Kais Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) Turbo, very fine work . Edited July 24, 2020 by Kais turbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Paint and weathering look great Kirby! I'm pretty sure the flat coat plays a part in triggering the salt to crystalize based on my experience. I do my salt fade after the final flat coat to avoid this issue. turbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) 23 hours ago, Troy Molitor said: Sure, this kit doesn't stand up to todays standards with Dragon, Eduard or Cyber Hobby offerings however, the shape and representation Matchbox put into their molds back in the day and the exceptional efforts you have put into this old girl, she is still a stunner to admire. Seriously. You have shown us the old school molds and new technics and care can still present an older kit and what can actually be done to her after all these years. The painting is superb. Thanks very much for your very kind words Troy, I'm humbled! I agree with you, the detail on this old kit is crude compared to modern standards but when I stand back from it I really love the beautiful lines and accuracy that Matchbox achieved for the Emil - truly an achievement over 40 years ago. I guess this is one of the reasons I wanted to build it largely as is, a piece of modelling history! Cheers, Kirby Edited July 16, 2020 by turbo Troy Molitor, MikeMaben and Derek B 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 The paint job is awesome. Well done Kirby. I really like the washed out white on the cowling. Superb efforts all the way around here. turbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo Posted July 16, 2020 Author Share Posted July 16, 2020 Thanks very much everybody! 7 hours ago, Thunnus said: Paint and weathering look great Kirby! I'm pretty sure the flat coat plays a part in triggering the salt to crystalize based on my experience. I do my salt fade after the final flat coat to avoid this issue. I think you're right John. I had some oil weathering steps I wanted to do after the salt fading so needed the gloss coat, but might have to rethink my sequence... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 Alrighty, getting to the final weathering steps. Some extra staining and streaking from the oil cooler was added along with some sponge chipping on the leading edges of fairings. Urgh, those wheel wells again! This concludes weathering on the underside. Exhaust stains were airbrushed and some subtle chipping added to the airframe. Machine gun barrels were painted flat black and rubbed with graphite powder sanded from a pencil. The kit exhaust stubs were already hollowed out which is nice for a kit this age. I painted them burnt iron followed by weathering with Tamiya rust and soot pigments. OK, we're into the home straight, thanks for following along... TAG, Landrotten Highlander, MikeMaben and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Very nice Kirby! I'm kind of at the same stage on my 109 build! turbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Thunnus said: Very nice Kirby! I'm kind of at the same stage on my 109 build! Except you started a month after me - you're a machine John! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Love this build Kirby. So nice. turbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Splendid work Kirby. Derek turbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 Thanks very much guys! Just doing some bits I've been avoiding to finish up this build. The previous owner painted a frame down the middle of the canopy. As pointed out by Mike earlier, the Emil did not have a frame here but rather overlapping panes of plexiglass that the pilot could slide open, which is sometimes mistaken for a frame. Thanks for pointing it out, sar! The canopy was masked off and the offending paint stripped with a q tip moistened with IPA. The Matchbox canopy also has these bizarre and ugly locating tabs running along the bottom of the canopy. Thankfully a design concept that never caught on. Paradoxically, I will retain the bottom one for its intended purpose of supporting the canopy posed in the open position, but will sand off the top one. The kit landing gear is also nothing to write home about so....I won't. Here it is painted, weathered with oils and pigments and fitted to the airframe. OK, just the fiddly finishing touches to go now.... Paul in Napier, LSP_Kevin, Greg W and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 You're doing a great job considering, Kirby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 Thanks guys! So, just the final bits to do now. On one hand, these final touches bring the model to life but, on the other hand, the reason they have been left to the end is that they are delicate and I enevitably break and repair things several times which I find frustrating! The antenna was rigged with EZ line with bakelite insulators represented using white glue. The cone-shaped coverings (does anybody know what these do?) were made by cutting the ends off pipette tips. A hole was drilled in the fuselage and a short length of brass tube inserted to represent the bakelite fairing for the lead-in wire. Canopy masks were removed without incident (phew!) and the canopy with the locating tab sanded off installed. Other delicate bits including the prop, rudder, elevators (posed in the slightly down position), mass balances, and pitot tube were installed and with that - she's DONE! I must say, building this venerable old kit "as is" has been a lot of fun and, although it has a lot of age-related shortcomings (well, who doesn't?!), I think Matchbox did an amazing job for the time in recreating the lines and form of the Emil. I'm glad to have had the opportunity to build this little bit of modelling history. More pictures of the finished model can be found over on the RFI forum: Cheers and thanks for following along, Kirby LSP_Kevin, levier, scvrobeson and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Beautiful piece of work! very nicely done Troy Molitor and turbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 I've never read anything about those cones but I think they're for anti-vibration. I think under the right (wrong) airflow angle the wire could set up a vibration like a plucked guitar string. Shiba and turbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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