themongoose Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Super job of masking and painting! mgbooyv8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 On 1/18/2019 at 3:45 PM, themongoose said: Super job of masking and painting! I agree...excellent! mgbooyv8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durangokid Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 That is looking sweet! How long did the masking take??? Bryan mgbooyv8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 Thanks guys! Bryan, It took me a couple of days to do the masking. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcin_Matejko Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 mgbooyv8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 Hi guys, Back from my business trip and work continued on this one. The paintwork was polished and the model was given some gloss coats with Alclad Aqua Gloss as preparation for the decals: Then it was decalling time. The decals provided by Italeri are very good. And they provided enough spares of some of the smaller stencilling decals, a nice touch. The decals reaced well to Superscale Set and Sol. Sometimes, the stronger Daco fluid (red label) was needed to ensure good behaviour. The decals were protected with a brushed-on layer of Klear (now Pledge): When all was dry, the vertical fins were installed. Maybe you noticed the pieces of sprue at their location. I glued them on some time ago to provide the inner surface of the fins a gluing surface, instead of relying on the bond at the lower edge. This way, the join is much stronger. The fins fit fairly well onto the surface, however, I used wood glue to fill in the small seam, followed with some careful brushing of FS36170 with a 000 brush: Next post MRP Have glass matt coat. Dany Boy, KiwiZac, johncrow and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 Hi guys, The model was now ready to receive its coat of MRP Have Glass matt laquer. Since this stuff is fairly "hot", I tested it on the separate doors first, to avoid ruining the paint job: This went well, so I continued with the rest of the model: I'm not so sure if the MRP "Have Glass" matt coat captures the slight metal sheen, all "Have Glass" paints show. Anyway, there is no going back and I'm not going to lose any sleep over it. Ofcourse, I forgot to spray a few doors. Here they are, with their initial coat of lighter gray for the RAM panel edges, together with a few undercarriage items: To be continued! Cheers, Peter KUROK, Pfuf, ShelbyGT500 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted February 28, 2019 Author Share Posted February 28, 2019 Hi guys, A short update. The masking was removed: There was no overspray in cockpit and bays! I'm happy to report that the MRP Have Glass matt laquer gives a very subtle metal sheen to the model. The doors also unmasked fairly good: On a few doors, a bit of overspray was visible or some paint torn away. And.... the pieces of masking tape with part numbers scribbled on them left their trace on the white paint. The numbers are faintly readable. So permanent marker ink also bleeds through tape over time. A bit of patch up will be needed. But that will be done after all the hinges are installed. Attention now turned to the cockpit. I bought the Eduard interior set to enhance the cockpit a little bit. Although now it is much too late to use all the goodies of the set, the cockpit tub can still be enhanced with some etch and there is some nice metal for ejection seat and canopy available Here are all the etched metal parts added into the tub. it is a mix of Italeri and Eduard: The next step will be painting of the tub. Then, I can turn the model around to add doors, stores and undercarriage. To be continued... Cheers, Peter The Madhatter, Squizzy 78, Out2gtcha and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorbenD Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Looking very smart. Torben mgbooyv8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Snazzy! I like the way it looks mgbooyv8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted March 21, 2019 Author Share Posted March 21, 2019 Hi guys, Time flies! I've been busy putting the hinges on the weaponbay doors, but forgot to take pictures. I will take them later. Meanwhile I decided I did not want to correct the too flat tyres of the kit wheels. Instead I bought these: No comparison! Another focal point of the model is the canopy. The internal frame is provided by Italeri, but according to the instructions, it has to be build-up in the transparent part. Not ideal to avoid glue smears and to paint it. I decided to see if it was feasible to build and paint the canopy frame separately. The side frames have nasty mould seams over the rivets: The easiest way was remove them all and re-instate the rivets with Archer Rivets. One of the sheets I have contains strips with the right pitch. Indeed it was feasible to build up the canopy frame separate. Do several dry runs to ensure everything fits as it should! The Eduard interior set also includes useful parts for the lower edge of the canopy, its securing latches and the rear bulkhead. Here is the result. The other etched parts are from the kit: Two small mounting plates for the canopy hinges were added on the forward ledge, as seen on pictures The black dots are the Archer rivets. The frame is now ready to Paint it Black. To be continued. Cheers, Peter LSP_Kevin, Lothar, Fvdm and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fvdm Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Looking great mgbooyv8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Really well done. Looking at yours i will definitely buy the eduard set in the future. The cockpit is so dull in the kit and the eduard set shows some of the finer detail that breaks up those flat panels. Awesome job with the canopy! Must have been tons of dry fitting to trust building it separate. Kudos to your skills! mgbooyv8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Very well done! mgbooyv8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Brilliant looking build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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