammo boxes. Your insignias look real great. Nice deep blue color for the bat. BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 That is one sharp looking tail gunner's position! BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 Thanks guys! Sadly, the rest of the decals didn't go on anywhere as nicely. There's several small tears and folds in the mouth and they're driving me nuts. Oddly, no silvering which is my normal Achilles heel when using decals. A friend suggested a light sanding and then touching them up. My concern is that the white paint won't match the ever so slight translucency of the decals and make things look worse. If I can get a scan of the decal sheet I may try making my own mask for the mouth. Otherwise I'm thinking I'll leave it aside and go back to French Kiss which I've got different problems with. Like having mounted rockets on the wrong set of wings... Carl MikeC, MikeMaben, LSP_Kevin and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misha71 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 i like it very much BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Palimaka Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 Guess I missed this one starting back up, glad to see you back at it Carl. Your work always impresses me, clean, precise and always looking in scale, especially the paint finish. Frustrating about the nose decals on Betty's Dream though. With all those curves on the aircraft it just looks like it sets things up for a fight. Great work so far! Richard BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 5 hours ago, R Palimaka said: Guess I missed this one starting back up, glad to see you back at it Carl. Your work always impresses me, clean, precise and always looking in scale, especially the paint finish. Frustrating about the nose decals on Betty's Dream though. With all those curves on the aircraft it just looks like it sets things up for a fight. Great work so far! Richard Thanks Richard! They've both been on the bench but ran into random issues with each one. The curves on the nose would make just about any decal be a problem. R Palimaka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 Well, since I figured I had nothing to lose I cut a piece of tape to size and applied it over the batmouth and peeled it off. I then used this as my template to cut some masking tape to shape. This was then cut out with an xacto knife and applied to the model. I then sprayed white, followed by the red. With everything removed. I need a couple quick touchups but it's a much better result I feel. One of the eyes needs a slight touch up as well as part of it lifted with the mask. Carl Shawn M, MikeC, LSP_Kevin and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Great save, Carl! Looks terrific. Kev BloorwestSiR and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 Thanks Kev! It was this or the SoD for a while. Once I fix the eye and other touch ups, I'll get onto French Kiss. Carl Out2gtcha and LSP_Kevin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZPetrP Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Perfekt work with mask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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